77%Jolly Swagman Backpackers

In general a good Hostel.But Internet olny for 30min free and doesn't work 3 day's! For younger people. Breakfast too simple!

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by koelle714402 – posted on Oct 27, 2008

1

Toilets, showers were disgusting! Breakfast too simple!

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by danielpfennigsdorf8316 – posted on Oct 23, 2008

1

Very nice and clean hostel! We enjoyed staying there!

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by dnbatuk9595 – posted on Oct 6, 2008

2

It's a place for younger poeple who like to party and meet new poeple.

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by josalting5362 – posted on Oct 2, 2008

3

Breakfast only until 9.30 is the only thing to contain. Nice to sit outside, meet people and have a good sleep at night because it has not been directly at the main street. Excellent hostel, nice staff.

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by yvonne8932 – posted on Sep 1, 2008

2

where was the breakfast?! i don't consider bread and jam and cereals a breakfast, you should have better said it was not included. the blankets one per person, but it's winter, if anything a doona for each person would be better.

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by ila-schweinchen8935 – posted on Aug 18, 2008

2

Had the best stay, great nights out, but in a bit of a dodgy area although close enough to walk to centre of city.

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by Els7635 – posted on Aug 8, 2008

6

I had an awful stay here, there are long termers living here which makes for a very clicky and awkward atmosphere. You don't really feel very welcome. The staff are very unhelpful. It's clean enough and location is ok, but I wouldn't receommend this place.

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by hoppy-287651 – posted on Aug 2, 2008

2

Great location, and overall enjoyed the stay here, only bad points were that the rooms were cold, and the hostel had no extra blankets for us, and the showers were not great.

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by caroline9574 – posted on Jul 31, 2008

4

IL NUMERO 1 COME DIVERTIMENTO E POSIZIONE A SYDNEY

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by maugeri – posted on Jul 13, 2008

2

Loved staying at the Jolly Swagman. Just enough out of the way to miss the big city bustle, but close enough in that you can walk to the CBD in no time. Kings Cross Station was right there and that made it even better for transportation.

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by josho3501 – posted on Jul 2, 2008

2

stayed there for three nights, great location, great atmosphere and great value!

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by ronankate1838 – posted on Jul 1, 2008

1

Not really for our age range. WIFI costs a rip-off!

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by basho – posted on Jun 28, 2008

2

The rate in internet via hostelworld wasn't the same as I were asked in reception. That was the only problem. Anyway hostel is good and clean.

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by allaferman6908 – posted on Jun 19, 2008

1

A fantastic hostel. Stayed here for weeks and had so much fun. There are special drinks promos and nights out with the hostel crowd or you can sit in and watch a dvd. 5 mins from trains. Sydney harbour is less than a 15 min walk away and is beautiful. Some interesting locals in the alleys and...

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by roisi – posted on Jun 19, 2008

24

Our only complaint would be that it was very noisy all throughout the night, most nights. I appreciate there are a lot of 18 year olds out to have a good time but perhaps staff could have a bit more control over them?

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by bobandmazontour5894 – posted on Jun 15, 2008

1

there is much better value to be had in the area.

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by gaffe – posted on Jun 9, 2008

10

The staff were amazing, the atmosphere was amazing and the little touches like lights for each bunk/ fridges in rooms/ lockers in rooms really made a difference. It was also the cleanest hostel I have stayed in so far! really really impressive!

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by sortedlaur46 – posted on Jun 7, 2008

2

Drunks on the PA notwithstanding, we very much enjoyed our stay at TJS. The staff offered excellent suggestions and the Goodie Bag was much appreciated!

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by vince-carpini1321 – posted on May 31, 2008

2

seriously the toilets cant be cleaned at 8.30 and closed if there is going to be a 9am checkout. the kitchen was closed too often and only had one sink. too small give there are 50 ish rooms. the same goes for the TV lounge, peoples feet beside faces cos its so small. someone opened our window... more seriously the toilets cant be cleaned at 8.30 and closed if there is going to be a 9am checkout. the kitchen was closed too often and only had one sink. too small give there are 50 ish rooms. the same goes for the TV lounge, peoples feet beside faces cos its so small. someone opened our window fully in our empty double room while we were out. who was in the room?? we presumed it was ours for the duration of our pre-booked stay.close

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by popcallaghan9054 – posted on May 10, 2008

6

Fairly decent hostel, close enough to everything! not bad!

