Melbourne City Backpackers

Location: 197-199 King Street, Melbourne, au

Star Rating: 3 Stars

Property Type: Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 02:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Check-out: 10:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Non-smoking rooms
• Air conditioning
• Luggage storage
• Safety deposit box
• Table tennis
• Non-smoking throughout
• Shared lounge/TV area
• Board games/puzzles
• Shared kitchen
• Adult only
• Staff adhere to local safety protocols
• Physical distancing rules followed
• Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
• Cashless payment available
• Fire extinguishers
• First aid kit available
• Contactless check-in/check-out
• Smoke alarms
• Shared stationery like menus, pens are removed
• Key access
• Face masks for guests available
• Key card access
• Mobile app for room service
• Broadcast Live sport events
• Television in common areas
• Free wired internet
• Internet access

Rooms Available

• Bed in 2-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom

  This room has access to shared bathroom facilities.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Lockers
  • Smoke alarm
  • Reading light

• Bed in 6-Bed Female Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom

  This room has access to shared bathroom facilities.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Lockers
  • Smoke alarm
  • Reading light

• Bed in 4-Bed Female Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom

  This room has access to shared bathroom facilities.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Lockers
  • Smoke alarm
  • Reading light

• Bed in 3-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom

  This room has access to shared bathroom facilities.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Lockers
  • Smoke alarm
  • Reading light

• Private Triple Room with Shared Bathroom (3 Guests)

  This room has a double-sized bed and a single-sized bunk bed on top. It includes access to shared bathroom facilities. Please note that the maximum occupancy is 3.

  Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Lockers
  • Smoke alarm
  • Reading light

• Bed in 16-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom

  This room has access to shared bathroom facilities.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Lockers
  • Smoke alarm
  • Reading light

• Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom

  This room has access to shared bathroom facilities.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Lockers
  • Smoke alarm
  • Reading light

• Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom

  This room has access to shared bathroom facilities.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Lockers
  • Smoke alarm
  • Reading light

• Private Single Room with Shared Bathroom (1 Guest)

  This room has a double-sized bed and a single-sized bunk bed on top. It includes access to shared bathroom facilities. Please note that the maximum occupancy is 1.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Lockers
  • Smoke alarm
  • Reading light

• Private Double Room with Shared Bathroom (2 Guests)

  This room has a double-sized bed and a single-sized bunk bed on top. It includes access to shared bathroom facilities. Please note that the maximum occupancy is 2.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Lockers
  • Smoke alarm
  • Reading light

