Southern Laughter Backpackers

房間不隔音，沒有吹風機，房間沒窗簾 百葉窗縫隙很大，睡得不安心，服務還不錯，有行李寄存，地理位置佳，但離湖比較遠

I don’t usually write scathing reviews, but our stay at Southern Laughter warrants it. In fact, it’s not scathing, it’s fact. Me and two friends stayed and all had a horrible experiences individually and collectively. Let’s dive in. 1. One member of our group stayed in his own “private” room since he had lots of expensive camera equipment with him he wanted to lock away. Last night at midnight someone opened his LOCKED door with a key, he woke up, the person apologized and left. How someone could get into his room is beyond us. Reception had no explantation either. 2. We stayed for three nights, but one of our group (female) was so uncomfortable with her first night’s stay in the 10-person room that she bought two more nights at another hostel, and still paid for the two nights of an empty bed at Southern Laughter. 3. I had the best experience of us three and still it was poor. Namely, someone stole my six clearly labeled beers in the fridge. Drank them with no remorse it seems! Lastly, the place is filthy, not cleaned well, no chargers basically anywhere, WiFi was non-existent, and the kitchen was in disarray because no one has respect for it. We had much better hostel experiences elsewhere throughout NZ and I would recommend you pay a bit more at other hostels for a better experience.