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Sydney Central YHA
11 Rawson Place, Sydney, NSW 2000
Bus311, 339, 372, 374, 376, 378, 391, 393, 395, 412, 413, 431, 432, 433, 436, 437, 438, 440, 461, 470, 480, 483, 501, L38, L88, L90 Tram Central Train Central
Tel (02) 9281 9111
Website www.yha.com.au
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This huge hostel is colourful and fun. It packs a lot of facilities into a huge ornate building next to Central Station. The excellent rooftop pool and sauna are a highlight, as is the cinema, BBQ area, and view from the balcony. The downstairs café sits on the corner of a busy street, offers good value food and drinks, and attracts large crowds. Two kitchens bookend a nice dining area and nice paintings adorn the otherwise plain walls. Dorms are extremely clean and well maintained, and staff are attentive. There is a full service travel agency beside the reception area, and there are loads of activities to choose from every day. They offer free laundry and internet/Wi-Fi access at $3 per hour. Security is great.
Price
Dorm bed $33.50-41.50 ($32-37 HI/YHA)
Double room $112-123 ($100-110 HI/YHA)
Twin room $96-107 ($88-96 HI/YHA)
Prices are in Australian dollars and are inclusive of all taxes.
Credit Cards
MasterCard,Visa
Reception Open
24 hours
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30, 2008
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Great value, extremely clean!, August 15, 2008
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My husband and I stayed in a private ensuite room for 4 nights in August 2008. The location was great, very close to Central Station, Chinatown, and several museums and markets. Our room was just the right size with a table, chairs, and a small bench to place our packs on. It was extremely clean, as were the linens, towels, and bathroom.The bathroom was a good size and came with plenty of towels, soap, and glasses for water. Water pressure in the shower wasn’t fantastic, but it did the trick. We enjoyed the option of having a convenient, cheap breakfast in the café downstairs. We didn’t use any of the common areas, the on-site bar, or the grocery store, so I can’t comment on those facilities. The hostel is HUGE (8 floors!) and it took a while to get the elevator at times. I’m not sure how the atmosphere was for socializing and meeting people, but we had a lot of privacy in our room.I’d highly recommend this hostel to anyone, particularly to people wanting a private room without paying a fortune for a hotel room in Sydney!
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Expensive but well situated hostel, December 30, 2006
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Reviewer: zulu17 from South West London
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Perfect for new arrivals
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Impersonal large hostel
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Stayed for a few days in November 2005. For first time visitors to Sydney this is a good first base. Very close to city rail & coach stations and hence convienient for Airport transfers.
Its functional rather than friendly - Yes a great kitchen but with Chinatown a short distance away with its great value meals who wants to cook. More expensive than most hostels it is worth staying a few days but then get out and see the real australia.
Stayed again in November 2006 - perfect for what I needed - access to a clean /quiet dorm bed after a long flight from the UK.
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Great location and facilities, clean, atmosphere lacking., October 5, 2006
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Reviewer: Rhian77 from Cardiff, Wales, UK
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Great hostel in terms of location - right next to the central station and walking distance to all major Sydney sights. Also runs a shuttle service to Bondi. Very clean, excellent facilities and friendly staff. Only downer was the lack of atmosphere. Over 500 beds means it's difficult to meet people.
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Nice !!, October 23, 2005
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Ive found this hostel to be Nice asits clean there are lockers in the rooms and cameras in the kitchen (So you food dosnt walk)and HOT showers and the cafe what more could you want in a hostel
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Excellent, Spacious & Clean, April 19, 2005
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I stayed in loads of the YHA's when travelling around Australia, most of them are safe, clean, friendly and regimented in a good way!I stayed in a double room with en-suite facilities. The hostel is Conveniently situated near the central bus & railway stations. Its also close to China Town and Darling Harbour, the Harbour, rocks etc. is only a couple of minutes ride on the train. This was my one on my favourite hostels during my stay in Oz:-)Book early if your planning on going to Sydney in the Summer months as it's pretty busy.
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Best hostel in Sydney, March 10, 2005
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This Hostel is amazing, it has everything that a 5 star hotel has.There is a cheap cafe downstairs, and the bathrooms, dorms etc are very clean.The dorms are very spacious with the bunks being very comfortable.The location is excellent being just a stonesthrow away from Central station and the bus stop.Staff are very helpful and reception is 24hrs.I would highly recommend this hostel as a alternative to staying in a hotel.
