Rooms | Habitat HQ | Melbourne Budget Hostel & Backpacker Accommodation

We have a wide range of accommodation styles for you ranging from dorms with shared facilities, 6 share dorms with private ensuites plus our motel style rooms with ensuites, LCD TV's and tea & coffee making facilities. We have something for every traveller's needs!

Shared Dormitories:

Secure luggage lock up facilities
Swipe card security access
Air-conditioning & heating
Super comfy spring mattresses
Free linen service
Cleaning service daily
6 share with ensuite
Wi-fi

Private Motel Style Rooms:

Stylish ensuite bathroom
Air-conditioning & heating
LCD TV with Cable
Tea & coffee making facilities
Swipe card access to top floor & room
Free linen service
Serviced daily
Wi-fi

This spanky new and hospitable-spotless hostel has outstanding facilities. Dorms are snug but thick comfy mattresses compensate, and families do well in sunny en suites containing three single beds and a double. The bright, timber-clad lounge has plenty of places to park yourself and there’s even a sunny beer garden.

LONELY PLANET 2008

My time in Cooee has been amazing. I’ve spent 3 weeks here and the days away made me realise more what a great place it is. The kitchen and bathrooms are amazin’ aswell as the staff. I came by myself and because of the friendly atmosphere I’m leaving with great people and memories!

Karl

The travel desk is really helpful. Reception people are great. Big clean kitchen.

Katee

Having stayed in hostels in Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand I can happily say that this was the best hostel we stayed in. The standard of the room for the money we paid was streets ahead of anything else. We would definitely recommend the double ensuite to anyone and will be coming back as soon as possible.

Dan Miles

The hostel is brand new including facilities, extremely clean and friendly. It’s a great place either to relax or have fun. I absolutely recommend it to everyone!

Bartlomiei Lichota

TripAdvisor.com This hostel is being run in a professional manner. The double room we stayed was very spacious with hotel like facilities. Toilets were neat and clean. The reception open 24 hours with tight security at night. The kitchen and common room were quite big. Even though there were lot of computers...they were always occupied and full...

BritonTraveller, Couple, London

Loved it here. Comfy bed, lovely shower, more like a hotel room. Staff really friendly and helpful. Free pancakes on our last day made the stay just perfect. Would go back again. Tram is easy to get into town but it is really nice in St. Kilda as well.

Rachel White

This hostel is very clean, very quiet so it's very good to get some rest. The best thing is the location because there are several supermarkets around and the neighbouhood is ok.

Cadoret

Staff are wonderful, Bathrooms are like a hotel and always clean, good price for what you get. Will come back again!

Brent Caldwell

Great facilities, lots of available computers and 1 hours free internet access. Air con in the bedroom was fantastic especially with the current heatwave of 41 degrees! Would highly recommend this hostel and stay there again especially if you want some peace and quiet for that occasional early night.

Gen Massey

I've stayed at a lot of hostels and this is easily the best. Facilities are top notch, staff are great, the whole place is immaculate and I shared with some great people. I'm trying to think of something critical but really I can't. If you want to be in the St Kilda district near the beach but also a short tram ride from town then this is the...

Paul Collison

This is a FANTASTIC place to stay, my favourite place. The rooms are comfortable, the bathrooms are the nicest of any hostel I stayed at, internet and lounge very nice. A tram right out front to take you downtown. A short walk to St. Kilda, would stay here again!

Michele Henn

Nice clean hostel, very nice place to stay. Best hostel I’ve stayed in on my travels.

Andy & Trevor

The most pleasant backpackers I’ve stayed at – nice and clean! Nice staff! Nice vibe! See you again!

Kit Merryfield

Thanks a mill for a great stay. We may be back! Will def recommend this place to others. Probably the cleanest hostel I’ve ever stayed in!

Ciara O'Flynn

Thanks guys! First hostel and I don’t think I’ll find a better one…such a lovely place to stay, so well done and thanks

Sarah Dean

Awesome. FACT: great place to kick back and relax. Kitchen fantastic – Atmosphere is set by friendly (far too helpful) staff who don’t mind being pestered all day every day. You guys have made my Melbourne trip!

Matt Smith

Fantastic place, more like a hotel than a hostel. Clean, modern and great location on within walking distance of St Kilda and Chapel St and easy access to the city on 2 tram routes. Great value.

Matthew James

Cooee is a lovely hostel, nice friendly staff, rooms are clean, shower facilities are good too 5 to 10 min walk from St Kilda centre, and the tram stop is just across the road from the hostel, takes 20 mins into central Melbourne I definitely recommend staying here.

Andrew Parker

It's very clean and it's very spacious. I've never have problem waiting for bathroom and never had problems waiting in the kitchen. The arrangement of the rooms are reasonable and heaters, air conditioning, hot water and other facilities are considered complete. Common rooms are pretty cosy and the atmosphere in the common room is good, it's a...

