Private Room Hostel Sydney

There comes a point in most trips where you’d like a door that closes behind you. Our private hostel rooms in Sydney give you exactly that, with a queen or double bed to yourself, an ensuite in most rooms, and a room you can shut the world out of for as long as you need to.

The difference between this and a hotel room is what happens when you open that door again. There’s a lounge on the other side of it, a kitchen where somebody is always cooking, desks to work from and a few dozen people who landed in Sydney the same week you did. You get the quiet when you want it and the crowd when you don’t.

Every private room is built to be lived in rather than just slept in, for three nights or for three weeks. Pick the one that suits your trip:

Private Suite at Bondi Beach Sydney

A queen bed with your own private ensuite, a TV, a full-length mirror and charging ports, in a room designed around a good night’s sleep after a day in the surf. It suits couples, and solo travellers who want more room than a dorm gives them.

Loft Room at Bondi Beach Sydney

Our loft rooms come in a few different setups, from premium and queen beds through to doubles and singles, and add a custom loft and a lounge space to the usual private ensuite and TV. Good for anyone who wants somewhere to sit that isn’t the end of the bed.

Private Suite at Surry Hills Sydney

Double or queen beds with a choice of ensuite or shared bathroom, a TV, a full-length mirror and charging ports, 800 metres from Central Station. The best value private room we have for anyone spending their time in Sydney CBD rather than at the beach.

Private Suite at Glebe Sydney

Double or queen beds on Glebe Point Road, with a TV, a full-length mirror and charging ports, plus the rooftop terrace and movie room downstairs. Handy for the markets, the university and the inner west.

Travelling with a few people? An entire dorm can be booked out for your group, which turns a 4 to 10 bed room into a private one. Our team can set that up alongside private rooms for anyone who wants their own space.

Why book a Private Hostel room?

A hotel room in Sydney buys you privacy and not much else. You collect a keycard, ride the lift up, and that is the last conversation you have until checkout. A dorm bed gives you the reverse, which is plenty of company and nowhere to go when you want an early night before a flight.

A private hostel room sits between the two. The room is your own space to wind down, and social company is there when you go looking for it. Towels and a hair dryer come with the room rather than being bought or hired at reception, and you get a TV and a full-length mirror on top.

Who are Private Hostel rooms for?

Solo Travellers

You get the hostel atmosphere all day and your own room to come back to at the end of it, which makes a long trip much easier to sustain.

Couples

A queen or double bed of your own, without paying Sydney hotel prices for the privilege.

Friends

Book a loft room at Bondi Beach, where the setups run from singles through to queens, and keep your accommodation simple, affordable and close to the sand.

Backpackers

Upgrade from the dorm for a few nights when you need your own space, then move back when you’re ready.

Working Holiday Travellers

A convenient base while you’re settling into Sydney, finding work or moving between longer stays.

Short-Stay Visitors

Concerts, events, weekends and quick Sydney trips, when you want somewhere central to drop a bag and a room that is ready the moment you are.

Bondi Beach

19 Lamrock Avenue, Bondi Beach NSW 2026. Both our private suites and our loft rooms are here, a few minutes on foot from the sand, 2km from the nearest train station and 12km from the airport. It is the property to book if you want to be swimming before breakfast.

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Surry Hills

203 Cleveland Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010, a 10-minute walk from Central Station with Prince Alfred Park 400 metres away and the first cafes 150 metres from the door. Private suites here come with a choice of ensuite or shared bathroom, and it is the easiest arrival of the three if you are coming in by train.

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Glebe

262 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW 2037. Private suites sit inside a Victorian building with a sunlit courtyard, restaurants 400 metres away and the Royal Botanic Gardens 4km east.

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Bringing The Whole Crew?

Groups can mix private hostel rooms with shared suites, or book out an entire dorm to keep everyone together under one roof. Sports teams, school groups, big friend groups and corporate travel all work across our three Sydney properties, and the communal areas keep the group connected between activities.

For groups of eight or more, get in touch with the property directly and the team will handle the room mix, the catering and the logistics that come with moving a large group around Sydney. Smaller groups can book online or with the hostel.

Stay in Sydney, your way

Nobody should have to pick between a room of their own and somewhere with a bit of life in it. Bondi’s beach, Surry Hills’ bars and Glebe’s markets sit a short walk from your door, and the room behind that door is entirely yours. Book direct for our best available rate.