Billabong Gardens

"I only stayed here for one night but my experience was good. The location is good, close to shops and public transports. Friendly staff, I only met two of the staff members during my stay they were both friendly and welcoming. I booked a bed in a female dorm room on a website, but they gave me a bed in a mixed dorm room. Don't think it was on purpose, I think it was more of an accident, I checked in pretty late so I didn't wanted to complain, mixed dorm room was fine for me too. The dorm room was clean, the bed was comfy and every bed had 2 plug sockets which is great! Other hostels I stayed at had like 2 plug sockets per room lol. Fast WIFI. I'd stay here again."

"Beautiful building, surrounding an open air pool in the yard. The rooms are clean and comfortable, each with an own bathroom. The kitchen has a good size and is clean as well. The location is perfect if you want to stay in Newtown, but otherwise you'll be in the city within 10 minutes if you take the bus. Newtown is a nice part of the city, with excellent night life, café and restaurant offering. The staff is sadly unfriendly, especially the lady at the reception should think about changing her work place, as she is obviously annoyed all the time. They charge you for WIFI It's said it's not a party hostel, well I think it depends on the publicum. When I stayed there, people made a lot of party :)"

"Nice part of the town, parking is hard to find but possible. They offer paid parking for 10$ a night (!). Great hostel for longer stays and most people are staying longer. Kitchen is smallish, not enough space for food to store. Beds are comfortable and every bed has two outlets, a lamp and a basket to store your electronics and stuff in while charging, awesome! Can recommend it. Would go again."

"We've stayed here several times over the last couple of years. We moved to the Blue Mountains but regularly need to stay overnight in Sydney. Billabong Gardens is located in a quiet side street in Newtown. Very convenient, close to the city and in a great area with lots of food options on KIng Street. Parking is inside the building in the garage. It must be booked, so don't forget when making a reservation. The room rates are very reasonable and parking is incredibly cheap compared to other hotels in the city. The rooms are always clean and staff are very friendly. The motel style rooms in the main building have their own bathroom and the rooms in the terrace house next door are with communal bath. We stayed in both and think they are great value for money. Don't expect a formal business hotel, it's more like a guesthouse. A few times they were booked out and we stayed elsewhere. Each time we thought we paid much more for much less. 100% thumbs up for this one!"

"I stayed there for about two weeks when I arrived in Australia. Really nice place for the price. It was the middle of winter so I couldn't enjoy the pool, but the outside area (which is a patio in the middle of the hostel) is really nice. Staff was polite and professional though not especially friendly or going out of their way to help people. Great if you're looking for cheap clean accomodation in Newtown."