We really enjoyed our stay and your friendly staff made us very welcome.Chocolate cake after tramping rations was a nice treat.Will definitely stay again when next in Nelson -
Martin from New Zealand 12/04/2010
Thank you both for the wonderful accommodation you provided for our stay. Both my grandson and I enjoyed our time with you and I have already been telling all my friends and acquaintances that yours is the place to stay when in Nelson - Nancy from New Zealand 29/03/2010
I had a wonderful time at the Green Monkey, in Nelson and the Abel Tasman Park, and in New Zealand...Hope I'll be able to come back, and will definitely stay at the Green Monkey if I do. - Benedicte from France 29/03/2010
Great! Free cake, free bikes and free internet, very friendly, clean... would go back there without hesitation. - anonymous BBH website 26/03/2010
An amazing Hostel, the best in NZ possibly the WORLD. free cake every night. really comfy beds and lounge area. free internet and free wifi, if only more hostels could be like this one i would be a very happy traveller - anonymous BBH website 14/03/2010
Simply perfect. Lovely old house, great staff, clean kitchen and bathrooms... loved the free cake and the HUGE double room. It's not expensive either for what you get. Perfect place to restore your energy or enjoy a beer at the pub across the street. - anonymous BBH website 09/03/2010
Very cosy and relaxed atmosphere, every night fresh cake!!! - anonymous BBH website 06/03/2010
If all backpackers looks like that, I'll never go to an hotel when I'll traveling again! It's very clean and tidy. Friendly staff very helpful. That look like home!!! - anonymous BBH website 05/03/2010
Very nice and cosy hostel. Steve knows everything about the Abel Tasman and Nelson. You have free internet access, a clean and secure Hostel and every evening a fresh, homemade cake! Fabulous! Always again. - anonymous BBH website 22/02/2010
Really great hostel, very clean and only 16 beds --> great atmosphere and the hostel has a very friendly owner - anonymous BBH website 20/02/2010
Great- really clean & friendly - anonymous BBH website 18/02/2010
Very lovely! free cake in the evening is yum! it is only a short walk to the shops which is perfect, dont get all the big bus load of people charging around, feel's just like home but nicer - anonymous BBH website 13/02/2010
Cosy hostel with tidy, warm rooms, nice staff and cake for free!! - anonymous BBH website 08/02/2010
Excellent little hostel in good location, good staff and owner. Stayed for xmas and the owner had a bbq dinner with his family and everyone that wanted to join from the hostel, very good. Will deff. go back if I go to Nelson again. - Pal from Norway (Hostelworld) 31/12/2009
Fantastic hostel !! clean,nice owner(nice dog!),like at home,special cake ! Unbelievable..... but true !!!!!!! This hostel is my house in New Zealand. I love this. - anonymous BBH website 09/12/2009
Great hostel, lovely people, homely feel and good internet- Lianne from England (Hostelworld) 28/11/2009
Nicest hostel i ever stayed in. Small,nice people,nice and mostly friendly owner -
anonymous BBH website 27/11/2009
The best hostel i've ever stood - anonymous BBH website 20/11/2009
Nice, small, familiarly... perfect! - anonymous BBH website 16/11/2009
Great place in the city. Nice owners and so much free stuff! - anonymous BBH website 12/11/2009
Cosy nice place with very good facilities for cooking and relaxing - Katja from Germany (Hostelworld) 05/11/2009
Friendly, funny and very helpful owner...free internet...feels like home...we loved the free cake every night (especially the chocolate cake)...nothing more to say than 10 POINTS... - anonymous BBH website 29/10/2009
Brilliant hostel, was meant to stay 1night and ended up staying 3. Very clean, warm, comfortable and free cake was great. Lovely owner who gave great advice on what to do in the area. If I'm ever in the area again then I would definately stay again. - anonymous BBH website 28/10/2009
Top notch, Small, quiet. Nelsosn is a big suburb. This is in a tidy bin-burb residential area. 10-15 min walk from bus and central. free bikes, tho. Also, close to three nelson tracks, and has stores and pubs across street - Jim from USA (Hostelworld) 19/10/2009
