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The Brownston Hostel

2.0 star property

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Shared kitchen facilities
Quadruple Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets
Terrace/patio
Shared kitchen facilities
Exterior

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Laundry
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
73 Brownston St, Wanaka, Otago, 9305
  • Wanaka Golf Club
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Puzzling World
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Rippon Vineyard
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Wanaka (WKA)
    ‪9 min drive‬

Room options

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Quadruple Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Quadruple Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Twin Beds and 1 King Bed OR 4 Twin Beds

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Basic Twin Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Basic Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Standard Twin Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Shared Dormitory

  • Sleeps 1
  • 3 Twin Beds

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Double Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Twin Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Triple Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Triple Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

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About this property

The Brownston Hostel

Wānaka hostel with free WiFi
Laundry facilities and free WiFi in public areas are available at this hostel. Housekeeping is available on request.
The Brownston Hostel offers 49 accommodations. This Wānaka hostel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 25+ Mbps. Bathrooms include showers. Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on request.
The Brownston Hostel features laundry facilities. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.

The Brownston Hostel has designated areas for smoking.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Housekeeping (on request)

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Shower
  • Towels provided

More

  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after 7:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children 16 and younger are not allowed at this property; All guests older than 16 are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Children 16 years old and younger are not permitted at this property

Property is also known as

The Brownston
73 Brownston Street
The Brownston Hostel Wanaka
The Brownston Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
The Brownston Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation Wanaka

The Brownston Hostel Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 43 out of 92 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 31 out of 92 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 14 out of 92 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 92 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 92 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

CHUN HING

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean room and well equipped large kitchen.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Melinda

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There is a night clumb nearby and the base of the music can be heard until the early hours of the morning.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Brooklyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Jacqui

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Basic but comfortable

Nice and clean room, within easy walking distance to shops and restaurants. We had the king bed room with private ensuite which was very basic, but comfortable enough for our one night stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Maybe not for summer

The hostel is at a very convenient location. Grocery store NW next door. Although the room is too small to eat at, but you can always grab something from the grocery store and eat by the lake. My stay was not too bad overall. However I was unlucky the day I arrived happened to be one of these hot days. The room looks exactly like the photo, what you see is what you get. There is a bed in the room and some cabinet on the side, no nightstand or anything else. So the temperature was high, I opened the window, then the problem is due to the convenient location, it was quite noisy outside, even at night. So I try to close the window. Then it was too hot. And I opened the window again, then I hear people laughing, talking, drinking, etc. I ended up didn’t sleep well that night. Like I said, I was unlucky and happened to be there in one of these hot days…so if you are traveling in summer, this is something to consider.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Ashlee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall good stay. Appreciated a plug in and additional cord charging port. The chill space being separate from the TV space was appreciated. The kitchen was strange. You had to ascend the ground floor to first floor steps, walk partway across the property, and then go down another set of stairs. A lot of space to cook in the kitchen, as well as dine and relax. Wifi however was mediocre at best so if you’re needing to use it, I would look elsewhere.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Justin

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Trish

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Wei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The service is good.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Prachi Shriram

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed here (4 adults) for a night and had a quad room. Quite happy to have multiple options for dining just around the corner. This property does not have it's own parking but can park on any of the surrounding streets (free parking). Walkable distance to the lake and a supermarket right beside the property. Overall was a lovely stay. Will highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Debbie L

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andy

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A fantastic placevto stay , very central to everything
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marcel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Yoav

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jodie

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Damon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very close to the centre of Wanaka, basic room but comfortable and clean, fantastic kitchen and eating area and nice chill space on the second floor. Very good value.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rita

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very accommodating staff great location.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Richard

Traveled with partner
Unfortunately we mistook this for a Hotel and not a Hostel considering the price, so were quite shocked when we arrived. The room was very small and the "en-suite" was a cupboard. Of course no facilities in the room. Extremely noisy with people opening and slamming doors until quite late, then during the night the wind came up and made an awful whistling sound and draft through the window, actually knocking off an item left on the window sill. No sleep that night!!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Donna

Location was perfect staff and amenities were excellent and clean
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Rahul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

No frills room

A completely average stay. The room was as basic as it gets. Ok if you want to be in and out overnight but do not expect any frills.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quite different to what i expected in a very good way. Facilities very clean and located a very short walk to town center. Beds very comfortable and very quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024