312 Victoria Street, Melbourne Bus 546 Tram 55, 57 Tel (03) 9329 7156
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This small friendly hostel above a pub is a great place for backpackers working in Melbourne. It's an old building with Baltic pine floors, a great late night bar and a warm welcome.
Price Dorm bed $15 per night; $80 per week Prices are in Australian dollars and are inclusive of all taxes.
Pros:
Friendly staff
Cons:
The dirt, the cockroaches....rooms outside the main buiding...did I mention the dirt?
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If you are very young, only interested in drinking and lack even the most basic sense of hygiene you might like this place...there seems to be a group of guests who've been there forever and love it.Otherwise I'd say give Bev and Mick's a wide berth.When I arrived, the guy who checked me in was extremely friendly which was great. But it was 11pm, I'd been travelling all day and I had a 30kilo backpack on my back, so I just wanted to get up to the dorm. Instead I was kept hanging around forever while I filled stuff out and he chatted away. Finally he got some other girl (also extremely friendly - no complaints about the staff there they seem lovely) to show me up to my room. I'd already noticed that the downstairs was pretty grubby, but was only planning on staying the one night & everyone there seemed to be having a good time.So, we got up to the most disgusting common room I've ever seen. In fact it is a section of the corridor between kitchen bathrooms and stairs and doesn't ever seem to have been cleaned. Frankly it stank.We then got out onto some kind of fire escape, up some more stairs through a door and there was the dorm. To begin with I wasn't all that thrilled with the thought of having to go outside, down the fire escape and then through the 'common room' in my pyjamas if I wanted to go to the loo or use the shower in the morning. But worse than that was the smell in the room - it reeked. The windows didn't open and the carpet must have been rotting there for 30 years. Paint was peeling off the walls....it was disgusting.I was then given a stinking, grey, duvet and pillow to put on the bed. Couldn't face it, so I asked to see a double room, thinking this would be better. This was even further down the fire escape and up some more stairs, great in the rain! The last straw for me were the cockroaches running over the bar while the bar staff poured drinks.To give the staff their due, I was also feeling pretty ill at the time and they were quite nice about helping me find somewhere else and booking me a taxi to go. But on the whole, unless there are no beds anywhere else in Melbourne....just don't go there!
Pros:
none
Cons:
Unfriendly staff, dirty bathrooms and rooms are not safe for personal belongings
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I was booked in here for two nights but left after the first one. The place was a mess and when I checked-in the Receptionist (an Irish girl) was rude and unpleasant to me, for no reason! It seemed like a hassle for her to be there.When I got to my bedroom there was stuff everywhere and very little room for me to leave my things. I thought things would get better when I got down to the bar for a drink, but no one seemed willing to make friends (they all have their own little group there) and some of them deliberately snubbed me. I definitely WOULD NOT recommend this place to anyone - there are much nicer, cleaner and friendlier places to stay in Melbourne!
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The friendliest, homiest, best place ever, November 22, 2006
Pros:
The people, staff and guests are amazing.
Cons:
Nothing
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God bless Bev & Micks. I have stayed in many hostels, and this place, BY FAR, is the best. Its not the newest, doesn't have amazing facilities, but has the BEST atmosphere you could ever ask for. The staff are amazing. Your name will not be forgotten. I made so many lifetime friends there. They definitely make sure you are entertained. I wish I was there now.
Ignore the bad reviews, it is a hidden gem. LOVE IT
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Don't go to this hostel, EVER!!!!, August 20, 2006
I stayed in bev and micks backpackers only for 2 nights. I hated it. Where do i start with this review, well for starters when i checked in the bloke kept asking me loads of questions. Things he didn't even have to know. He didn't even think i had a sense of humour, i hated all the questions and comments! He even had to look in my passport to see if i had a visa, what is the point of that to stay somewhere! I didn't get that. I would never return to the place ever!!!! Showers were very basic with nowhere to put your clothes while showering. There were noise from downstairs from the pub. I stayed in a very small 4 bed dorm which i didn't like at all! I didn't feel comfortable at all!
There are much better hostels in melbourne.
This hostel seemed very run down and lacked character.
