Mad Monkey Coogee Beach Hostel

Beds were very comfortable. Staff are friendly and numerous. Location is great, across the road from Coogee Beach and nearby Coogee to Bondi castal walk. Directly above a McDonalds, next door to a gym and aroind the corner from the main hospitality district. On site bar is two floors below the hostel and you can buy expensive pints until they run out of glassware.

Other than the location, the price is not justified. Four flights of stairs need to be navigated with luggage to the top floor to wait until 2pm to check-in and provide a $50 cash deposit. Towels are available from reception with a $5 deposit and $2/day. Bathrooms frequently lacked toilet paper, provided no shelf or storage space in the shower for toiletries or clothing, and the locks were either not present or did not work. Despite requiring a key, the rooms on the balcony had the windows open at all times for anyone to reach in and open the door. Lockers were pay-to-use and the only storage inside the rooms were plastic tubs full of sand. Individual sockets for charging devices were temperamental and the light did not work. An electrician came to repair these but the light was removed rather than replaced. No AC or room cooling devices were available resulting in sleep perspiration and waking up sticky.