Papamoa Backpack House

I love the location. It was across the road to a shopping center with a lot of options in walking distance to restaurants, beaches, and bars .. I thoroughly enjoyed my stay.There was no personal contact just rang the number of the host who offered me a choice of 2 rooms which were ready to use 😀

IMy stay wasn't long enough 😪

location is FANTASTIC. Close to beach, stores, bus stops. When you book a room, you are booking it for yourself/your party only.

There is no staff at papamoa backpacking, nor did i speak to anyone before going to the hostel. I asked two questions via chat on booking.com and no one answered me. There is no front desk, no receptionist, nothing. It was unclear when booking if the other beds in the room I booked would be filled by other travllers chosen by booking.com. Papamoa Beach staff members. The toilet was constantly running and wasting lots of water. There is only full bathroom to share amongst all guests.

It was a good place to stay and heaps of nice people inside the house and it's closer to pack n save

Nothing I didn't like

This is a self check in place. We had prepaid . We were lucky sone one else was there. There was no one there to check us in. We had received a n email about 20 mins after arrival with number of our room . We saw the owner later in the evening. Very nice man. The place could do with a make over but it certainly met our needs and then some. It is in a good location a bout a 7 minute walk to the beach pak inn save across the road and a mall in the next Block. . We intend to go back next year.

No one there when we arrive to check us in

the space in my room

the door in my room was hard to close