Lovely self-contained apartments that were well equiped, spacious, light and clean. However, there was loud music pumping from speakers in the central courtyard until 8pm even though there was nobody apparently listening to them. There was no obvious way of turning the music down / off once reception closed so we just had to wait (and hope) it would eventually... more

My b/f and I are in our mid twenties and we stayed at the Bay Adventurer for 2 nights in April of 2008. We booked a studio room though the hostel's website. This was the best backpackers we stayed at during our trip in New Zealand. RECEPTION: No problems here. Our reservation was as we had requested and we actually... more

WOW! We must say we really enjoyed our stay here. We stayed in a double room and found it was the best hostel accomadation we experienced in NZ. The staff were friendly, but not THE best we'd experience however this wasnt a problem. The kitchen wasnt that great either and I'd seriously recommend they replace their hobs as they dont... more