The Greenhouse Backpacker

This hostel will always hold a special place in my heart. It was my first hostel. Ever!
BUNAC, our work/​holiday visa provider, set us with the reservation here. We had no idea what we were doing, and I’m sooooo thankful that they placed us here.
The hostel is nestled in THE best location in the city. It’s just off the main drag, and a quick hop from Flinder’s Train Station that will take you anywhere in and beyond Melbourne.
The hostel itself is a standard fun and friendly place. Big kitchen, community bathrooms, clean rooms and corridors… all that. It’s best assets are the free Wi-​Fi and social rooms. Out of all of the hostels I had stayed in around Melbourne, this one seemed keep a consistent level of traveler diversity. What was even better was the genuine fellowship everyone felt for each other. There weren’t many cliques at this place, which I think would be a done deal for any backpacker interested in staying longer than a week. The staff did an excellent job of making everyone feel secure, comfortable and united.
This is the only hostel that I’ve stayed in 3 non-​consequetive times. Overall the hostel’s individual accommodations were average, but location and social experience were what kept me coming back. Thanks for everything Greenhouse!

Stayed here for a little under a week with a friend of mine. We stayed in a double room which, at first wasn’t clean when we initially got there, but was later cleaned up by a very friendly lady who was quite pleasant to deal with.
Sleep quality wasn’t great because it felt like the walls of the room were made from paper, and even something like talking from the room next door was mumbling in ours.
The location of this place is wonderful though, you are truly in the middle of everything and things like free breakfast, free wifi (did cut out a few times however) and daily events that they have organised are actually a great way to meet people and see bits of Melbourne.

Zwar sehr sauber und zentral gelegen, aber totale Knastatmosphäre, denn unser winziges, teures Zimmer hatte kein Fenster. Außerdem gab es ein Licht, dass man zwar einschalten, aber nicht ausschalten konnte es stellt sich automatisch ab. Mehr Gefängnis habe ich noch nie im Urlaub erlebt.

riesiges hostel in genial zentraler lage. super personal, riesige küche und ess/​aufenthaltsbereich, sehr sicher. einziges problem sind die sehr dünnen wände, durch die man jedes gespräch und dgeräusch außerhalb des eigenen zimmers hört. cool: auf dem dach chillen. (2007)