Little Drifter Melbourne

Recent Reviews: 602

• User:timgo007

  Trip type: Solo travel

  Backpackers with so much more

  20 Apr 2026

  Excellent value for the price. Very happy and friendly staff. 24 Hr check in and help. Huge kitchen area with rice cookers, toasters, air fryers, gas cook tops, microwaves - everything! Chairs and lounges everywhere to relax. Great storage for food both dry, fridge or freezer.Great common eating area - lots of open space.Great number of washers and dryers as well as iron.The room was great with an ensuite consisting of two showers and two toilets. Very impressive for a backpackers. The split system air conditioning made the room a nice cool temperature for sleeping, so very comfortable that way.The only problem I had was with the noise of the bunk I stayed on. But each bunk came with individual led strip lighting, power point and USB-A & USB-C charging ports.I thoroughly recommend this place if you're solo and you need a bed for a night or two in Melbourne.Ten minutes to State Library metro tunnel train station - Franklin Street exit/entry.

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• User:LostAndyTravel

  Trip type: Solo travel

  Lots of issues to sort out, but it'll be amazing if they do.

  19 Mar 2026

  Drifter does a great impression of a good hostel. Sadly, it’s not one.If you judge by appearances, it’s INCREDIBLY nice — especially after what appears to have been a major renovation and serious design investment. If you stay there though… it ain't so great.Like all Drifters, someone has made the choice to automate check-in, which is frankly obnoxious, especially when you have a question or something goes wrong. And on two out of my four Drifter stays, something did. That same automated system unlocks the bedroom doors, and it is SLOW. You tap the unlock button on your phone and then you wait twenty seconds while it decides if it wants to work. It is MADDENING. This is made all the worse and slower by wifi that’s pretty hit or miss. Actually more miss than hit — half the time I couldn’t even load a browser speed test. These nuisances are not trivial. They ruined my stay.Then there’s the lack of laundry. Each floor formerly boasted its own washroom, but rumor has it the owners wanted more bedrooms to make themselves more money — and they didn’t build out a new one in the basement. The closest laundromat is a kilometer away. Serious hard fail.To add insult to injury, the sink drains have raised strainers to block handwashing. Even if you manage to wash a pair of underwear in the shower there is literally NOWHERE to dry it. I have a travel clothesline that attaches to almost anything, and there are no bars, no hooks, no nothing. It’s hard to believe this is unintentional.Additional annoyances: The place is under construction, so it's super noisy. Also, charging devices is incredibly difficult, because power points are stupidly placed.There are a couple high points. It’s a truly chic space with an amazing number of beautifully furnished lounge areas. The location is superb. The people who work there are pretty cool — shout out to Bella, without whom this review would have been a fair bit worse after my hellish night of no a/c in the pod room.Bottom line: I had an absolutely amazing experience at Drifter in Byron Bay, then a horrific one at Little Drifter North Melbourne. This one fell somewhere in the middle.

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• User:harry l

  Trip type: Friends getaway

  Please come to this hostel

  11 Mar 2026

  Tash and Zoe were really kind and helpful at the bar well worth visiting if your in the area

• User:Freddie D

  Trip type: Solo travel

  Ramsay and Zoe are the best!

  10 Mar 2026

  Never had a bad night in Alfie’s, shout-out Zoe and Ramsay always on form 🍻

• User:BazilS5

  Trip type: Solo travel

  Thumping Noise

  06 Mar 2026

  Thumping noise from their nightclub so loud in the rooms unable to sleep until 2am - if you need sleep this is not the place to stay.