Name: Chilli's Backpackers - Hostel
Address: 69 Mitchell Street, Darwin, Darwin, Darwin, 0800, Australia
Rating: 6

Air conditioning

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Spanish

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Sun Deck

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Pets Not Allowed

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Lyons Cottage

Maningrida Arts & Culture

The Esplanade

St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Cathedral

Chung Wah Temple

Brown's Mart Theatre

Darwin Deckchair Cinema

Christ Church Anglican Cathedral Darwin

WWII Oil Storage Tunnels

Wave Lagoon

Darwin International Airport

Delissaville Airport

Chilli's Backpackers - Hostel

Darwin

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treatment

no-window

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bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

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mountain-view

ocean-front

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oceanside

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park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

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river-view

sea-front

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with-view

annex

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

The hostel is centrally located and the staff is super friendly and helpful. Unfortunately when I got into my 4 dorm room (the only one staying for that night) it didn't seemed that it was cleaned before.  There was stuff and hair laying everywhere on the ground and the lookers and sink was also dirty. Kitchen has everything that is needed-however a few more fresh towels would be nice. When you sit in the kitchen it's easy to connect and meet other travellers.

Good hostel

This hostel is right in the centre of Darwin. We had a nice comfortable double room on the ground floor with more than enough floor space for my wife to do her morning yoga exercises very comfortably. The hostel has Coles supermarket, open till late, on one side and an alley with several small, reasonably priced restaurants on the other. These included a South East Asian restaurant (great Chicken laksa ), an Indian restaurant, and a more upmarket Italian restaurant. There were also many bars and restaurants nearby.
  The staff were very friendly and happy to offer advice. When we wanted to book two seats on the airport bus, for example, they told us that for two of us it would be cheaper to take a taxi, and they were right. 
  Upstairs on the first floor was a large kitchen and social area. The kitchen was large with plenty of storage space and a priority placed on hygiene. All food left in cupboards or refrigerators had to be in a bag labelled with the guest’s name, room number and departure date. Cupboards and refrigerators were checked once a week and any food labelled incorrectly or smelling bad was thrown out. Although we didn’t participate in them, there were several social events. One was a Harry Potter team quiz. Sounds like fun.
  All in all, a very nice, friendly, well-located hostel. On the down side, because of its location there is a lot of noise from outside until late into the night but, as both of us were very active during the day, we were able to sleep through it.


Chilli Backpackers, right in the centre of Darwin

Tiny and cheap, but I didn't stay long and it did the job. No towel which was a bummer. Seems like making your own bed and insufficient power outlets is a trend in Australia, but otherwise great location, big kitchen, nice shared spaces.

Average

Stayed here for 2 nights in a 4 bed female dorm. It was the only central backpacker hostel available in the off season but was still pretty quiet and was mostly occupied by long term residents who all appeared to know and hang out together, so seemed a little less friendly than other hostels I’ve stayed in. The room itself wasn’t very big, but did have large locker/cupboards to store backpacks. I was on a top bunk and the ladder was in a really awkward position to climb in and out, there was also no access to plugs once up in bed. The kitchen area was a bit run down and you need to request bowls/plates/cutlery from reception. Free breakfast is nothing special (toast and various spreads) but is handy. My main issue was that there is nowhere to dry laundry at the hostel, you are expected to pay to use a dryer even though it’s perfectly warm enough for stuff to dry alone - there could easily be at least a small area reserved for this. 

Average hostel for a decent price

This hostel is well located in the city center of Darwin but it is right in the middle of Darwin's night life, hence it is very noisy at night until early morning... Otherwise, friendly and helpful staff, clean and tidy place.

Well located but noisy...

My partner and I stayed in two different rooms in two separate occasions on the last couple of weeks (one shared, one private, different floors). Both nights we could hardly sleep until pretty late given the noise coming from the bars nearby. I guess it’s a great location if you plan to party and go back to your room late but we will not be coming back. Pretty disappointing 

Central, clean but too noisy 

Everything about this hostel was great - location, facilities, shared space, rooms (lack of power outlets but I always carry an extension lead anyway) and everyone I spoke to in my dorm/ in the shared areas was lovely. 

The thing that let’s this hostel down are the reception staff. The English guy that checked me in was cheery enough but failed to tell me about the cutlery deposit, the wi-fi,  check out and everything to be honest. The European (I could be wrong here - skinny guy, glasses, slightly grey hair) guy that I kept having interactions with for the remainder of my stay was the most miserable receptionist I’ve ever came across. Every time I asked him a question, it looked like I was genuinely annoying him. Not to mention he would start talking to others and completely ignore me mid way through a conversation. He was very unhelpful and is certainly in need of training. The Slovakian girl was the one saving grace. Sort the staff out and you’d have a great hostel.

Nice hostel. Shame about the staff.

Everything was filthy - rooms, toilets, kitchen, hallways. Never any toilet paper. Rooms were tiny. Full of long termers and locals who gave the place a creepy vibe. Loud music could be heard from the bar next door every night. Plus side - the staff were lovely!

Gross

the Rooms were disgusting, forced to swap from a requested female dorm , made to go into mixed due to a computer error. Kitchen was dirty , people were smoking in there regardless of signs. Staff were rude, specifically the gentleman on the night shift. 
Showers were standard.
Rooms were dirty, clearly haven’t cleaned since last people , fridges full of water and old food items. Fridge was removed during our stay and left a pile of water and dirt which wasn’t cleaned. 

The washing machines were also poor excuse , one was blatantly broken yet no signs anyway to say so , so lost money in the machine as attempted to use it. 

Would not stay here again nor would I recommend.

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