Name: Wake Up! Sydney Central
Address: 509 Pitt Street, Sydney Central Business District, 2000 Sydney, Australia, 509 Pitt Street, New South Wales, 2000, Australia
Price range: Prices for upcoming dates start at $17 per night (We Price Match)
Rating: 8.6

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Hostel Wake Up! Sydney Central

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This neighborhood is a great choice for travelers interested in shopping, food and city walks – Check location 509 Pitt Street, Sydney Central Business District, 2000 Sydney, Australia – This neighborhood is a great choice for travelers interested in shopping, food and city walks – Check location Excellent location – show map

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University of Technology Sydney (UTS): only 5 minutes away! (1,300 feet by foot)

*8.3* Market City: only 5 minutes away! (1,100 feet by foot)

Sydney Central Station: only 3 minutes away! (550 feet by foot)

*8.6* Capitol Theatre: only 5 minutes away! (1,150 feet by foot)

*8.9* Central Park: only 6 minutes away! (1,450 feet by foot)

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The fact that they have lots of activities and things to do at night but they don’t have much in the day time but it’s okay . Very big hostel 7 floors so you’ll always find people to hang out and make good friends!

Monirah

Saudi Arabia

It's near Sydney central with in walking distance. Any where one can go easily by train

Dinesh

India

Very helpful, friendly staff, and comfortable facilities. Beds were comfortable, bathrooms were clean, and near public transport.

Euri

United States of America

Good location Friendly staffs Modern kitchen for everyone. You can cook and store your food in the refrigerator

Vietnam

The activities held by the hostel were excellent and I met so many interesting people there.

Siye

China

Perfect hotel/hostel for a quick one night stay. Room was plenty big and clean. Staff were nice and gave recommendations. Bar in the basement was very fun and reasonably priced with deals every night.

Danny

United States of America

Friendly staff! Great facilities there's a cafe and bar within the premises. Good location close to Central station. Will definitely stay here again :)

James

New Zealand

Great location. I liked that each bed had its own light and outlet for charging electronics.

Seeeee

Canada

Good location , friendly staff , Wednesday party night at the bar

Saeed

Iran

Overall the experience was excellent. Enjoyed the staff guided tour of the Beach walk. Having some difficulties with signing up for the wifi internet.

Edgar

United States of America

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9.3

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What guests loved the most:
“The fact that they have lots of activities and things to do at night but they don’t have much in the day time but it’s okay .”

Monirah Saudi Arabia
“It's near Sydney central with in walking distance. Any where one can go easily by train”

Dinesh India
“Very helpful, friendly staff, and comfortable facilities. Beds were comfortable, bathrooms were clean, and near public transport.”

Euri United States of America
“Good location Friendly staffs Modern kitchen for everyone. You can cook and store your food in the refrigerator”

Vy Vietnam
“The activities held by the hostel were excellent and I met so many interesting people there.”

Siye China
“Perfect hotel/hostel for a quick one night stay. Room was plenty big and clean. Staff were nice and gave recommendations.”

Danny United States of America
“Friendly staff! Great facilities there's a cafe and bar within the premises. Good location close to Central station. Will definitely stay here again :)”

James New Zealand
“Great location. I liked that each bed had its own light and outlet for charging electronics.”

Seeeee Canada
“Good location , friendly staff , Wednesday party night at the bar”

Saeed Iran
“Overall the experience was excellent. Enjoyed the staff guided tour of the Beach walk. Having some difficulties with signing up for the wifi internet.”

Edgar United States of America

Stay in the Heart of Sydney – This neighborhood is a great choice for travelers interested in shopping, food and city walks – Check location Excellent location – show map

Located opposite Central Railway Station, Wake Up Sydney Central features a lively onsite bar/nightclub and a huge range of free activities. It is set in the heart of Sydney’s backpacking hub, surrounded by nightlife precincts and travel shops.

Wake Up Sydney Backpackers is in Sydney CBD (Central Business District), a 5-minute walk from Chinatown and a 15-minute walk from Darling Harbor. It is 20 minutes' by public transport from Circular Quay, where you can walk to the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge. Sydney International Airport is a 30-minute drive away.

