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Reviews of The Village Bondi Beach - Hostel

2 out of 5
The Village Bondi Beach - Hostel
19 Lamrock Avenue, Bondi Beach, NSW

Reviews

6.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 25 out of 148 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 39 out of 148 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 46 out of 148 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 23 out of 148 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 15 out of 148 reviews" "

6.0/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

James

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024
Response from e on Mar 16, 2024
sorry to hear that :/

8/10 Good

Ramona

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Greg

Stayed 10 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Alexandra

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Close to beach cafes etc in really nice area. Wish I had been warned that there were no towels supplied
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Laszlo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Tiny room, guests keeping large baggages inside
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Diego on Nov 21, 2023
Noted on the room size! We'll look into ways to optimize space. Thanks for the heads-up!

10/10 Excellent

Ashlee

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed in a 3x bedroom, I’m a single female and ended up with 2x other guys. Plenty of space, our bathroom was only for us. Highly recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Manager on Sep 29, 2023
Thank you! WE hope to host you again soon :)

6/10 Okay

Anthony

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Conveniently located
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ben

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Javi on May 14, 2023
Thank you for your kind review, Ben !! We are so happy that you enjoy your stay! You are always welcome to come back.

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Gr8 location & facilties. Improve the Aircon
Happy with all aspects except bedroom aircon didn’t cope with oppressive nighttime heat
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Tom

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hostel experience was nicer than I expected! It was small but clean and everything you need is provided in terms of bathroom and place to stay and safe storage of your stuff
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

Charmain

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Room review
Not so good, the mattress was so uncomfortable. Never stayed in a hostel before so didn’t know what to expect. I tried to call to confirm reservations as no money was taken out for the room as stated and they were uncontactable via phone, I was a little worried we had a place to sleep in. We paid when we arrived and there is a 2% surcharge if you use eftpos to pay for the accommodation. No soap or shamp/cond supplied lucky I had some. Towels were for hire which we didn’t know so a $10 deposit and $3 a night is required but they didn’t have enough for each room, lucky we had beach towels and maybe that’s what they think everyone has. House cleaning is done each day but no way of stopping that from happening even if you’re asleep in the room they knock and enter and if you’re not in the room it’s still done. You can catch a bus near the beach 333 (10 min walk) which comes every 10mins to Bondi Junction and Circular Quay for only $2.75. Would I stay there again well it is in a great location and staff were friendly enough but the mattress was so uncomfortable so no, but you do get what you pay for.
Small Bathroom, soap dispenser was empty, no floor mat or towels given
Room is small but clean
Power point was coming off the wall and wires exposed
Beach up road.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Village Bondi
Friendliest hostel I’ve stayed in, lots of cool and lovely people. The building is also quite cool and well maintained, but the rooms are TINY. I was in a 4-person room and there wasn’t room for all 4 of us to even be in there standing at the same time. However small you think the rooms are, cut that in half and you’ll still be surprised. Lovely stay nonetheless!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Allison Jean

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Isabel

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
For the purposes of our visit - getting to Bondi Beach at 3.30am to take part in the Spencer Tunick photo shoot for "Strip off for Skin Cancer" 26.11.22, The Village was a perfect spot. Staff were so very friendly and helpful - easy check in and check out (digital and quick) - no paper or plastic involved. Great spot for a visit to the beach and a mere 3 minute stroll to the south end of Bondi. Marvellous!!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
Response from Ian on Nov 28, 2022
Thank you very much, it was lovely having you!

8/10 Good

Corinna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to everything Bondi. Clean rooms. Friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
Response from Ian on Nov 28, 2022
Thank you!

8/10 Good

Rob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Property was very convenient to location of event I attended.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
Response from Ian on Nov 26, 2022
Hi Rob! Thanks!!

8/10 Good

Nicole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Just what I needed, a place to sleep. Staff were super friendly, luggage storage, safe room - can't ask for more for the price
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
Response from Ian on Nov 25, 2022
Hi Nicole! Thank you so much for your review.

10/10 Excellent

Sally

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, so close to beach and shops. Super cute private room and really comfy bed. Staff really friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Ian on Nov 1, 2022
Hi Sally thank you so much!

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location, secure, comfortable stay
Secure entrance and room works perfectly with Goki app. Have stayed here before but nice to see bathroom upgrade. Unfortunately one of the power points didn’t work so I alternated power between the fridge and my electronic devices.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Ingrid

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Really good location and the accommodation was ok. Main problem in my room was the window did not shut so a gaping hole letting cold air in.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An excellent place to stay Convenient
Village Bondi
Street
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked the property but its patrons could show it a bit more respect in terms of washing their dishes after use and keeping the drain void of food so not to clog the drain.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Lucy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
4 bed review.
I stayed at this hostel for 11 nights and I would return. The hostel is clean and tidy, and the cleaners clean your room/en-suite every morning. The hostel is super close to the beach (approx 5 min walk) and the supermarket is around 10 mins. The room I stayed in (39) however looked nothing like the pictures and was extremely small. It’s a 4 bed room so you pay a little more than the 8 beds but there is less than 1m between the two bunk beds. And the ‘ensuite’ is a tiny room like a wet room with toilet, sink and shower - there’s a curtain that divides the shower from the toilet. Ultimately it works. You get hot water and it’s fine. But just be mindful it’s not like the photos. You also only get 500mb of data per day which I didn’t see specified when booking. I would stay again however.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Lilian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 10 nights in Jan 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Location and people but bad services
The hotel was located near to the beach and in a nice place. In general the hostel was not always clean, and has no air ventilation so it smelt like dirty. The room was too small with no TV (although it was booked a double room with private bathroom) and the bed was broken. The people working was nice and helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice hostel close to the beach and everything else was bad
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Giada on Oct 13, 2018
Thank you for your feedback!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

