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Reviews of Bazil's Hostel & Surf School

2 out of 5
Bazil's Hostel & Surf School
54-56 Russell St, Westport

Reviews

8.2

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 23 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 27 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 63 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Laura

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Rooms are nice and clean, as well as bathroom. Hostel is a walkable distance to beach. Nice outside area to sit. Kitchen is a bit small and hobs were not working properly.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jan

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Renato

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quaint. Was very quiet because of the lack of overseas tourists due to Covid. Room was clean and spacious. On-site amenities were great. Staff very friendly. Had a slight glitch where I ended up getting charged twice - once by Expedia and again on arrival. Once I realised this and brought it to their attention), they refunded me very promptly without question.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2021

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great relaxed backpackers
Stayed for a few nights around an event out of Westport. Great outdoors areas with a massive courtyard with plenty of tables and hammocks. Really chill vube and just nice and relaxing. Had a private room, everything was nice and clean, about what you'd expect comfort wise from your average backpackers. Would recommend as a good base for a west coast stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

8/10 Good

Alexander

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Surfer-dude experience
Decent place for one night or if you’re Surfing... Glad to see a place that stays away from plastic bags. Room was spacious, great essentials in the kitchen. Convenient walk to Main Street. Mattress was pretty old, so my husband and I kept rolling into the middle. Pillows weren’t comfy either. Shower pressure was great at night, but when everyone was showering in the morning at 8am, it was awful. The privacy was lacking as our room was on the way to some shared rooms and as people walked by, everyone kept peeking in. Some even opened the curtain to look in.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awesome friendly and helpful staff. Great layout and facilities. Super clean and tidy. You can hear everything but they are good at the curfew of 10pm. Beds were not super comfy but you get that on the big jobs sometimes. Showers were amazing!! Definitely recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Easy stay
Kitchen spotlessly clean. Room was cosy. Lots of lovely outside space. The ambient music was played too early in the morning and we could hear it from our room. Loads of parking. Close to everything Westport had to offer.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not good place for Good family ... its good for good family
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Felicia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bazil's - Studio, Ensuite (Queen & Two Bunks)
The staff were efficient and friendly - checked us in very quickly and we managed to put our stuff in our room and left for the supermarket within 5 minutes of our arrival. The premises was clean and pleasant. The common areas such as the large table in the kitchen and the fireplace were great for hanging out to chat with people we met on the trip. The room was exactly as pictured, a little tired, but clean, well appointed and spacious. We had an enjoyable stay - I would definitely return and recommend Bazil's.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
the staff was really friendly, clean warm and tidy
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kirra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing character
What an amazing hostel! Comfortable room, great wifi, everything was clean, but what I especially loved what the overall character of the place. There is a big inner courtyard with plenty of seating and hammocks for guests to hang out. The entire place is painted with bright cheery colors. Owner was super friendly. Wish I could have stayed a few more days.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was excellent very accommodating. great location. The town was very friendly
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
--------------------The best hostel during my 3 weeks trip.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Tom on Jan 8, 2019
Awesome, thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Tom on Jan 28, 2019
Thank you very much, come back anytime!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly , good kitchen & laundry. Nice like town to explore
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from tom on Dec 18, 2018
Cheers :)

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place, great room, great pizza, great service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from Tom on Dec 18, 2018
Thank you

8/10 Good

Sarika

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect backpacking
Good for backpacking. Kitchen was spacious. Bathroom stinked a bit but i guess it’s the people who lives there. Free coffee and tea was good and spices to use for cooking
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from Tom on Dec 18, 2018
Cheers :)

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hostel with obvious classic history
Lovely hostel with obvious classic history. Nice room, friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Response from Tom on Aug 1, 2018
Cheers, come back anytime :)

