A5U3 Hostel

Location: 5 Shillito Street, Gold Coast, au

Star Rating: 5.7 Stars

Property Type: Homestays

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: N/A - Anytime

Check-out: N/A

Amenities & Facilities

• Non-smoking rooms
• Air conditioning
• Terrace
• Family rooms
• Non-smoking throughout
• Private check-in/check-out
• Shared lounge/TV area
• Shared kitchen
• Free wired internet
• Internet access
• Japanese garden

Rooms Available

• Family Suite With Balcony

  The spacious family room features air conditioning, a washing machine, as well as a private bathroom boasting a shower and a hairdryer. The well-equipped kitchen has a refrigerator, kitchenware and an oven. There is a tea and coffee maker, a dining area and a terrace and complimentary chocolate is offered for guests. The unit has 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Refrigerator
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Washing machine
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Dressing room
  • Kitchen
  • Dining area
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Oven
  • Terrace
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Drying rack for clothing
  • Toilet paper
  • Chocolate or cookies
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation

• Double Room With Private Bathroom

  The spacious double room provides air conditioning, a washing machine, as well as a private bathroom featuring a shower and a hairdryer. In the kitchen, guests will find a refrigerator, kitchenware, an oven and a tea and coffee maker. The double room features a dining area, a wardrobe and heating and chocolate is provided for guests. The unit offers 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Refrigerator
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Washing machine
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Kitchen
  • Dining area
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Oven
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Clothes rack
  • Drying rack for clothing
  • Toilet paper
  • Chocolate or cookies
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation

• Double Room With Terrace

  The spacious double room provides air conditioning, a washing machine, as well as a private bathroom featuring a shower and a hairdryer. Meals can be prepared in the well-fitted kitchen, which is equipped with a refrigerator, kitchenware and an oven. There is a tea and coffee maker, a dining area and a terrace and complimentary chocolate is provided for guests. The unit offers 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 3 (2 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Refrigerator
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Washing machine
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Kitchen
  • Dining area
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Oven
  • Terrace
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Clothes rack
  • Drying rack for clothing
  • Toilet paper
  • Chocolate or cookies
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation

• Queen Room

  The spacious double room features air conditioning, a washing machine, as well as a private bathroom boasting a shower and a hairdryer. A kitchen fitted with a refrigerator, kitchenware and an oven is available for cooking and storing food. There is a tea and coffee maker, a dining area and a terrace and complimentary chocolate is offered for guests. The unit has 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Refrigerator
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Washing machine
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Kitchen
  • Dining area
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Oven
  • Terrace
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Drying rack for clothing
  • Toilet paper
  • Chocolate or cookies
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation

Guest Reviews

• Tye (4/5): Disappointing -
• Andrew (3/5): Ok, except for the beds - Quiet area, good aircon and shared area The bed, you need better beds
• Alonzo (3/5): Poor -
• Michael (1/5): Scam - What is advertised is not what you are presented with( a mattress on the floor)
• Anonymous (3/5): Experience is not good - The room is manageable The room does not smell good when we entered. The bed ws not comfortable. There was no iron too.
• Mylene (4/5): Disappointing - good location The place is dirty, the bed is squeeky that my kids couldnt sleep, you could hear the noise from the next room
• Karen (1/5): Bad - Location Mouldy bedding, stained bedding, bag of hair clippings under the bathroom sink, non-existent in-room kitchen that was advertised, dirty drinking glasses left in room, non-existent tea and cookies that were advertised, dirty toilet - not even flushed! floors not swept
• Daniela (1/5): Not recommended! - Absolutely nothing It's the worst place I've ever stayed. The bed is unspeakable. It's the most uncomfortable, hard, and creaks with every movement. If you're going on vacation, you want to rest, and if you're going for work, you need to rest. It's not the right place.
• John (7/5): Good -
• Mark (1/5): One to avoid - Nothing Filthy and disgusting. The place stank of curry.
• Mia (6/5): Pleasant -
• Sharon (10/5): Exceptional -
• Corey (4/5): Disappointing -
• William (10/5): Exceptional - Very quite area and beautiful house
• Ed (6/5): Sleep, shower and go. Broadbeach on a budget. - Close to broadbeach, without the price. Private bathroom, lots of storage place. Temperature seemed to be centrally regulated so it was nice and warm when we arrived. Private shower and balcony. The bed was very low, Japanese style, and the mattress very firm, therapeutic perhaps but for my taste not comfortable, (it was ok for my partner). A 3rd towel would have been nice, and could not find the milk as promised. My partner and I are both asthmatic and as non smokers we could easily tell the room had been heavily smoked in the past. It is good managment warns guests not to smoke on their welcome email, eventually the waft will clear... eventually. No TVs, fans, or other amenities, very spartan.
• Bleakley (1/5): Terrible never stay there again - No mattress was just bed base couldn't sleep on it
• Sharon (10/5): Exceptional -
• Michal (6/5): Ok budget stay - Good facilities. Central location. Good price Mattress was very lumpy and uncomfortable. Very squeaky when just moving a little
• Uluilakeba (10/5): Exceptional - Nice and quiet The bed,😹
• Clifford (6/5): Pleasant -
• Anonymous (4/5): Disappointing - The price There was no mattress to the ensemble base springs poking in back all night.and vomit on the terrace . smoke alarm hanging out ceiling
• Cambel (5/5): Passable - Good price
• Heidi (1/5): Do not stay here feels unsafe - Trying to unlock the door was a handful the place did not feel safe AT ALL. The bed frame was snapped in 2 pieces, the mattress was as solid as the floor boards. Would not recommend going to this place. We stayed for long enough to have a shower which mind you the floor was so slippery and then left to get different accommodation.
• Pedro (8/5): For a short time is very good - No noisy
• Roxann (1/5): Wish I was able to get a refund. - Nothing The bed the extremely uncomfortable. Sleeping on the floor was better. The mattress was on the floor and you could see the springs. Really need a new bed and frame.
• Thales (4/5): Disappointing -
• Ahmed (3/5): first time stay in a share apartment - spacious room bath onsite parking mold in bathroom toilet filling slow to flush people not cleaning up after eating leaving dirty dishes dishwasher not working. only found out after use tv not working mattress protector dirty
• Flockhart (1/5): Bad - The ad is misleading. You have to read the full description to find out it is a share house. We walked in and walked out.
• Singh (1/5): Bad - Location was pretty good The facilities were very bad specially the bad was noising too much couldn’t sleep well. Very upset with tha provided facilities
• Jasmine (1/5): Bad - Bathroom Mattress on the floor. Dirty
• Tim (4/5): Disappointing - Location Had to buy soap as there was none supplied. Bed was way too low 300mm high and mattress was like a brick to sleep on. Noise level from other customers after 9pm was loud
• Matthew (7/5): Good - The huge Bath im 6"5. Kitchen not equipped wrll
• Susymena (3/5): Poor - The bathroom The bed was so uncomfortable and noisy!!!
