Archies Bunker Affordable Accommodation

Location: 14 Herschell Street, Napier, nz

Star Rating: 6 Stars

Property Type: Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 03:00 PM - 07:30 PM

Check-out: 10:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Free beach shuttle
• Guest education on local ecosystems and culture
• Parking
• Non-smoking rooms
• Terrace
• Family rooms
• BBQ facilities
• Luggage storage
• Facilities for disabled guests
• Non-smoking throughout
• Shared lounge/TV area
• Board games/puzzles
• Shuttle service (additional charge)
• Wheelchair accessible
• Shared kitchen
• Lower bathroom sink
• Outdoor furniture
• Staff adhere to local safety protocols
• Guest rooms disinfected between stays
• Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
• Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
• Cashless payment available
• Fire extinguishers
• First aid kit available
• Sanitized tableware & silverware
• Smoke alarms
• Key access
• Process in place to check health of guests
• Face masks for guests available
• Thermometers for guests provided by property
• Key card access
• Television in common areas
• Billiards or pool table
• Free wired internet
• Free beach shuttle
• Internet access
• Games
• Housekeeping on request
• Private picnics
• Secured parking
• Fishing nearby
• Bicycle-friendly property
• Beach toys
• Guest education on local ecosystems and culture
• Bulk dispenser for toiletries
• Accessible shuttle
• No accessible shuttle
• Accessible train station shuttle
• No accessible train station shuttle

Rooms Available

• Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room

  Rooms are 34 square yards.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Fan
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access

• Bunk Bed in Female Dormitory Room

  Rooms are 24 square yards.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access

• Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room

  Rooms are 14 square yards.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Fan
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access

• King or Twin Room with Ensuite

  This double room features a DVD player, a small refrigerator and an electric kettle

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • TV
  • Refrigerator
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Electric kettle
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access

• Twin Room

  This twin room has a shared bathroom, a carpeted floor and heating.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Fan
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access

• Double Room without Window

  The double room features a carpeted floor and heating, as well as a shared bathroom boasting a shower. This double room provides a TV. The unit has 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • TV
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access

• Standard Double Room

  The double room features a carpeted floor and heating, as well as a shared bathroom boasting a shower. The unit has 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • TV
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Heating
  • Linen
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access

• Deluxe Queen Room

  The double room offers an electric kettle, a carpeted floor, as well as a private bathroom boasting a shower. This double room features heating and a flat-screen TV. The unit has 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • TV
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Electric kettle
  • Linen
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access

