BUG Review
Elephant Backpackers is a clean hostel with good quality facilities. It features new bunk beds with real mattresses, and a downstairs common area with a TV lounge, kitchen and Internet access. The main drawback is that the rooms don't have ceilings -- the walls are just partitions and you can hear people several rooms away.
Price Dorm bed $20 Single room $35 Twin room $50 Prices are in Australian dollars and are inclusive of all taxes.
Pros:
the rooms are clean and well maintained (apart from the ceilings)
Cons:
The kitchen/ common room in the cellar is awful
callump
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I cant recommend this hostel Im afraid although the staff were friendly.The Kitchen/common room in the cellar is a poorly lit hole with very limited utensils there was literally one pan that you could cook a single portion of porridge or noodles. The furniture is in a poor state of affairs and there is no covering on the rough concrete floor.The bedrooms although clean tidy and well equipt suffer due to the lack of ceilings meaning you can here everyone talking, all the alarms in the morning and the air conditions or heating units.All in all I'd say take the time to go to a high quality hostel out in St kilda and dont go for the nearest one to the tourist information
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(Review ID: 597)
Friendly and Clean just a bit noisy, July 14, 2006
Pros:
Comfy Beds, Friendly Staff and People
Cons:
caus of no ceilings its quite noisy but you get used to it.
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This was the first place I stayed at when I came to Australia in December 2005. I stayed for over a month and spent Xmas at Elephant backpackers and every single person went out that day to have a bbq in the park. Every nationality and age. Its got friendly staff, comfy beds and you get used to the noise. Its in a great location as well on Flinders Street.
