Manly Backpackers

Have been there just overnight and didn’t regret the stay. For $62 only a block from the beach you can’t ask for a lot. The place was clean and a good size of room. Reading reviews about cockroaches... ladies and gents it’s Australia and you didn’t book at the Ritz so calm down. Manager Mark left the key for me in the room as I checked in late. As my room was right above the kitchen it was a little noisy during dinner time but that’s all. Overall A great place if you looking for cheap and don’t expect much. Would stay there again

Location is brilliant, short walk to middle of manly, quiet (i was in room 3 at the back) but best of all is the price, so cheap for my own room. Id read reviews about the manager not being there, but i called him and he was there within 5 mins - no dramas, he was very helpful, also read reviews about cockroaches (my biggest phobia) but did not see a single one. will definately stay next time, couldn't recommend highly enough. Thanks Mark, had a great stay.

It appears my first write up of my stay here has disappeared/was deleted. So for a quick summary: it had a lot of cockroaches in the bedroom itself - well beyond previous experiences and at this point we'd travelled through the Amazonian basin a few months prior. The place appears to be staffed by one stressed/tired person who was totally uninterested in the problem, charged us more than the agreed amount for the one night we stayed and became incredibly abusive very quickly when I pointed out we'd already paid for a portion of our stay via hostelworld. I honestly thought he was looking to start a fight. After over a year of travel mostly staying in hostels or camping, this was the absolute worst accommodation experience we had.