Name: Base Bay of Islands - Hostel
Address: 18 Kings Road, Paihia, Paihia, Paihia, 0247, New Zealand
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

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Non-smoking rooms

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Common kitchen

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Barbecue grill(s)

Nightclub

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Free Parking on Premises

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Swimming pool

Spa tub

Outdoor pool

Pool and beach

Fax and copy machine

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Pets Not Allowed

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Paihia Beach

Kerikeri Airport

Whangarei Airport

Base Bay of Islands - Hostel

Paihia

Watch out for possible Corona Virus in this place!

We booked a double room that has shared Kitchen/bathroom with 2 other rooms. In the other room was a couple that was coughing their lungs the whole day and night. The walls are so thin (there are even big dents/holes in the walls) that our custom earplugs didn't help at all. The room was next to the bathroom and their room, so we could hear the coughs with occasional vomit sounds as if it were in our room from the moment we arrived until the early morning so we ended up with only 1 hour of sleep. Upon notifying the hostel about this the next morning, they didn't do anything. We checked out the same morning as we didn't want to risk our health any longer and have another sleepless night on top. We requested a refund for the 2 nights we booked as these were not acceptable conditions. They said only the manager can deal with that so we had to wait until the next morning. Upon returning the next morning we saw they already rented out the room, and thus double booking the room not to mention putting other people at risk. The manager rudely tells us they will not refund anything as it is not their problem nor responsibility that guests in their hostel are sick and putting others at risk and giving guests the worst night sleep due to their crappy thin walls (by the way the mattress is like a jumping castle and the kitchen doesn't have a cooker so you still have to use the other kitchen if you want to cook). He starts denying after a while they were even sick calling us liars just so they don't have to take responsibility and it's ok for them to get more money out of the room. 

They clearly don't care for the comfort and health of their guest at this place so if you want to stay somewhere you can find many better places on Airbnb!!

Avoid! Watch out for possible Corona Virus in this place!

We had a double room with shared kitchen/bathroom booked. The room is tiny, the bed was very wobbly so each move you both feel - the walls were super thin - we had a neighbor that coughed all night long like he had pneumonia so so bad and disgusting that we didn't sleep on hour all nigh as well as were scared to get seriously ill as one of pneumonia or Coronavirus symptoms is a very bad dry cough which it was and the guy was suffering big time. His gf was coughing a bit too meaning it was spreading - hotel did nothing about it, they didn't care and also didn't want to let others know there might be a big danger for their health neither sanitised the place - we left after that night immediately covering our faces to evacuate that room we asked for a refund for our stay and the night we paid but left and they were very unfriendly and didn't accomodate us to different room  neither offered refund for such a terrible experience and we saw they rented our room immediately to someone else getting double.profit on that night. The only thing they repeated is there is nothing wrong with sleepless nights as it's a hostel ( private room not shared room ) and wasn't even that cheap - we found airbnbs around the area which were def a better option so avoid this place by all means. Also be careful for possibility of getting sick especially travelling in the next days as they could have infected people working there as well. This happened 08/03/2020. 
I am saying that as we would appreciate knowing this before we going on holidays and then not stress that we might get into serious health issues rather than enjoy our time and get no sleep.

Be aware of possibility of Coronavirus there!

Was a pretty good place to stay on a budget. Clean room and kitchen area. However we got a double room and were provided with two single beds pushed together which was really uncomfortable and annoying because they would keep sliding apart. The bar is pretty late into the night which is fine if youre okay with that

Single beds pushed together

Stayed here for a few nights recently, great location close to the beach, Staff were fantastic and helpful, recommend you go to pipa bar, what a night always something going on lads are great especially Ryan who when the extra mile, big thanks

Amazing

Stayed in one if the chalets. Perfect. Clean tidy a great location. Had car stolen though and at night local youths would come down and try and pick fights. But the staff tried their best to shoo them off. Took away from what is a lovely hostel. 

Good location, party venue

I stayed in a private double room on site. It was quiet enough but I went in the off season, I imagine when it's heaving with people in summer it's pretty rowdy. One girl behind the desk was lovely but the lads who ran the bar were knobs. You can walk to all the amenities in town, they help you arrange activities. They shut down the bar for one of our nights and still wouldn't let us bring alcohol on site. If you're backpacking and want to meet a bunch of folk it's not bad but I'd stay somewhere else next time.

A bit average

This was a lovely hostel with spacious rooms and en-suite bathrooms. The staff were fantastic and obliging and it is a great location for walking to the city center. 

However, the WiFi was quite spotty at best, the hot tub wasn’t even filled, there are no personal lock ups for your stuff, and the heaters in the rooms don’t really heat them so the evenings are a bit chilly. 

That being said, overall this was a nice place to stay and the bar on sight it quite nice. I also appreciated that it is a dry hostel so there wasn’t a bunch of people getting sloshed in the rooms when people want to sleep. 

Maybe better in Summer? 

Stayed here twice now over the last few years. Great location - close to the town and beach. Good value for money unlike a lot of Base/Nomads. Friendly staff. Private room with shared bathroom and kitchen which is useful too. Room itself is spacious.

Your best bet.

This place is in a perfect location and it's ideal that Stray, Kiwi and G Adventures stay here as it creates a really cool travellers atmosphere.

All the staff were super friendly and the daily $10 Beer and BBQ is sweet as!

We were there for pub quiz night which was a good laugh, everyone got involved and they were dishing shots out for fun!

Cheers guys, it was a fun stay!

Lively spot to stay in when Paihia is quiet

Stayed here with KiwiExperience. Really great location, easy walk to shops and boats, super close to the beautiful beach. Rooms were good, comfortable beds, clean, decent bathroom. Weird sink/kitchen bit in the room, which definitely would be better off as a second bathroom or something (getting 8 people through one shower after a day at the beach was not ideal!). Bar was decent, we ended up there every night even though we said we wouldn't! The bar activities didn't seem well organised though, and we spend at least an hour or two waiting for them to start. Major downside of this hostel would be the kitchen - its a really good size, but there is no equipment! There was maybe 3 pans to cook with (one normal, one tiny, and one with no handle) which was not ideal when everyone is trying to cook dinner! There is however about 10 frying pans and strainers which were not helpful! We definitely struggled to cook dinner.

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