This is a big hostel, in an old fashioned and interesting building. I found the receptionists very helpful, rooms very good, bathroom and kitchen facilitys excellent. The location is brilliant, 5mins walk to the city centre, with the excellent shops and about a 20min walk to the lovely man made beach. Its abit nosiy, but as a backpacker you get... more

well i stayed at the palace backpacjers for 5 days and i found it to be wot you would expect at a backpackers. I arrivied in at 11am and went in to pay for my stay and yes there was lots of people waiting in line but that was ok so when i finally got to the counter i asked... more

I have always given large hostels a wide birth as they can be impersonal and lacking in charisma, Palace or Base backpackers as it is also known is no exception. We only stayed here as we couldn't get in to any of the preferred hostels in Brisbane and it was the closest to the transport centre. With this in mind... more

This place is infested with BED BUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our room was full of them and then we found out it was not just our room that had the problem at least 2 other people we met there had the same problem in their room. You have to pay $10 to use their plates and cutlery which is also a bit ridiculous... more

great location but that is probably the only good thing, on arrival we were queueing and the guy at reception andrew who we later learnt was a manager verbally abused the girl infront of us in the queue, her english wasnt great and hope for her sake she didnt fully understand him but the way he spoke to her was... more

We were only in Brisbane for a night and found the Palace a pleasant place to stay, in fact, so much so that the amount of negative reviews here came as a shock! Upon arrival, check-in staff were friendly and remembered me from when I rang up to book, and our room was clean and tidy. We stayed in a... more

This is not a good hostel. It is not a clean hostel. The people working at the desk are not knowledgeable, and barely friendly. The bathrooms were somewhat clean, but so old and decayed, I was still scared to touch anything. At 5am when I checked out to go to the airport, the halls were littered with drunken people stumbling... more

Upon checking in the dumbarse behind the desk didnt have my booking i had to pull out a print out of the confirmation to prove that i was booked in there... She was inadequate and it took me ages to get checked in... I dont think half of them new what they were doing most of the time, they defo... more

The Palace is in a great location, right in the center of Brisbane. However, the place itself is a dump, it is very old, has an untrustworhty elevator, narrow corridors, and, worst of all, it is extremely noisy. I had a room next to the central hallway, and I was awake all night because of people walking by and slamming... more