Mountain View Backpackers

Homely, well organised and friendly.

No option for food scraps - seemed like previous arrangements weren’t happening any more - compost, pigs, chooks etc.

Everything was good

Had a nice homey feel. Dorms were really well kitted out. Social areas were really good.

The cleaning schedule baffled us completely. We understand of course that the hostel needs to be cleaned (and it was super clean!) but we were very confused about the logic of when they would clean. Our first two full days there, we had been on hikes the day before so got up a bit later than normal. On both days we were unable to use the bathroom between 9:30-10:45 (this seemed like a pretty illogical time to clean the bathroom and it was quite small so we didn’t understand why it took this long), this meant we couldn’t use the toilet, shower, do our teeth etc for over an hour after waking up. On both days then the kitchen was also blocked off from 10:45 till just before 12 for cleaning. Again this seemed very illogical - we wanted a tea and to have some breakfast but were unable to. On one evening we also had our dinner outside but then it got quite cold so we wanted to come inside but weren’t allowed to again because the kitchen was being cleaned and the front door was locked for the evening, so we were trapped in the garden in the cold while we had to wait for the kitchen to be cleaned again. We understood of course the need for cleaning, and we possibly should have tried to work out when to use the bathroom/kitchen to avoid cleaning times, but it just seemed crazy how long it took, how often they were being cleaned, and the times chosen to clean them. As there was only one kitchen, and one bathroom facility available to us, it would have been helpful at least to have been informed when they were being cleaned in advance, because then we could have tried to work out our schedule around it. Other than the cleaning situation though, we loved everything else about the hostel!

The bed was comfy and the room was a good temperature! It was perfectly clean and the cooking facilities were good

The lady at the check in counter seemed to see me, when I was checking in, as an inconvenience rather than a valued customer