Guest Reviews

• Manijeh (9/5): -
• Allen (8/5): - Have kitchen Nothing
• William (10/5): -
• Maccario (7/5): - Very nice & social Lots of ppl.
• Rewarewa (7/5): -
• Ron (2/5): - No
• VO NGUYEN TUONG VY (9/5): -
• Soney (9/5): -
• Arian (8/5): -
• Elena (10/5): In my heart forever!! - The best experience ever: this hostel is good even for very long stays. The bathrooms are incredibly clean and newly refurbished, with spacious showers. But the best thing about this place was definitely the wonderful people I met; the atmosphere is friendly and social but at the same time calm and relaxed.
• Mathilde (7/5): Bonne auberge :) - Bonne ambiance, toilettes et douches propres Il n’y avait pas de prise au niveau des lits et frigo trop petits
• Luca (7/5): -
• Francisco (5/5): Creepy - Ubicación Creepy hostel viejo y areas comunes muy chicas. ¿Cómo es posible que en 2026 no tengan ascensor... subir 5 pisos con una valija? WTF. Staff algunos amables y otros mala onda. Camas sin enchufes, incomodas. La verdad es que estuve en otros hostels de Melbourne y por el mismo precio, hay opciones MUCHO mejores.
• Dal Santo (8/5): - Very kind respectable staff. Yes I enjoyed my time. The showers no bath mat
• MYINT (5/5): - Price and location The staff was not quite friendly.
• Milena (7/5): No está mal para el precio - La ubicación es muy buena y los baños estaban super limpios siempre. Mi habitación era muy fría. Muchas veces tuve que dormir con sweater además de la frazada.
• Kittiya (9/5): - The location
• Tatiana (10/5): Seguro, limpio , económico . - Limpio, ordenado, tiene buen desayuno , muy central, cerca de todo . Nada todo muy bien , volvería de todas maneras .
• Lorena (10/5): Super bien ubicado, buena relación precio/ calidad - El staff es muy gentil, me brindaron información, ayuda, si pudiera les dos 6 estrellas! Tuve algunos inconvenientes con lo “automático de las puertas”, por suerte fue en horario donde el staff atendía y lo solucionaron pero me pasó un par de veces usando la app Goki
• Barone (10/5): - The environment
• Isaias (6/5): - Muy limpio y el personal de recepción muy amable. Buena relación precio calidad (por eso es barato) Si ese es el desayuno no deberían ni incluirlo. Solamente Pan.
• Giada (8/5): Tutto buono - La ragazza in portineria molto gentile e disponibile. La struttura è a cinque minuti dalla fermata per prendere il bus per l’aereoporto (skybus) e vicino ad altre attrazioni. Non mi è piaciuto che la cucina apre alle 8:00. Troppo tardi per chi vuole visitare la città (i tour per i 12 Apostles iniziano presto) o se si ha la partenza molto presto la mattina, quindi non si ha la possibilità di prendere il proprio cibo dal frigo.
• Khabatari (10/5): -
• Samantha (9/5): - Friendly hostel with a great atmosphere!
• Kevin (8/5): -
• Yona (10/5): La maison - Tout Rien
• Morgenroth (8/5): Günstig übernachten im Zentrum von Melbourne - Den Umständen entsprechend war es ganz gut, das Hostel ist sehr zentral gelegen und ein guter Ausgangspunkt. Die Doppelstockbetten waren etwas klapperig, alles etwas eng, wie das üblicherweise so ist
• Viraj (4/5): - Washrooms are extremely clean Too busy and messy
• Polat Can (1/5): - I denounce the receptionist Katy because of her disrespectful behavior.
• Ella (7/5): Nice stay - Very close to southern cross, amenities are pretty good & breakfast is a nice touch. Nothing fancy but still appreciated. All the codes for everything is annoying to remember and type in every time but also not the end of the world.
• michael (6/5): 'Old-School' hostel - Close to Southern Cross bus station. Not that I didn't like, it was nostalgic as it reminded me of hosteling in the 1980's.
• Steph (5/5): You get what you pay for. Adequate. - Great location, rooms were reasonably clean, door locks were good Worst pillow I've ever tried to sleep on, including a pair of rolled up jeans
• Marcus Cesar (8/5): Bom - Localização excelente! A cama era barulhenta
• MONICA (8/5): Fue una alternativa muy efectiva por la ubicación y económica si se viaja solo por unos pocos días en Melrboune. Me ayud - Está muy bien ubicado y el personal que atiende son excelentes personas Hay que llevar toallas, jabón, shampoo. He estado en otros Backpaker y en las duchas incluyen esto y no estaba preparada. Pero no fue un problema.
• Peta (8/5): - The room was clean, fresh sheets extra. For the price was great As someone who is a little older , I didn't like sleeping on a top bunk. Found it hard getting up and down.
• Elainne (9/5): -
• Schmölzer (7/5): - Frühstuck, Bad/WC Unter dem Bett viel Staub und unten im Gemeinschaftsraum waren nicht genug plätze zum sitzen.
• Dung (10/5): - The staffs are friendly. Location is perfect, near the Southern Cross station. The room and bathroom are clean. Nice kitchen.
• Rory (6/5): Backpackers is super close to public transport and the staff are very helpful! - Staff super helpful! Bed was comfy. Nothing
• Imanol (7/5): -
• Kim (9/5): -
• Jonas (8/5): -