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by kingkeiran1319 – posted on May 2, 2008

7

We liked Jolly Swagman, and do recommend it. Location in Kings Cross was convenient for central city etc. Great having a fridge in the room!

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by Dafyddmachin – posted on Apr 24, 2008

13

We had a lovely time here. We were upgraded to a twin room when our pick up was late. Nice and quiet room even though there was obviously going on for those who wanted to party. An excellent place to stay, if you want to see a slightly different side of Sydney.

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by tamsinmilroy4833 – posted on Apr 12, 2008

4

Nice place. Staff is ok, nice and professional. A bit crowded but still clean enough.

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by jemskywa – posted on Mar 31, 2008

35

Great atmosphere and location. Lot of good restaurants and bars in the area. 9 AM check-out is a little early but the free breakfast helps get you out of bed.

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by stama2115 – posted on Mar 30, 2008

12

there is a great little patio and kitchen for cooking. i was able to meet a lot of fun people. but at ten o clock it closes down. must be mindful off your neighbors

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by parksiderugger8102 – posted on Mar 18, 2008

3

Helpful and friendly, typical of Australians it seems! Could have used more vacuuming, and maybe wash the blankets sometime?

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by kerkyra – posted on Mar 4, 2008

2

Everything fine. Clean, fun, quite neat rooms, good value for money. Upper class for Australia ;) I wish, other hostels before would have been like that.

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by macfly866543 – posted on Mar 1, 2008

2

wicked hostel, we had so much fun.

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by missbean-894522 – posted on Feb 27, 2008

1

No clean towels provided, no free internet and the WIFI does not work great either.As a hostel = so-so!

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by awesome744079 – posted on Feb 14, 2008

2

Very nice atmosphere, helpful staff

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by elises7162 – posted on Feb 14, 2008

1

Party place - always something on, but if you don't fancy going out the whole time it's also cool. Free breakfast (with vegemite!) is good! Only disappointment was that they didn't seem to clean the rooms that thoroughly...

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by Frauleinfarthing – posted on Feb 10, 2008

33

We had some problems and misunderstanging regarding the pick up from the airport. I would sugest the driver of the bus to have already the list of people he needs to pick up. He couldn,t find us, we didn't know which is our bus and we was waiting hours at the airport. Viorica and Victor

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by vmatkocsik5790 – posted on Feb 5, 2008

1

No air conditioning!! don't go to hostels without A/C if you go to Australia in the summer ! Also the double deck beds were too tall and without a good ladder so if you are on the upper level you might have to wake up everybody because you are doing acrobatics to get in/out of the bed!

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by CaptainEddie – posted on Feb 4, 2008

1

really helpful staff, all rooms seemed to come with a tv. lots of events going on and reasonable location altho kings cross can be quite dodgy. rooms can get super hot as building is sandwiched between two others

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by carterofthedom2989 – posted on Feb 4, 2008

2

Excellent staff, they were extremely helpful and informative my entire stay. One neg about the hostel itself was the showers either ran boiling hot or freezing cold. I did not like King's Cross, too many drug dealers, prostitutes, etc. for my taste. Each time I left the hostel I was...

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by takngas9657 – posted on Jan 30, 2008

5

The pictures of this hostel on the internet were very misleading.

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by Mariaki – posted on Jan 14, 2008

1

I thought this was a very nice hostel, however it is located in Kings Cross & I really do not like that area, it's not too bad during the day, but at night it's just full of prostitutes & Junkies!

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by marysul – posted on Jan 10, 2008

33

good hostel, rooms cleaned regularly and had a fridge,always a good thing! guy at reception, joe, was really friendly and willing to help ypu with everything

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by dookie19829135 – posted on Jan 3, 2008

6

Limited number of showers and bathrooms considering how many beds. Otherise good darts!!!

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by j1984cooper658 – posted on Jan 3, 2008

5