Guest Reviews

• Babett (7/5): -
• Bweaua (7/5): -
• Du Preez (8/5): We had a good stay, thanks. Central, near lovely local attractions. - Had a great stay, thank you. Staff were exceptionally friendly and helpful. My mattress was threadbare, but I did manage to sleep well. That there was no lift for my elderly friend, I forgot to check about that.
• Hwayeong (5/5): -
• Maxine (5/5): - La localisation est bien et ça a le mérite d'être propre dans les sanitaires communs. Les équipements (très abîmés), l'accueil seulement au moment de l'arrivée
• Guillaume (6/5): Bien pour le prix mais doit profondément s'améliorer - La localisation ainsi que les draps qui étaient propres Au niveau de l'hygiène, on peut faire vraiment mieux: - La moquette il serait bien de la laver car il y'avait une odeur de pieds qui flottait. - Au niveau des chambres, il faudrait revisser les lits superposés ce n'est pas possible qu'ils bougent autant quand on monte dessus et au niveau de la propreté il serait aussi bien de nettoyer les fenêtres pleines de poussières et toiles d'araignées. - La cuisine aurait besoin d'une rénovation et d'un profond ménage, les meubles y étaient cabossés, crasseux et obsolètes, il en est de même pour le matériel, il n'y avait que 2 plaques à induction pour tout le monde. - Au niveau de la salle de bain et des toilettes, problème d'écoulement d'eau, à mon avis ils n'ont que faire de la facture d'eau à la fin du mois une chasse d'eau qui n'arrêtait pas d'envoyer de l'eau, un robinet et un pommeau de douche aussi. - Dernièrement au niveau de la salle commune, il serait bien de nettoyer des canapés car ils ont une mauvaise odeur et ils sont poussiéreux, bon courage aux allergiques.
• Josephine (2/5): -
• George (5/5): -
• Rob (6/5): Not as good as we remembered - could do with a spruce up - but fabulous location! - The location is great - close to town, the fabulous pool complex and lots of cafes. We also liked the price. We had stayed a number of years ago and it had been cheap and cheerful and still is but just a bit more run down and not quite as clean. Having said that the bed was lovely and we slept well.
• MASATOSHI (10/5): -
• Melanie (5/5): - Die Lage ist gut nah zum Stadtzentrum und zum Strand. Die Unterkunft ist sehr ungepflegt und es fehlt an der nötigen Liebe zum Detail. Die Küche, der Aufenthaltsraum, die Toiletten und die Zimmer brauchen einer ordentlichen Reinigung und einem neuen Anstrich und teilweise sollten defekte Geräte ersetzt und Schimmel entfernt werden.
• Laura (3/5): - Es war unfassbar dreckig und in der Küche hat alles geklebt
• Breeanna (9/5): -
• Lena (6/5): - Sehr abgenutze Einrichtungen. Alte, instabile Betten. Duschen ganz ok.
• Les (7/5): - For us the location was perfect Nothing
• Milner (10/5): - The awesome lounge, great showers, clean toilets, great room, nice kitchen, and the staff were awesome.
• Olitzsch (5/5): -
• Katja (6/5): - Bett war bequem Zimmer ok Lage super Großer Aufenthaltsraum Zu teuer für das was geboten wird Keine Vorhänge an Betten Küche war sehr dreckig
• Robert (4/5): Good room but poorly serviced and poorly maintained - Reasonably quiet Poor lighting no light above the bathroom sink Only one light in bedroom that worked No toilet paper and no one in the office to ask No WiFi
• Huubvo (7/5): -
• Ronja (4/5): - The shared rooms were quite good and the beds were comfy. Sticky floors, dirty kitchen, broken furniture, Sticky toiletts
• Roger (7/5): -
• Dobson (8/5): - Location Its just a bit dated and smelt Musty and was a little noisy early morning but a pleasant stay
• Booth (4/5): - Close to town Felt dirty
• Mary (8/5): Simple and clean - Excellent location and amazing staff! Lynne and Tineke are absolute superstars and are working really hard. My room was clean and comfortable: had a very restful night sleep before the marathon. What more do you want?! I would stay again The kitchen was a bit of a mess but hey - they are working on a skeleton crew and there are plenty of restaurants/bars in the area.
• Sarah (9/5): - Mohammed was the best
• Greenlees (6/5): - Bed fine bathroom fine Bedroom very standed not good value for money service poor
