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Reviews of The Brownston Hostel

73 Brownston Street, 9305 Wanaka, New Zealand

#18 of 27 hotels in Wanaka

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Review score

Based on 690 hostel reviews

8.2

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.6

  • Comfort

    8.6

  • Location

    9.3

  • Facilities

    8.4

  • Staff

    9.0

  • Value for money

    8.0

  • Free WiFi

    9.0

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  • Reviewed: 12 January 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Poor internet

    Comfortable beds and location.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 11 January 2025

    8.0
    Nice people, big kitchen
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Twin Room with Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    I didn't see the wifi info in my room. It was a little bit far to walk from the room to the kitchen.

    The check-in service was smooth. The location is okay and easy to find. The people there are friendly. Kitchen is spacious with good common area.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 10 January 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Twin Room with Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very sterile inside, not nice atmosphere. Looks better from the outside.

    Kitchen facilities were spacious and clean, staff was helpful and friendly.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 10 January 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Budget Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    the rooms are quite small but are clean. The common spaces are nice and clean. Perfect position 5min walking far from the lakeside. Staff is welcoming and I had the opportunity to have a quick shower in a common bathroom after my check out

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 January 2025

    9.0
    Great value for money!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Would have loved to have parking on the spot but it’s not that difficult to find spots around. You can still hear noise from other rooms but it was manageable.

    The staff are very friendly and professional. They got us everything we needed. The room was very clean and location is great!

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 9 January 2025

    8.0
    Great Stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Kitchen has industrial gas stoves which require fiddling to get to a low flame level and the hallways are really hot for some reason and are a bit long of a walk for some.

    The location is great and there's nice stores right outside. The staff is helpful and the atmosphere is great with other guests in the common areas. The rooms are clean, roomy and many have outward facing windows.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 8 January 2025

    8.0
    Great location near to lake Wanaka, restaurants and groceries
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The kitchen is quite far downstairs, only accessible by stairs

    Great location near to lake Wanaka, restaurants and groceries. Kitchen is spacious and convenience

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 6 January 2025

    8.0
    It was excellent and worth the price!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    I don't like the lights above my head

    I like the location, the facilities, you can do a lot! the beds are comfy

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 6 January 2025

    9.0
    Great stop over
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Twin Room with Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    No onsite parking. However, the side streets parking are quite close.

    Well equipped kitchen with a good vibe for group meals and activities . The hostel is very close to New world supermarket with everything you need.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 5 January 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    Not necessarily a bad thing, but it was really quiet and not super social (but we were there on Christmas so that might have something to do with it!)

    Everything about this hostel was really as pictured. Super clean facilities and great location. The staff were really friendly and helpful. I would have given it a ten if there had been some side tables and lamps in the rooms- but overally for the price it was really good value.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 5 January 2025

    9.0
    Excellent location with clean rooms
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Cost was a lot but it was New Year’s Eve.

    Very clean excellent location to town. Bathroom small but clean. Did the job! Staff excellent. VERY professional and helpful.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 5 January 2025

    8.0
    Would totally come back.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Twin Room with Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Annoying people swearing and loudly trying to wake up Domaine in our corridor at 5 30am! Even wearing earplugs they were loud.

    Facilities were excellent.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 5 January 2025

    9.0
    A safe bet
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Clean, safe, well located. Able to leave my things before check-in and after check-out somewhere safe. Right next to New world supermarket. French bakery next door!

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 4 January 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The communication via booking.com with the hostel was poor. I informed the hostel a day ahead that I will arrive after 8pm. No reaction. Only the second mail was answered at 7.15 pm with a payment request of booking.com which I immediately complied and send new email to keep my key ready. When I arrived at 9.30 no key was prepared for me but many other guests and I had to pay an expensive roaming call to get someone to reception. Funnily there was no access even to the building cared for. I had to ask other guests to let me in.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 4 January 2025

    8.0
    Perfect for our brief stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    A bit of a trek to the kitchen. A basic table by the bed would have been good

    It has everything we needed and some unexpected bonuses such as relaxing room and balcony

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 2 January 2025

    8.0
    Good stay good value for money
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It’s a hostel well mentioned and new located centrally

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 31 December 2024

    8.0
    Meet our needs making our last minute stay enjoyable
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Quadruple Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not enough room in the showers and no side tables in the room

    The kitchen was awesome

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 31 December 2024

    7.0
    Meh. Not worth the money.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Rooms were stuffy and warm (there is no aircon or fan). Mattress was thin. You could hear the doors of all other rooms slamming even from inside your room. Kitchen was located in a very awkward part of the building and only accessible by 2 flights of stairs. Staff fairly non-existent.

    Large kitchen with relevant cooking equipment.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 December 2024

    8.0
    Clean accessible place to spend the night
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    4 bed dorm without much place to hang clothes, towels, or place your belongings, which is important when you’re travelling. The beds are comfier than bunks (no need to climb to get to the top bed) and the beds were already made on arrival, but they don’t provide any sense of privacy -that you get in other hostel dorms. This kind of bed disposition works best for groups that travel together. Pretty noisy room due to being by the main street. No off street parking. On street parking from 6pm. I had my motorcycle with me and we really dislike parking our bikes where we can’t see them and having it under the rain. Ended up parking in new world supermarket parking lot which i had a view to from my room window but was worried all night that they were going to tow it.

    Location is good, as it is very close to the waterfront and there is a supermarket, creperie and coffee place next door. Toilets clean. Good hot showers. Drawer for storage under the beds. Access to the hostel is very easy, all sealed roads, right on the town’s main street. Walking distance to all the restaurants. They have an elevator 🙂 which was great as i was carrying heavy luggage.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 28 December 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not very much storage options in the rooms. Nothing to hang on Jackets or towels

    Very friendly staff, very clean rooms and clean bathrooms. A huge Kitchen.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 28 December 2024

    8.0
    2 eventful days in Wanaka.
    • People with friends
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    1. We only got one key for the room for three people. It's not possible to enter the corridor after 12 p.m. without a key 2. Cleaning lady broke seal of newly bought phone left on the bed in the room.

    Good location and friendly stuff.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 December 2024

    8.0
    Roomy and accessible hostel, straightforward rooms. Great staff.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    No complaints, only suggested improvement is a vending machine and a washing machine that accepts card payments.

    Simple and clean room in a very accessible and roomy hostel.

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 December 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Other Doors clicking when others enter/exit there rooms

    Simple easy convenient

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 December 2024

    8.0
    Nice hostel with very good kitchen appliances and comfortable beds
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Twin Room with Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The room was a bit small to open the suitcase. Some lockers were outside the rooms.

    Very cosy beds and nice bathrooms, great kitchen.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 December 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    We didn't get to use the common spaces so we cannot comment on it.

    Nice hostel. Room was spacious, bathrooms clean and the lady at the reception was fantastic!

    Stayed in December 2024

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