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Elephant Backpackers

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250 Flinders St., Melbourne, Victoria 3000 , Australia
2.0 of 5 stars 20 Reviews
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Adelaide, Australia
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 April 2012
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Where do I start!! The single rooms as like little boxes where the walls don't reach the roof & if ur lucky enough to get put in a room near the bathrooms. You get to hear people goin in and out all night as the bathroom door slams every 15 minutes!! On top of everything else in the room next... More

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Wellington, New Zealand
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 March 2012

This place redefines the word “dump”. So bad it’s funny. There’s the concentration camp guard-style receptionist. Litter and bags of rubbish and laundry in the grimy corridors and stairs. Unpleasant notices pinned up everywhere threatening eviction for this or that offence. Drunk young English guys, shirtless (on a cold night) crowding into the lifts with nearly empty wine bottles in... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 February 2012

This is the worst hostel I have ever ever stayed in!! The whole stay was absolutely HORRIBLE!! The staff where so rude on arrival and continued to be unfriendly and rude for the entire stay. The one with the glasses being the worst!! The whole hostel smells and is filthy!! The 1st floor is partitioned into small pig pen style... More

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Melbourne, Australia
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 February 2012

This is the worst hostel I have EVER stayed in, and I do quite a bit of travelling. Where to start....when you arrive the staff are rude and unfriendly, particularly the girl with the glasses. The reception is 24 hour and they give the same service throughout. When going to your room (having to carry all your luggage up the... More

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Melbourne, Australia
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 January 2012

I've stayed here using it as a storage and just quick sleep before my work shifts in a SINGLE ROOM. Ok let's start... The noise is terrible, since the walls are only partial meaning you can hear EVERYTHING on your floor. The room was small and cramped, charging $235 per week which is pretty expensive Every tuesday is housekeeping so... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 January 2012

We stayed twice in a private double, new & very clean but not really cheap. I think there was still some work to do as despite the size of the room there wan't a place for hanging clothes or for putting things while in the shower etc which seemed strange for a private room. there was a vent blowing out... More

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Milano
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 December 2011

I lived there for a week, and I haven't slept for the whole week because of the noise (there is no roof, the walls are made of paper, music all night long) Every morning, from 7 a.m. until 10 a.m. I could hear every single alarm clock ringing... I was charged 50 dollars on my credit card without my consent,... More

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Duesseldorf, Germany
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 November 2011

Lived there for 1 week! It is really cheep and the location is perfect, just in the heart of the city! And the matrases where fantastic! BUT the floors are really loud (what u should expect, if u book particion walls) and smelly. I hadn't warm water in the shower the whole week. The lounge room and kitchen is horrible,... More

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Adelaide, Australia
1 review
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 November 2011
1
person found this review helpful

I never even saw the room. The way I was spoken to was disgusting that I cancelled the booking before even getting past reception. I was misinformed about check in time (after killing time for hours lugging my bag around because they refused to hold on to my bag), got not apology and was spoken to so rudely. When I... More

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denver
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 September 2011

We were looking for a place to keep our bags and a bed to sleep in and that's exactly what we got. Very minimal. The staff was very friendly and helpful. I appreciated the security of needing your room key to activate the lift. Only real complaint was that the walls didn't reach to the ceiling so it was noisy... More

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