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Reviews of Sydney Hostel

2 out of 5
Sydney Hostel
Flat E5, 7/F, Block E, Chungking Mansion, 36-44 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 6 out of 77 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 19 out of 77 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 25 out of 77 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 77 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 77 reviews" "

6.2/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

4.4/10

Amenities

5.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

LEUNG

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
NOT the same as the picture, and no window in this smallest room, and it was uncomfortable to sit on the double bed which caused my back to be sore to read. The worst is not the same hostel booked and need to change to a different hostel from block E 16th floor to block C 14th floor. It was a long trip just to check in. An extra additional charge of HK$187.00 for cleaning for 7 days.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Hugh

Travelled with family
No credit or refund, lost all our money
We did not stay as this was a non refundable, which we had paid in full months before Covid started. We were not assisted in anyway to get a credit or refund so the booking came and went and we were still at home. Enjoy our money, unfortunately we did not have that opportunity.
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

monica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and comfy
The room is tidy and the staffs are very accommodating. We had a peaceful stay there. Recommended for budgeted travelers. Thank you Sydney hostel! Will come again!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Pui Kwan

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 10 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Traveller, London

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
You get what you paid for. Hong Kong is very expensive and this place was cheap. The room was literally a hole in the wall. The towels were changed everyday and everyday I will find stains in them. The building had this terrible smell which would never go away. Only book it if you are in a tight budget and will only go to the room to sleep.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

anonymous

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
the price was right. I only returned to the room to sleep and that was perfect. the indian food downstairs was a plus.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Budget hostel in convenient location
Small room. Beds are wall to wall. Clean. Check-in is at another location. Just a place to sleep. Chungking Mansion is conveniently located on Nathan Road, close to MTR, bus stops and Star Ferry.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Moriah

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The family room was too small for three people(9 square meter). We have to pay 195 HKD for cleaning in extra for 9 square meter room. Expedia makes me feel very disappointed for room standard and extra fee without knowing in advance!!! Hostel is located in excellent location and a lot of Indian people.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Optimusprime

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
The room is clean and comfy but the sorrounding whrn going to the building and the access to the hotel itself is going to the trash alley
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

cach18, Houston

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very difficult review. Positive: Location the best.Closeto everything , MTR, Harbor, Malls, nifgt market -Staff, very helpful people. We were there just the day before the typhoon. They helped with transport next day and they always pending of everything. Even though the extremely small room, bed were comfortable. Negative: Elevator. 1 small elevator (5 or 6 ppl)for all building. You have to make long lines at first floor to catch it. The worst thing. Never saw something like that. Room super small, if you tall more than 5'9 you may not fit , serioulsy. No space for bags just under the bed. Shower is over the toilet no more than 5 ft wide toilet +shower. But we had great time there., thats why I said is a difficult review. In conclusion , besides the elevator I would recommend this place.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ngung Chia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent value for money in Kowloon
Very clean hotel/room. Location is excellent - opposite MTR and airport bus A21 just at the door step. Ferry to Hong Kong and Macau within 10 mins walk away. Excellent WiFi in room and free drinking water. Plenty of shopping around. Space is very small - as with most rooms in Hong Kong. Lift is a big problem. Reception and room in different block but signage is clear. Will return for future stay.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
As expected, the room was very small. If you have more than 2 luggages , this type of hostel is not for you. The refrigerator in the common area is not working. The Reception of the hostel is FAR from the rooms. The location of the hostel is 7/F block E, while the the reception area is between 11th-15th floor of Block A. You still need to go to Block A before you check-in or call the telephone no. provided at the entrance of the rooms. Maybe the hostel manager/owner should put it in the check-in instructions. You cannot leave your luggages after checkout in the block where the rooms are located because there will be no one who will assist you. You still need to bring all your luggages to Block A.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location and price
I had a 1 night layover in Hong Kong and I just needed a cheap, clean place to stay for 1 night and this place certainly did the trick, at a good price. There is nothing fancy here but the guy at the front desk was nice enough to upgrade my room free of cost and he has kept the rooms nice and clean. So if you're looking for a simple place close to the city center that doesn't cost much, I'd recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Kris, Philippines

