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The Guesthouse - Hostel

2.0 star property

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Reviews

7.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Air-conditioning
  • Laundry room

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144 Wakefield Street, Adelaide, SA, 5000
  • Place, Victoria Square
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Place, Rundle Mall
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Place, University of Adelaide
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Airport, Adelaide, SA (ADL)
    ‪15 min drive‬

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Family Quadruple Room, 1 Bedroom, Shared Bathroom

  • City view
  • 18 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Bunk Bed

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Twin Room, 1 Bedroom, Shared Bathroom

  • City view
  • 18 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Bunk Bed

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Double Room Single Use, 1 Queen Bed, Shared Bathroom

  • City view
  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Double Room, 1 Queen Bed, Shared Bathroom

  • City view
  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About this property

The Guesthouse - Hostel

Along with laundry facilities, this hostel has tour/ticket assistance and free breakfast. WiFi in public areas is free. Bathrooms are shared and housekeeping is not available.
The Guesthouse - Hostel offers 12 accommodations. 25-inch flat-screen televisions come with DVD players. Guests have access to shared bathrooms. Bathrooms include showers.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
During your stay at The Guesthouse - Hostel, you're just a quick walk from Victoria Square. Free breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and laundry facilities are available.
  • Free continental breakfast served daily
  • Free WiFi in some public areas
  • Services include tour or ticket assistance and luggage storage
  • Just a 3-minute drive from Adelaide Casino and a few minutes from Adelaide Oval
Free breakfast is served daily. Public spaces have free WiFi. A terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and laundry facilities are also featured at The Guesthouse - Hostel.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this Adelaide hostel.

Guests are served free continental breakfast daily from 7 AM to 10:30 AM.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 7 AM to 10:30 AM

Family friendly

  • DVD player
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • No housekeeping service
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No lift

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  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Shared bathroom (in-room sink)
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 25-inch flat-screen TV
  • DVD player

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)

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Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 10 PM

Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 10 PM

Front desk staffed during limited hours

This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit
The front desk at this property is open daily from 7 AM - 10 PM.
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

We should mention

  • Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms.

Property is also known as

Guesthouse Hostel Adelaide

Guesthouse Adelaide

The Guesthouse Hostel Adelaide

The Guesthouse - Hostel Adelaide

The Guesthouse - Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

The Guesthouse - Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation Adelaide

The Guesthouse - Hostel Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 62 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 23 out of 62 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 16 out of 62 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 62 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 62 reviews

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
i called the property to confirm my booking and the voice message stated that they where closed dur to Covid and i lost my money.. No one bothered to confirm anything and i am very annoyed
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked the offer to stay in the common room and kitchen after I had checked out. There was a severe heatwave at the time. I was grateful for this. Also, I found the accommodation clean although basic with aircon and TV, free WiFi and the bed was comfortable. New pillows would be good.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Aurora

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A lovely place to stay

Guesthouse Hostel is remarkably a very good hostel and commendable to all travelers who are need a low cost accommodation but will meet their needs. All the staff are very accommodating, helpful and efficient. the site is within walking distance to points of interest. The hostel creates an atmosphere of family and community. There is a free dinners, Chile con carne Monday night and Pizza Weds. What a place. Highly recommended
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

BARRY EDWIN

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good value for money. Clean rooms and friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Gerard, Brisbane

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
THE LOCATION AND THE KITCHEN AND THE MEALS BEANS AND RICE CHILI AND THE ICE CREAM
Stayed 7 nights in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Jen

