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Reviews of Happy Apple Backpackers

2 out of 5
Happy Apple Backpackers
500 High St, Motueka, Nelson

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 15 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 20 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 46 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

MARIA ROSA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing atmosphere.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Lou

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely clean bedding & towels. Nice pillow!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Ray

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly nice atmosphere
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyed the social area and layout.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

2/10 Terrible

Ah Peng, Singapore

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I left the property after 30 mins and look for another one . The room smell. Tower is not provided until requested. It should not promoted to travellers who are not backpackers.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Bede

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Handy location, friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Melanie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great family friendly backpackers. Really enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great games entertainment area. Kitchen felt dirty. Rooms & kitchen need a refurb.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I like the kitchen and lodge, bathroom, the room is comfortable too, it surprised me in a good way for my first backpacking lodging.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A nice place to stay
The room was good as it was away from the main building. The provision of a computer was very handy. The 2.2 kilometres walk to the main part of town was a negative as I had no car.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly. Good vaule. Bed was uncomfortable and was a really hot night...fan would have been awesome.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

TeAranga, NZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
only place where youd wanna sleep outside great place great location great friends
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Security and cleanliness top class
Lovley clean room. Bathrooms of high standard. No noise and good kitchen facilites
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Surya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great hostel, mattress could be better
+ very nice common areas + good kitchen + helpful staff + good wifi - crappy mattress
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Good hostel set up - inc communal space/facilities
Nice hostel with good spaces for eating, relaxing and passing time. Well equipped kitchen and living areas. Grass area, bbqs, parking, info, etc. Hot showers, clean facilities, friendly and diligent staff. Rooms are basic and not well ventilated (mine was a bit hot and damp smelling).
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

hamlin, new zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Easy to fnd
Awesome hospitality and great atmosphere tidy and easy to access facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Denzil, Christchurch

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Absolutely beautiful
An absolutely beautiful relaxing place to stay. Really clean and comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Ana Claudia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Ok but no wifi
Clean, big room with a bathroom locked with a key, the owner will tell you "this is your own" but it's not, you'll share it with the room next to yours. The wifi connection is VERY bad. The kitchen is big and clean. Regarding the reception, the woman is smiling but you feel like you disturb her everytime. It's ok for 1 or 2 nights, and if you don't need wifi.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Anni, Colorado

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Happy at the Happy Apple
Its welcoming and well run. A little far away from the center of town if your on foot but they provide free bicycles to get around so then its only about 10 mins to the supermarket. Laundry facilities were good, room was clean and the hot tub and gardens are awesome. By arrangement tour busses will stop here to pick you up and drop you back off after a day in the park. No excessive noise after 10pm so good if you have an early start the next day.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stuff was so kind even though we arrived late and gave us nice suggestions. We enjoyed a lot.

8/10 Good

Thiago

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean & budget accommodation
The place is excellent for those who are looking for a budget accommodation; kitchen full equipped, clean rooms and bathrooms, free wifi and common area. The only problem was the shower hot water, there is a rule of 5 minutes baths. For me was ok, but for my wife this time wasn't enough.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hostel, good facilities, great indoor/outdoor space for the summer time. The owner was very friendly and helpful. Overall a very nice stay

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Covinent and comfortable. Clean
Comfortable

10/10 Excellent

Jessika

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Two Nights - A couple of Happy Apples!
Booked for one night - stayed for two. My partner and I were really impressed by how much space we got in the Double Room with the Private Bath. We were a little surprised that the 'private bath' was next door, and not actually attached to the room, but you have your own set of keys - so you are the only ones using it, no problem. The kitchen area is huge if you want to do any cooking, great space to prep if you are doing Abel Tasman. The deck area with all of the couches is lovely, and the wifi works great in the common area (does not work in the rooms though). All in all, we enjoyed our stay and the management was a delight to chat with.

