84 NZ$ for a double ensuite room, and the room was fine. The hostel is also in a very good, central location.

So why terrible? Well, it sleep about 75 and it has facilities for about a third of that. For example, the "outdoor seating" and "large sun deck" actually seats 12 - you can see the entire deck on their home page, right hand photo. The dining room seats 12 more and there are three sofas in the lounge - again you can see the entire lounge in the photo on their home page. The kitchen, dining room and lounge is, in fact, one room. The kitchen has just 2 cookers, 2 sinks & 2 fridges which made it very crowded. There is a picture on their home page that shows pretty much the entire kitchen and most of the dining room. And there was a shortage of everything - very few pots and pans, just 12 mugs and no glasses.

I had the audacity to ask for glasses at reception - which is also the bar of the snooker hall downstairs so you would have... more