• 53 (1/5): The room was not clean . Bed was so uncomfortable, not bed frame. May or may not have got bitten by bed bugs. The power - The location that was it. The room was not clean . Bed was so uncomfortable, not bed frame. May or may not have got bitten by bed bugs. The power had gone out in only OUR room could not do anything after 10:30pm until the day we left. The lady that was cleaning our room had taken our keys before our checkout time and while my partner was in the room getting changed just unlocked the door.
• Jasmine (7/5): Good -
• Chin (8/5): Very good -
• Luke (5/5): Overall positive experience, could use proper beds - Good location, great sized wardrobe and nice bathroom The bed was horribly uncomfortable, felt like sleeping on the floor, had my drinks taken from the fridge when I wasn’t there and the toilet seat was broken
• Intatano (7/5): Good - Didn't replenish toilet paper and probably another set of pillows. Otherwise, the place was great. Very close to cbd, clean facility.
• Anthony (8/5): Very good -
• Jennifer (3/5): Very poor. - We booked to stay here for 4 nights and were very disappointed with the standards this accommodation kept. We arrived to find the bed was just a mattress on the floor, it didn’t look like any floors had been swept and we were unable to lock our bedroom door. Once we realised we couldn’t lock the door we then had to go and find new accommodation as we felt very unsafe staying in shared accommodation.
• Trewhitt (8/5): Very good - Had a great mini holiday really enjoyed myself great location
• Lisa (1/5): Absolutely disgusting treatment - Every thing was comfortable apart from not having a clue who’s in the house and nothing locked I was staying there during cyclone Alfred I was kicked out told to leave as the next day I couldn’t process another night due to banks and Telstra and internet outage I offered cash but said they had booked the room already which I checked on booking.com room was available She kicked me out in the middle of the cyclone straight into the storm I slept in a public toilet nearby as I was almost being blown away by winds
• Singh (7/5): Good -
• Khan (9/5): Superb -
• Wendy (5/5): Passable - The key to the front door did not unlock the door. I called the help number and was told a staff person would come and assist me. I was standing in the dark and it was raining. After 10 minutes another guest opened the front door from inside and I was able to get inside I called the help desk back and let them know I was inside Later I went downstairs and could not let myself out the front door for the same reason I did not experience being safe at this hostel The door handle on the door to my room was loose although it did lock. It did not feel secure I slept on the floor against the door so that no one could force entry if they wished to The above situation
• Tara (1/5): Bad -
• Botha (3/5): Poor -
• Chang (7/5): Good -
• Sonya (6/5): Very clean basic place, would of liked a better bed. - Easy check in and check out The bed, felt like I was on the floor and woke me up everytime I move the smallest amount. Unable to watch anything on the TV.
• Cherryl (9/5): Our stay was awesome. The host is great & very patient explaining the instructions. - I love the spacious bedroom & its ensuite bathroom. The footsteps & bathroom noise.
• Grace (8/5): Very good -
• Rebekah (5/5): Decent fir price - Good price and close to town Rock hard bed with springs diging into us. Toilet seat and lid about to fall off. Not the cleanest. A small amount of mold.
• Ian (4/5): Wouldnt stay there again - Was easy to and close to where I wanted to go Microwave broken, bed to close to the floor, Fridge Leaked, no Milk
• Scott (1/5): gross and disorganised (door code?) - price price price. location was alright. took 2 hours of waiting (in the heat) for the door code, even though we had arrived on time, and had called repeatedly. kitchen was grubby with crockery dirty and requiring a second wash. microwave was broken (seems like it has been for some time) bed was dusty and covered in lint. and, so, so squeaky. seriously so squeaky. bathroom was also dirty with scum.
• Annabell (7/5): Good -
• Lizeth (3/5): Poor - The location, no more The bed was broken, the blankets and sheets smelled bad, they were dirty, the bathroom was dirty and there were cockroaches inside the room, we asked them to replace or fix the bed since it was broken and they ignored us, really bad service, nothing was clean and it was not what they promised in the photos, bad advertising Unfortunately I didn't realize to take photos of all the above.
• Simpson (7/5): good value - price leaking toilet
• Debra (8/5): Very good -
• Voss (3/5): Poor - The site was excellent A mattress would have been nice and a soap dish in the shower