Private rooms and mixed or all-female dormitories are available. All rooms feature secure lockers and a bedside lamp and power point. All rooms have modern furnishings and large windows that allow plenty of natural light in. Private rooms feature a TV.

Guests enjoy the convenience of 24-hour reception and a tour desk. Some of the fun free activities include city walks, trivia and pizza nights. Onsite Side Bar offers a great party atmosphere, with live DJs and bands.

You can enjoy a meal at the onsite Roy's Cafe & Bistro or use the shared kitchen. Also on offer are laundry facilities on each floor and a guest lounge area that plays movies each night.

Sydney Central Business District is a great choice for travelers interested in shopping, food and city walks.

Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 9.2 for a two-person trip.

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Good for couples – they rated the facilities 8.2 for two-person stays.

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Wake Up! Sydney Central represents all that Sydney has to offer. It's modern, it's clean and it’s the hub of backpacker activity, right in the heart of Sydney. With a fresh layout, friendly staff and funky activities, Wake Up aims to offer an experience, not just a bed.

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– Excellent location – show map

Closest Landmarks *

Sydney Central Station
0.1 miles
Paddy's Markets
0.2 miles
Belmore Park
0.2 miles
Market City
0.2 miles
Capitol Theatre
0.2 miles
University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
0.2 miles
Central Park
0.3 miles
The Goods Line
0.3 miles
World Square Shopping Centre
0.4 miles
The White Rabbit Gallery
0.4 miles

Restaurants & Markets *

Side Bar Restaurant
0 miles
Roys Cafe Cafe/Bar
0 miles
Woolworths Supermarket Supermarket
0.1 miles
Paddys Market Market
0.3 miles

Closest Airports *

Kingsford Smith Airport
4 miles
Wollongong Airport
52.6 miles

Shopping Nearby – All Within 500 Yards! *

Sydneys Paddys Markets Market
Central Park: The Living Mall Mall

What Travelers Love About This Location

“The location was perfect : 2 minutes away from the main station! It was also really nice to have the side bar and a coffee next to this hostel. The staff was r...”

Elodie

Switzerland

9.1

“Excellent location, loved the included activities and vouchers received upon arrival, very helpful and friendly staff; I arrived very early and my room was read...”

Maggie

Netherlands

“Location great, room was very clean, very friendly helpful staff.”

Alanna

Australia

9.1

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1 Restaurant On Site

Roy's Cafe

Open for: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner

Menu: À la carte

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Children & Beds

Children not allowed.

There's no capacity for cribs at this property.

This property doesn't offer extra beds.

Pets

Pets are not allowed.

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When booking more than 4 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.

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Please note that children 17 years and under cannot be accommodated at Wake Up Sydney Central.

You must show a valid photo ID upon check in.

Please note that as Side Bar is located beneath rooms, you can expect some noise during the night with the bar closing at 3:00am.

“The fact that they have lots of activities and things to do at night but they don’t have much in the day time but it’s okay . Very big hostel 7 floors so you’ll always find people to hang out and make good friends!”

“Perfect hotel/hostel for a quick one night stay. Room was plenty big and clean. Staff were nice and gave recommendations. Bar in the basement was very fun and reasonably priced with deals every night.”

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Reviewed: November 15, 2019

Anonymous
United States of America
4.0

“No privacy, dirty bathrooms, no ac/fan, loud cars, trucks, & drunk people keeping you up all night”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group
- • Stayed 8 nights
On the downside, it has very highly traffic. If you're renting a car, forget about it. This place is impossible. George Street is closed down for right turns everywhere and there is no street parking or loading area nearby at all. You can hear the cars and trucks constantly barreling through day and night. Additionally you can hear the loud drunk bar attendees downstairs. It's very hard to get a reasonable sound level for sleep. There is mold all over the bathroom caulk and weird dirty swirls on the wall which leaves me to wonder how that happened. The blinds had a missing panel which made sleeping an eyesore. There is no AC or heat and you cannot open the window, the room gets stuff very quickly and trying to regulate any temperature is impossible. There is no privacy sign or option to choose a privacy sign. House keeping will just give a quick knock, not wait for a reply and walk into your room while you're still half naked and yelling "No!". Apparently she believed I was "checking out that day", but our check out day wasn't for 5 more days. Obviously upset by this, I finished changing and I went downstairs to inform the front desk. The lady who greeted me showed me no signs of empathy and said "Sorry" in an incredibly impersonal manner. This was very upsetting. Wake Up does not care about you. What makes matters worse is the same housekeeper lady in a second time a few minutes later while we were in the room! Again quickly knocking and coming in unannounced as "housekeeping" to change our trash. She saw us a few minutes ago and barges in again. There are no sense of boundaries and privacy here. I went downstairs again to request a privacy sign or a do not disturb sign. The man who I was referred to (I assume was the manager on call) said he couldn't provide me one but said he would tell housekeeping to wait longer on knocks and gave us two free small coffee vouchers.
The location was nice. It was right by Syndey Central Metro which made it very convenient. That's the best I can say about the property.