• Margot (2/5): Honteux - La localisation, l'eau chaude Les parties communes sont dégoûtantes. L'endroit est sale. Les lits sont absolument inconfortables. Franchement une honte de laisser l'endroit dans cet état. C'est peut être moins cher que d'autres endroits mais c'est loin d'être gratuit donc il y a un minimum a respecter.
• Sarah (2/5): -
• Sarah (10/5): -
• Leonardo (5/5): -
• AJ (4/5): - Great location, alright common area & lil patio Kitchen & bathrooms need a major deep clean. Always outta paper towel & toilet paper. Not enough fridge space, not enough cups, bowls ect...& long termers leaving a mess in the kitchen
• Katie (7/5): Good stay for a short time - Staff were very helpful and friendly As it’s an old building there aren’t any plug sockets near the beds so I ended up leaving my adapter as I forgot about it
• Ulrike (6/5): Für einen kurzen Aufenthalt zu empfehlen - Die Unterkunft liegt direkt im Zentrum in Strandnähe. Die Lage war ruhig. Das Zimmer war sauber. Das Personal war freundlich. Die Einrichtung ist in die Jahre gekommen.
• Denise (6/5): -
• Caroline (6/5): -
• Markéta (5/5): -
• Kwanjira (3/5): You get what you pay for - Location Cleanliness
• Anoushka (2/5): -
• Sarah (9/5): -
• Blandine (6/5): -
• Chiew Fong (2/5): - Location The price, cleanliness, facilities and smell are terrible.
• Christopher (7/5): Meh - close to town centre Ground floor room was pretty grim. Window looked straight at the next door driveway
• Theresa (5/5): Zu teuer für das was man bekommt! - Aufenthaltsraum, Billard Tisch, Lage Nicht sauber, Küche kaum ausgestattet, Betten sehr unbequem
• Elisa (5/5): -
• Katherine (5/5): Good people, near the sea - It was family owned & operated, location was great, staff were friendly & helpful, bed linen was commercially laundered, communal lounge was huge. It was secure and safe inside. It seemed like it was due for modernisation inside in order to remain an appealing choice in NZs hostel market. Felt like it was priced as it was because it doesn’t have a budget accomodation competitor of a similar volume in Napier. It needed a larger and modern toileting/kitchen/device charging capacity to accommodate the potential capacity of occupants and could have used a professional housekeeping/cleaning in exchange for accommodation type program.
• Stephen (8/5): - Friendly and affordable The fridge in the room didn't go
• Vicky (3/5): Good location, accomodation unsocial and in need of renovation - The sheets smelled good and seemed clean. The staff were friendly. The mattress was extremely uncomfortable with loads of broken springs, the atmosphere in the accomodation was strange (a lot of long termers staying in the hostel) and quite unsocial, the place needs a renovation. There were also two birds in a cage in the bathroom.. Very odd experience.
• Peter (2/5): Will never stay there again - Dark smelly and dirty As above
• Marlene (6/5): -
• Albert (8/5): -
• Catalin (10/5): -
• Annalena (6/5): - Gute Lage - in Fußnähe die Promenade, Supermärkte und Bushaltestelle, gute Check-in Zeit Die Küche und die sanitären Einrichtungen waren nicht wirklich sauber, im Zimmer konnte man die Rolläden nicht ganz nach oben ziehen, wenige Steckdosen, das W Lan musste man oft ändern (es gibt 2 verschiedene W Lan- Zugänge), die Einrichtung im Living Room war heruntergekommen
• Paul (2/5): -
• W. (6/5): - Es ist gut gelegen und das Personal ist super nett. In der Küche oben findet man schwer Besteck, Tassenund Teller weil nichts beschriftet ist und somit keiner eine Ahnung hat, wo was hinkommt. Aber hauptsächlich war es sehr unordentlich, was aber wahrscheinlich auf die anderen Gäste zurückzuführen ist, denn die Putzkraft hat immer super sauber gemacht, es war bloß nach kürzester Zeit alles wieder vollgestellt/dreckig.
• Louise (4/5): Disapointing - Comfy bed, great location The fridge didn't work; there were no cups or glasses or coffee; the fan didn't work in the shower; the wiring on the heater overheated and caused us concern (we had to turn it off regularly), dirty electric jug (but, weirdly, no other hot drink facilities), carpet which was ripped and dirty on edges, very expensive in comparison to other accommodation available in Napier, no parking facilities (had to pay for street parking).