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Great location & new, but $$ and impersonal, June 24, 2004
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Ten minutes from beautiful Darling Harbour, a stone's throw away from Paddy's Market and Chinatown and right across the street from Central Station, Sydney Central YHA has a great location. Catching the trains and buses were convenient and all the major attractions were just minutes away. If I wanted to take a walk, I would just stroll down George Street for fine pubs (Paddy Maguires is a few blocks away and Three Monkeys is a few blocks more) and excellent shopping, and if it struck my fancy, keep going all the way to the Rocks and Circular Quay. Cheap eats are available at Paddy's Market in the food court just around the corner, along with bargain shopping for souvenirs. If you want festivity, check out Darling Harbour during the day (just a 10-minute walk away), or if you want to relax, take a stroll there at night... the neighborhoods around the hostel and Darling are safe.The hostel itself is brand-spanking new, with a reasonably priced cafe on the ground level (check out their Specials of the Month!), a great pub downstairs on the corner, Scubar - home of Monday night crab-racing! They've even got a huge cinema room, sauna and pool upstairs. If you step out of the pool area and out onto the balcony, there's a nice view of western Sydney (though a huge building blocks everything to the north).The rooms are reasonably spacious and clean, with individual lockers to stow your stuff. I was there in mid-June 2004, so the weather was variable; nonetheless, the room still remained reasonably warm. One complaint I have is that windows don't open, so if it gets stuffy in there you're out of luck. Also, when you swipe your magnetic keycard, the door handle doesn't slacken... instead, you have to push the door open, which causes a deafening *CLACK* noise that has a good chance of awakening your roomies. My particular room only had two electrical outlets, so it was inconvenient when you wanted to charge your batteries and were sharing with 5 other people.The kitchen is big, with many refrigerators to store your food and enough stoves to accomodate your needs. The dining area is spacious and well-kept, resembling a diner since there are private booths. Bathrooms are clean, but you need to access it with a keycard, and you can only access the bathroom on the same floor as your room (so take in consideration that you have to wait for the elevator if you've got to go badly). There's a main lounge on the 1st floor, where the kitchen is, and has a games room. However, there are lounges on most every other floor (there are 9 floors altogether), some just for reading or chillin, and a few TV rooms.With all that said, Sydney Central does have that sterile and regimented feel that YHA's are notorious for having. Though the 1st floor lounge is huge, it's layout is sectioned off, making it difficult for people to congregate. Also, it didn't seem popular with many backpackers, so there didn't seem to be any central location where people hung out, making it difficult to meet people. Meeting people did take an extra effort.Also, it is one of the most expensive hostels I've heard of. Even with a YHA card, I still paid A$27/night for a 6-bed dorm. So even though the facilities are comparable to a hotel, it certainly feels like it due to the atmosphere and the high rates. Nonetheless, I'd still recommend it since it's got high standards and has a great location.
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surprising, November 6, 2003
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Normally, I hate these huge, sterile, impersonal hostels, particularly YHA ones. Curiously, though, I've found this one to be fairly pleasant. It's close to Chinatown and the station, and it's a really nice walk to Darling Harbour, the Rocks, etc. I really want to hate the place, but for some reason I don't. It must be the people who stay there, because it has a nice vibe. I even eat at the restaurant downstairs when I'm in Sydney just for the day. Great for a perve!
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Unusually social for YHA, October 7, 2003
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Besides confirming all the good things said about this hostel I´d only like to add that it is an unusually social place, compared to other YHA hostels. Even during the week the "Scubar" (bar/small night club under the hostel) is crowded and a real fun place where you simply have to get social with other people, locals from Sydney as well as people from all over the world.
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Great facilities but impersonal, June 19, 2003
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A really good hostel. Excellent security and lockers available. The staff are really friendly and helpful. The rooms are basic but really clean. TV rooms and movie lounges in the hostel but only the one kitchen for what is a pretty big hostel. The size of the place makes it a bit impersonal if your on your own however. The location is great for the station but isn't really that central for the main attractions in Sydney. About a 20min walk to Darling Harbour and about the same to the main shopping areas. Overall a really clean hostel good for a couple of nights stay but for any longer I'd look for a more central, smaller hostel.
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