Very helpful owner. Beautiful house with lots of character. Great amenities with inexpensive laundry and free internet. -
anonymous BBH website 15/10/2009
Owner was really helpful and could book outings and shuttles directly. Great bar and day spa a block away! Don't miss the Centre of NZ hike from the hostel - Ursula from USA (Hostelworld) 06/10/2009
Great place, very clean and cosy, yummy cake every night. Great atmosphere, friendly, relax and easy going. Always Cheerfull and very helpful owner (you rock Steve! thank you so much for everything). Without a doubt the best hostel I've stayed so far - anonymous BBH website 28/09/2009
Great hostel, very friendly owner, free cake ... just perfect - anonymous BBH website 20/09/2009
Great Hostel, tasty cake, warm comfy beds, cozy environment with great hospitality. - anonymous BBH website 05/09/2009
Best Hostel stay!!Everything is cleaned impeccably everyday!Greeted with a very friendly and happy vibe.Free cake is awesome with nice hot chocolate,free internet, free jokes(small deposit for some) =) sad to go but will return.wealth of knowledge on abel tasman and surroundings. No corpses staring at the corner with no converations! Cheers Steve, your a legend!- anonymous BBH website 01/09/2009
Thanks for the great stay in Green Monkey. Really loved the cakes and the funny comics in the bathrooms! Thanks for the pick up service and the free internet.- Chia Yeen from Malaysia 31/08/2009
Jocelyn and I were so comfortable and happy in your lovely hostel. Thank you so very much for putting us up and putting up with us! You have a very special ambience and I am so grateful for your hospitality-
Sheira from New Zealand 30/08/2009
Nice place which is well run. Free cake and wifi in the common room were awesome. Also our double room also had a TV and dvd player with a selection of films to watch :) - Lee from England (Hostelworld) 03/08/2009
The best value for $ of all the hostels we stayed in. Clean, nicely decorated rooms. Laundry on site. Well-equipped, working kitchen. Nice bathrooms. Free hot chocolate and internet a plus. Friendly, helpful owners. Free cake. Warm in July. Loved it. Awesome pub across street- anonymous BBH Website 29/07/2009
The most nicest place I ever stayed in, except my house. Lovely, cheap, clean, a lot of things free, the owner is so nice, The best hostel in New Zealand for sure !
- anonymous BBH Website 12/07/2009
Thank you very much for that lovely stay. Amazing cakes and great staff! - Hanon & Jordi from France 28/06/2009
One of the best place i ve visited Thanks to Steve, the manager, the free hot chocolate, the free internet, the free jokes, the free good atmosphere, and the price is even cheapest than a lot of othe less better place... One of the best Backpacker in Australasia ;) - anonymous BBH Website 25/06/2009
The Green Monkey was one of the best hostels I've stayed in on my travels. So so homely and cosy!! - Laura & Emma from Ireland 25/06/2009
You are something!! (In Hebrew it's good...) tnx for the best backpacker in NZ!!! I really felt like home. very hard to [leave] - Shir from Israel 24/06/2009
Really nice staff, great to have free tea/coffee and cake - Anna from UK (Hostelworld) 21/06/2009
Loved this place, best place we stayed in the South Island. Hot log fire, free internet and free cake everyday!!! -
anonymous BBH Website 19/06/2009
The Green Monkey is not the best Hostel in Nelson, The Green Monkey is not the best Hostel in New Zealand! The Green Moonkey is one of the best Hostels of the world!!! - Sebastian from Germany 18/06/2009
Best Hostel in NZ. Free Internet (Also Wifi!), Free Cake, Free Hot Chocolate + Marshmellows, decent price. It really seems as if the owners are really trying that bit of extra. We were greeted with a smile and they helped us arrange everything. A+++ - anonymous BBH Website11/06/2009
V friendly the best hostel in New Zealand. Over the year we have been in NZ we have been all over the country and we keep coming back to stay here free cake is grate the hostel has a frindly famley atmos with a grate pub over the road - 09/06/2009
