The Guesthouse - Hostel

Location: 144 Wakefield Street, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Adelaide, AU

Star Rating: 2 Stars

Property Type: Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 02:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Check-out: 10:00 AM

Instructions: The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 10 PM. This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. The front desk is staffed during limited hours.

Amenities & Facilities

• Free breakfast
• Free bicycles nearby
• Free WiFi
• Terrace
• Luggage storage
• Continental breakfast
• Designated smoking area
• Wheelchair accessible
• Free breakfast
• Front desk (limited hours)
• Tours/ticket assistance
• Free bicycles nearby
• Free continental breakfast

Rooms Available

• Family Quadruple Room, 1 Bedroom, Shared Bathroom

  1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

  193-sq-foot room with city views

  
  

  Layout - Bedroom

  Entertainment - 25-inch flat-screen TV and DVD player

  Sleep - Bed sheets

  Bathroom - Shared bathroom, in-room sink, and towels

  Comfort - Climate-controlled air conditioning

  Need to Know - No housekeeping, toothbrush and toothpaste not available

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)

  • Shower
  • TV
  • DVD player
  • Bedsheets provided
  • No housekeeping
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste available
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste not available

• Double Room Single Use, 1 Queen Bed, Shared Bathroom

  1 Queen Bed

  193-sq-foot room with city views

  
  

  Entertainment - 35-inch flat-screen TV and DVD player

  Sleep - Bed sheets

  Bathroom - Shared bathroom, in-room sink, and towels

  Comfort - Climate-controlled air conditioning

  Need to Know - No housekeeping, toothbrush and toothpaste not available

  Smoking And Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • TV
  • DVD player
  • Smoking and Non-Smoking
  • Bedsheets provided
  • No housekeeping
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste available
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste not available

• Double Room, 1 Queen Bed, Shared Bathroom

  1 Queen Bed

  193-sq-foot room with city views

  
  

  Entertainment - 35-inch flat-screen TV and DVD player

  Sleep - Bed sheets

  Bathroom - Shared bathroom, in-room sink, and towels

  Comfort - Climate-controlled air conditioning

  Need to Know - No housekeeping, toothbrush and toothpaste not available

  Smoking And Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • TV
  • DVD player
  • Smoking and Non-Smoking
  • Bedsheets provided
  • No housekeeping
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste available
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste not available

• Twin Room, 1 Bedroom, Shared Bathroom

  1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

  193-sq-foot room with city views

  
  

  Layout - Bedroom

  Entertainment - 35-inch flat-screen TV and DVD player

  Sleep - Bed sheets

  Bathroom - Shared bathroom, in-room sink, and towels

  Comfort - Climate-controlled air conditioning

  Need to Know - No housekeeping, toothbrush and toothpaste not available

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • TV
  • DVD player
  • Bedsheets provided
  • No housekeeping
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste available
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste not available

