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Reviews of YHA Nelson by Accents - Hostel

2 out of 5
YHA Nelson by Accents - Hostel
59 Rutherford St, Nelson

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 38 out of 89 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 38 out of 89 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 89 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 89 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 89 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Alta

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very central in town. Really friendly. I found the people in Nelson including the staff Very pleasant and caring to one another

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked the clranliness and not being overwhelmed by people...due to covid i guess. I didnt like music playing in hallways...npt everyone has the same tastes Giy on front frsk made me feel teally welcome. Bread in kitchen was good too.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quite clean and tidy, nice to see free bread for breakfast in the kitchen. Room was facing the road and quite noisy (not sure why, it was as if the buildings were amplifying the noises made by every car or person that walked past) so didn't sleep well.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Hostel staff were nice and (mostly) helpful. Internet is limited to 1 Gig per 24 hrs unless you pay them for unlimited (i want to say 2 NZD). You can’t see how much internet you have left (the interface it shows you when you log on is inaccurate) but it will stop if you use it all. The room I was in didn’t have lockers. Instead we were supposed to use the set in the hallway which felt less secure to me. Also, the bathrooms near my room almost inevitably had water on the floor (I think one of the fixtures was leaking). Overall still a pleasant stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Kerry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hostel
Staff is very friendly. Kitchens are huge, wished there would be a few more frying pans. Our room was basic, nothing special (double room with no bathroom) and clean.We had a good night there. Good location In Nelson, Intercity just around the corner.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Liked tidy and clean, good kitchen, lounge area, books, local info etc. Could have done with a bit more info on the stay and departure etiquette.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Royce on 15 Jan 2019
Thanks for the all the stars!. We are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us and really appreciate the positive feedback. Best wishes and safe travels, Royce and the Accents team

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Affordable and good stay
Location was great! So close to restaurants, grocery stores and shops. Room smelled like feet. I stayed in a 4 bed dorm. The common area was huge and there were 2 kitchens which made socializing very fun
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Royce on 2 Jan 2019
Thanks for your review and kind words. We also noticed the smelly boots and asked the owner to remove them. Best wishes for your travels in 2019.

8/10 Good

Xiang rong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Kathy and Mark, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One night in Nelson at the YHA
The reception staff at this YHA are really the nicest, most welcoming bunch you could hope for. All of them were so pleasant and so helpful that we told them so directly when it was time to check out. The hostel is clean and well equipped. We were early for checking in and they put our food needing refrigeration in their own fridge. Our double room was clean and well equipped including a TV. Furnishings are always sparse in hostels even in the private rooms but the value for money can't be beat. We also rented bikes for 3 hours. Bikes were in good condition. They were not concerned about charging us extra when we were out longer than planned. These things really make a difference to your feeling about a place.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018
Response from Royce on 3 Apr 2018
Dear Kathy & Mark, It was really great to have you stay with us and I am so pleased you enjoyed your time here too. It is always nice to hear positive feedback and I will pass you kind comments on to our hard working team. We hope you can make it back to our Sunny corner of New Zealand soon. Best wishes and safe travels,

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hostel
Good hostel. Nice double room with bathroom just down the corridor. Excellent value for a 1 night stay
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

6/10 Okay

Marcel B., Montreal, Que, Canada

Disliked: Staff & service
Hotel well situated
Place with internet and wi-fi not reliable to use because it was off most of the time. When we asked about it the lady at the reception answered that her lap top was working fine and their was nothing she could do about it.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

4/10 Poor

Anthony

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Gremlin lau, Nelson

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good service
Room clean,comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Decent little hostel
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Rudolf

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good free wi-fi and bread
The hostel had good, reliable and free Wi-Fi. The bathrooms were clean and the kitchen was adequately stocked. The free artisan bread was also a nice gesture. I had a twin room that was small for 2 beds any I wished it was bigger.

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Nelson Stay
Great place to meet people. The desk staff were very helpful and nice. The rooms are a bit small, but there are plenty of bathrooms and showers. Three areas to relax in. Free bread every day. Gas grill and patio area. Super location near shops and restaurants.

10/10 Excellent

Felipe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good deal
The location is great, next to supermarkets and restaurants. It's well cleaned and the showers are good. All beds have power outlets by their side. The location is a bit noisy from traffic and maybe for this reason the room had ony a tine window and a wall covered with wood, so it was a bit hot there.

