Backpackers Imperial Hotel

Sign on the outdoor table outside the night entry said that people should be quiet from 10pm. On Friday and Saturday nights they were still really loud with music playing and shouting and laughing. Cigarette and cannabis smoke came straight into my window one floor up and filled my room. It was HORRENDOUS. No one polices how selfish the people are who use this outside social area. There are cigarette butts all over the ground outside the night entry and it is quite disgusting to use. The reception is also open very limited hours and even if you manage to arrive in time to be served by someone in reception, you have to figure out where everything is yourself. I never found the kitchen and had to fill my water bottle in the bathroom every day. There are also only stairs everywhere (and the hostel is on the first floor) which is difficult to navigate with a suitcase. The pillow on the bed is very thin so it’s almost like you’re not using one. The water in the shower takes forever to warm up and then almost doesn’t get hot at all. Luckily I stayed in summer so I didn’t need the temperature to be very hot. I stayed in a single room and I would not recommend this hostel. They put the price of the room up ‘because of demand’ but the noise and the cigarette smoke were truly unbearable. You simply had to have the window of the room open (which didn’t have a flyscreen) because the room is tiny and had heated up a lot during the afternoon sun. The room was a lot hotter than outside.

Liked: Room seemed clean.
Disliked: Common area noise and cigarette smoke in room.

For the cost, it is...

Liked: Central and cheap
Disliked: Had to go upstairs for a hot shower, there was difficulty with the heater to start with.

Passable

Pleasant

Great for a short or...

Liked: Location and comfy beds
Disliked: Nothing

Terrible stay, may as well...

Liked: Nothing whatsoever
Disliked: Everything about the joint

Pleasant

Passable

Very loud, uninterested staff and...

Liked: It was in a decent location and thats about it
Disliked: There is no hot water in any of the showers which is just ridiculous seeing as its about 3 degrees outside in hobart during winter, staff were rude and seemed to be annoyed everytime i asked them a question, rooms were really loud and also the reception was only there till 2.30pm every day which felt kind of weird and seems a bit dangerous. Also from what I experienced, majority of people staying here are men which as a women didn’t make me feel really that safe. There was zero vibe at all and no real common area or hang out spot. Obviously understand that its a backpackers and I’ve stayed in my fair share of hostels and backpackers around the world and this one was not worth the money. Had I known there were no warm showers would have been enough for me to not book here.

Pleasant