The Mansion Melbourne

I stayed as a solo traveller in the female dorm and I couldn't recommend this place anymore! Great staff - Max is super welcoming and good fun, makes you feel at home!

New management took over in August and the place has recently been renovated so it feels very new, and is incredibly clean. The beds all have plug sockets and a reading light. The female dorm includes a hair dryer and straighteners which is such a great touch.

Really close to the CBD, Carlton Gardens and a stones throw from loads of great bars and restaurants in Fitzroy. Also loads of great transport links on the door step.

The kitchen is clean, and the hostel runs a number of free events through the week which is great for meeting other travellers. It's a really inclusive place with no cliques.

There's also a bar directly next door.

An excellent two week stay at this beautiful hostel. Spotless and spacious rooms and showers. Comfortable beds and duvets. Friendly, professional and helpful staff -especially Max who went out of his way to help me a few times. A nice mix of short term and long term guests and the space makes it just as easy to socialise as to hang out and chill by yourself with a garden, great kitchen facilities, TV room, reception area and on site bar to choose from. They also organise activities most evenings like pub quizes, sausage sizzles, cheese and wine nights and the location is also perfect. Excellent value for money and I wouldn't stay anywhere else if I go back to Melbourne

I stayed at The Mansion for a couple of nights and was made to feel welcome by the hospitable staff. The location is unbeatable and the bedroom / bathroom facilities were well maintained and of a high quality. 5 stars for a faultless experience.

Great hostel! Highly recommend! Warm friendly staff, clean comfortable beds. Perfect location next to all the hot spots

This is a perfect example of how a good hostel should be. Clean rooms, great vibe and super convenient location to the hip bars and hot spots of Melbourne. Will definitely stay again, just wish it could have been longer!

Amazing! The receptionist was so lovely and helpful. I was feeling slightly alone in Melbourne backpacking until I came here. What a great community and feel it has. Thank you I will be coming back again for sure!

Staff were so friendly and helpful! Especially Bianca when I checked in, will definitely be back!

Nice city position, has anything a backpacker needs to have for a nice stay, common areas and comfy beds, showers and a luggage area for any extra weight that you might need to park for few days. I also liked the building facade. If you visit Melbourne this will probably suit your needs.

Home at the mansion is good hostel, not expansive and very good place in Melbourne (between CBD and Fitzroy). It's near of free tram zone, you could get in southern cross station the tram 86 or 96 and it's directly to Parliament stop (and free). The hostel staff is very nice. There is a lot of people for long stay. It's old but it's clean. However there is some bad things: dorms have windows on the street so it's noisy in the morning (you need earplug). And you can't bring and drink your own alcohol because there is a bar.

My husband and I stayed in a private double room with shared bathroom for 5 nights. The room and bathrooms were very clean throughout the stay. The kitchen was well cleaned by staff but it seems the regulars do not keep up with washing their mugs and cutlery in a timely manner; it would be nice if this culture changed. The staff were all very helpful and friendly. The hostel does not allow you to bring in your own alcohol but the attached bar does offer hostel guests decent discounts depending on the day. Finally, they do not mention on their website that they have a WiFi limit of 500mb per day. I find this a bit ridiculous. (They specifically advertise “NEW AND IMPROVED FREE WIFI THROUGHOUT THE HOSTEL”, no mention of a limit.)

When you book a hostel you know what to expect bunk bed, sharing rooms with a bunch of people from all over the world, shared bathrooms, common kitchen. The bathrooms were clean and maintained, the rooms were alright. The place being a Victorian building wasn’t flash but had lots of character. The people were great and the location was ideal it was on the edge of the free tram corridor so very handy and cheap to get to the city. The bad side was no lift so heavier luggage’s are a struggle to carry especially to the third floor and the place being soo close to the roads and Melbourne teams running late in the night it was a struggle to get a good sleep. It will be handy to have some ear plug for a sound sleep.

This hostel is an historic place with tiling and ornate ceilings. Here for 5 night stay. My bed bunk in a mixed dorm is comfortable. The floors squeak but you get used to that. The room is vacumed every day and there is under bed storage box and a lockable locker (use own padlock). The showers work well and although there are only two on the ground floor (more upstairs) I didn't have to que. Two changing rooms with toilets which is great. There are places you can go to watch TV or put on a DVD. The kitchen, dining area is small but again seemed to work (just stove tops and a microwave). Free Wifi. There is a cafe and bar adjacent and we get a discount by showing key.

I was expecting something more cozy for the price@! (36$!) In low season!
Next to the street and no curtains to have a good rest at night. The bunk beds are old and shake every time someone moves. In the rooms there are just beds and a locker.no aircon! It was too hot at night!
There is too areas for watching movies but they are next to the corridor without doors.so not enjoyable to watch anything.
They have a bar outside of the hostel so they don't alow backpackers yo bring their own alcoholic drinks.
The receptionist are nice though and it's nice to have some coffee and tee for free.
Still I wouldn't come back to this hostel.