Name: City Lifestyle Accommodation - Hostel
Address: 270 King St, Melbourne, 3000, AU

2/10

Poor

15 Feb 2025

Emily

felt like a dungeon, had four walls with no windows and your share with people you don’t know which doesn’t advertise so we left with no refund

4/10

Poor

30 Nov 2024

Lana

Shared facilities (toilet, shower, etc) which was not stated and only 1 x of each available to use! Room was a hot box with no ventilation, only a fan (very stuffy). No way of getting in for late check in (had to wait until someone entered or exited the building...wasnt impressed

Business_and_leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

27 Nov 2024

Pam

I thought it would be like a hotel but in fact it was a flat and i had one room with other people living in the other rooms

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

26 Nov 2024

Verified traveler

Literally the worst

Absolutely awful. I stayed long enough to book accommodation somewhere else then got the hell out of there.

I've stayed at some crummy places before but this was the only place I haven't felt safe. How this place is allowed to operate is beyond me

10/10

Exceptional

16 Oct 2024

Adam

Felt welcomed and treated very professionally at all times.

Great communications, easy access.

Thank you.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

30 Sep 2024

Letitia

Wasn't sure what to expect as the price wasn’t it was Grand Final weekend. The room was neat, the shared bathroom was tidy, for how close it in the CBD it was quiet and I felt save and comfortable. Management was excellent, allowed me to leave my bag there while ai explored the city after check out. It was an easy and fun trip.
7 11 around the corner and Kabab shop right across the road. I recommend this highly amd I will book again.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

27 Sep 2024

Phillip

Had no idea when booking a double room, that it was a double room in a 4 bedroom apartment. Although you can lock your own room, staying in an apartment with junkies is really not what I had in mind when I booked! Woke up to a knife literally sticking into the kitchen bench. The bathroom was disgusting too. Would never shower in it and didn't realise I'd booked a shared bathroom accommodation by the description. Thank god it was one night only stay!

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jun 2024

James

Very affordable and so close to southern cross station!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2024

montana

Enjoyable

Stayed two nights, such a lovely environment would recommend and would stay again

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

23 Apr 2024

Fortunat

It is a accomodation good for young backpackers. The room with only windows to the corridor ist not what i would like. And in the kitchen are no forks at all.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

25 Mar 2024

Rachel

Booked 6 months before our weekend in Melbourne, had all the confirmations but when we went to check in... No record of our booking and no rooms left!!!! This was during the formula 1 weekend where Melbourne was virtually booked out, coincidence? I don't think so

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

24 Mar 2024

Verified traveler

Overpriced hostel with bad facilities

Four rooms in one apartment. Old, only one towel for 5 days (had to buy some), no tv, no window, no cleaning, noisy. Way overpriced at $235/night. It's not worth more than no service shared facility hostel accom at about $100/night.

Friends_and_family Friends

2/10

Poor

28 Dec 2023

Travis

Go somewhere else

Very poor quality broken doors and handles nightmare to check in dirty dishes in kitchen
Will not be back I suggest going elsewhere worst place iv ever stayed

Had to call them countless times to get my deposit back and took over 2 weeks to get it

Self

2/10

Poor

16 Dec 2023

Mladen

Wayy overpriced and underwhelming. This 2 bit chit hole is an apparent with locks on bedroom doors. It was not clean or safe. Save your money go elsewhere. A few more dollars will see you comfortable in your own kitchen, bathroom, living area. Total rip off!

4/10

Poor

15 Oct 2023

Alec

Not what expected, The advert didn't really clearly state the condition of the room and didn't really state it was a random room in an apartment, only stayed 1 of 2 nights, I left to go somewhere else.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

28 Aug 2023

Tara

Check-In Nightmare

The check in process was very difficult. There is no front desk. You can’t access the building without a code or badge so we had to call hotels.com and the property phone number. We were told to enter a certain code and then the lady yelled at us demanding to know how we got that code. Then she yelled at her son the whole time we were checking in. I finally interrupted and asked if we should just go somewhere else since they were so upset we were there!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Jul 2023

Luis

I like the regular cleaning of shared areas

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 May 2023

Efthalia

Very grate services thank you

Business_and_leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

20 May 2023

Joshua

Cheap option for a single night in the city. Staff was terrible and spent the whole time on the phone while checking in.
As facilities are shared they can get dirty quickly, when I checked in bathroom was clean but after another guest used it there was water and mess everywhere. Not the hotels fault but something for guests to be aware of

2/10

Poor

30 Apr 2023

Joseph

Definitely the worst hotel experience ive had to date. AVOID

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

10 Feb 2023

Mikoto

very clean and friendly staff and convenient

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

24 Jan 2023

Fernando

I like the unfriendly roommates. I don’t like no reception it’s remote check in

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jan 2023

Christine

This is a lovely hostel in Melbourne CBD. I stayed in an en-suite room and it was everything I needed. The location is super convenient. I took the airport bus into the city and it drops off just a few blocks away. The owner was on holiday but was still able to return my deposit without any issue. I would stay here again.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

11 Dec 2022

Yukihiro

Not too good

It was very noisy. Bed was too soft. I think there are long term tenants and they were on the phone all night and went out and came in all the time. Very suspicious business. If they were quite and cheap then could be ok but I don't think I will stay here again. Conditions of the room was terrible and unsecured. I did not feel safe I hope I can get deposit back.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Dec 2022

Diem

I like all the convenient

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

11 Sep 2022

Luke

Bedding smelled bad,
Walls were filthy
Junkies in other rooms
One room sounded like a brothel day and night guests loud sex.

