Global Backpackers Cairns

Global Backpackers Cairns Overview Prices Reviews Location Photos About Google review summary 4.3 286 reviews 5 ★ 4 ★ 3 ★ 2 ★ 1 ★ Reviews on other travel sites  Tripadvisor 3.5/5 · 193 reviews Reviews Write a review All Kitchen (85) Cleanliness (108) Sleep (47) Service (104) Location (101) Room (56) Property (118) Bathroom (35) Bar (13) + 8 more Most helpful All reviews Srimanta Mitra4/5just now on  Google We stayed for 5 nights at this property. We loved our stay as everything was perfect, barring our room. The private room (with balcony) where we stayed didn't have any wardrobe, and they never cleaned our room even once in 5 days. We have stayed in private rooms of hostels across the world. Everywhere our rooms were cleaned every day. I have no idea why this property has such a weird policy. I wonder what they would do if someone stay there for more days. Secondly, after paying so much more than staying in a dorm, there was no wardrobe to keep our clothes. Hence, we somehow managed it in the small room that was allocated to us. There was no space for keeping our 2 suitcases and we had to struggle every day to take our clothes out. But I must admit that the people working there were super nice and helpful. My request to the management would be to look into the aspects that I shared above as the private room cost was too high and hence it should have the basic amenities and facilities. I hope to get a response about the room from the management, and they don't evade the issue that I highlighted.

Great hostel. Rooms with comfortable beds and plenty of space to store your belongings. New and well-maintained bathrooms. The common areas are excellent, with a large kitchen and a stunning rooftop balcony right above the lagoon. Great value for money.

Plus: modern and renovated place, clean kitchen and really nice common areas. Pristine location with water views, right on the esplanade’s pub walk. What leaves room for improvement: rooms are really small and smell easily. No long hours for reception, the lift cannot be used after reception is closed at 6pm. Issues with a double booking of the same bed, incompetent night manager when assistance was required to solve the problem. Dorm beds are old and there is nearly no storage space for luggage if in a top bunk and the room is full. Prices are quite high for the quality of room that is offered. I would recommend to book a private room.

The room was very clean and tidy when we arrived, the kitchen is cleaned every day and there is so much space in the kitchen. When we arrived our bags were lost on our flight so we had nothing. The lady behind reception was so helpful and let us go through lost and found and take anything we needed, she then washed and dried this for us free of charge. From having a very stressful day to being put at ease so easily, we could not thank her enough. Highly recommend.

I had an overall good experience at this hostel but the rooms were uncomfortably warm & damp. Not sure if that reflects an issue with the ventilation/air conditioning on 1st floor or it's just the reality of living in the tropics in general, but it greatly affected the quality of my sleep. At the very least, it would be helpful to prohibit the use of strongly scented perfumes in the dorm rooms and/or allow the dorm doors to remain open during the day to make the air more breathable. The pricing was very reasonable for everything that was included & the central location. I was impressed at how clean & available the bathrooms were. I also thought the staff & night manager were nice & helpful. Would highly recommend if you can tolerate the humidity.

Excellent location. No pool but directly across from the lagoon. Quite clean, lots of bathrooms. Not a lot of common spaces but the kitchen and lounge with the balcony were excellent. Despite being the only kitchen it never got too busy. The wifi didn’t work very well in the evenings. The dorms desperately need shelves or large lockers. No baggage fits under the bed and it was cramped with bags spread across the floor.