4/10 Poor

Emma

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bo inte här
Till att börja med fick vi vänta på hostelvärden i en halvtimme för att checka in, trots att vi kom inom ramarna av check-in-tiden. Vårt dubbelrum liknade en fängelsecell, saknade avlastningsytor och kändes inte heller rent. Det gemensamma köket var smutsigt och kaosartat och kylarna var rent av äckliga. Vi fick inte heller checka ut i fred, utan femton minuter före utcheckningstiden stormade städpersonal in i rummet och började bädda ur sängarna, trots att både vi och våra tillhörigheter fortfarande var kvar i rummet.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
清潔さではオススメ！
価格も割りとリーズナブルの方ですが、掃除もしっかり行き届いていていました。普通評価をした理由はシャワーがよくないからです。シャワーは5分でお湯が止まります。その後リクエストできるのは1回のみ。はじめの5分間が終わると、リクエストボタンを押しても2～3分待たなくてはなりませんでした。オーナー(旦那)の方は、すごく嫌みな人で感じが悪かったが、奥さんは優しく、可愛い看板犬のジャックラッセルがいた事が少し救いでした。
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Renaud

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super
Très sympa backpakers très spacieux avec à disposition ordinateur tv DVD billard baby foot flechette terrain de voleyball machine à laver et de nombreux endroit de détente. La cuisine est très propre et très organisé bref nickel.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

2/10 Terrible

がっちゃ

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
2日前にキャンセル
年末年始にも関わらず、2日前にキャンセルされた。理由が結婚パーティーがあるから。そんなことはもっと前にわかっていたことなのに、最低のオーナーです。海外で途方にくれることになり、大切な旅行が台無しになった。
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
gezellige en schone backpackers accommodatie
Echt een prettig verblijf. Schoon, knus en zeker value for money

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nette Hosts, große, gut ausgestattete und saubere Küche, gemütliche Atmosphäre, etwa 30 Minuten zum Abel Tasman Nationalpark

6/10 Okay

Conny

Goede hostel
De blonde juffrouw aan de receptie was echt vriendelijk en behulpzaam. De keuken was groot en er was veel keukengerei. Er is ook een grote zitruimte en tuin. Onze tweepersoonskamer was proper. Handdoeken zijn extra te betalen (2NZD). Er zijn genoeg douches en wc's. De douches zijn beperkt tot 5 minuten, maar dit is genoeg. Gratis WiFi, die goed werkte. Goede hostel op enkele minuten van het centrum. Het ligt op zo'n 25 minuten rijden van het Abel Tasman nationaal park.

6/10 Okay

bine, München

Liked: Staff & service
Unser Doppelzimmer mit privatem Bad war sauber allerdings lag ein etwas penetranter Geruch und der Luft der trotz Lüften leider nicht wirklich loszuwerden war. Ansonsten gibt es an der Unterkunft nichts zu kritisieren.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Correct
Bon séjour dans cet établissement. Les murs ne sont pas très épais comme dans beaucoup d auberge, chambre petite mais correcte. Les ustensiles dans la cuisine sont trop usés et les plaques de cuisson mauvaises mais nous avons pu nous faire à manger.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place to stay to go to Abdel Tasman NP.

8/10 Good

Kerstin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gemytligt och trevligt back Packer ställe
En trevlig dag i området och en bra bas för Abel Tasman nationalpark.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Sabrina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place
We enjoyed our 1 night stay here in a twin room. Very warm welcome in the reception - best service in a hostel in NZ. Room was an okay size and clean, as was the shared bathrooms and toilets. We would recommend.

10/10 Excellent

plus, 日本

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
全てにおいて快適なホステル
ツイン部屋にはベッド・各々のベッドサイド照明・ゴミ箱があるだけのシンプルな構成。共用の洗面・トイレ・シャワーは清潔で快適。(シャワーは通常のハンドルに加え、温水を出すためのスイッチがある。1回だけ押すと5分、2回押してしまうとエラーとなり2分待たなければならないので要注意。)タオルはレセプションで言えば提供される。共用のキッチンにはガスコンロ・電子レンジ・電気ポット・トースター・冷蔵庫・冷凍庫があり、食器類や鍋やフライパンなどの調理器具も十分にある。ランドリーもあり洗濯3ドル・乾燥2ドル/30分。WiFiは完全無料で通信速度も早く快適。無料の駐車場も広い。スタッフはとても親切でフレンドリー。

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service