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amit & Roy rocks! They are very helpful and nice
Overall, i like the place and its staff. They have unlimited supply of towels, wi-fi, tea & offers free laundry. As for their staff, Amit and Roy are good people in HK.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Daryl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean room, Fast internet, and Great staff!
The room is quite small but it has everything you need. It is clean with fast internet, both wifi and wired. The hotel staff, Amit, is very kind, funny, and accommodating. The location is good except for the small elevator. Near to 2 MTR stations and bus stops. A walking distance to ferry terminal. I recommend this place!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Its a backpackers
Ok..so we stayed here for 5 hrs just to sleep and then went on our way. this place is for adventurous backpackers or budget travellers who dont mind living in a matchbox for the duration. Looks clean, bathroom a bit tricky with the small size. Location is in a seedy place of Hong kong so if youre the adventurous kind go for gold. It is not for the faint hearted. The hotel is in the 17th floor-lift only goes to 16th. 2 short flight of stairs and youre there.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very very disappointment
The big problem is elevator of the building is very congestion. Room photos shown in website is absolutely different. If I see the real place before I will pay more for another hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good stay
We stayed in their other hostel. But its worth it. Place is comfy even if its quite small. Its good for budgrt traveller like us. I would surely stay again there.

2/10 Terrible

Lip, LA

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst place I've ever booked. Seedy, dirty, grimmy
The area is a bunch of overcrowded buildings where you will be approached by street vendors up to the elevator. If you come in at night there's lines of 20+ people to take the old elevator up. Inside the guest house or whatever this is called the manager plays loud Indian music so forget about afternoon naps. When i entered my room the so called bathroom had just been showered in minutes prior. This place is absolutely terrible and its a shame travelocity and expedia show it in their results. It looked as dirrty and grimmy as the residences in the new Judge Dredd movie.
Response from ricky on 24 Apr,2017
dear guest thankyou for your valuable comments we will try our best to improve our service just few thing for u to notice before u book ur room consider the city ur going to, u cant compare hk to thailand or china where u can find cheap and spacious rooms take a proper look at the stars u r booking and the price u r paying for ur expectations u should consider 4 or 5 star hotel not 1 star thankyou

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible an so expensive
Avoid this place if you can. Terrible and expensive, wifi did not work, tv without cable, no towels. And they charged about a lot for one night

4/10 Poor

benjamin, malaysia

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
room is too small .."..............................................

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Cheated by hotel
I booked a hotel with good reviews and agreed to pay a bit extra as compared to what the hotel asked the customers, for clean rooms. But when checking in, hotel assigned a room in another of their hotels (CEBU Hotel) which had damp beds and smelly rooms. The floor on which I was allocated a room did not even have a lift. I asked for a room in the hotel that I had a booking for but I was told there was no vacancy in that hotel and only one was available in this hotel, so I had to either take that one or cancel and walk away. Since it was prepaid and non-refundable booking, I had no option but to take that room. I felt cheated by both Hotel and Expedia. Will never pay to Expedia again. Please refuse the rooms in any other hotel other than Sydney Hotel itself. As for me, sorry no reviews about stay at Sydney as I never stayed there.

6/10 Okay

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just at right location nothing else!!
Hotel location and staff were excellent however the room size, cleanliness and comfort was terrible!

4/10 Poor

backpacker, english

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sydney hostel
Stayed in the Sydney hostel for 2 nights. The hostel is in the Chungking mansions easy building to find as it is popular with the locals. However in the building finding the reception was rather tricky as you have to get the lift which takes about 10 mins due to ques. The reception was in block A on the 17th floor. Once I found the reception the guy checked me in then sent me to block E 7th floor where my room was. The room was very small but very clean, tv, shower/toilet, safe, air con and good wifi. The hostel is perfect for travellers or short stay people looking for a room to stay as you explore Hong Kong.

6/10 Okay

Angela, Singapore

Was upgraded first 2 nights to family room

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tiny rooms
The stay at this place is like being locked in a cell, but locked in a clean one. The room has 4,5 m2 and there is no space for anything, just for sleeping. For this reason I can not rate better. I try to be fair, and at least I say that the cleanness level is good. Just for a one-night stay. I could even repeat but just because HK is so expensive that tight-budget travelers don't have much more options in this city.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Stay
we stayed at trible room was little small but very clean and staff very helpful and evry thing in room is working such as safe verry good bathroom good tv channels over all i enjoyed by staying at this hostel

10/10 Excellent

John, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Economical and Clean Hostel
Helpful staff and this Hostel is right in the center of the city. Clean rooms and free coffee/Tea and free wifi.