6/10 Okay

Rene, Singapore

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
close to the beach but extremely small
The room and bath were very small. The floors weren't carpeted so it felt really dirty. There was no parking at the hotel or any available lots for long durations.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

TRACY A

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
clean and all we needed
Room was small about size of cruise ship cabin but clean and all we needed. didn't come here to sit in a hotel room

8/10 Good

Mauri

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
ok
Good hostel. Great location. Could be cleaner...
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

roy, new zealand

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
excellent location for beach and cafes
private rooms tiny but excellent shower . poor control of kitchen cleanliness . no hot water jug for 4 + days , still no replacement on day i left
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2017
Response from Diego on Nov 16, 2017
Dear guest Thank you for your review. We already improved the control of our kitchen, so now the guests can find the kitchen in good conditions. We apologized for the inconveniences and now we are checking and fixing the problems.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel great! Jetstar however was a let down.
The hotel was great, friendly staff and for the price you pay it's very clean and tidy. Basic but everything you need and close to the beach. The only bad part of our holiday was the flights home getting cancelled - suggest last minute recommends a different company other than Jetstar as our flight got cancelled with no refund, no accomodation offer and no offer to fly out again until 2 days later. Ended up having to make our own way home and missing out on very important plans. If I could give the hotel the village 5 stars and Jetstar 1 star I would.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not Good
Cheap

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hostel is wel placed near to the beach however is not that clean, staff are good at trying to solve any issues that you may have.

8/10 Good

Veeresh

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Ronnie, Australia

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Homeless peoples shelter
Totally unacceptable accomodation for a mother an daughter. I have stayed in many backer hostels 100 times more appropriate than the rough village homeless shelter with no parking facilities. Location is very close to Bondi beach.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awefull place to stay
I had one of the rooms next to the door into the hostel at that was a nightmare. There was so much noice for everytime someone went ind at the door slammed. And there were people all night coming in and out. I tried to block the door from closing so it would not slammed but their security guard got very upset about that. I got very little sleep because of that so had to sleep during the day where the door was constantly open. However it was also next to the reception bring noice there. I stayed at more than 40 hostels now and this has been the worst experience.

2/10 Terrible

Orest

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cockroach Lodge
Rooms were dirty.Cockroaches in the first room, we complained and we were sent to another room with a can of raid- more cockroaches.Bathrooms and showers were dirty and not looked after. No signs in kitchen to clean up and everyone left the tables,dishes and kitchen dirty. Cleaning staff were not trained in how to clean. Complaints were not addressed. Asked for toilet paper to the one remaining bathroom and the evening attendant didn't know where the paper was so sent us seniors to toilets on the second floor. This place is not maintained and is poorly managed.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nasty and Noisy Hotel
Rooms and bathrooms are incredibly nasty, people in this hotel are noisy. They are squatting in the front door or in the corridor. Don't come here!

6/10 Okay

Gemma

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Clean hostel in great location
Room ok - clean but small, with a very squeaky bunk bed. Bathrooms and shared kitchen clean. Good wifi. Great location - minutes from beach and public transport links to city. Not 24 hour reception so make sure you arrive and depart when open or notify them in advance.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not good
When we checkin the room is not clean and then after a few minute the cleaner came in and ipen the door. That is really rude.

2/10 Terrible

Matt, london

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Shocking
Booked and payed for a double room with on suite bath room given bunk beds with a room so small you can't open the door properly cuz a fridge is Jamed behind it Ask reception for the room we booked and was told they are fully booked best they could offer is a double room with no showers on the same floor. To make things worse i was told that they could not refund me the difference because I'd booked online. Everyone staying are mostly 40-50aussies living there permanently. No atmosphere Not recommended for any one looking to socialise

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Response from General Manager on Sep 8, 2016
Dear traveller, Thank you for your feedback. We are looking forward to welcoming you soon again. Thanks Laura

6/10 Okay

Ravish

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Peter, Hunter Valley

Liked: Staff & service
Nice place to stay which is close to everything
Room was comfortable enough and was good for the price paid. Staff were lovely and the premises are kept clean and tidy and quiet which is great for families. We were able to enjoy the beach and dining of Bondi and be close enough to walk around.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, clean room, cheap rates.
Great location, clean room, cheap rates. Nice and quiet. Thank you... only negative is the lady at the reception had no idea about the local area or airport transfers.

10/10 Excellent

shannon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Response from General Manager on Sep 8, 2016
Thank you Shannon, you are the best. Thanks Laura