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Reviews of Elizabeth Hostel

490-494 Elizabeth Street, 3000 Melbourne, Australia

#212 of 212 hotels in Melbourne

Guests' Choice

Review Score

Based on 887 hostel reviews

3.7

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    4.4

  • Comfort

    4.6

  • Location

    7.2

  • Facilities

    4.6

  • Staff

    5.5

  • Value for money

    5.0

  • Free Wifi

    3.7

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  • Reviewed: March 14, 2025

    3.0
    umconfortable and nasty
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    i didnt like nothing looks like arkham asylum, you can even see the joker, the riddler and all these chracters inside this hostel. and the staff is not kind at all

    location

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: February 25, 2025

    3.0
    Extremely Cautionary Basic
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 8-Bed Female Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights

    My skin was itchy from the sleeping arrangements. You have a bed fitted sheet and a doona with a cover. But my body was itchy from the sheets and had itchy skin rashes as I didn't look like they cleaned it thoroughly and that includes the mattresses as it seemed infested. The showers still had scuff marks and hair etc from the day before. Everybody was cramped into one room that is accessible to WIFI and the TV room was messy and looked like an extra storage space. The staff (well one who was training) was hospitable but the others were not very welcoming. I felt like I was cattle being herded into their facility. There was no mention of the bond on the information but you can choose to leave your ID with them and I was glad I had that returned on check-out. The lockers are old and mine was broken which meant my belongings were not secure and I had to improvise.

    The location is right near the tram station and across the road from the Queen Victoria Market. It was easy to get around Melbourne CBD and visit the culinary delights and tourist sites.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: February 9, 2025

    4.0
    Friendly staff, dirty place.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Sheets and toilet wasn't clean enough.

    For the price you can't really complain much. I mean what can you expect?

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: February 6, 2025

    5.0
    Fair
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 14-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 9 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The evening shift receptionist when I arrived was very rude and absolutely not professional. Also long term people stay there and they were very noisy and disturbance

    Location is great

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: January 29, 2025

    3.0
    Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 14-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 15 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Nearly hot water in bathroom dirty not enough leu when report broken item that don’t care to fix. This property is not up to standard to accommodate people there as 3 showers per floor and then you share with female as well males it need to be reported

    Just the location

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: January 12, 2025

    3.0
    For the price paid was ok.
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Economy Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    It felt a little unsafe.

    The location

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: January 4, 2025

    4.0
    at least it wasn't to expensive
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 4 nights

    The overall stay. It was a really bad accommodation

    The location

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: December 16, 2024

    3.0
    not the greatest place but owners are nice
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    the windows were dusty, room/hostel didn't feel that clean. the other guests were very loud, one screaming so loud I had a panic attack. the men's toilet was disgusting and we found a piece of poop under our bed. and my partner got home sick after staying there.

    the bed was quite comfortable and it was walking distance from a couple nice restaurants

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: November 20, 2024

    3.0
    Desperate times call for desperate measures
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The other people staying made us uneasy, the lack of a private toilet, the condition of the room

    The area

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: November 4, 2024

    3.0
    Served a purpose - bed for a few nights, but bathrooms weren’t cleaned the whole time I was there, regularly out of toil
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Budget Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Not very clean or quiet

    Good location, cheap

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: October 20, 2024

    3.0
    Shared room is not so good . Maybe , private room is better .
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 14-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Too crowded !

    Close to the city .

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: September 23, 2024

    5.0
    There are a lot of people with psychological problems.
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 9 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Shared areas, internet, kitchen

    Location

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: September 13, 2024

    5.0
    The person who greeted me at reception was very friendly, but the girl who was on the morning shift on Monday, September
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Budget Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Ok

    Ok

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: September 11, 2024

    4.0
    Disappointing
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 14-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Dirty toilets, dirty untidy rooms, dirty bed

    24hrs check-in

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: August 18, 2024

    3.0
    Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Bed bugs , manager is so unethical and she has no proffesionalism what so ever . Their manager is highly uneducated and rude and think she owned the place , zero absolute to her service and the people who hired her as manager she always charge 10$ extra if ya feeling unwell or just wana.check out at 12 ish instead of 10 am, she start come inside the room with her key and tapping people to go out , wow this is not China mate , she normally works in day time till 5,pm short lady , very very unprofessional rude to people like we owee her life or something, or we re staying here for free , plz I have request to superior authority of this hostel , please atleast hire a trained manager from agency who worked in tourism industry prior in Australia , karma will get her one day . Cause karma is real thanks

    Location

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: August 13, 2024

    4.0
    Disappointing
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    I don't like the heater on in the room while sharing in close proximity.

    Quiet stay full of surprises.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: August 6, 2024

    3.0
    Catfished At Elizabeth
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 14-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    The Smell Coming From The Rooms. The Very Slow And Disconnecting Wi=fi. The Overall Untidiness Of The Room/Reception. And Rudeness From The Receptionist During Check In.

    The Bed

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: July 1, 2024

    3.0
    Poor
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 14 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Full of drunks, druggies, and nut cases

    Location

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: May 25, 2024

    5.0
    I've been to third world hostel rooms that smelt better than that putrid cesspool. Staff = A+
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 14-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Room cleanliness

    Staff were friendly, check out was 24/7

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 22, 2024

    4.0
    Very happy I stayed in my own private room. Dirty place. And dirty sheets
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Budget Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    My bed sheets were dirty, with yellow patchy stains on the sheets. Gross. Bogies smeared across the wall. Dirt all on top of the fridge. And felt like I was gonna fall through the floor everytime I got out of the bed. Full of rough people staying here, and was up till 3/4 am as other people were screaming, and playing music. Hot water in the showers kept cutting out. Dirty showers. Don’t lean on any walls or you’ll fall through them too

    I booked a private room, it had a lock on the door. And a fridge in the room

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 4, 2024

    5.0
    Fair
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The heater cannot be turned on, the refrigerator is too old

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: April 20, 2024

    4.0
    Disappointing
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 8-Bed Female Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    It felt unsafe - drunk men, people who were suffering from mental illness and addiction in the common areas. The kitchen had birds flying inside. I had food stolen from the fridge. I surfaces were dirty and their were no tea towels. Also lots of paper signs with different rules on them stuck around the place that were tatty and ignored by most. Also no wifi in the rooms.

    I liked that there was plenty of space to cook in the kitchen. I also liked the central location and "give and take table" for unwanted items. It was also great I could leave my luggage there after check out.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: April 1, 2024

    3.0
    It’s a mad house.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 8-Bed Female Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    You have to pay deposit for spoons, forks, cups, towels, keys..it’s so ridiculous. No Wi-Fi in the room, you have to go out to the reception area where has limited space and smelly, uncomfortable couches. They still use the traditional keys for the door locks and people who are not staying at hostel has the key and can came to the room without permission. This happened to me /our room. Their entrance door is always open. Sloppy people staying there, pictures included. That’s how the room looks like when I stepped in and I was not allowed to change room or cancel the booking. One of the staff was verbally abusive and threatening me. There are verbal fights breaking out several times between staff and guests or amongst guests. It is a mad house.

    Central location within free train/ bus zone

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: March 27, 2024

    5.0
    ok
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights

    you have to be honest with people the online booking is different to what i had.There were several bunks in every room with all respect probably ok for young people ruffing it up and travelling not for me a woman on her own.

    The linen was clean and nobody touched my stuff and people were ok close to absolutely everything price good if you haven't got much money

    Stayed in March 2024

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