1849 Backpackers, Albany WA in Albany

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  Timothy Greenwood

  :: 30 March 2018 12:39:17

  Excellent service, very clean facilities and friendly staff. The complimentary pancakes in the morning were great. Great prices and located right in the centre of town, would stay again.

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  Anja Ruofg

  :: 24 March 2018 21:50:11

  Absolutely great staff, have been very patient when I spent 1 night there with my parents who are 66 years. Lovely place to stay, great pancakes and clean and tidy ;) thanks guys

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  adia Yang

  :: 04 March 2018 03:56:24

  I like this Backpackers, it's pretty quiet and clean, staffs are friendly, and they got the best pancake in the world! In every way it worth 5 stars. I deduct 1 star cause there is a green flag writing like Taiwan is an independent country in the world. And this flag is next to a Taiwanese Flag. This would just lead us to find if any Chinese flag there and the result is no. As a Chinese, I can't really feel alright when I found that "Independent declaration" flag hang on the aisle even though we do not really care that much of this political problem. We went to reception to talk about this issue friendly, suggest that to take off the green one but the girl just told us that they dont have any complain before and they are fine with that. Guess not that much Chinese been there so they don't care about it at all. But in fact it's really a bit offensive. Still recommend this Backpackers as long as you are not from China.

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  Louise Howarth

  :: 25 February 2018 22:01:17

  The staff are lovely, friendly and helpful. We extended our stay even though we were just passing through, we had travelled over 4000km from QLD and it was by far the best place we had stayed, we enjoyed it better than the hotels we stayed at previously, they have a downstairs entertainment area with a dart board, table tennis, musical instruments for anyone to play with an attached kitchen where you can cook dinner on their really nice gas cooker, and all pots pans and cutlery utensils are supplied, and keep your beer cold in the fridge. Up stairs they have a lounge room with netflix and gaming and board games etc. And every morning they do free pancakes... the guy that does it is amazing!! And they give you the recipe for their amazing pancakes when you check out!! If I could rate higher I would!!

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  HMHazael

  :: 10 January 2018 02:12:19

  4 stars based on the amenities of this hostel... washing machines, showers, chill out area etc... really above average physically in a hostel, absolutely no complaints. To retain the neutrality of this review I’ve left this bit out of the rating but a worthwhile read if you feel the urge to want a bit of a night life... personally I would like a hostel with a bit more fun that leaves us to our own devices, I felt like we were told off and spoken about between staff (which apparently is 90% of the hostel... seriously, how many are there of you guys?) for doing things considered very normal in every hostel I’ve visited in the past. You aren’t allowed to drink or do anything expect talk outside past 10pm here and music at 6-7pm downstairs felt equivalent ripping a fart during the world war minute of silence. Considering the night life in Albany is a drought during the weekday I would’ve been pleased to have an oasis backpackers to fall back to but that is fine, the way this place is run is for a reason and for a specific audience. But I’d like to say drinking past 10 doesn’t constitute it as a “party hostel” like you state you aren’t, most young travellers want to drink and chat to new people! It’s better than sleeping or walking past all the places closed for the night. The downstairs part is an awesome hang out location but is conveniently closed at 10 for the hundreds, of probably free, staff that live there All in all don’t judge the hostel by the tone of this review but take it as warning that you may be bored at night time here if you want that. It is a beautiful nunnery