Mates Place Sydney

Mates Place Sydney is, as the name suggests, a friendly hostel in the popular Kings Cross area of the city. This diverse area of Sydney is well known for its cluster of budget accommodations and great bars, pubs and night clubs. Those seeking a quiet refuge from the city should look elsewhere, because Kings Cross can sometimes feel like one non-stop party! The hostel’s building has been partially renovated and the hostel is recently under new management.

All the rooms at Mates Place Sydney are dorm style rooms, so the social atmosphere is likely to follow you home each night. Even if you are traveling alone you will not be solo in Sydney for long! The dorms each have four, six or eight beds, and some also have en suite bathroom facilities. Each room has air conditioning and even a fridge. There are some female only rooms as well, if you prefer, which all have en suite bathrooms.

Some of the amenities you will find at Mates Place Sydney are:

• Free linens (towels available)
• Free internet access and free WiFi
• Free airport pick up available
• Monday pizza night
• Laundry facilities and guest kitchen
• Luggage storage and security lockers
• No curfew and no lockout
• 24 hour security

The idea at Mates Place Sydney is to make friends, and the hostel helps you do just that with the spacious lounge where you can watch TV, read a book or swap travel stories with other guests. There is even a weekly pizza party every Monday night to help get new guests into the Mates Place rhythm and encourage socializing. To keep up with what goes on in the rest of the world, the hostel offers free WiFi access to all guests, or a free 30 minutes per day at the internet cafe nearby.

Although the Kings Cross neighborhood might be all party all the time, the attitude at Mates Place Sydney is laid back. Oh, these people know how to have a good time, but their main goal in life seems to be to meet other travelers and hang out. Which sounds like a great way to spend your time in Sydney, right?

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