A beautiful hostel with a romantic feel…read more We stayed in a private room, complete with gorgeous headboard, towels, a sink, flat screen television, and balcony. Staff is great for information about the Sydney airport!

Pretty much the worst hostel I have ever stayed in. I've stayed in dozens. It's very very odd - and…read morepeople who stay for more than a little while realise all the weird strange behaviour - almost felt like witchcraft - going on in this place. Bullying staff and management, actually emotionally abusive. The decent one or two staff members don't know how to handle the crazy staff. Staff play mind games with guests, varying between being your best friend and your worst enemy, keeping everyone off kilter and on edge. If you have any sense of vibes, you will immediately pick it up - if you don't, you'll figure it out. Lots of weird quiet guests in the shadows, saying really strange things to people, lots of mind games - and the management kick out anyone with no notice or explanation - about 10 people kicked out over the course of 2 weeks for having harmless fun or "not telling, just go - rumours". Then they struggle to fill the beds, so they have heavily discounted rates. No other hostel I have ever been to engage in such bizarre high school power dynamics. Basically they just let guests sort things out and don't do endless rumour and innuendo. Takes a while to figure out, as there are one or two of us groups who have all the fun. The staff get uptight and close up any social outdoor seating and the tv room after about 11 pm. Even if you're not disturbing anyone. You have to wait till they go home, but they make sure everything is locked up so that no one can actually relax. Then, they go around blacklisting at other hostels anybody who says that they want to check out early, or who they kick out, to try to prevent them from checking in anywhere else, even if they haven't told them what is supposedly done wrong. That's how insane they are. Or for minor misdeamnours. The hostels humour them, and then ignore them. Many guests left early as they felt uncomfortable, several of my mates left, we all went to a hostel elsewhere and relaxed and laughed and felt way better - the other hostels had all heard of Billabong and laughed when we mentioned it, their reputation as the last place to be for travellers precedes them. Guests are aggressively threatened and rebuked for peacefully congregating one minute, and then sidled up to the next, very strange. Then, they will be smiling and collecting stories on somebody else and threatening them. It's just a very strange place. Most who say "it's great!" stay short term before they realise. All outdoor areas are smoking and staff flaunt the no smoking section of the outdoors, so everybody else does, too, which is great if you are a chain smoker like most of us and sucks if you are not or are tying to give up - absolutely no chance in this place. Kind of smelly, dark rooms and cramped bathrooms, too, with no privacy or space to put anything. Gendered bathrooms with no transfriendly signage. Not a diverse place at all. Never any soap in dispensers. PS don't believe the reviews on Hostel World as they are are not independent and reviews can be changed or deleted by the hostel. Their response will come in hard for as much deflection and excuses and projection that they can because that's what they do. Sent from my iPhone

For the price and location, this place is a great choice! The internet was fast and Stanley Street…read morehas an abundant amount of delicious, reasonably priced, food options. The rooms were clean as well as the bathroom. There is also a convenient little fridge and microwave which are always helpful when traveling abroad and trying to save money. I would and will definitely stay here again when I'm in Sydney! Happy to recommend this place to anyone I know traveling there!

The room was well located and very easy to get to from the train station, and being in the centre…read moreof the city for the most part really was great. The bed was comfortable and the shower was good as well, the WiFi that came with the room was very good and very fast. However the iron provided was very old and nearly ruined my business shirt and the TV in my bedroom did not work. However I got the room for such a good price for two nights that I could not complain too much.

Good location We had a spacious, modern, fully equipped 1…read morebedroom apartment in an excellent location just a short walk to the shopping and dining precinct at Mascot. When we checked in, we were advised that our apartment would not be serviced at all during our stay (contrary to the information provided in our booking confirmation) but we could request towels, supplies, assistance etc from the guest services team. On the whole, the staff were pretty helpful and responsive during the day, however we did have to wait for the HDMI cable and sewing kit that we requested after hours, and we had to repeat our request for fresh towels before they were delivered. The in-room laundry facilities were really useful and the fully-equipped gym was excellent. This is a good option if you need to get to the airport or if you are visiting Sydney's inner-west

Great stay at a convenient location near the airport. Takes about 10 mins to get to the…read moreInternational Terminal via the rail. The apartments are located at the Mascot stop, which is just one stop from the Domestic terminal and two stops from the International terminal. The apartments offer transportation to the airport for 7AUD, but it's probably faster to just take the rail for 8-12AUD. After coming off of the rail, it's quick walk through an outdoor shopping plaza to get to the apartments. The shopping center is really cute and has a bunch of cafes and restaurants, as well as a Countdown supermarket. The apartments themselves are well-equipped and new. There's a pretty full kitchen with stove and laundry machine in the unit. The unit is much larger than your typical hotel room. Plus, there are still amenities that you would find at a hotel like toiletries, gym, pool, and sauna. The service staff was very nice and let us check in at 8am right after we got in from the airport.

This building along the harbor hugging the Royal Botanical Garden has been transformed into 30…read morestudio apartments for students. They are preparing for a concert & festival in the area.

DO NOT STAY HERE! Leaving this review so that anybody who's…read moreconsidering renting at this property will go elsewhere. The year I spent in Yurong House was the worst of my life. The windows and ceiling in my room would leak water on my bed and on me whenever it rained. This made my life absolutely miserable, especially because it rained constantly that year, and when I contacted maintenance about it they said there was nothing they could do. On top of this, many of the residents here are dangerous characters. There were multiple police raids occurring in the building over the course of my stay, and every night there was screaming/arguing coming from other rooms. The prices and constant rent increases are absolutely ridiculous for what you get- the rooms are tiny and the shared kitchen doesn't even have working stovetops. I was also refused my bond back at the end of my lease because of there being scribbles on the fridge which had been there BEFORE I moved in. They deducted $300 from my bond just to remove marker on a fridge... also, the fridges included in your room are USELESS because the tiny freezer in there turns the whole fridge into a freezer. I couldn't keep milk or anything in there unless I wanted it to be turned to ice. I'm sure there are even more issues which I'm forgetting... including the property not having a lift, so if you live on the fourth floor, good luck carrying parcels/groceries/suitcases up and down to your room. Absolutely abysmal property and it should be illegal for them to advertise it as student accomodation when the living circumstances and other residents are so dodgy.