I’ll start with the pros: 1) this hostel is in an excellent location, within east walking distance to central Queenstown and the adjacent Skyline lodge on the hill, 2) checkin and checkout were super simple, convenient, and flexible, and 3) it was dirt cheap.
That said, that’s about all the good stuff I could say about this place. For the cons, we have: 1) very tiny rooms with noticeable smells, 2) if you’re someone that tends to run on the warm side you will notice the lack of AC in the rooms (the only AC unit you have access to is an inadequate unit built into your pod, I frequently found myself waking up at night due to the heat), 3) I didn’t use the public kitchen, but the public bathroom for my floor was quite dirty. Granted, this isn’t entirely the staff’s fault, since guests have to be considerate of each other, but another annoying thing is there was only ONE sink for the entire floor for men.
Overall, you get what you pay for I guess. 3/5 for me overall.