6/10 Okay

Enrique, Madrid

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Chunking Mansions expirience.
First of all, Chungking Mansions is what it is. Better be prepared. Bazar shops, queues at elevators and dozens of people offering cheap rooms. hundreds of rooms to stay. All small. Sydney hostel is one more, but at least it's a "have it all" room, except for wardrobes. Also, Sydney Hostel is away from the manager, who usually is at another one, Cebu Hostel, so be prepared to find the main "office" (usually a table). Space is expensive in Hong Kong, but that's Hong Kong experience. Now the review, once called by phone, number written in a paper on Sydney Hostel door, Robin, a young and attentive guy who speaks good English came to Sydney Hotel and gave me a room. Hong Kong Mansions kind of room. A bed, a small bed table, a TV I didn't watched, and toilette-shower-sink micro space. Enough to spend a few days in one of the most actives zones of the city. It's clean and comfortable enough, at least for one person. Last day I had to leave the luggage at the hotel before leaving at night, no problem, Robin took care of it at the other sister hotel, block A, floor 17th, where the main "office" is. One more thing there are two elevators on each block, pairs an odds floors, but they go till 16th floor, so if you want to go to 17th, take pairs to 16th and walk the rest by the stairs.

4/10 Poor

EB, Utah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not a place for business or couples traveling.
I had booked (what showed) a hotel close to the HK airport.. 230 HK $ later I arrive by Taxi in Kowloon close to the Peninsula Hotel at 11:30 PM. The Chung King Mansion building is a group of towers and the ground level is hundreds of bargain shops of anything a traveler can look for. The address was wrong on the Expedia printout. After walking to the E tower and going up 7 floors and was told the Sydney hotel was located in the A tower. ( 20 minutes wasted) I finally located the right tower. The elevators went to the 16th floor.. The Sydney is on the 17th floor. Up the stairs you go. The Sydney Hotel is really the Cebu Hotel. The button to enter rang and rang.. finally other guests came and entered as I did. The manager came in a few minutes, was professional and I was checked in quickly and shown the room. Clean & neat and about 8' x 8' including bathroom. Bathroom is like a RV bathroom with shower. The room air conditioner worked, after an exhausting day I set my alarm for 5:30 AM and slept OK. Shower worked fine... opp's no towels were left.. used the pillow cases to dry. Another part of the adventure. The hair dryer looked new.. didn't work.. left at 6:10 AM and headed for the HK airport via Taxi and train .. much less HK$$. If you are young and traveling alone on a budget, the location is perfect for Hong Kong, Kowloon Star Ferry, activities. Everyone else stay away..

4/10 Poor

Bert , Houston, TX

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
A 26 minute ride to discomfort because it's cheap.
It's really not a place to stay if your travelling with anyone carrying couple of suitcases and a couple of knapsacks because it will be way too small for your carry ons. The place is way too far and costly for a taxi ride from the airport. The place is lacking of any staff except for an attendant that sleeps by the door to answer the doorbell. It does not provide any airport shuttle. The room has no heat if you are there in the wintertime but it does have a window A/C for the summer heat. You really don't have much choice from the 5 rooms that is available for this so called Hostel that was converted from a 10-room 7th floor flat.

2/10 Terrible

Félix

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nada me gusta
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Catherine Shu Yan