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Having just travelled through South America I was looking forward to an Australian quality hostel. I booked a private room which is separate to the main building. It was so bad that I cancelled my remaining two nights stay. Firstly there was no towel in the room & the bed wasn’t made. Apparently towels are ‘for hire’ so I had to cross the four lane busy road back to the main hostel to get one. Secondly, the electronic security key would not work when I got back late at night (11pm). Again, I had to walk across the four lane busy road, in the rain, and phone the after hours emergency numbers to get a new room key programmed. This ordeal took about an hour. Thirdly, there was no hot water the next morning in any of the showers. Again, I was asked to cross the busy four lane road and use the showers in the backpackers. I could see that the hot water service may not be repaired quickly and if had enough of these third world standards so I asked for my money back and checked out. The angry British girl in the front desk tried to refuse a full refund saying it was ‘against policy’. I told her it wasn’t a cancelation due to change of mind, it was due to dissatisfaction. She was unbelievably rude and hostile and reluctantly refunded some (not all) of my subsequent prepaid nights. I’ve travelled to all corners of the globe - from Kampala in Uganda to San Pedro Chile In the Atacama Desert. This is the worst hostel I’ve stayed in.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
If you don't mind feeling like sleeping in a prison cell, this place is for you. Run down rooms, bad stench throughout Guesthouse and room, uncomfortable bed and pillows with stains, jail cell bars on the windows and stuck window shutter. Windows stuck open so we were stuck hearing the traffic of a Saturday night. No peaceful sleep eventhough The Guesthouse is supposed to be the peaceful accommodation. Complaied at front desk after we checked in and was promised a call and that something would be done about the stuck window, but it was ignored. Not a good stay at all. Bad stench, sleep and the discomfort from beds and pillows didnt make this a good overnight experience in Adelaide. Thank goodness hadnt booked more than one night. Wont be staying here again.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Check in was friendly and efficient. Good location. Spacious room
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness

Very basic room and not a quiet night

Very basic rooms, you get what you pay for I guess - however, tidy and clean. Struggled to sleep as it was quite loud - the hotel is right next to a busy street with trucks and ambulances, and my room was unlucky being next to the entrance to the hostel with some loud heavy door, and behind the kitchen. Breakfast is very basic toast and cereal (not even milk...)
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Roger, Wellington, NZ

Served purpose as only wanted bed for night

Very hard to locate reception & check - very confusing
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Basic room, great location, awesome staff.

This is my second time staying at the Guest House. It's simply, centrally located hospitality with incredibly friendly and helpful staff. Both times I've arrived from Melbourne slightly after the 10 p.m. office curfew and both times someone has stuck around to help me out. The free bikes out front are a huge bonus!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

robert, Cullen Bullen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Pleasant quiet place to stay.

A great place close to the city and the Central Market. Quiet well maintained with pleasant staff
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Jen

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Would stay again

Good wifi, big kitchen, comfy pillows though the bed is a bit noisy. Would stay again
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Comfy, convenient and cheap

Basic but had everything we needed. Use of full kitchen was great and saved money to be able to prepare some of our own meals. Having to share the bathroom was not a problem as it was cleaned thoroughly daily. Excellent location - walking distance to everything we wanted

6/10 Okay

Emma, Geelong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Good location

Well, it's a good place. However, my room is close to the street, kitchen and bathroom, not easy for me to sleep. Check-in begins after 2pm, so if arriving early, please arrange your day trip.

4/10 Poor

Karin, Adelaide

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Bit of a compromise but did cost less.

ok place if out are on a tight budget and don't mind sharing bathroom and kitchen facilities with complete strangers. Overall though, it wasn't too bad and did save on costs, so it's nice knowing there are other options like this out there, when the price of standard hotel /motel rooms can add up so quickly over time.

8/10 Good

mulder

Liked: Room comfort

Hidden bargain

Spacious room in (reasonably) quiet part of town. Short walk to the city centre. Only complaint is the squeaky door on every room!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great cheap place to stay

Super close and convenient to the city, clean, quiet and pleasant place to stay!

10/10 Excellent

amanda, cranbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Highly recommend. Great value

Staff fantastic. Very happy budget minded traveller very little parking would recommend long term parking elsewhere

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Friendly staff, clean bedroom and shared bathroom in a very convenient central location.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort