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Reviews of Verandahs Parkside Lodge - Hostel

2 out of 5
Verandahs Parkside Lodge - Hostel
4-6 Hopetoun Street, Auckland

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 68 out of 115 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 36 out of 115 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 115 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 115 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 115 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Kathryn

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

beau

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Best hostel I’ve stayed at so far in NZ! It’s super quiet but sociable, the staff are great. Shower rooms are very clean and plentiful. Can’t wait to stay when I’m in Auckland next!
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Timothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had such a lovely stay at this hostel. It is very clean and comfortable. Very nicely designed, beautiful outdoor lounge area, nice big clean kitchen dining and lounge areas. Nice balconies with views of the city , has big garden area and is right next to a park, so feels very green and in nature. Easy 10 minute taxi from CBD, good food options in local area. Perfect place to stay for a relaxed experience in Auckland. Very friendly owner and staff
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

KIHO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mollie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great!
Had a lovely room. Clean and welcoming. Excellent information when checking in. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Karla

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Just what I needed for a short visit, the personal attention was good but they took some time answering my email for my late arrival.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rashel, encino

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were amazing , the front desk young lady was so helpful and kind . She went above and beyond to help me with my tour reservation and room accommodations . The owner were sweet and kind ! Definitely recommend this gem of a place!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

GURDEEP

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

YURIKO

Disliked: Amenities
Free Secure Wi-Fi is available.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

GURDEEP

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff was genuinely friendly. All areas very clean. Bathrooms seem to be newly renovated and spotless. Spacious kitchen area with all availed needs. Comfortable lounging rooms. A lot of charm with old windows, doors, high ceilings.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Russell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Verandahs is a nice comfortable and clean place to stay. My only problem is there was no towel provided. If this is usual, I had no idea I would have to bring my own.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Campbell on 11 Apr 2023
We apologise we did not provide you with towels for your room. For private rooms we do provide towels. We will follow up with our cleaners to ensure this does not happen again.

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We liked everything about Verandah’s lodge. It was in a lovely location, the hostel was very clean and well maintained with great facilities. We had a lovely stay here.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

6/10 Okay

marion

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice building. Needs to separate toilets from bathrooms. A good electrician to renovate plugs
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lionel

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good, very central
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kiran Kumar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
very nice place!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022
Response from Campbell on 1 May 2022
Thank you for your kind review. We hope you come back and stay with us again soon !

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Lorraine on 18 Mar 2020
Thank you we hope you stay with us again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely spacious clean place to stay : top notch !
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Lorraine on 18 Mar 2020
Thank you we hope you come and stay with us again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Lorraine on 26 Feb 2020
Thank you for your review, we hope you stay with us again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not worthy of the rating it currently has
A rather typical hostel, certainly without any of the comforts of a hotel by any means. Locations isn’t wonderful. And there certainly was no free parking which was the major reason I stayed...
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Campbell on 17 Feb 2020
Thank you for your feedback. We are not a Hotel you are right. We are a Backpackers Lodge who tries and provide the best quality budget accommodation in Auckland. As you will see from the majority of our reviews, most leave very satisfied. We are sorry in your case this did not occur. As for location, you may not be very familiar with Auckland as we are in a unique position, 12 mins walk from the Town Hall, on the corner of Ponsonby Road and 2 minutes away from K'Rd. So we are unsure what you mean by this. We do not advertise parking, even though we have 3 spaces. There is on street parking at a reasonable price and free parking on the street from 6pm to 8am. Unfortunately like every international city parking is getting more difficult. Thank you.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All good.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Lorraine on 21 Nov 2019
Thank you for your review.

8/10 Good

T A

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient to shops, cafe, park
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from Lorraine on 21 Nov 2019
Thank you for your review, we hope you stay with us again,

10/10 Excellent

Kim-Yen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice stay for a humble price! Manager very nice and helpful!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from Lorraine on 5 Nov 2019
Thank you for your kind review, we hope you stay again.

