Silverfern Backpackers

Generally people are great and...

Liked: Rooms cleaned, sterilize and vacuumed everyday.Beds good. And centrally location.
Disliked: Crazy racist New Zealand couple called Fiona and possibly Gregg.The last time I, stopped him physically abusing the female in the kitchen. After months They back and made a bee line to me and verbally abused me trying to force me to talk to them. I went to admin and the lady behind the counter came to ask them to leave me alone. They concocted some story about me drinking alcoholic beverages in the kitchen and I should be thrown out. Needless to say that after the admin lady left, the abuses intensified with them denouncing my Country and calling me a Kaffer, which is a derogatory slur aimed at all South Africans. So this Backpackers can not be safe for foreigners while these two people reside here. I can't sit in the kitchen or other communal places without being threatened with violence and verbally abused, by this cripple and his Stockholm syndrome partner. Clearly these two crazy bullies need special staff. Police or probably medical staff. Other problems, vomit in the passage and shit in the showers.

Passable

Liked: Convenience
Disliked: It's not a backpackers for overseas tourists it's more like budget accommodation for Asian refugees and NZ homeless. Young female tourists would get put off and wouldn't want to come to this place.

Very poor

Exceptional

Very good

Pleasant

Liked: Not much to say… cheap hostel… does the trick

Almost perfect, price was cheap...

Liked: They had a kitchen, common room had TV, fooseball, ping pong, and a second common room. Free laundry soap
Disliked: No privet locker for your luggage just a small one for your wallet with$10 deposit, the mattress was old and the spring was digging in my back. No email response before booking and a long wait after my booking, ad said airport shuttle for $19 but it was $50 uber was $57 but there was a bus shuttle 5 minutes walk away for $2024 hour access but reception was 9-9

Superb

Liked: The staff were really welcoming and friendly
Disliked: It was a bit hard to see from the road and we got a bit lost trying to find the entrance

If you hate yourself, book...

Disliked: Filthy, disgusting. Toilet hadn't been cleaned (i.e. it was covered in shit). Towels were old and had stains. They use black linen (red flag!) and we found lots of hair in between the sheets. Overall the condition of the property is very poor but worst of all everything is filthy. The common areas were full of people who either looked like they lived there permanently or were staff. Kitchen had no space to fit groceries.