This is a great hostel for if you’re just entering or leaving the country as you can quite easily gather your thoughts here. However they have a quick turn around of people so this makes making friends very hard, so don’t go here if you’re backpacking on your own.

The bar attached to this hostel (Side Bar) is quite good, well worth a visit if you want to meet people coming in or leave Australia!

Extremely central, like slap bang in the middle of sydney, which is very handy. The Wake up is a freak of nature Hostel, that looks more like an office block from the outside.

Set out on 6 floors, and very efficent (you key card activites the lifts, so you can only go to your floor), the hostel is constantly full with backpackers from all over the world. however, the staff are pissy, unhelpful, and the whole place is very sterile. i would not recomend this place for a backpacker on their own, as its harder to meet people.

however, a great redeeming quality of this place is the Side Bar..located in the basement. A great bar, with open mic nights, promitional night and pool tables