My first stay at a hostel! I had a room to myself, which included a double bed, a mini fridge and a sink.
It was nice to have breakfast and dinner provided. The location is perfect. Staff were very helpful and friendly.
The building is very active.
Plenty of bathrooms on each floor. (Though not always the cleanest.)
It was a pretty easy going place and the other guests were very respectful.
Some concerns:
For a place that has a lot of people coming from all over the place, coming and going from the building, I did find it uncomfortable that no one is encouraged to wear masks. This is a general observation regarding Victoria in general though. But I could be biased, as I do come from a bigger city where people still generally wear masks out of courtesy, especially in crowded spaces.
I was hesitant to have the breakfast provided as it's just the guests all hovering over one space, making there selections, touching and breathing over everything.
And one of the people restocking the breakfast food was handling waffles with his hands after touching other things.
The dinner was served by the cook, who was very nice!
I wasn't able to close my bedroom window as there was a fan unit installed, so any sounds from outside I couldn't shut out.