Brisbane - Quarters

Mi want start wit di best tings 'bout dis hostel, an goin mention tings wey no really under di hostel control. 1) Di location good. It’s 'bout 15 min walk from Fortitude Valley, di main area for Brisbane. It’s also 'bout 3 min from di 'Central' train station. 2) Di staff, like all Australians, very friendly. 3) Di pods demself clean. Bedsheets clean, pillow cases, walls clean out. Di showers renovated an very good. It’s a hostel, so plenty people use it all di time. Downstairs, I tink di showers work well. Dem got maintenance staff to fix tings if lightbulb no work. 4) Di counter open 24/7. One staff member dey watch who come in di hostel after 10pm. You need card key to enter. Remember your room. 5) Dem got lockers downstairs. You need your own padlock. I recommend bring one from your home country. You can lock your tings. But I no tink anyone go steal your stuff if you leave it in di bedrooms - di room I stay got 8 pods. At first, it was like 10 or so. 6) Let’s talk 'bout one situation. In L2G, di basement, if you get dat room in August 2025 or 2025, you should ask for room change. One guy (older, tattooed, big fella) snore loud. I reach di hostel 'round 3pm an he was snoring from den, even 5pm, an later at 10pm, all di way to 8am when he wake up for di free breakfast. I ask for room change at 5pm dat day an di staff was nice enough to tell me check out at 11am di next day an a new BETTER room would be given. It was a tough night 'cause he snore all night. He is a long term stay guy. I no tink anyone could survive dat. 7) Di next day, I get new room. Di people in dat room was Chinese/Korean, an one nice French woman who spoke plenty French. She was told to quiet down at 10pm when lights off an people need to stay quiet for everyone. Room 201 very nice. Di setup modern. Room L2G was older an had more long term stay people. Ask for change if you in dat room, IMO. 8) You can charge your stuff before di pods. You NEED Australia converter plug. Buy it off AliExpress before you come 'cause it go cost more in Australia. I also change cash in my home country 'cause di rates better than airports an stores. 9) Breakfast was 8am sharp to 10am. Great tings. Dem had corn flakes, muesli, all kinds of store-bought milk, orange juice/apple juice, toast you can make, all di spread, di yogurt in a big bowl an delicious, along with some cut mango fruit you can put on top. You can get utensils an cups/dishes. You must wash your own dishes at di sinks after, an dry dem or you go get fined. Everyone friendly. You can eat in plenty places - in a couch area, outside tables, or di lower level where dey got workout area an plenty couches. I enjoy di vegemite toast, yogurt, juices, an cereal. Dem all high-quality store-bought food, so it’s a good way to fill yourself up in di morning. On di last day, I bring food from a cafe - like meat pie which is an Australian specialty. 10) Showers an restroom. Dem shared. I had my shoes in di room. I recommend bring sandals too. I tink di staff provide dem. Please bring your own toothbrush/toothpaste. If you no bring, you can pay small 7 dollar fee. Dem offer washing machines/dryers for 7 dollars, an 6 dollars to dry. Dey got touch screen. Free iron. Di shared living room/kitchen area open at 6am, so you can get access to milk, dining area an plates/etc. It close at 10pm. If you want use your laptop or eat somewhere, dere’s a small table beside di locker area. Some "Fire prevention" doors need to be closed at all times in di middle of di night. 11) Plenty young backpackers dey. I spoke to one French guy, British guy. Dey even.

Mi gotta say as mi walk out di door after mi stay, mi feeling was complete satisfaction, like 10/10. After staying here for di third time over di last few years, it’s really great to still feel so good 'bout di place. Mi was wowed by di decor an layout di first time - from swimming pool to gym - an none of dat has diminished. Di impression mi come away with dis time was just how exceptionally well run dis place is. Mi was a little alarmed at first as dem change di rules an make it a little stricter in di year since mi been dere. While a 10pm curfew for a place primarily frequented by travellers in dere 20's seems a little quaint an is enforced more firmly now, mi had mi reservations 'bout dis, but mi can’t deny dat element of discipline helps keep di place well run. BQ has never been a 'party hostel' thank god, an di kind of travellers who stay dere all tend to be well raised an respectful, so mi no know if it’d result in anarchy if di rules were eased a little, but in di end, if dis is di small price to pay for having a well run an very comfortable an pleasant 'flashpackers', den mi prefer dat. Di kitchen an dining areas be like a train station in di morning, an it’s a testament to di first rate management of BQ dat di staff can run di very kind complimentary breakfast session smoothly. Staff generally friendly an only too helpful. Di way you rate a place is similar to a movie in mi opinion, ultimately mi rate it on emotional effect an even though dere are a few small niggles - di blocked right hand sink in di men's bathroom on di first floor still blocked after a year haha, di left hand shower only puts out lukewarm water, mi mattress in pod #1 in di 18 bed pod room is sunken in di middle an could maybe do wit replacing an di paintwork on di hand rail up to mi pod was chipped off, none of dese tings were enough to detract from mi feeling of complete satisfaction as mi left at di end of mi stay. Di positives greatly outweigh dese minor negatives an di overall experience is nevertheless completely comfortable an pleasant. Mi nearly stayed at a hotel nearby which is more expensive than dis, but in di end mi decided being around plenty people is more appealing than di relative isolation of a hotel room as a single traveller. After plenty experience of dis, mi feel dat such privacy can = loneliness an di feeling of community you get at a place like BQ is more valuable. Di decor an facilities are so comfortable, not having your own room doesn’t matter an di pod room is really nice, quiet an comfortable. Mi stayed in mi own room at Coolangatta YHA before here an at both places, as always it was such a pleasure to hear di accents of an mingle wit German, French, Spanish, British, Irish, Slavic, Japanese, Chinese an fellow Australian people amongst others. Mi had some great experiences over di years at hostels an such getting to meet an know people from all around di world an dis experience is a joy you can’t really get at hotels an one you can’t put a price on. Thank you Brisbane Quarters for another great stay!

Breakfast was great an tings kept clean. Located walking distance to cbd make dis a convenient location.