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Reviews of The Flaming Kiwi Backpackers

2 out of 5
The Flaming Kiwi Backpackers
39 Robins Rd, Queenstown

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 34 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 23 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 66 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Sydney

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were so nice! Really great place to stay on a budget too. Very nice location- you can walk right down to shops, hikes, and other fun activities. LOVED it! Would definitely book again :)
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Carolyn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Leanne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good customer service and staff are very helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Jamie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Decent room and beds, clean, friendly staff, and a fair price. Ramon the dog was extremely cute and an effective security pupper. I was sad not to have met the local kitty cats I was advised of, but you can't have everything :-)
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christian

Liked: Amenities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Olivia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good stay here. Booked private room - was a seperate building outside with short walk into main building for bathroom and kitchen. All pretty clean - room was a bit heavy with smell or air freshener. Parking is tight but generally available. Easy walk into Queenstown (~15 min) for main sites/attractions in town.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Wendy-Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
the staff were amazing. the convenience of a walk to town and a grocery store down the road. the views were amazing! Needs more bathroom facilities.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Jordan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The property is in an amazing location. The wifi isn't great, a bit slow. Was noisy at night when we were there.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Pallabi

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

patricia, Easton

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel, staff very friendly, room was clean, plenty of shared areas, easily walkable Only noticed it could use a couple more bathrooms/showers, but with as busy as the hotel was, we had to shower it was never more than a 5 minute wait. Definitely would stay here again! Loved it.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

MELANIE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was a great backpackers to stay at overall. The only thing I think needs to be noted is that I believe there was a leak in our "cabin". The room was musty smelling and at times the carpet felt damp.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Yuka

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dohyeong

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ravinder

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It’s location
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Feng Ling

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was really nice
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wry comfortable bed 2 kitchens plenty of bathrooms
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2020

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great backpackers hostel!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Larry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good for one night stay
Room was good. Second floor with private outside balcony.Close to downtown Queenstown. Staff friendly and helpful
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Lucy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
generally clean and comfortable
Friendly hostel, a bit worse for wear but generally clean and comfortable. The owner is quite a character. Good location easy walk to town
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I liked the plantings around the property and the staff was very helpful. The room was pleasant and bathroom was clean. The kitchen needed attention but was not an issue for us as we weren’t using it. It was just that residents hadn’t cleaned up from dinner.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Exactly what a good hostel should be. Clean rooms and shared spaces including bsthrooms, kitchens and lounge/dining rooms. Friendly staff and relaxing atmosphere, safe and very well maintsined. Staff have great local knowledge and Kent and the team were very helpful with suggestions reccommendations and assistance when needed. We were also lucky to have a virw of Coronet Peak from our room.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
very clean nice and tidy freindly staff relaible nice scenery
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Came in after 8pm, so night manager took care of me. He wasn't too helpful and just gave me the key and pointed to my room. I did not get any information about things to do in the city. But the rooms were ok, a lot of bugs come in at night because the windows don't have screen protectors. Can use wifi in the room but you continuously have to log in when your phone screen shuts off. Bathrooms are ok and showers are strong. Nice large kitchen and lounge.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

John

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

8/10 Good

tyler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good mix hostel of long term and short term stays. Short walk to center of town, yet away from the noise during the night. Mulitple kitchens keep space open.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Collette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice staff and good location.
Very nice staff and free frisbee hire for the frisbee golf, which was a laugh. Beds were comfortable and bathrooms were clean. Free bike hire also, but we didn't get change to use this. Free tea and coffee, which is always nice but unfortunately no free cooking oil. Kitchens were clean and well stocked with crockery and pots and pans, not loads of space in the fridges though. Also the cleaning of the main kitchen was done around breakfast time which seemed a bit odd since. Decent enough though for our 2 night stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff were very friendly, understanding and helpful!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

Kate

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
For long-term stays
The Flaming Kiwi is better suited to long-term guests not those of us looking for a 1 or 2-night hostel stay. There is definitely a feeling among the "residents" that you are on their turf. This also means that your roommates are probably messy since they are living there. The kitchen areas upstairs were messy while I was there and there are not enough bathrooms/showers for everyone so unless you are getting up very early, expect to wait. The beds were very comfortable, though and there are small lockers to put your valuables in. The two people who assisted me at the front desk were both very nice and helpful!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Justin, Taiwan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent place to stay
This is the perfect place to stay with a limited budget. Our room even has a large balcony for us to chill and watch stars. The common area is also spectacular to meet other backpackers. The area is within walking distance to the town centre, which is a good thing since the parking space is not easy to find in Queenstown.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Kiwi Happy
It was comfortable and easy to find. I like that it was close to downtown.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is a great place to stay if you are on a budget but still want your own room. I like that it’s kind of out of the center too. The staff is wonderful....they let me store my luggage long term while I did a couple tracks and I left my tablet behind and they took their time to ship it to my final hotel so I’ll have it back before I leave. Awesome!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018
Response from Belinda on 3 May 2018
Hi there, Thank you for the lovely review. We really appreciate when guests take the time to share their experiences with us. Also, very happy we could get your tablet returned to you. :)

8/10 Good

Lavinia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Mikhail, Auckland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel close to the center.
It was very good. The hotel is cozy and quiet. It has good parking.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

LUCILE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quite calm for a backpacker and very clean.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Klim

Liked: Staff & service
You pay what you get.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Kristoffer

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Meichi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
還不錯的住宿
離湖邊有段距離，走路大概10分鐘左右。斜對面是學校，晚上還算安靜。有三個廚房，有兩個半夜會關閉。淋浴間數量不多，要稍微錯開洗澡時間。床睡起來是舒服的。以皇后鎮的住宿來說價格算便宜了。
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Oi Man

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

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Eduardo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Real hostel
Magnificent. Flaming Kiwi is the only real hostel in Queenstown. Perfect combination between long and short term. There is a lot of space to park cars. 3 super well equipped kitchens. The staff is super helpful. Fabio is fantastic, always cleaning the kitchens for guests' well being.
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019