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Warm reception Comfortable room Helpful staff regarding information about town
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little spot to chill.
Would defiantly stay here again. Centrally locates to shops and eateries. They also had a good deal For dinner worked out with a place down the street. The rooms are what you’d expect, but very clean and warm. And the staff was very helpful and friendly.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Not bad at all!
Friendly staff. Cozy warm atmosphere. Quite busy and loud when the tour busses arrive, but that’s to be expected. Had a great sleep. Nice cooking facilities and plenty of space to relax. Also supermarket and restaurants are only a block away.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good night stay
super friendly and helpful manager went out of her way to ensure a good stay. clean common areas, rooms were quiet at night
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

jase, aotearoa, nz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
the best 'set-up' backpackers I've stayed in.
Bazil's is an awesome stay if ya checkin out westport & the west coast. The place is fully set-up & gives the stayer plenty of options. If your after a cruisy, fun place to stay this is it. From the many out door adventures, surfing & mountain bike trips to the stone/oven pizza & movie nights, it's all about a good time. The place also features some great art.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

David, Sydney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A good stop
Bazils suited us fine. It was close to the Intercity Bus and had a great laundry where we could catch up on our washing. The staff were very helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good stopover
Nice backpacker, little bit anonymous, well heated :-), good bed, nice spaceous room (private double)
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Danial

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hostel, they really decorated it nicely.

8/10 Good

Nathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Backpackers' haven
Altogether one of the best backpacker hostels I've stayed in, if not the best. Clean, tidy, great staff, and cheap as chips too.

8/10 Good

Tom, Westport

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Solid Choice!
Very comfortable, central location in Westport. Relaxed environment, clean and comfortable room.

8/10 Good

Luke, Canterbury

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Backpacker style hotel
One night stay as part of work trip. Basil's is backpacker/ budget conscious style accomodation with friendly staff and a fun, youthfil atmosphere. Room was warm and tidy and very reasonably priced. Would stay again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
bazils backpackers
An awesome place for backpackers

6/10 Okay

Family of 5, Ashburton NZ

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Over priced for quality of rooms, squeaky beds and cramped conditions made for little sleep. Not up to hotel standard as they advertise.

10/10 Excellent

JAckie, New Zealand - Auckland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Good; Value: Bargain; Service: Friendly; Cleanliness: Pleasant; Loved it great value lots of fun people

10/10 Excellent

Nikolaus, Germany

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Top of the line; Value: Great deal; Service: Flawless; Cleanliness: Immaculate; helpful staff

8/10 Good

Michael, New Zealand - Auckland

Value: Acceptable price; Service: Sufficient; Cleanliness: Hygienic ; Room 5 is right next to kitchen and bathrooms and is extremely noisy

6/10 Okay

AG, Arizona, USA

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good for Short Stay
We had one of the private rooms in this Hostel, but had to use the shared community bathrooms. Room was kind of musty but sanitary and comfortable enough. Remarkably quiet at night. Makes one realize how far we have evolved since college days. One night was enough, but good value and they offer some good deals for surf lessons and equipment rentals.

6/10 Okay

Bettina, New Zealand - Nelson

Facilities: Typical; Value: Acceptable price; Service: Sufficient; Cleanliness: Clean; They did not know we were coming as we had booked for the same day. We were lucky they had a room available.

8/10 Good

Bjoern

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hatten die Suite ohne Küche, diese war wegen vieler Kiwi-Reisender überfüllt und haben unseren Kocher für Spagetti aus dem Wagen geholt. Die Suite selbst hat muffig gerochen. Für eine Nacht OK, mussten aber die Betten abziehen.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect hostel!
One of the best and cutest hostels I've been in!
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Frank

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Westbort Hostel
Nice and friendly hostel. Was a bit concerned about noice as there were many young people living there but after 9 pm it was very silent. For us a bit elderly people it was very nice with all this young surfers living there. Could stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Tom on Feb 19, 2019
Thank you! We try to keep everyone happy, You're welcome anytime!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Tom on Jan 28, 2019
Thank you for staying!

8/10 Good

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Tom on Dec 18, 2018
Thank :)