• Michaela (1/5): Worst hotel ever - Nothing or than the location and beach was very close Nothing place was covered in spiders and mould bed was like sleeping on nails and there was no ventilation or air flow room was a sauna bathroom was mouldy and broken toilet and smelt horrible would not recommend or stay again and would love some money back
• Ben (3/5): You get what you pay for but this place has so much potential - It has so much potential. It looks lovely visually but we quickly realised the host just doesn’t seem to care that much about providing anything beyond the bare minimum — loads of cockroaches throughout the house. Way more than we’ve seen in anywhere else we’ve stayed in Australia — the kitchen had one spoon, and a dishwasher of mouldy plates — the WiFi was terribly slow. The listing claims you can stream in HD, you cannot — the bed squeaked so much I was worried a spring was going to pop out through the mattress
• Kevin (9/5): Superb - The fact you had your own room. Noisy air conditioner.
• Kathleen (6/5): Pleasant - Location, helpful staff, value for money, cleanish. No kitchen utensils, we were on the second floor and we could hear people from 5am above us, toilet paper not replaced daily, air-conditioning not cold enough.
• Brett (8/5): nice room - Great top floor room - great bathtub - did not realise it was a shared kitchen - kitchen had no cutlery - microwave did not work - toilet had to be turned off at wall as it kept running
• Ruby (1/5): Bad - Nothing We walked in on the first day, bed was just a mattress on the floor, no sheets, had stains of god knows what. Bathroom was disgusting looked like that had not even tried to clean it. Safe to say we did not feel safe when I asked the owners about some cleaning products so I could just do it myself the ghosted me and we never heard back from them. We were booked in for 3 night and didn’t stay longer than 2 hours it was horrible please save your money and health DO NOT STAY HERE!! definitely would’ve been bed bugs got itchy sitting there for five minutes.
• Glen (7/5): Good -
• Luis (3/5): Poor -
• Darren (1/5): Dirty and uncomfortable - Nothing Bed was sht it is an ensemble base, not an actual mattress. Dirty with cockroaches in room.
• Moussa (8/5): Very good - I loved the location and the people at the property were very friendly.
• Htoo (5/5): Overall, good enough for the price. - The bed makes squeaky noises when you move. Even when moving your body slightly, it will make noises. It wasn’t very great to sleep through it. It’s dusty on the table and the chair.
• Geraldine (3/5): I WOULD NOT recommend Thi - Nothing in particular. There was supposed to be milk & teabags ... BUT THERE WAS NONE. No cutlery ( Knives, forks, spoons ) in kitchen area. Filthy curtains in bedroom.. Bed really low and very thin hard mattress. In general the whole place needed a thorough clean up.
• Choki (10/5): Quite, easy communication and hygiene - Modern and clean All good
• Roslyn (9/5): Lovely clean room, with modern touches - Nice and clean and very modern Nothing
• Michael (1/5): Avoid this property at all costs. I had a nightmare of a stay here. - I didn’t like anything about this property. Disgusting. There was mould all over the bathroom and in the shower area. The bed was squeaky and hard as nails, giving me a sore back in the process. There was no air conditioning. The owner was extremely rude and difficult to deal with. This property was so dated and the room was dirty.
• Stephen (2/5): I am requesting a refund as I did not stay - Bed not suitable Sheets and towel not professional Common area not professional Overall not acceptable No ability to control aircon in bedroom Did not see professional fire protection
• Perry (7/5): Good -
• John (8/5): Very good -
• Nickalodeon (1/5): Bad - broken toliet seat door looked like it had been kicked in i got locked out on the balcony for an hr because they didnt have a spare key and had to ring the fire brigad
