Swansea Backpackers

Never ever go here... health hazard, the worst place I have ever seen! The worst place I have ever been too in my life. Where do I start, this is an unusual review in as much as we had just been taken on as the new caretakers of this backpackers hostel. When we arrived, we were greeted by filth, and I mean filth. It was truly disgusting, every door, wall and floor was grimy, greasy and stained. The smell is some of the rooms was utterly horrific, as we were being shown around the place. Our hearts sank to think that human beings actually live in this squalor, and pay to do so. The owner seems unphased by the appalling state of his establishment, and seems to insist on putting as many poor souls in each room as possible, he seemed focussed on dollars rather than people. There were electrical wires hanging out of walls, sockets hanging off, windows so filthy you could barely see the piles of rubbish outside. There were piles of junk everywhere, including in the walkways, making it difficult to escape in the event of a fire. The smoke alarms were putred so perhaps they wouldn't have gone off if they needed too? The place is so run down, it needs to be condemned. In the women's shower room inside the hostel, the tile grout is just filled with black sludge that apparently won't come off, the smell was rancid. In the hostel kitchen, mismatched cupboards with tatty equipment hanging out of them as most of them have no doors, and everywhere is dirty. Outside rhe hostel is 3 caravans, that belong to the owner, we were offered to live in one of these, it had no bathroom facilities and no lining on the walls and its was the worst accommodation I have ever seen and the owner wanted to put 3 plus backpackers in there and it only has one bed, and that's falling to bits. I have stayed in many places around the world, including very basic accommodation and I can honestly say that this place is utterly disgusting and no one should be subject to it. The pictures on here and other booking sites must be 20 years old and absolutely do not represent this awful place. Overall, in my opinion this place is a health and safety hazard and not fit for human habitation

Very friendly host, and a satisfactory sleeping pod. It was a bit dirty with crumbs and a dried orange peel in the pod itself but the bed and linens appeared to be very clean. My only complaint would be that the kitchen area was really dirty, and this doesn’t have anything to do with people not putting things away or cleaning up after themselves. When people are coming and going in a hostel, you need to hire cleaning staff to keep common areas clean. The front of the cupboards were filthy, and so was the floor and counter tops. There were a lot of signs up telling the guests that reviews of cleanliness were their fault, but when I was there the issue was clearly the lack of overall cleaning by a dedicated staff regularly, not dishes or items cluttering the space.

After travelling around Asia, Australia and New Zealand for the last 9 months this is one of the worst places we have stayed. Our room was full of heavy dust and cobwebs, we even found an old dirty sock under the bed. The door had been left wide open before our arrival and the room was full of flies, spiders and mosquitos. There was noone to welcome us, our keycode was just left in the common room for anyone to have a look at. The shared toilets and showers were grimy and also full of cobwebs. Absolutely not worth the $90 we paid!

Chris was a good host (his boss should give a pay raise). All the backpackers were super friendly and make you feel welcome. Good location aswell.

We opted for the Swansea Backpackers since other local accomodation was either booked out, or appeared very expensive given the location or amenities. Obviously a backpackers hostel was quite a risk from a boomer’s perspective.||We believe that this place is a heaven for backpackers. It was abuzz with young people of many nationalities and backgrounds. The atmosphere was very positive. A pity we were 40 years past our “best before” dates.||We found the young guests to be very respectful, and very quiet from 10 pm and in the mornings. Our room was clean, and the shared facilities were in acceptable condition. Kitchen food prep area could do with resurfacing.||With the high intensity living comes high intensity maintenance, which was lacking a bit. The current owners are attempting to catch up. Hope that works.

A terrible experience. The photos on this website are clearly very old. The places was filthy and there were bare wires hanging out of walls and general chaos and very poor state of repair

Chris was a good host. Really nice person, would recommend this places for any foreigners

Belle and Rick are the best managers. They care for their guests and try their best to help . The room and toilets are clean. Most of the backpackers were friendly and good vibes. Thank you Belle and Rick!