St Kilda Accommodation

The guests kind of band together, you know adversity unites us.

Reminded me of my squatting days. Hostel is understaffed and rundown, I wouldn't condone them by booking a stay, but the pricing does make it an alright last resort. Just note terrible environmental hygeine, bed bug and ant infestation, and exactly how shady it is that you have to make a non-refundable reservation before signing terms and conditions, anywhere else that's a red flag for a scam. Finally, this hostel is NOT disabled accessible, nor is it trans friendly and be prepared to fight for your right to use the unisex bathroom like I did. Overall, a legally dubious establishment.

The surrounding areas. St Kilda is a very nice neighborhood and the price was affordable. I only met the owner once, he was kind.

I didn't receive the check-in details by email as i was told. They said maybe on booking or soam, but not. The check-in is from 14:00 to 16:00. Breakfast is at 10:00 The check out was at 11am. The bed was a little rocky. The space was small, but i didn't feel it very crowded, maybe it is because it is not high season yet. I think is fair for the price comparing to other places.

Did not eat the breakfast but they had some options like toast and cereal. The women's restroom (two toilets and two showers) was pretty decent and clean, more updated than the rest of the hostel.

My group of three 20 year old females felt unsafe and had to leave after the first night. We where in the 10 dorm with mixed gender, it was all men ranging from 45-65ish years old. One of which came back to the room after a shower in just a towel to change in the room with us. Another man started moaning around 3am and was shaking the bed... On top of that he room also smelled of feces the entire time with no airflow into the dorm. We wanted to make an affordable trip to Melbourne and where excited to meet people though the communal space. Unfortunately, this became a traumatic experience. We checked in late so didn't meet the host, by morning time felt too uncomfortable and unequipped to event attempt to resolve the plethora of issues and just needed to get out of there. Other random notes: - It is located in an alleyway next to a construction site (as of September 2025 this includes a half torn sown building adding to the spooky vibe) -My top bunk swayed about an inch (not exaggerating) whenever the person below me moved or got up - bedding was worn but not bad (bring your own towels) - Window above the door allowed hallways light in, this made it so nobody needed to turn off and on lights which was nice, but if you need darkness you will need to bring a sleep mask - no windows to the outside, other than a skylight. -There are lockers about the size of school lockers where you can put smaller belongings, but they do not have locks

I apologise -I don't mean to be blunt. But I have stayed in many backpackers and I've never seen anything as low standards as what we saw. It's basically somewhere for the homeless to sleep and cook. We were worried about how the tiny bathroom was to accommodate the guests in the morning rush. And unfortunately the beds were -well -bad and in a tiny room with no windows. There was no fresh air or bench to put our belongings or mirror to do make-up. The parking that was suggested was only 3hr parking which meant we had to keep coming back to move the car. We ended up driving and sleeping in our car.

Very clean rooms