• Abby (3/5): DO NOT COME HERE. IT IS A SCAM. - Great location, cheap and mattress was comfy even though it was literally on no bed frame and just on the bare floor… I love saying in hostels for convenience but THIS IS NOT A HOSTEL. If you want to call yourself a hostel you need to at least make the communal areas USABLE. Kitchen was appalling. No utensils (no knives, one spoon and two forks for I’m assuming up to 8 guests can be accommodated in this house?!). Minimal cookware. Microwave was BROKEN and even though I contacted the owner all they did was just confirm that it was broken so clearly were not in a rush to fix it. NO TEA TOWELS?! It’s a kitchen!! No paper towels either. Disgusting old faded well used rough sponge to scrub dishes - no scrubber brush etc. Said there would be milk provided but all that there was was half a litre of old UHT milk in the fridge and this did not get topped up at all during our stay. Kitchen clearly is not cleaned by anyone and is relied on guests to maintain cleanliness which is not enough. It was dirty and disgusting. It was unusable. The bedroom…omg. There was NO BED. Just two mattresses on top of each other ON THE FLOOR. Linen new/changed but hair everywhere from possibly the cleaner? Air con was freezing and you can’t change the thermostat - it’s locked. No top sheet - just the duvet which is super unhygienic. The bathroom…disgusting. I can tell it was attempted to be cleaned but no wear near enough. Old toothpaste build up on sink and tap, towel railings etc. Mirror not cleaned. Towels provided were thin, disgusting and well worn. Shower full of scum build up and mould in the cracks/tile joinery. Old caddy of shower gel bottles etc just shoved in the corner of the shower on the floor - not hung up. No bath mat - just another bath towel we had to use on the floor. No hand soap provided. Balcony unusable - clothes racks all over with linen drying on it. Only one toilet roll supplied. Had to contact the owner about where to get more and they had me rummaging around the garage trying to find more. Contact with owner was a nightmare.
• Aurelia (5/5): Passable - The air-conditioning temperature was not adjustable and we froze
• Marita (6/5): Pleasant - Shower worked well. The bed was very uncomfortable. Not really very clean. Toilet seat was not secure on toilet.
• Palmer (5/5): Passable -
• Briham (3/5): Good places good stuff but just fix this things - Place Bed is shaky and make a lot of noises , bathroom door shaky too and dangerous to fall off
• Navdeep (4/5): Disappointing - Air conditioning is not working
• Pe (10/5): Highly recommend 👌 staying here. Lovely location and place. - The easy access. The rooms were beautiful and spacious, friendly host and very attentive. Over all 10 out of 10 and highly recommend. Close to everything as well. Buses, trams, nightlife, cafes, restaurants, and more. Had a wonderful time. No complaints. Great place.
• Richard (9/5): Superb -
• Vincent (8/5): Very good -
• David (10/5): Exceptional -
• Jayson (4/5): Not a great stay for it's price. The owner/host should fix things that needs fixing. - The communication with the host. Very detailed. The bedroom is clean. Location good but not the best. The mattres, it was not comfortable at all. The bed frame makes a lot of noise. It seems the metal bed frame was not built properly and so whenever you move it creaks and makes lot of noises and so you wont have a relaxing sleep. The toilet and bath isnt clean. The toilet seat is broken and not locked to keep it in place. Tiles has lots of moulds. The shower glass door's bottom edge has lots of moulds. The main door's locking parts are broken too.
• Michael (6/5): Served its purpose but very poor bed - Location quieter and price Bed was terrible. Like sleep on floor. It wasn’t a proper bed actually
• David (5/5): Nothing really good to say, except it done us to sleep after our Xmas party - Not a bad spot To hot the aircon said 18deg but no way it was 18? Maybe get a cheap $15 pedestal fan from Kmart for each room
• Emily (3/5): Poor - Microwave was broke so couldn't have any dinner. Smoke smell throughout the house. We had a double bed booked but ended up with a mattress on the floor so we woke up with really sore backs. Avoid
• Ben (3/5): Poor - Staff were helpful on the phone. Parking in the drive. It is an air-bnb not a hostel. The key is in a padlock on the front door. Front door is often unlocked and has a dead lock which needs a key - this is a FIRE HAZZARD!!!!! Bed is a steel frame on the floor with hard ridges in the very thin mattress. Lock on the bedroom door is insecure. Drawer missing from the desk, veneer falling off the doors, broken toilet seat. .
• Ebony-rose (6/5): Pleasant -
• Leslie (10/5): Love shine lollipop 🍭 - Good all around over the past year can't complain great place to stay. Will say could really use a TV but on a short trip a phone tablet laptop will do. Thank you A5U3 Will see you again soon I'm likeing the D room dose would be good also.WINKEY DINKEY. Love Les God bless 🙏 Shalammmm... Ddddd no were....
• Leslie (8/5): Very good -
• Gordon (4/5): Disappointing -
• Novoa (4/5): Disappointing -
• Liyanage (1/5): Bad -
• Saputra (10/5): Exceptional -

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