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 15, 2019

Jessica
United Kingdom
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The lighting in my room was quite poor and very dim
The staff were super friendly with any questions I had, the room was very spacious and clean, food choices at the cafe were amazing.

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 15, 2019

Rinesh
Australia
7.5

Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Good facilities, modern and staff always around if help is required.

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 14, 2019

Yiwei
Australia
9.6

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
All good!
The best backpacker in Sydney! Love it, I have been here multiple times

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 13, 2019

Wayne
Australia
10

Exceptional
- • Business trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Nothing not to like. Friendly staff, basic clean room, on level 5 so away from noise. I liked it.

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: November 12, 2019

Steffi
Germany
8.3

Very Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The linen on the bed was not really clean, small kitchen for so many people.
Easy to get there, great trips offered for those who stay there. Really helpful people, every problem solved in a short time. Nice little café downstairs as well.

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 11, 2019

Désirée
Netherlands
7.1

“Good enough ”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The kitchen was not equipped for so many people and never dry towels to be found. Also complaint about the matras bed and didn't respond with any feedback
Beds were.good, staff was very good and location even better and lots of activities. So good for couple of nights

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 10, 2019

Maarten
Australia
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The rooms are amazing and the staff were asome. Simba,Matt and Max were the best part of it. Pub crawl is always so much fun.

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 6, 2019

Steven
United States of America
3.0

“Good location, very short on "creature comforts"”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 6 nights
Having to use elevator instead of stairs, which often required a long wait. Loud, unpleasant music playing in lobby and elevators constantly, including the one small area provided for using laptops on table tops. Very small room (made for two) with no chair or anything other than a bunk bed with small mattresses, small nightstand, and wall-mounted TV with no comfortable place to watch it from. Smelly urinals in shared bathroom. Nonadjustable shower heads pointing at inconvenient angle. Hindi Beach was "tour guide" did little more than walk from start to end point, doing very little to keep the group together and prevent people from getting left behind - in fact, when I asked him how many of us there were in the group, he didn't know the exact number. Bath towels but no face towels available.
Views from guided walk along shore to Bondi Beach were outstanding. Bagel with salmon at café was very tasty.

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: November 5, 2019

Dianne
United Kingdom
8.0

“Fun friendly great value for money”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Not enough storage/hangers
Breakfast was always great, staff always helpful and friendly. lots of free entertainment and trips

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: November 5, 2019

Maddy
United Kingdom
9.2

Awesome
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 8 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Kitchen /fridge space bit crowded for amount of people.
Great location, activities, light and charging point next to each bed

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 4, 2019

Anonymous
Germany

1 helpful vote
9.2

“Recommended!”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Hostel with a lot of people in it. Thus hard to get in contact.
Well organized, very clean, still cosy and comfortable

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: November 3, 2019

Ross
United Kingdom
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Travelers with friends
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Great location, 2 minutes walk to central train station. Bar underneath the hostel that puts on really good nights. Room really nice and very quiet at night even with the bar downstairs. Stayed here twice now, would 100% recommend.

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 2, 2019

Peter
Australia
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Good bedroom and money and friends good staff

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 1, 2019

Alexandra
Romania

4 helpful votes
9.6

“Excellent location, friendly staff, clean and good value for money”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
I’m not really sure when and id they change the bed sheets so be aware of that
Clean rooms, friendly staff, excellent location. Loved the fact that i could charge my phone right from my bed, decent sized lockers, room got vacuumed every day and got a “deep clean” once during my 4 nights stay. Bathrooms were big and clean

Stayed in November 2019

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