Very clean room, kitchen and bathroom. excellent home! - Dominic from Belgium 07/06/2009
I'm glad to stay Green Monkey, have a great time with your yummy cakes. What a very clean and cosy and friendly Backpacker!! - Sachiko from Japan 05/06/2009
Thankyou for such a comfortable stay here in your superb wee hostel. Its prob one of the best Hostels I've stayed in over the last 3 years of my travels around the World. it feels moore like a home than a hostel - Joe from Scotland 05/06/2009
Since 2 years I was backpacking now, it's one of the best place I've known. free Super cake (your chocolagte cake was a dream), free internet, free smiles, free jokes, free dood atmosphere, free music and your feee good vibrations. And all this, for one of the cheapest price I've seen in a backpacker??? You're kidding, this place can't exist can it?? Anyway I'm very lucky to visit your home for my last days in Nelson coz if I'd start my trip here, I'd never leave. Keep on being the best hostel in the world! - Andrian Mauritius 25/05/2009
This is the best hostel we have stayed in EVER! Great managers, clean, cosy rooms. Great advise on what to see and a very good price for what you get. Would have stayed forever - anonymous BBH Website 18/05/2009
For a traveller a place to stay that is like home is such a treat! thankyou for the warm and friendly welcome! - Monica from USA 18/04/2009
Best hostel i've ever stayed at. Jo, Steve and Jessie are all super hosts and the hostel is clean, friendly and it feels like home - anonymous BBH Website 14/04/2009
It feels like home. This is such a perfect place that really represents what hostels ought to be. Its so cozy and comfortable you can instantly feel how much love and care goes into this place. Yules says we want to move here - Asya from Germany 09/04/2009
Really enjoyed our stay. Wonderful friendly clean safe hostel probably the best we have stayed at - Craig and Rosie from UK 04/04/2009
Steve & Jo you are the best BBH owner I have ever seen. nobody like you. Say hello to each person and memorize each person's name. These make feeling sweet - Shan from Taiwan 01/04/2009
Its a shame there are not more hostels like yours. i really enjoyed the cosy homely feel that the Green Monkey has. Unlike many other hostel owners Jo & Steve seem to actually care!! I'm impressed you remember everyones names, free internet, damn good cake, free bikes and a friendly helpful service - Elisa from UK 24/03/2009
The best Hostell i have ever been. It is very friendly, funny and comfortable. Lovely place and very great cake every day. so let go there to relaxe and enjoy. - anonymous BBH Website 19/03/2009
Homestay style hostel. The owner and staff is very nice and helpful. Super clean kitchen/bathroom and spacious room. Free internet. I like the stay there - anonymous BBH Website 01/03/2009
Perfect high quality hostel - small and wide at the same time! Best quality service - owners are also really good sources of information for exploring the region. People stay, go and return - I will return here too! - anonymous BBH Website 18/02/2009
Steve & Jo Thank you for everything! You have the best hostel in NZ! In Hebrew we say it was totally Sababa - Marina & Keren from Israel 02/02/2009
Great small and quiet hostel, a place to feel at home, good prices, free internet great, friendly staff and atmosphere, free cakes yummy, garden area, hosts even picked us up and showed us a nice view over the sea. Awesome place to stay!!! - anonymous BBH Website 21/01/2009
Free cake every day. owners extremelly friendly and helpful. free internet is perfect -fast in uploading. lots of books & cds. bright rooms. beautiful garden. off- street parking. - anonymous BBH Website 07/01/2009
The best hostel in Nelson! Friendly owners, clean, homely! We love it! - Valerie from Belgium 31/12/2008
Very good place to stay, even for a bit longer: Nice beds, cosy living-room, clean kitchen and bathrooms, everything you need and cake for free every day :) Also friendly owner + just 18 beds, so never too many people :) Anonymous BBH Webiste 16/12/2008
