Airlie Beach Backpackers By The Bay

Rooms way too small, facilities dirty and toilets smelly Downgraded me from Double room to 4 dorm and dont want to give refund

The hostel is close to the bus stop, and close enough to the city center. The staff is friendly. The rooms are clean, beds are comfy and the aircondition keeps the rooms nice and cool. The bathrooms were fine. Most of the people staying here are long term residents and they don’t clean after themselves in the kitchen, and smoke a lot of weed in the common areas outside. As a backpacker passing through, I would not recommend other backpackers staying here if it’s only for a couple of days.

A lovely atmosphere but mainly long term travellers so would not recommend staying for a few nights as it’s not as sociable. There is a good communal space and the staff are friendly and accommodating. However, the kitchen is really dirty. Underquipped and cockroaches seen as well as raw meet being left outside. There doesn’t seem to be a management presence monitoring the cleanliness. Many people also smoke weed in the communal areas outside. I met cool people but wouldn’t stay again.

Det var väldigt stökigt och smutsigt. Speciellt i de allmänna utrymmen. Jag ville inte laga mat där eftersom att köket var så äckligt. Det ligger också en bit ifrån Airlies huvudgata där alla butiker ligger.

It is a nice hostel, with lots of space to hang out and a nice backyard. Also the rooms were quite spacious. The kitchen wasn‘t the cleanest and I didn’t like the atmosphere too much.

Only stayed for one night so can’t judge too much. Staff are lovely and very helpful. Rooms are quite small but not awful. Bathrooms didn’t feel the cleanest. Not too far out of town and a short walk to greyhound bus stop.

Bed Bugs spotted! No sign of them on our mattress but found two adult bed bugs crawling along bed. I believe they just have crawled in from another room, this hostel needs to do a full fumigation and clean. Laundry services constantly in use or out of order. However, the on site worker was extremely helpful with sorting us with money to go to a laundrette and refund us with early checkout.

Proper old fashioned hostel, slightly underground vibes which was cool. The cockatoos that came to visit were lovely! The pool was lovely and the rooms were beautifully air conditioned. It was a bit of a walk to the main town though, maybe 15 minutes, but only a short walk from the bus station.

Super chill vibe, slightly old school hostel vibes but I liked it. The outdoor area is great. Great value

Nice hostel, would recommend for solo travelers, people were very friendly. Could be more clean

Das Hostel ist ca. 1,5 km von Zentrum entfernt. Es waren viele Langzeitreisende dort, die Atmosphäre war nicht soo sozial. Check in und check out ging sehr unkompliziert auch außerhalb der Öffnungszeiten der Rezeption. Es gab ein kleines Schließfach für Wertsachen in den Zimmern. Die Zimmer waren aber klassisch mit Schlüssel abschließbar, d.h. sie müssten manuell abgeschlossen werden und es kam vor, dass das Zimmer die ganze Zeit offen war. Das Badezimmer war relativ sauber, die Küche e...

Great place to stay with a great vibe! Would 100% recomend

Aména the manager is the best! Very helpful and kind. I interacted briefly with other staff members and they were also enthusiastic and willing to answers any questions or inquiries we had during our stay

Loved my stay, definitely recommend.

The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful! Accomodation was great, the lower beds even had curtains! Bathroom was cleaned daily. And in general the place was simply great. Would definitely recommend it. Thanks!

Only there for a couple of days. Air con great, I feel like cleanliness could have been improved a bit

Good hostel, nice private rooms and mulitple day luggage storage which was very nice! And cute cockatoos

Great hostel especially if you’re staying long term. Staff is very friendly and helpful. Beds are comfy and there’s plenty of storage space. I also really liked how the hostel is less commercial than other hostels so it felt more like a home

Probably my favorite hostel in my 5 weeks in my 5 weeks in Australia. This is like an old school type of hostel, very simple and social. There’s a lot of long terms, but they are friendly and included on many activities. One caveat is the noise, if you’re a light sleeper, this hostel might not be for you. Also lots of French, Italian and Spanish speakers, English seemed like the minority here.

Staff is really friendly!