Management didn't refund key deposit or extra nights stay once i left.

4 demands for my money to be returned and nothing.

Dont believe its a legitimate or legal dwelling

Do not stay there

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

02 Sep 2022

Bernard

It is a hostel, conveniently situated and competitively priced. Staff courteous and attentive. Good for a stopover to do shopping or heading to the airport. Would recommend it.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

29 Jul 2022

Verified traveler

The room and toilet are smelly, I find it unsafe to stay there because the division in every room is not that reliable. I can even hear the two couples having s*x in the other room and the whole place seems to vibrate!

Self

4/10

Poor

17 Jul 2022

Codie

It wasnt not advetised for what it was. It was a share house situation not its on self contained unit. Shared toilet kitchen and dinning. No heatimg in room only in lounge. Bathroom had mold growimg in it.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2022

Rebecca

Inside CBD, free tram go around city. Easy for me to get to the airport early next morning on skybus at southern cross station. A good find at this price level. Staff are friendly and keen to help.

Business Partner

2/10

Poor

12 Jun 2022

Nicholas

The room was disgus

Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

The room was beautiful clean and very comfortable. Would definitely recommend to anyone

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

06 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

Nice place but inconsistent if you plane to stay more than once. Deposit not returned my second stay.

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

05 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

mould everywhere, pool closed for maintenance, no offer of refund, smelly room, smelly musky bathroom, non smoking rooms are not non smoking

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

20 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Air conditioning,
New bedroom, change doors locked.....

10/10

Exceptional

20 Dec 2019

Julie

Nice staff, central location, good value stay!

Nice staff, central location, good value stay! Thanks for everything!

Self

2/10

Poor

15 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

This hostel appears unclean, unsafe and poorly managed. There seems to be no front desk and no signage, just partitioned rooms inside individual apartments. I find it hard to beleive this place is legal.

I was unable to check in between 3pm and 6pm and so called ahead to arrange a later check in. I was told I would be sent instructions around 6pm.

A text message told me that I would have to wait until someone else came through the security doors to be able to sneak in and was given instructions to find keys and a security fob in a lockbox, inside an open letterbox.

The room was one of six very small spaces inside a small apartment. Each space is seperated by thin walls that allow you to hear even quiet conversations in other rooms and a flimsy internal door with the simplest of locks.

The shared bathroom was dirty and shabby. The bedroom was very small. I did not have a tape measure but I would be surprised if the room met the minimum of 7.4 square meters - the required size of a single person hotel room in Australian legislation.

I was not comfortable leaving my belongings in this dodgy place behind a flimsy door for any lenght of time, let alone stay here.

It was after 6pm on a Friday night and I had an appointment to get to so I found somewhere else to stay as quickly as possible. I made a request through Lastminute for a refund and was told that the owner denied this.

I will be forwarding my complaints to Consumer Affairs Victoria.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Dec 2019

Wendy

Location was central CBD easy to southern cross station. The staff was very friendly let us checked in early. The bed was soft and comfortable with 4 pillows and two towels. Place very clean and with a kitchen and washer. Prices are awesome, if stay the same, will book again!

Business_and_leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

12 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

While the room presented really well, towards the end of the night our room was infested from the vents with strong cigarette smoke, so bad it stung my eyes and caused an asthma attack in my husband. We called the manager who told us that the apartment was non smoking, so we should just \"knock on doors and ask the person to stop\".
At 9.45pm the smoke was immediately replaced by pot smoke. Overall, not a fun night.

Business Partner

6/10

Pleasant

08 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Room and bed was clean and comfortable, but the bathroom was disgusting with parts of the wall peeling and just general dirt. We did a late check in and we're told to get in to the building we had to just wait for someone to either go in or out so we could enter the door with them. We got lucky in that someone was in the lobby at the same time and we waved at them and they opened the door, but I can imagine if you're getting there late at night you might have some trouble just entering the building as it requires someone else to be here which may not always be the case. Going about getting our deposit back was also hard as I had to call them 3 times to request it as they hadn't told us how we'd get our deposit back, and when you leave the building there's nobody there.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

24 Nov 2019

alan

No ventilation, small room no supervision next door were partying all night and broken bed

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

23 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

It's clean and centrally located. Services are OK, there is no TV and alot of warnings to keep quite

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Great location close to two train stations. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Room and bathroom are clean and bin cleaned in the morning. Price is reasonable, will recommend!

Friends_and_family Friends

2/10

Poor

17 Nov 2019

CHEW

no comment， too bad

Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Location good for all I needed. Staff helped me early check in. Place was very clean, bed comfortable, I enjoyed good night sleep. Good value for money, will book again!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2019

Tony

Great location close to southern cross station. Comfortable bed and clean apartment, I had a good sleep. Very nice staff let me early checked in. Will recommend!

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Oct 2019

Naomi

Location close to all I needed, good Korean restaurant around. Clean place, nice staff, bed comfortable, will recommend!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

21 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Good location, very close to southern cross station. Bed comfortable, clean apartment, friendly staff and manager, will book again!

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 Oct 2019

Coco

Staff was nice, place clean, location central and close to all I needed, great value for money, I had a good sleep, will highly recommend!

Business Self

2/10

Poor

09 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Don't choose this accommodation.
They took me $200 as a deposit.
And now I didn't get back yet.
I asked them many times about deposit.
But they didn't answer immediately.
And they said they need my credit card details.
I can't understand.
Why they didn't pay back yet and they need credit details.
Don't choose this accommodation for your trip.

Friends_and_family Friends