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great common area, easy check in, lots of useful information available about the area, clean. A little dated, but great for a short stay.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Aston

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient location, but not very comfortable
Convenient location for walking to major sites. Just a couple minute walk to a large grocery store. But room 3 (single room) was smelly and right next to an exit, meaning that I was disturbed by anyone coming in or out of the building during the night.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, wonderful service. Great value for the price.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Lorraine on 23 Jan 2019
Thank you we hope you stay again.

8/10 Good

Kirsten

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Lorraine on 26 Dec 2018
Thank you for your review, we hope you stay again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff went above and beyond to guarantee that I had a great time in Auckland.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from Lorraine on 26 Dec 2018
Thank you for your review, we are glad you enjoyed your stay!

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
PIC Church BC ReUnion
Central location, friendly reception team. Happy to show us around.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Lorraine on 21 Nov 2018
Thank you for your kind review, we hope you stay again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Lorraine on 21 Nov 2018
Thank you for your kind review, we hope you stay again.

8/10 Good

Sylvia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
2 night stopover
2 night stay in Auckland on first arrival in NZ. Welcoming staff and fellow backpackers. Easy to walk into city and good supermarket/eating places close by.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Lorraine on 21 Nov 2018
Thank you, we hope you stay again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Verandahs great location
Verandahs suited my stay and the location is very convenient. Inside Verandahs is warm and comfortable and relaxed. The backyard is great for chilling out. Parking is a challenge. Two supermarkets nearby. Restaurants, bars. Queen St not far away.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018
Response from Lorraine on 8 Aug 2018
Thank you for your kind review, we hope you stay again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great location
Centrally located to access ponsonby, queen st or K rd Campbell was awesome!and parking was a breeze
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Lorraine on 1 Aug 2018
Thank you for your kind review, we hope you stay again.

8/10 Good

Mei Fuang

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from Lorraine on 1 Aug 2018
Thank you for your review, we hope you stay again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This was my first experience staying in a hostel, and overall it was a really good one! The staff are all really nice, the location is great, and the beds are comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great for a backpackers but could do with fans
Probably good value for what it is but to much late night noise from people returning and no fans so too humid at night. That says, great views of the Sky Tower, good free interest and all the facilities you need so privacy very good if it's type.

8/10 Good

Mo, Hamilton New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Clean, friendly and excellent location
Staff was friendly, room was clean and location is excellent a minute walk to shops, cafes and restaurants. Backs on to a lovely park and a view of the city from balcony, I would definitely stay in this backpacker again. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

William K.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cozy and family oriented lodging
Nice and clean. Receptionist, Lauren is very friendly and helpful. Location not that convenient if you do not have a car. However, there is a nice local food court nearby with selections of mainly Asian foods at reasonable price.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Lynette, Portsmouth, England.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good quality accommodation in a excellent location
This was a beautiful hostel with a colonial feel, which back onto a local park. the atmosphere was relax, and Campbell an all the other staff, were friendly, helpful and took a genuine interest in people. The best thing about my experience was the other traveller, who were of the same mind, respectful, clean, interesting and friendly.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Gina, Hong Kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hostel, perfect location
I was only at Verandah's for a night, but wished I could have stayed longer. The owner was lovely and the rooms were the nicest hostel rooms I've ever stayed in - very comfortable and clean. The location was perfect - just off Ponsonby Road.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Heather

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
First time solo
Great location 20 - 30 min stroll into town. Friendly helpful staff.nice communal lounges, kitchen, garden & laundry room. Shared a mixed dorm with 3 20 somethings, I'm 55. Great company & respectful of each other. Would definitely recommend
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2018
Response from Lorraine on 30 Jan 2018
Thank you for your review, we hope you stay with us again next time you are in Auckland.

8/10 Good

Chris, Christchurch, NZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant and convenient
Very nice welcoming, awesome comfort for the price, and on top of that what a location ! We made the most of Ponsonby & K Road, literally round the corner.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017
Response from Lorraine on 30 Jan 2018
Thank you for your review, we hope you stay again.