Oaklands Lodge

Really nice hostel both for those who will stay 1, 2 or 30 days. The most special is the local managers team that give us example of the welcoming great kiwi spirit. Clean, friendly and comfortable environment, you will stay few steps from bars, restaurants, shops, supermarkets and 1 minute from the bus top in a calm residential area – so you don’t have to pay much money just to be in the heart of busy and noisy Queen Street Rd. If you are looking for an adult, non-party hostel, they mean it. You and your friends will still have a garden and gaming nights if you want to. If you go to Auckland on summer, my suggestion is book it ahead if you want to make special requirements (like fans) for shared rooms. You will have access to a very equipped kitchen and bathrooms for male and female too

I was here a few weeks ago. I really liked the hostel. Nice location, clean, cozy living room and nice people around. But the management is destroying the good atmosphere. It can happen that you are temporary not allowed to use the kitchen anymore because someone else has not cleaned his/her dishes. You sometimes don´t get treated like a customer. Sometimes more like a child.

This place is way under what he can be. The hostel is disgusting, nobody is cleaning the place and none of the tenant is going to do it. The room are not even clean between to people so you get your room with all the dirt of the previous one for free! Always pleasant to clean the mess in a room you just rent. And I am not speaking of the kitchen who is never clean and where you can find mountain of dirty dishes and mouse too.Even the owner doesn't care of the place, she just email you to have her money.That a shame because the place could be such nice.. it is been like that since at least 2 years

Nice and really clean hostel. The manager was friendly and helpful (we needed a scale to weight our luggage and she provided one). The kitchen is big and really well equipped. They recycle and compost, which is great. The room was big enough and the end was comfy. Bathroom: perfect. Nice little garden with hammocks. Free Wi-Fi. Late check-in possible. Nearby Mount Eden and close to the centre by bus. A lot of restaurants near the hostel. I definitely recommend it.

So I stayed in the budget single room. Checked in late and checked out super early so didn't deal with staff as such. Cleanest backpackers I have ever stayed at. Clean sheets, tidy bathrooms and from a brief view of the kitchen, clean kitchen. The stairs going up to the rooms even looked vacuumed!

Needs some upkeep! Certainly friendly, but a number of things fall well behind other hostels in NZ.It all smells like a wet dog, bathrooms ok but all gives an old and somewhat decrepit impression.Owner upgraded me to a double which was cool.Room: mattress a little too soft but fine. ‘Smart' wall socket randomly turned heater and light off, presumably anti-fire hazard, and I was in the dark for a while. Feel I should have been informed about this!No free tea or coffee as is standard in other hostels.Fine for a night, but not much more for me.

Oaklands is great. We stayed here for a week or so at the beginning of our 1 year working holiday, and chose to stay again when we returned to Auckland at the end of our year.Dorms and private rooms are nice, kitchen is big and everything is clean enough. Common areas are nice, both inside and out. Staff are helpful. And it's not too expensive. Good value for your money.I recommend staying at this hostel and climbing Mt. Eden, which is a quick hike right next door.

It was everything I was looking for. It's close to the city center if that is what you are into but it's so nice that it's not right in the middle of it! It's a ten minute walk to the top of Mt. Eden (with outstanding 360 views of the city) and walkable to so many shops and cafe's. There are several wonderful kebab shops and a super quaint bookstore. The set-up of the hostel itself is also lovely. It's an old victorian so you feel more like you're staying at a home then in a typical hostel - but still has everything you need in any hostel. The rates are also very reasonable. Laundry on site, great kitchen, living room/hang out room and great garden area in the back (and small one in front). Highly recommend this great place!

This hostel was truly a second home. I stayed in Auckland for 2 1/2 months here and I could not have been happier with my experience. Ian an Brenda are the sweetest people and the hostel itself was lovely. Great location, very safe. Highly, highly recommended.

Charlotte is the best hostelmanager I’ve ever met. So friendly, kind with a big smile on her face. She’s there for all your questions and you can feel she’s doing that with love!The hostel is spacious, on a really good location near by everything you need on walking distance. Good kitchen, loads of free food what is nice if you’re on a backpackers budget. I made my own sushi almost for free! And even free feijoa fruits to try what was a new fruit for me!I’ve stayed one night in the 11 dorm and I had the best sleep in weeks! The dorm is so spacious that you don’t realize it’s an 11 dorm! To bad that I’ve already booked another hostel for the next night.Great hostel!