• Arvid (1/5): -
• Fiona (5/5): - Curtains in our room need attention. They didn’t cover the windows properly, so privacy was an issue. Also the fridge didn’t work. It made a noise but the cooling system isn’t working.
• Rachel (4/5): - The location was good. The window wouldn't close in the room so it was really cold.
• Léa-Marie (5/5): -
• Laura (4/5): - the lady who checked me in couldn’t have been nicer location no free breakfast as advertised reception closed for most of my stay freezing cold facilities not cleaned bathroom light on a timer, not ideal when in shower
• benjamin (7/5): - Room had Netflix, shower good, location central and across the road from beach, shared kitchen was well equipped Basement room, additional and unexpected card fee
• Yi Ning (5/5): 僅員工友善，其他都不推薦 - 員工非常友善，到機場接駁，而且對於我們提出的問題給予很多實質上的幫助，最神奇的是幾乎每位員工都會講日文，有提供暖氣。 隔音超級差，無論是從樓上或外面傳來的聲音一點都阻隔不了。床鋪軟到不像話，坐在床沿一不小心就會滑出去的那種，睡了腰很痛，而且雙人床是兩張單人床併在一起。雖說是背包客棧，但廚房也太髒！整個地板黏黏的爐灶也很髒。個人衛浴的洗手台超級小，水開大一點點就會噴個整身，門關上了居然可以從下方推開，沒什麼實質作用，風扇髒到不敢使用，沒有提供吹風機。以這兩晚的價錢來說真的非常不值得，性價比之低！
• Noelle (4/5): Good location, but just overall too dirty. - The hostel is located right in the city centre. The hostel is really dirty. The bathrooms (which are shared for men and women) often had no soap and the showers were not clean. In the kitchen there were always used dishes that nobody cleaned up.
• Lydia (6/5): - The lady who ran the place was really lovely and helpful. The beds were surprisingly comfy. The communal facilities were adequate but not very well kept. The bathroom light was on a timer and would turn off while showering. It was okay for the price.
• Natalie (7/5): -
• Camille (3/5): Rapport qualité / prix mauvais - L'emplacement Le prix pour une chambre sans fenêtre avec une lumière qui ne marche pas...
• Markie (5/5): - Great location. Very hot in room Understandable as its a hot day. No kitchen facilities
• Marilena (8/5): A cute spacious, comfortable and friendly place - The staff was very friendly and they have good answers for everything, thank you very much for made me feel welcome. The place was cute, spacious and fair clean. Not enough toilets and showers for so many people.
• Emma (5/5): - Staff were lovely, location is excellent The bathrooms
• Georg (4/5): günstig aber auch nicht mehr wert - Die Lage hervorragend und Personal freundlich Extrem unaufgeräumt und Frühstück kann man vergessen
• Meliiii (10/5): -
• Sue (7/5): -
• Charlea (7/5): -
• Rhiannon (8/5): -
• Callum (5/5): -
• Nate (7/5): -
• Sara (6/5): It's okay - The free breakfast was a treat :D I think somebody left their stuff in my room because there were just a lot of random items
• Chloé (6/5): good location but so dirty ! - location dirty kitchen, dirty bathrooms. 10$ for a breakfast not good
• Cai (4/5): -
• Helene (7/5): -
• Amelie (6/5): -
• Amanda (1/5): DO NOT EVEN BOTHER. - TERRIBLE DO NOT BOTHER WORST EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE AND THEY STOLE MY MONEY. Before booking I confirmed we could check in late and was told that’s not a problem. When we were going to be late due to an accident on the road they refused to check us in and refund the booking. If we were informed there was a specific cut off (as they were allowing check in after hours) we wouldn’t have bothered as we don’t know the roads, being from Australia. I have travelled a lot, worked for many hotels and hostels and have NEVER been treated like this, nor did I ever dream of doing this to tourist. Apologies to the town as we’ll never go there, we will never put money into their economy or insist our friends or family visit the area because of this experience.
• Roselyn (2/5): -
• Liezyl (5/5): nice stay. - beachfront and accessible to shops. netflix is good. good thing is the complimentary breakfast no toilet/tissue paper. bed is a bit old and it creaks everytime we move. rooms should be sound proof
• Dayeon (8/5): -

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