YHA Cairns Central

Had such an amazing time here. I stayed for 1 weeks and it was great. The rooms were clean the facilities like the kitchen and toilets were all great. I stayed in an all female 8 bed room with was lovely. The only things that could be problems for some people include that they did not have curtains shielding the beds and some of the beds did not have plugs near them. I was able to book all my activities at the hostel which made things so easy. The location was perfect with it being only a 15 to 20 minute walk to the sea front and the lagoon. It is also right opposite shops making it easy to grab food. 100% recommend staying here.

Room was as it said on the box, a bed a towel and and air con unit. It was a very small room that smelt a bit damp and dirt around the windows. Location was amazing. Nice pool. Bathrooms were a good size and clean, never had to wait. Staff were fab. On site parking was secure but recommend booking in advance to make sure you get a spot

Great experience. Very chill and kind staff. You can download the room key on your google wallet which makes everything convenient. The common areas were all usually clean, except in the evening when the toilets would get a dirty as people used it. But generally, everyone was very respectful. Very safe and fantastic location. Right next to Cairns Central and all the great restaurants and Night market. I enjoyed my stay there.

I arrived outside of check-in hours, which I called in advance about. They give you a key via a lock, unfortunately the key did not work for my room. It was after midnight so I could not reach anyone via e-mail or phone. Eventuelly another guest helped me and directed me to the call for after hours help outside the gate. Then, they re-activated my key. It was resolved, but very stressful and annoying to a female solo traveller. Also no apologies or anything. I specifically called in advance to make sure check-in would still be possible and still this happens. The directions to my specific room were also a bit unclear. There was a sign for room Numbers 100-200 but the sign for 300-400 was more hidden. I booked a private room. Room was clean enough for a hostel and there is AC. Bed not great, bit lumpy, but fine for a hostel. Glad I only stayed one night (or half a night realistically).Shower was okay. Just arrive during check-in hours and you should be fine. It seems like a decent, clean hostel in a good central location. I am assuming that I just got unlucky with the key.

Location is perfect. Very close to everywhere especially to Cairns central, the mall’s got everything. I stayed in a 6 bed shared room. It is basically hostel but there is no curtain around the bed, so definitely is kind disturbing sometimes. Facility is kinda old, but they did the best to maintain. Kitchen is pretty messy mostly. But I mean you can’t expect much out of hostel. Co-working space is nice and clean if you need to work. I would say co-working space is definitely the cleanest place in here…lol

Late check-in was allowed and a special arrangement for late check-in was made by the duty manager. Appreciated.The location is good, which is next to Cairns train station. Very convenient if you will take the Kuranda train at Cairns train station at 0830. Also, it’s a walkable distance between the hostel and reef fleet terminal. Booked a room for 2. The room was clean and spacious in which a few cabinets were provided. Your own padlock was required if you wanted to lock the cabinets. No Hairdryer was provided as a hostel. There were a small swimming pool, big common area and a big kitchen.

Great location, walk to everything. Cheap secure parking which was a bonus being in the middle of the city. Huge kitchen with about 8 fridges, very well organised and plenty utensils, etc. Not a party hostel, we appreciated the quiet after 11pm. We had a private room which was huge but weirdly had a small double bed and no wardrobe, there was nowhere to hang our clothes and nothing to sit on. Not even any hooks, you are not allowed to hang towels or anything on the railing outside, so where are you supposed to hang them up? Big blank walls, not one picture, felt rather prison like. You could fit a king bed, yet it's only a small double, our feet were touching the end. But it was clean, with nice towels provided. Lovely pool and tropical feel outside. Overall, we recommend staying here.

Its not hard to say why Cairns YHA doesn't stand out. The bbq and some clothes dryers needed work and the one remaining room locker door hung sadly on a hinge. Surely it wouldn't have been too hard to have at least one stool or chair in our room? The kitchen was fine though, as were the food storage lockers. Arriving after hours left me in the street due to faulty key card storage module(s) but the night clerk was efficient. In fact she was worth five stars.

Location - this hostel is just around the corner from Shield street on McLeod street. Opposite the shopping centre too so a very short walk to a supermarket or cinema or any type of shop really. The lagoon and esplanade is less then 15 min walk away as are a number of pubs and clubs for the night owls. Plenty of restaurants and cafés within easy walking distance. Now if you are one for doing your own cooking whilst away then the kitchen set up is one of the best I have seen in the many hostels I have stayed in. The fridges are well labelled about what day of the week they will be cleaned out and the central cook tops and bench make it a very social kitchen. Seating indoor or outside. I'm not sure if it is every morning but they did put on pancakes for those up early enough. Yum. There is a small pool in the centre of the hostel and the rooms are around the outside in a U shape on two floors. There is a pool table and BBQ facilities too. The hostel is very much set up to help tourists with booking reef and rainforest tours or on going accommodation or activities down the east coast. Airport shuttle can be organised too. Very helpful staff. The bathrooms are big enough, multiple toilets, showers and sinks. I found the facilities clean and well maintained. The room I stayed in had both a fan and air con and well ventilated windows (able to open further then an inch) allowing for a nice evening breeze to pass through the room. Six beds yet the room did not feel swamped by bags as there were good sized lockers in the rooms, quite easily fit my backpack inside without any trouble. Would defiantly consider staying here again if I pass thru cairns again. Just remember its a YHA not the ritz.

Thee most boring hostel ever. I've been to 10 hostels thus far and this is the quietest. No one talks to each other, it's a bit eerie. The facilities are great however. The bathrooms are the nicest I've seen complete with bowl porcelain sinks and blow dryers! Ahhh the luxury of a blow dryer when I've been slumming it for weeks. The kitchen is also set up nicely. My travel agent booked me 4 nights in Gilligan's then 3 nights at YHA for a quieter hostel, but it's honestly too quiet. Would rather go back to Gilligan's.

Very satisfied with my stay here! While there wasn't much to it, for $29 a night I wasn't expecting much more than a shower and a clean, safe place to lay my head - And that's exactly what was provided for me! Added bonus (and a nice surprise for me, as this was my first hostel experience): Community events each night so guests from all over the world could mingle and get to know each other. Will definitely stay here again on my next trip through!