City Groove Backpackers, Constitution Hill and other Auckland, New Zealand Tourist Trap Tips

On their Website: http://www.citygroove.co.nz/ this looks like a great backpackers, but in reality, arriving there was a lot different, and I wouldn't recommend it. Mainly for the fact that our double room was very mouldy, especially the floor (we had to remove the large carpet mat from the old brick floor, it was so bad, and open the small window...which revealed a brick wall on the other side, and barbed wire around the window. Cost: $55 non ensuite room or $65 with ensuite - we didn't feel it was value for money at all. Felt like living in a damp basement (our double room is just down from the laundry).
Bathroom has a shower ‘hole’ between the toilet and the handbasin, just flat brick floor (so water runs out into bedroom. Toilet was as old as the hills - and this review is from people used to roughing it and going without creature comforts when travelling....
Kitchen smaller than average house size – very cramped. A bit of a lounge area in same room as reception desk. Building in not very good condition overall.
The only handy part was there was a supermarket only 5 mins walk away on the waterfront

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Alternative: Go somewhere else - even a little bit out of the city, rather than this backpackers.