Staff at reception were very friendly, couldnt check in straight away the room needed cleaning, got to the room a 6 shared female the Hoover had not even seen the floor!!! Plus you had girls virtually living there so clothes everywhere. The kitchen was too small and cramped and the toilets were not the cleanest. But on the upside only 10 mins or so away from Bondi Beach very good location.

Compared to other YHAs this was a huge letdown for $70 a night for a double shared. It was quiet but out of season. Room was cold and damp, no heating provided, weren't told about additional bedding. Plug sockets near the ceiling!!! Bed ok, no bed bugs thankfully. Kitchen big and adequate but lacked some basics. Check in friendly and efficient. TV/Common room filthy and smelly and stank of smoke. As non-smokers we couldn't use the facilities it was that bad. Laundry a bit pricey $4 to wash. Going through some revamp but I would suspect nowhere near what it needs. Hostel does do a lot of nice things like meals, free lollies and other stuff like free surfboards etc. No drinking after 9pm but people in rooms next to. Did complain about the standard and cleanliness and to be fair I had a response which has been dealt with so I would hope future guests get a better experience. Having now been to Manly, I'd recommend staying there instead until this YHA vastly improves.

Location of this hostel is fantastic, only a few minutes walk to both Tamarama and Bondi beach. Stayed in double room which was lovely and had really nice view of Tamarama beach. Staff were really friendly too. Only bad thing was that we had bed bugs (which staff told us were sand fly or mosquito bites but Chemist confirmed they were bed bugs). Think we were just unfortunate with the bed bugs, hostel was fab in every other way though!

Stayed for 1 week at the hostel and really enjoyed it. It is close to the beach and the free surfboards were relly good. Travelling alone I found it easy to meet people and the staff were able to answer all my questions and were really friendly. The view from the deck is deffinately a bonus and the walk to Bronte takes only about 30 mins. The kitchen is a little small, I found the bathrooms clean and will deffinately come visit again before I go home.