Drifter Byron Bay

My 3 friends and I stayed at Drifter for two nights and loved it! It’s such a beautiful hostel, the rooms are amazing, the pool area is super cool and all the staff are beyond friendly and helpful. Great location and we felt super safe! Couldn’t recommend enough!! The kitchen facilities were great, however it was a bit dirtier than we were expecting but this could be due to less staff cleaning it over a weekend. We would also suggest having disposable paper towels in the bathroom! :) thank y...

Loved my stay here, I requested to change rooms because the original room was insanely dirty from other guests and they accommodated me straight away. Pool area and lobby spaces are lovely - kitchen is a bit cramped during peak hours but apart from that I loved my stay

It was a nice stay and a good location, the room smelt a bit moldy which annoyed me a lot and the kitchen was filthy, should be cleaned actively during busy hours. Everything else was fine there!

I enjoyed my stay. I only wish it was cleaner. There’s sand everywhere and I never saw the kitchen clean. Apart from that the beds are comfy and it’s a nice vibe.

Great rooms! Good location right next to piano bar and then 5 min walk to beach. Kitchen was ok but always super busy. Would stay here again :)

Best hostel i stayed at on my travels. If you drink just have a couple and go to the social areas and you’re 90% guaranteed to end up at the piano bar

Room bedding was super clean but felt room could have been cleaner. Bathroom mat was mouldy and there were items left in room that didn’t belong to anyone including fourth girl in our room. They were items left from previous people from weeks ago (food in bag - tag dated 13/03, bikini, sandals, dirty bowl and fork on balcony).

The pool area was lovely and the rooms were nice and clean with good storage space, perhaps could be a little bit bigger though as we’re quite croweded. Lots of showers and toilets that were clean.

Dorms and kitchen are not spacious but common areas are good at the hostel.

This hostel was great, the rooms and bathrooms are very clean. The beds have curtains on which is great and lots of room for your stuff in the drawers under the bed (which you can lock using your own lock). The kitchen area was clean and cleaned regularly as well as never too busy. Each bed has their own designated fridge space and cupboard space. The pool area is nice too and lots of common space inside and outside to relax. The hostel run a free dinner weekly and socials.

Kitchen was an absolute disaster. Filthy and overcrowded. Way too small and the storage system is a joke.

Amazing location, really nice facilities. there was staff in the kitchen cleaning up during busy hours and found the bathrooms clean. The bedrooms were super nice and the atmosphere was super social.

Lovely rooms, kitchen and social spaces were really nice. Everywhere could do with a better clean, especially the kitchen.

This is one of the most well designed hostels I’ve stayed in! Boxes for each bed on the shelves and in the fridge so finding space for your food was never an issue! Kitchen was well equipped and lots of places to sit and eat. The bedrooms were spacious and clean. Beds had lights, storage and blackout curtains which was a game changer! Beds were also comfortable and lots of space in lockers. The road the hostel is on isn’t the best but the location within Byron is perfect - 5 mins from beach!

first hostel i stayed in and it was amazing, so conveniently close to everything including the bus station. the place was so cute and everything was clean. some construction going in inside but doesnt cause any issues to guests. i would stay here 1000x over if i were to come back!

Staff were nice, location was great, facilities were good and easy to use, cinema room and pool were a major selling point but sometimes hard to get in due to high demand. Can’t fault drifters as a whole, great value for money and comfortable stay. Couldn’t recommend enough.

Nettes, soziales Hostel mit sauberer Küche, großen Räumen und die Betten haben Vorhänge

Lage ist super, aber die Sauberkeit ist echt ein Problem. Das Personal hat meinen kompletten Einkauf weg geschmissen, da sie dachten ich wäre ausgecheckt. Leider keine gute Erfahrung

Disappointing - shared areas need more frequent cleaning, kitchen and female bathroom was very dirty, also sand all over the floor when I walked in. They also overbooked my 3 night continuous stay booking and had to do one night in one room & 2 in another. Offered me nothing as a sorry & made me check out at 10am on my 2nd day and didn’t give me my new key until 2pm.

10/10 Hostel, if your going to Byron, Go to Drifter!!