Jailhouse Accommodation

Overall:

"a wicked hostel and def recommend staying there for the fun of it, its about a 20min walk into the city which is why i only stayed for 2 days." — source Hostelworld

"had a great stay, however our car was broken into in the car park and some things stolen so put a damper on the weekend." — source Hostelworld

"Would recommend to anyone to experience a stay in a 130 year old prison and be locked up for the night." — source Hostelworld

"Would defo stay there again as the staff were lovely and the cinema room was awesome." — source Hostelworld

"Loved staying here and would definitely recommend to anyone." — source Hostelworld

Clean:

"Although is a 25minute walk from towncentre, this is a really nice, clean and authentic place to stay." — source Hostelworld

"Was given good directions on how to find it, staff were very helpful, place was very clean." — source Hostelworld

"Beds were great, sheets were crisp and the hostel it'self is very, very cool." — source Hostelworld

"Great facilities, spotlessly clean and friendly, helpful staff." — source Hostelworld

"Otherwise lovely clean and quiet with lots of character:-)." — source Hostelworld

Service:

"A very nice hostel, pretty unique, can be quite creepy at times but excellent services (free pool, great cinema room and lounge) just a shame it's so far from the main city even if there is a bus service from just oustide :)." — source Hostelworld

"Really helpful and friendly staff, cool experience to be banged up abroad." — source Hostelworld

Location:

"There's no bar and not much of a communal area so if you're wanting loads happening look elsewhere but the staff were incredibly helpful with information about travelling all over New Zealand and didn't try to push me onto certain tours as others do." — source Hostelworld

"Located in Addington where there is zero happening and it is about 30 minutes walk from city with little public transport to the area." — source Hostelworld

"It's a half hour walk to the downtown, but it's such a cool spot that it's worth it." — source Hostelworld

"the only downer is that the area where the rooms/cells are is sooo cold." — source Hostelworld

"In a bit of a slummy area, but pretty cool that it\'s an old jail." — source Hostelworld

"A bit far from the centre, but definately worth staying at for 1 or 2 nights just for novelty value. Really cool place, good value, really liked it." — source Hostelworld

"Great price with clean room though a bit cold." — source Hostelworld

"excellent budget accomodation, very reasonable rates for single rooms, thankgod. though the rooms used to be cells, i pefer minimal white cubes." — source Hostelworld

"Rooms are small a barren, but it is a prison, so you would feel ripped off if they weren\'t, maybe." — source Hostelworld

"Fantastic hostel, the Jail is great, the rooms are small but as expected since they are jail cells." — source Hostelworld

"Great hostel, kitchen was fantastic and good facilities (pool room, tv room)." — source Hostelworld

"Rooms can get cold at night but it is a former jail cell after all." — source Hostelworld