Flinders Backpackers

Spent five days between Boxing Day and New Year's Eve, booked a private room so no complain regarding the stay, noise kept to a minimum from the street on the 4th floor. Great customer service as the staff took our first night off the booking when our flight was cancelled. Plenty of bathrooms facilities regularly cleaned, perfect position near train, bus and tram stations, every restaurant and bar you can imagine at your doorstep. Highlight of the stay was the rooftop coffee shop and the best coffee we had in Melbourne, all thanks to Luca. Not only he makes amazing coffee, but he is also kind, full of suggestion and a pleasure to talk to, if you don't go up there to chat with him while sipping his great coffee, you are missing out. Would book again.

Not usually a fan of big hostels like this but the staff both at front desk and cleaning do a really nice job, very friendly and the bathrooms I've used are always clean. The rooftop cafe is super cute and the bar downstairs has fun events and pool. The big open windows right next to beds on the 11th floor seem really unsafe though.

MICE IN THE PIECES, TERRIBLE ORGANIZATION, INDIFFERENCE AND LIES IN PRICES We stayed in this place for 5 days. the very high prices. unhealthy kitchens. elevators always bad. A mouse appeared in the room which did not stop running in the room. We asked them to do something and they changed our room for the same price (or so they told us,Plus we had to move all our things 3 floors at 1 am ) We had to pay for one more night but they raised the price by 60 dollars and our previous room was no longer available. they robbed us with the price We are still here completely dissatisfied with the service. all we want is to get out of here

I think you got to come here with an open mind. If you’re broke and willing to rough it then this the hostel for you :) I slept in the 18 bed dorm room. I was on a top bunk beside two windows that kept opening in the night because no locks and it was so windy. The noise on the ground from the 8th floor was so loud - they do warn you when you receive your confirmation for your booking that it’s going to be noisy but I didn’t expect it to be REALLY noisy. Trams, screaming drunks outside, it was a party vibe and I also got in around midnight and couldn’t get into the building. Reception is on level 3 so I literally had to wait outside for someone to let me in (not the staff obviously!) the guy who checked me in though was lovely and the wifi was good, didn’t mind that the bathrooms were on other levels, the only thing was the windows and the noise. I might have a couple of flea bites on the hip and butt which yes definitely got from there. Only slept there two nights. Almost booked an Airbnb somewhere else though because of the noise. I like how McDonald’s was close though.

The place is dirty, there is a lot of noise all the time, people are disrespectful. My partner and I stayed there because we didn’t have another option in that moment, and we found a mouse inside of the room walking everywhere at 1am on Wednesday (we study early). The receptionists saw the mouse so they found another room but it was more expensive and of course they charged us the extra price, even when it wasn’t our fault to find a rodent, we needed to move all our stuff at that time and pay extra. Also, the shared bathrooms were always out of order.