Guest Reviews

• Verified traveler (4/5): - i called the property to confirm my booking and the voice message stated that they where closed dur to Covid and i lost my money.. No one bothered to confirm anything and i am very annoyed
• Verified traveler (8/5): - I liked the offer to stay in the common room and kitchen after I had checked out. There was a severe heatwave at the time. I was grateful for this. Also, I found the accommodation clean although basic with aircon and TV, free WiFi and the bed was comfortable. New pillows would be good.
• Aurora (10/5): A lovely place to stay - Guesthouse Hostel is remarkably a very good hostel and commendable to all travelers who are need a low cost accommodation but will meet their needs. All the staff are very accommodating, helpful and efficient. the site is within walking distance to points of interest. The hostel creates an atmosphere of family and community. There is a free dinners, Chile con carne Monday night and Pizza Weds. What a place. Highly recommended
• Verified traveler (8/5): - Good value for money. Clean rooms and friendly staff.
• Gerard (10/5): - THE LOCATION AND THE KITCHEN AND THE MEALS BEANS AND RICE CHILI AND THE ICE CREAM
• Jen (2/5): - Having just travelled through South America I was looking forward to an Australian quality hostel. I booked a private room which is separate to the main building. It was so bad that I cancelled my remaining two nights stay. Firstly there was no towel in the room & the bed wasn’t made. Apparently towels are ‘for hire’ so I had to cross the four lane busy road back to the main hostel to get one. Secondly, the electronic security key would not work when I got back late at night (11pm). Again, I had to walk across the four lane busy road, in the rain, and phone the after hours emergency numbers to get a new room key programmed. This ordeal took about an hour. Thirdly, there was no hot water the next morning in any of the showers. Again, I was asked to cross the busy four lane road and use the showers in the backpackers. I could see that the hot water service may not be repaired quickly and if had enough of these third world standards so I asked for my money back and checked out. The angry British girl in the front desk tried to refuse a full refund saying it was ‘against policy’. I told her it wasn’t a cancelation due to change of mind, it was due to dissatisfaction. She was unbelievably rude and hostile and reluctantly refunded some (not all) of my subsequent prepaid nights. I’ve travelled to all corners of the globe - from Kampala in Uganda to San Pedro Chile In the Atacama Desert. This is the worst hostel I’ve stayed in.
• Verified traveler (4/5): - If you don't mind feeling like sleeping in a prison cell, this place is for you. Run down rooms, bad stench throughout Guesthouse and room, uncomfortable bed and pillows with stains, jail cell bars on the windows and stuck window shutter. Windows stuck open so we were stuck hearing the traffic of a Saturday night. No peaceful sleep eventhough The Guesthouse is supposed to be the peaceful accommodation. Complaied at front desk after we checked in and was promised a call and that something would be done about the stuck window, but it was ignored. Not a good stay at all. Bad stench, sleep and the discomfort from beds and pillows didnt make this a good overnight experience in Adelaide. Thank goodness hadnt booked more than one night. Wont be staying here again.
• Verified traveler (8/5): - Check in was friendly and efficient. Good location. Spacious room
• Verified traveler (6/5): Very basic room and not a quiet night - Very basic rooms, you get what you pay for I guess - however, tidy and clean. Struggled to sleep as it was quite loud - the hotel is right next to a busy street with trucks and ambulances, and my room was unlucky being next to the entrance to the hostel with some loud heavy door, and behind the kitchen. Breakfast is very basic toast and cereal (not even milk...)
• Sungha (8/5): 방이 많은게 좋음 - 백팩오즈에서 체크인하고 가는겁니다. 동일한데서 운영하는데 게스트하우스가 백팩오즈보다 사람 적고 시설이 더 깔끔함. 일단 자정넘어서도 내내 시끄럽긴한데 백팩오즈보단 덜함. 그냥저냥 인사하고 들어가서 자기시간 보내기는 괜찮은 곳. 화장실에 샤워실 겸하고 각각 층마다 있고 변기3개 샤워실3개가 한 층임. 슬리퍼는 주변 마트에서 걍 대충사세요 3-4달러면 삼 현지마켓에서 안팔면 차이나타운 개가까운데 거기가시면 엄청많이팔고 일단 차이나타운이 먹을것도 많고 영업자체를 늦게까지해서 자주가게됨 단점은 딱히 없고 장점도 딱히 없음. 그냥 가격이 최대장점인데 돈값에 비춰보면 주변 호스텔중에서도 최고라고봄
• Marie (6/5): - Nice
• Roger (6/5): Served purpose as only wanted bed for night - Very hard to locate reception & check - very confusing
• Verified traveler (8/5): Basic room, great location, awesome staff. - This is my second time staying at the Guest House. It's simply, centrally located hospitality with incredibly friendly and helpful staff. Both times I've arrived from Melbourne slightly after the 10 p.m. office curfew and both times someone has stuck around to help me out. The free bikes out front are a huge bonus!
• Leo (4/5): Basso costo bassa qualità - Ci serviva un appoggio per una notte e non si può chiedere di più a questo ostello, poca pulizia e letto sfondato. colazione ridicola. consigliato solo se si vuole qualcosa di economico e senza pretese
• robert (10/5): Pleasant quiet place to stay. - A great place close to the city and the Central Market. Quiet well maintained with pleasant staff
• Jen (8/5): Would stay again - Good wifi, big kitchen, comfy pillows though the bed is a bit noisy. Would stay again
