YHA Nelson by Accents

Amazing hotel

It's alright.

I had a double room which was spacious, super clean linen on the bed, the towels were soft and fresh and room was clean and warm, well lit. Excellent sparkling clean kitchens and bathrooms. I’ve stayed there several times before and enjoy how friendly and welcoming Royce, Linda and the rest of the staff are. Reasonably priced also and it’s a great location right downtown close to supermarket, shops, bus station, restaurants, cinema.

I was honestly disappointed at this hostel. The room smelled bad and the bed was uncomfortable, not enough many showers and toilets, shower pressure was bad and you could hear everything through the walls. Also it was cold in the room (there was a heater but it was very old and smelled like burned). Also definitely not the most social hostel. During my stay there was some sort of school groups taking over the common kitchen areas for their meetings and meals even though we are all paying to use any kitchen we want. Wifi was a joke. Only good thing was the good location in the center.

1. Have to pay for wifi 2. Numerous people in communal areas making noise during late hours 3. Kitchen closes at peak hours for cleaning. 4. Day rate to pay one you have checked out. As all travellers, we are not in control of the bus time and being kicked out of the hostel unless we paid a $12.50 per person day rate. 5. Passive aggressive manager. 6. Have to pay for lockers that are not very secure 7. Guard on bed broke and spoke to management and they did not do anything or really care. All the beds in the room sounded and felt like they would not last for must longer too. We have travelling for 3 months in Australia and 1 month for New Zealand and have been in many YHA hostels among other hostels and never had this kind of unwelcoming service. None of this was advertised on the booking. As someone who is travelling I do not leave any reviews usually but I really felt like it was required with this place. It may be cheap but do not stay in this hostel!

Great hosts, tidy clean rooms and great kitchen facilities. Central so close to all of the shops, restaurants and supermarkets. Lots of information available about activities you can do in Nelson. We checked out at 10am but didn't fly out till 5, we were able to have our luggage stored securely during the day.