8/10 Good

Nancy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Was able to arrange to arrive after the front desk closed and leave before it opened. The bed was truly amazing.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location.
Value for money in a top location. Great facilities and a clean hostel.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

6/10 Okay

SeungGun

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Fully people in the Room and a guy snored whole night. It seem the hostel is nice but people are pretty untidy and messy. Kitchen was also messy. People left all used dishes behind. But staffs were very kind.

10/10 Excellent

Chris, Bundaberg, Aus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Get Tramping!
Excellent spot to get provisions (several close by supermarkets & camping shops) & get ready to hike the Abel Tasman & Heaphy tracks.Bus connections here to to start of tracks.

8/10 Good

Jen, Halifax, NS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice
Stopped for the night. It was a nice clean room and shared bathrooms were nice and clean as well. Only thing to note is that the "free parking" is only street parking nearby and you have to move your car by 8:00 a.m.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Good central budget option
A good central hostel. I stayed in a private room which was perfectly adequate and suitable for my needs. The kitchen and seating area was quite large and clean and functional. The hostel was let down by a staff member who came across as pretty rude and indifferent when asked a question, which is why I have give a low mark, customer service counts for a lot. I stayed in a few backpackers in New Zealand and this was definitely the worst in terms of service. It's a shame as I think the guy who runs it is really friendly and wants to help.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Very good except no lift
I was disappointed when I knew there isn't lift. Impossible to bring a heavy big luggage to your room. I had to leave it in a coin locker which is at ground floor. It costed $2. Others were pretty good.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

10/10 Excellent

Mike, Dunedin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
In the Centre of Everything.
Nice and easy. Good facilities (for a Youth Hostel). Two lovely cats. Warm and quiet. Easy walking distance to everything around the CBD, including the Saturday Market. Very cheap alternative to a hotel or motel.

10/10 Excellent

Pia, Westport

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean and location
Overall clean and good location, just few things the heater was noisy and small rooms.

10/10 Excellent

Roger, Auckland NZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very central to all services with helpful staff-
The 2 of us were cycling and left bike boxes there in store room - no problems @ returned 17 days later

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place, pretty much centre of town- huge free carpark from 5pm-8am

10/10 Excellent

Jake, Australia - NSW - Regional NSW

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Outstanding; Value: Affordable; Service: Outstanding; Cleanliness: Spotless;

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Our first experience at YHA
We thought it was a good standard for what it cost. Our first experience staying at a YHA and we were pleasantly surprised. Very pleased that we did not have to suffer loud music but not so pleased when someone stole our container of tea bags from our cubbyhole in the kitchen. It seems one should put a named label onto each item, rather than just one label on the cubbyhole.

6/10 Okay

Carmen

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Tired, My room smelt musty- yuk!; Value: Over-priced; Service: Polite;

10/10 Excellent

katinthehat , travelling around...

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overnight stop between locations
Great location, city central, near to bus depot. Staff at front desk were very friendly and welcoming, rooms and facilities were clean, and you can even have your bags stored for a few days between nights staying there. Would defintetely return here on next trip to Nelson...

10/10 Excellent

stewart

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

8/10 Good

Christophe, Windsor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location and free wifi.
good hostel right in the middle of town - free wifi, which is always a nice bonus.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good for a nights stay
I booked a room here as I was passing through the area to visit Hobbiton, and wasn't sure I could make it back to Hamilton. The building is firstly a pub, so there was a little bit of noise. However the rooms for staying in are apart from the pub, and a security door blocks any public access. The room was a decent size, and for just the one night was everything I needed. The bed was comfortable, and being winter, I was glad of the extra heater and blanket in the room. There is a small kitchen for people to use with free tea and coffee, plus a microwave, fridge and bowls, plates etc available, which if you're looking to save money on food is great. My only downer on the room was that it could have been a little cleaner. There were quite a few bits on the floor which made me think it hadn't been vacuumed.

10/10 Excellent

Ray, Australia - VIC - Regional VIC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cleanliness: Immaculate; Clerical error saw me double charged, and was brought to my attention and refunded 34 hours later. Fantastic!!

10/10 Excellent

Annette, New Zealand - Auckland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nelson is a great town