Jia Xin Lin

I really enjoyed staying at Cooee... the staff were great, they give you an hour of free internet and there are lots of computers available, the bathrooms/showers were spotless and the dorms were quiet. Common room couches were also comfy.

Holly Fraser

The hostel was new, clean with very nice and welcoming communal areas and lovely staff. The rooms were clean and beds comfy and bathrooms were fab! My favourite hostel I stayed in Australia and really good value for money.

Karen Gait

The staff are very friendly and helpful. I really like the activities/theme nights (like free entrance to cabaret or 'Who Becomes a Millionaire' etc.'. The free breakfast was good, too - same as the pancakes! It's is very clean and the bathrooms are amazing!!!! Beds are cosy and lockers are good. Location is good (not in city but the tram goes...

Carmen Schwitalla

The people who work at Cooee are so nice! They planned activities, talked with everyone, and were incredibly helpful! The kitchen is really nice too, and you can store your food there without any worries about it being taken. It was a great place and I will definitely come back.

Stephanie Gilland

Really quality place to hang around for a week or so. Great value for money, breakfast is free every day, free bus from the airport, short tram ride to the city. Highly recommend.

Rob Webster

Really excellent hostel. Not in st kilda or the city centre but on a direct tramline to both, it’s easy to get everywhere you need. The hostel has a really good vibe to it, great common area with pool table/ bbq/ internet/tv lounge and comfy couches. Can get cutlery and plates for a deposit and kitchen has space to store food though this does...

Kate Darracott

Great Hostel, has plenty of events so it is really fun to stay at. Also has a nice outdoor area. Great staff as well.

Eiad El Fateh

I had a nice clean, private room in this busy hostel. Staff could not have been better - friendly and going out of their way to be helpful. It is close to local shops and only a few minutes walk to the St. Kilda beach. All in all I was very pleased with my stay and would recommend the private rooms to others.

Rates To Go - www.ratestogo.com

I stayed here because it was convenient for a wedding I was attending in Melbourne, not as a backpacker. However, our room was large, had an ensuite and TV and the added bonus was the great atmosphere provided by lots of young travelers from all over the world. We have been to hostels when travelling and I would thoroughly recommend this one to...

HotelClub - lm.hotelclub.net

Overall pretty sweet hostel. The common room is set up so you have no choice but to chat to others. Nice court yard too. Down town melbourne is only a 15min tram ride.

Jacob

Hostelworld.com Easily one of the best hostels I've stayed at in my 2 years of traveling... it's clean, staff are so helpful, it's secure, clean and realxed. If you're in Melbourne, stay here. You won't be disapointed.

Miss Jackson, England, Female 25-30

Hostelworld.com Great place. Free bbq on Fridays, extremely secure (almost too secure, had to put a deposit down for key access to their carpark). Carpark was a massive bonus in a suburb where parking for more than 1 - 2 hours is hard to come by!

Cantona, Australia, Male 25-30

Hostelworld.com Very nice hostel. Staff were good. Cool common area. Really busy though. Kitchen was kind of small for the hostel's size. The room was great though, felt like we were at a hotel not a hostel. Good location, minutes from St Kilda. Would stay at again.

Jay, Canada, 18-24 Male

Hostelworld.com Brilliant hostel. Will recommend to anyone heading to Melbourne.

Kristy, England, Female 25-30

Just one of the nicest damn hostels I have had the pleasure of staying in. After a minging one in Sydney, treated ourselves to this and rewarded with large, bright, clean room with awesome bathroom. Kitchen set up downstairs is roomy and there seems to be a general air of good will around, very few dirty plates in sinks! Social areas are comfy...

Georgia, England, Couple 18-24

One of the best hostels I\'ve stayed with. You can tell the hostel is determined to keep getting better. The staff are very friendly and making friends in your room and the courtyard couldn't be easier. Top notch overall.

R.

So glad we booked it! One of the best we've stayed in! Staff are helpful and rooms had foxtel channels and air conditioning.

Emzy

Really enjoyed our stay at this hostel, very clean rooms, bathrooms, and kitchen. Lots of space and a very welcoming atmosphere in lounge/common areas. Close to beach, tram ride from Melbourne city.

Masterson

As a Travel agent in Australia you are always hoping products deliver the service they have asked you to sell for them. After staying with Habitat HQ in St. Kilda i can confidently sell/recommend this hostel to travelers of any age. Its perfect location 5 minutes from the heart of St. Kilda offers a nice walk through some of the funkiest cafes...

Tyler Theunissen, Tribal Travel

Perfect hostel! very clean. very friendly staff. nice evenig activities. dorms are quiet.

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