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

HONG WAN DICKSON

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2020

6/10 Okay

Emi

Liked: Staff & service
チョンキンマンションの中にあるホステルです。 価格なりのホテルなので、色んな事には目をつむりましょう。 安く泊まりたい方には快適に練れるかなと思います。 女子二人旅で、最初は驚きましたが途中から慣れてきた私たちがいました。
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
太可怕了 住宿地點很難尋找 在重慶大廈裡面 要先經過一堆東南亞或是非洲人的騷擾 進去房間後 窗戶無法開關 房間很悶 還有奇怪的香水味 聞久會頭暈 很危險 房門只有喇叭鎖 隔音也差 完全聽得到隔壁房間的聲音 夜晚還有尖叫聲很可怕 冷氣聲音很大 住宿的老闆好像是印度人 走廊本是房客自由走動的地方 聊天時還有監視器監視著 一聊天房東還帶另一名印度人一起過來叫我們不要在走廊聊天 還問我們在聊什麼（黑人問號）加上我們只有兩個女生入住 真的非常危險 我們勉強住了一晚隔天早上直接去住大飯店了 建議在平台直接購買機加酒的旅客要三思 尤其是只有女生入住非常危險 可以上網查這棟大廈之後再決定要不要入住 除非你膽子大 否則千萬不要衝動啊
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Sonia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Hay que pagar un 10% del total de la reserva
Te cobran un 10% del total de la reserva en concepto de limpieza, me parece que eso va al bolsillo del que está allí, pero si no pagas no te dan la habitación. Eso no se publica en la página, te lo envian una vez está confirmada la reserva, así que si no tienes cancelación pagas si o si. Un día entraron a la habitación sin nuestro permiso y dejaron la puerta abierta, pudiendo entrar cualquiera allí. Es una habitación muy pequeña, solo hay una pequeña entrada y la cama, con un mini baño que parece un armario. La ubicación si es bastante buena, para subir a la habitación hay que esperar unas interminables colas para coger el ascensor.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Ivan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

Sandra

Dåligt förstaintryck då hostellet ligger inne i ett lite sketchy guesthouse-komplex och det var svårt att hitta uppgången. Incheckning sker i block A våning 17 medan vissa av rummen låg vid block E. Väl på plats var rummen OK. Små rum men det räckte. Placeringen av hostellet var bra - supernära till tunnelbanan så det var lätt att ta sig runt i staden. Allt som allt var vistelsen helt OK. Ingen superbra men inte heller superdåligt. Rekommenderas dock inte för familjer o.s.v utan mer för backpackers eller liknande.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018

2/10 Terrible

RAINY, BKK

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
จองที่พักทั้งหมด 3 คืน จ่ายเงินเรียบร้อย พอไปถึง พนักงานให้นอนห้องที่จองไว้ ( เตียงเดียว 2 เตียง ) ได้ 2 คืน คืนที่ 3 ให้ย้ายไปอีกตึก ทื่ห้องพักไม่ได้มาตรฐานเดียวกัน คือ มี เตียงเดี่ยวแค่ 1 เตียง แล้วก็ให้จ่ายภาษีที่โรงแรมเพิ่มอีก 100 ดอลล่าฮ่องกง
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

こぶ, 東京

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
失敗・・・
場所は治安悪そう、従業員は中東系で言葉が通じない、鍵は簡素過ぎて不安、トイレとシャワーが一緒、タオルもない。良いところはないです。
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

6/10 Okay

チャーリー, 奈良県

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
香港旅行！
写真と全く異なります。でもこの値段なら妥当だと思います。重慶大厦は、安くても探せばいいところもあります。
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

hayoung

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
친철하고 배려가 느껴진 시드니
여러번 홍콩숙박결과 가격 대비 나쁘지 않았습니다. 청킹맨션 숙소 첨 이용해봤네요. 처음엔 사람도 많고 슬럽화가 되다보니 약간의 거부감도 있고. . 하지만 주인 정말 친절하고 깨끗하고 배려하기 위한준비가 곳곳에 느껴 지더군요. 비싼 호텔은 비싼값을 하고 저렴하면 또 그에 걸맞는 적당함도 필요하구요. 일때문에 급하게 잠만 자고 올 일이어서 저렴한곳 선택을 하였지만 나쁘지 않았습니다. 고급지고 안락한 여행만 다니신 분이라면 비추이구요. 힘들고 아껴가며 배낭여행식으로 다니신 분이라면 추천할만 합니다. 저도 여행 스똴이 후자 쪽이라. . .
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
できるだけ宿泊費を抑えたい方はありかなと思います
立地、値段はよく、部屋も綺麗に掃除されていましたが、正直清潔感はあまりありませんでした。 一人旅、バックパッカーで安さ重視な問題ないと思いますが、ビジネスや小旅行などは少し清潔感、サービスにかけると思います。あと、チェックインカウンターと部屋が別の場所にあったので、見つける際にかなり迷いました。スタッフの対応はとてもフレンドリーで良かったです。
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017