• Verified traveler (10/5): Comfy, convenient and cheap - Basic but had everything we needed. Use of full kitchen was great and saved money to be able to prepare some of our own meals. Having to share the bathroom was not a problem as it was cleaned thoroughly daily. Excellent location - walking distance to everything we wanted
• Emma (6/5): Good location - Well, it's a good place. However, my room is close to the street, kitchen and bathroom, not easy for me to sleep. Check-in begins after 2pm, so if arriving early, please arrange your day trip.
• Karin (4/5): Bit of a compromise but did cost less. - ok place if out are on a tight budget and don't mind sharing bathroom and kitchen facilities with complete strangers. Overall though, it wasn't too bad and did save on costs, so it's nice knowing there are other options like this out there, when the price of standard hotel /motel rooms can add up so quickly over time.
• mulder (8/5): Hidden bargain - Spacious room in (reasonably) quiet part of town. Short walk to the city centre. Only complaint is the squeaky door on every room!
• Gregoire (10/5): Super service - Entre deux séjours ils ont gardé nos valises et les ont même transportées dans notre nouvelle chambre. On a été dépanné en 5min quand notre clé ne marchait plus à 23h !
• Eunjung (8/5): - 도심이라서 좋았고 숙소는 조용하고 깨끗하고 난방도 되고 교통도 편리했다
• Verified traveler (10/5): Great cheap place to stay - Super close and convenient to the city, clean, quiet and pleasant place to stay!
• amanda (10/5): Highly recommend. Great value - Staff fantastic. Very happy budget minded traveller very little parking would recommend long term parking elsewhere
• Verified traveler (8/5): - Friendly staff, clean bedroom and shared bathroom in a very convenient central location.
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Great looking hotel, great staff, had a good time.
• Rayan (10/5): Excellet budget place - Fantastic staff working at the reception and bar! Owner is awesome! Convenient location. Clean kitchen. Toilets and showers were at all time clean too. Aircon worked well. Nice room (sink also in the room which is a big plus). Lots of hair on sheets when we arrived but sheets were changed/cleaned after reporting it to the staff. Room could have been overall a bit cleaner. Would definetely stay here again without hesitation.
• rossi (8/5): Good guesthouse / hostel - Within walking distance of the city centre very clean rooms & facilities and friendly staff as well and wifi in the common room although you can access Adelaide free wifi if you are staying in the guesthouse
• Ecologist (6/5): Central and cheap but road's noisy - The check in was efficient and my room fine. Kitchen facilities are good. Not a great deal of atmosphere. Bathroom facilities OK - not the best, but OK for the price. The hostel's right on Wakefield Street which is quite noisy at night with traffic and fire engines.
• YI-CHENG (10/5): - Very nice. The most high C/P value I've ever had.
• FF (4/5): Expected more - Disappointing really, was promoted as a Guesthouse with Continental breakfast etc, was not expecting the Hilton but certainly was not expecting a Backpackers!!!
• Verified traveler (6/5): - At the booking they said we have our own bathroom but it was just a sink. The guest house is within 10 mins walking to the centre. Good cleaning, and nice sharing facilities (courtyard, kitchen,...).
• Anne (6/5): Good value for $ - Good location, great to have breakfast free, good quality for the price. Walls are a bit thin, and I would like cleaning staff to make sure that reminants (eg head hair) from previous occupants are gone from fitted sheets. Otherwise good place
• Justyn (6/5): Great place for the price, no wifi as advertised - Everything was great with the exception that the guesthouse is run by a backpackers down the road, which has wifi, unlike the guesthouse as advertised.
• Verified traveler (6/5): Good value for money - Good value for money, moderately quiet and clean. Only the provided breakfast was disappointing.
• wendy (10/5): Nice hotel - I had a lovely stay, friendly atmosphere, great fun game of killer pool :)
• Brendan (10/5): -
• Rachel (8/5): - Facilities: Everyday; Value: Reasonable; Service: Helpful; Cleanliness: Tidy;
• Angela (10/5): - Nice to have complimentary tea and coffee
• Nicholas (6/5): - Facilities: Shabby; Value: Could be better; Service: Sufficient; Cleanliness: Poor;
• Dorota (10/5): -
• john (8/5): -
• Luke (8/5): - Facilities: Basic, Modest; Value: Fair price; Service: Respectful; Cleanliness: Neat;
• or (8/5): - Facilities: Basic; Value: Acceptable price; Service: Friendly; Cleanliness: Immaculate;
• Mike (6/5): -
• Hiroyuki (8/5): - Facilities: Typical; Value: Average price; Service: Friendly; Cleanliness: Lovely;
• mary (8/5): - Facilities: Basic, A bed a TV and water wha ; Value: Acceptable price, Private room in a Backpac; Service: Sufficient, When service asked for wa; Cleanliness: Lovely, showes and toilets were a;
• Wijemanne (4/5): - I booked a room with attached bath rooms but I got a room to share the bath room with. However the person in the counter paid back in full
• Joanna (8/5): - Facilities: good kitchen facilities ; Value: Affordable; Service: friendly helpful staff; Cleanliness: Clean; comfortable, good sized rooms in Guesthouse, and pretty quiet. I sasked for a room at the back of the building, as it is located on a busy street
• Rajdeep (6/5): - Facilities: Everyday; Value: Acceptable price, Reasonable; Service: Professional; Cleanliness: Lacking;

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