Pickled Frog - Pub in Hobart Tasmania

Loved this hostel !!! The staff are super super lovely and accommodating. Fab management alongside staff who are always willing to help with anything. Definitely make the hostel what it is. Location is perfect, such a good way to explore tazzy !! The facilities are more on the basic side but have everything you could need!! Super social hostel and everyone loves a good chit chat. Made some amazing friends from all round the world here. Would definitely recommend too anyone, will for sure be back 🐸🏡🫶🏼✨

Did a long stay at the pickle frog. I strongly recommend! Jamie the owner and his staff absolutely amazing ! The commune area is cozy and gives you an instent homy vibe. If you are an art lover like me, you will be in love by the paintings on the walls. Stayed months and never been bored of admire those! Thank you for everything guys :) !

Do not stay here!

The positive reviews are lies for free drinks. The place is disgustingly bad.

Initially booked for one night, arrived to a friendly welcome from the staff member on the desk. First issue was they didn't read any of the booking notes so me and my friend weren't together. "Ok we can deal with that" we thought.

When we arrived at my room it was clear what a mistake it was booking the hostel. It was clear the hostel was letting people stay in it long term as the room I was assigned had been mostly taken over by what seemed to be one or two other people. The staff member who checked us in had even shown us directly to the room and let me in, so it was clear they don't care about it.

The mattress was filthy and stained. Covered in hairs. Not something I would want to sleep on even with a sheet over it. The duvet was also in a similar condition.

They also only had one small locker for valuables available for us.

According to my friend the bathrooms weren't in a good state either. I didn't stay long enough to check them out myself.

I cannot stress enough, to not make the same mistake booking it thinking it is a quirky hostel due to its theme and supposedly "good" reviews (which are in reality fake for free drinks).

We ended up cutting our losses and leaving for the Ibis Styles. The Pickled Frog is by far the worst hostel I have ever booked.

We stayed here at the end of February and our room was brilliant you have the choice between the shared rooms or a private room, car parking for a few extra $ there games plenty of thing to do around the venue. Washing Machines, a Kitchen for guest overall a brilliant place to stay.
We stayed for 5 days and I was confused when we didn't have any room service, just to check in replace any Toiletries or Towels, but that was no big issue at all (this was also my first time at a backpacker so if this is all backpackers my bad)

But overall I'd stay here again. THANKS PICKLED FROG STAFF
P.S: Shout out to Jamie for being brilliant over the phone and helping us out before we came down. Incredibly helpful guy.

I do recommend this place, but know what you are getting yourself into. I slept in a 14 person dorm and honestly it wasn't bad. Yes people were moving in and out, and there were no luggage locks. However, for the price and charm of the place you can't beat it. The common areas are great and do promote and good sense of a hostel culture. It was probably an old bar because there are booths and a weird layout that works
The paintings and decor in the place is that of a weird acid trip at times in the upstairs area. Lastly, the travelers were friendly. Aussie has a lot of working holiday travelers so compared to places like Portugal, Spain, SEA, and such, the culture can be a bit less. Totally understandable as many Backpackers are working. Still there was a good culture here and people did want to talk and do things together