We stayed here with our Under 16 Rugby team. Having stayed in several lodgings with a team before we found this to be the best we have stayed in. Such a relaxing environment and the manager was very friendly and helpful. We would definately book again and will recomment to others.

I flew in to Dunedin to relax and find out what I wanted to do with my short time in New Zealand. I ended up staying 4 days, traveled around, then came back to the Manor House for 2 days because of the friends I made. I was able to relax as I fell in with the staff and hostel goers as family. I liked the distance it is from the center of town. It's far enough from the Octagon (Central Dunedin) to sleep (it's pretty quiet away from the city) and close enough to enjoy a night out in Dunedin. This is not an exciting hostel like Nomads or X-base in Queenstown, but it's a great place to catch a breather or end a busy holiday.

The hill to the house is what gives it character. As someone with an average fitness level, I had no problem hiking up it. The only part that bothered me was that it was a bit chilly in the hostel. This was probably due to the air conditioning (open windows) but I found the hostel to never be stuffy, as many hostels can become when there is only central air conditioning.

Dunedin is not my favorite place at the best of times. Its very grey, cold and rains a lot and during this bad weather there is not much to do so coming to a backpackers that is a good twenty minutes out of the city and on a steep hill and even steeper driveway, i was not impressed with this backpackers at all. As a seasoned traveller I have stayed at many backpackers and this was by far the worst one i have stayed at. I understand that dunedin may not offer top quality accommodation on the same level as a large city like auckland, london or sydney but still, the room was old, the beds creaked and the mattresses were so thin everyone complained of back ache in the morning. There was one bathroom for three ten bedroom dormitories downstairs and one bathroom upstairs which was not clean, had a faulty lock on it and as you could imagine had a queue. There was no lock on the rooms during the day which was terrible and intrusive. The majority of backpackers have swipe cards or at the very least a private door key but this dorm which contained ten of us (it was a group booking made by a mutual friend) had no lock except a code which was not activated until after 8pm at night. The kitchen was small and dirty and not even a tad big enough for all the people that were staying at the time. There was no free tea or coffee and I did not see the managers except to ask about a pay phone and I was pretty much barked at. There was no sense of homely atmosphere and customer service did not exist.
For twenty dollars a night however, i guess one cannot be picky. I tend to pay a little extra and stay in a more comfortable secure backpackers but i did not book this one as the person who did was a cheap skate who wanted to forgo general necessities for cost.
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Bad location, bad kitchen and bathroom, bad service and extremely dusty and unsafe when it rained as one could slip on steep driveway, forget baldwin street!! Walk up this driveway in the rain if you want to be pushed beyond your limits
DO NOT STAY

The rooms were spacious and warm and the staff were frinedly, I just felt it could do with a facelift but could still keep its character. The kitchen was a bit cramped and not everythin seemed to be working.