• Ryan (7/5): -
• SARA (8/5): - Location to bus terminal and nightlife
• Bustos (7/5): Quick but interesting - Breakfast was good but maybe some fruit ..eggs. But I am grateful for what was offered. Thank you for everything. Thank you
• Engeldis (6/5): -
• Agnes (10/5): -
• SHIHCHIEH (8/5): - 方便/交誼廳活動 房客在靜音時段在走廊講電話，房間門因有排氣設施隔音不好
• Omi (6/5): Great location but not clean. - The location of this Backpackers is best. Close from all the tour pickups and city and restaurants. Also, the free breakfast facility is great. The blanket and pillows were smelly. Even after changing it to new ones, they were still smelly. The room was not clean and the facilities like washrooms and other things are not that good. Washroom seat were broken, kitchen plates were not clean and also the utensils washing scrubber and cleaning clothes were dirty.
• Brent (8/5): - Friendly staff
• Nicole (8/5): - Cercanía a estación de metro y bus, centro comercial y Restaurantes. Pude acceder a la habitación antes de la hora oficial de check in lo que se agradece mucho luego de un viaje de 14 horas. Toallas estaban muy viejas y los baños al ser compartidos no estaban tan prolijos pero nada malo como olores o suciedad.
• Ruth (8/5): - 附早餐 。 希望能加增床簾，更具隱私性 。
• Atillo (7/5): -
• Dhruva (9/5): -
• MYINT (3/5): - Location
• Tsaiti (8/5): Friendly staff and great location - It’s conveniently located just minutes of walking from the Southern Cross station in the CBD. I needed to rent a towel and it was a bit cheap even for a youth hostel.
• 阿 (5/5): 還ok - 公共廁所很常有人清潔所以都蠻乾淨的，還有那金髮櫃檯帥哥ㄊㄇ有夠帥..免費早餐有咖啡、牛奶、吐司和果醬*巧克力色的那個不是巧克力!!🥹 真的多花點錢也不要住10人一間房…怕了 然後烘衣機要選上面那台，下面那台烘不乾..
• Giorgia (7/5): -
• ABDULLAH YAHSAU (10/5): - One day I will come again, tq for your kindness
• Puneet Kumar (8/5): - Affordable and central location Beds are cranky and charging point is far
• katherine (7/5): -
• ChengAi (10/5): - Love this place,very clean and comfortable and toilet is renovated ,very clean which is very much difference from last few years I came before and the manager Jess is very helpful and polite,would definitely come back and recommend to friends! All is good,nothing to comments of such a good place
• Georgia (5/5): Just don’t stay here - Convenient location for southern cross The kitchen was absolutely repulsive - so so disgusting and so many people in there. When we checked in - the guy at the desk conducted this bizzare mini interrogation, he was clearly high. The beds were uncomfortable and they didn’t have plugs. Lots of strange characters staying here. The numbers system for security is very annoying. The shared spaces were so overcrowded.
• Pedro.fst (9/5): - The social areas, the facilities, friendly staff Dorm didn't have a lot of space, no curtains for privacy
• Sasha (9/5): -
• David (10/5): -
• YUN SHAN (4/5): - 沒有電梯
• Sebastian (7/5): -
• Veronica Elina (8/5): -
• Panos (10/5): - Το δωμάτιο αλλά και όλοι οι κοινόχρηστοι χώροι ήταν πεντακάθαροι και άνετοι. Το δε προσωπικό ήταν εξαιρετικά φιλικό και εξυπηρετικό. Δεν υπήρξε κανένα πρόβλημα
• Fung Boon Li (8/5): -
• Jacinta (5/5): -
• Sarah (7/5): - Luggage storage, wifi, free breakfast Price and disruptions throughout the night
• Katrin (8/5): -
• Tyler (7/5): -
• Tyler (6/5): -
• dany (10/5): -
• Magdalena Lusinia (7/5): - I love the sharing kitchen and place that we eat together, so lovely and good vibes. Their bathroom really nice and I love it. I don't recommend you to bring big and heavy baggage here. Stay in another places please. But they have luggage storage.
• Lichi (9/5): - All good
• Betty (8/5): -
• Giorgia (1/5): Un incubo - Sporco, personale poco disponibile
• Erika (10/5): Best Hostel in Melbourne. - Location , and kitchen. The receptionist Kate . ( Evening) ...was very unhelpful...not nice ...I gave her ...less than 0.0000 points for bad attitude and service.
• Donna (10/5): Staff was great - It was friendly and comfy atmosphere. Great bathroom and shower facilities. It was all good
• Joaquin (8/5): -
• ximena (4/5): -
• Jose (10/5): -
• HINA (9/5): -
• Zheng (10/5): -
• Juan Manuel (9/5): -
• Hannah (7/5): -
• eric (8/5): Nous y avons séjourné trois jours en couple, le temps de visiter rapidement, Melbourne. - Literie en bon état. Manque de place dans le réfectoire et manque de vaisselle(tasses) mais ça reste un détail.
• Dannielle (10/5): -
• RYOUHEI (8/5): -
• Escobar Rivera (8/5): -
• Ha (8/5): -
• Gerard (6/5): Heureusement bien placé car le reste est très moyen. - L’emplacement, la proximité du skybus (trajet aéroport) Équipement en dessous de la moyenne (pas de savon dans les douches, serviettes de toilette non fournies, pas de prises pour les lits supérieurs, petit-dej minimum, vestuté du coin salon…)
• Andrea (8/5): -
• ALHOM (9/5): Nice experience. - Las habitaciones eran cómodas y silenciosas. Creo que sería un plus si ofrecieran las toallas gratis.
• Jose (9/5): -
• Thi Quynh Trang (10/5): -

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