8/10 Very good
Good stay
It was a good stay, great stuff and super helpful. Great vibe if you wanna party or just chill and drink at the bar.
Verified traveller
13-night trip
CURIOCITY Johannesburg - Hostel
City centre Johannesburg hostel with bar/lounge
In the vibrant Maboneng Precinct, CURIOCITY Johannesburg - Hostel offers a unique blend of relaxation and adventure. Unwind in the spa tub or explore the garden, then challenge friends to a game in the arcade room.
Good
Popular amenities
- Airport transfer
- Bar
- Laundry facilities
- Free parking
- Free WiFi
- Child-friendly activities
Main amenities (12)
- Daily housekeeping
- Breakfast available
- Hot tub
- Bar/lounge
- Airport shuttle
- Terrace
- Garden
- Arcade/games room
- Library
- Front desk safe
- Snack bar/deli
- ATM/banking services
Feel at home (6)
- Cookware, dishware and utensils
- Garden
- Terrace
- Daily housekeeping
- Laundry facilities
- Blackout curtains
£33
includes taxes & fees
17 Nov - 18 Nov
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Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room (2)
Highlights
Individually furnished
Heating
Blackout curtains
Ceiling fan
Premium bedding
2 bathrooms
Cookware/dishes/utensils
Shared/communal kitchen
- 18 sq m
- Sleeps 1
- 4 Single Bunk Beds
Bed in 12-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
Highlights
Individually furnished
Heating
Blackout curtains
Ceiling fan
Premium bedding
2 bathrooms
Cookware/dishes/utensils
Shared/communal kitchen
- 19 sq m
- Sleeps 1
- 3 Single Bunk Beds
Bed in 8-Bed Female Dormitory Room (2)
Highlights
Individually furnished
Heating
Blackout curtains
Ceiling fan
Premium bedding
Cookware/dishes/utensils
Shared/communal kitchen
Located on the top floor
- 18 sq m
- Sleeps 1
- 4 Single Bunk Beds
The Loft
Highlights
Individually furnished
Heating
Fridge
Smart TV
Blackout curtains
Ceiling fan
Premium bedding
Private bathroom
- 18 sq m
- Sleeps 2
- 1 Double Bed
Standard Double Room
Highlights
Individually furnished
Heating
Blackout curtains
Ceiling fan
Premium bedding
2 bathrooms
Cookware/dishes/utensils
Shared/communal kitchen
- 25 sq m
- Sleeps 2
- 1 Double Bed
Twin Room
Highlights
Individually furnished
Heating
Blackout curtains
Ceiling fan
Premium bedding
2 bathrooms
Cookware/dishes/utensils
Shared/communal kitchen
- 25 sq m
- Sleeps 2
- 2 Single Beds
Bed in 8-Bed Female Domitory Room
Highlights
Individually furnished
Heating
Blackout curtains
Ceiling fan
Premium bedding
Cookware/dishes/utensils
Shared/communal kitchen
Located on the top floor
- 18 sq m
- Sleeps 1
- 4 Single Bunk Beds
Bed in 10-Bed Female Dormitory Room
Highlights
Individually furnished
Heating
Blackout curtains
Ceiling fan
Premium bedding
Private bathroom
Cookware/dishes/utensils
Shared/communal kitchen
- 18 sq m
- Sleeps 1
- 4 Single Bunk Beds
Deluxe Studio Suite
Highlights
Individually furnished
Heating
Blackout curtains
Ceiling fan
Premium bedding
Private bathroom
Free bottled water
Shared/communal kitchen
- Sleeps 3
- 1 King Bed and 1 Single Sofa Bed
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About the area
302 Fox Street, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2094
About this property
CURIOCITY Johannesburg - Hostel
When you stay at CURIOCITY Johannesburg - Hostel, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Gold Reef City Casino and Melrose Arch Shopping Centre. You can unwind with a drink at the bar/lounge and the Hot tub makes for a relaxing end to the day. Other features include a snack bar/deli, a terrace and a garden. Public transportation is close by: Ellis Park Station is only 10 minutes on foot.
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Dining
The HideOut Bar – This bar specialises in local cuisine and serves breakfast and lunch.
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CURIOCITY Johannesburg - Hostel Reviews
7.6
Good
8.0/10
Cleanliness
8.4/10
Staff & service
6.6/10
Amenities
7.6/10
Property conditions & facilities
7.4/10
Eco-friendliness
6/10 Good
Ok.
O melhor do hostel é o staff. Friendly, helpful and happy. Localização é ok. Perto de vários bares e restaurantes. As instalações, pelo menos o meu quarto, eram ok, mas deixavam a desejar pelas fotos. Mas voltaria a me hospedar
Verified traveller
2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
I loved it
Clean, comfy and attentive and super friendly friendly staff.. The food was delicious
RP
RP, 1-night trip
8/10 Very good
Agreable endroit dans un quartier agreable
Verified traveller
1-night trip
8/10 Very good
Overall decent stay. There are nice kitchen facilities, but the showers have low water pressure and it’s hard to regulate the temperature. The bar downstairs can make it a bit noisy, but not too bad. Lots of good restaurants around the neighborhood.
Amy
Amy, 4-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
The staff was very helpful and arranged tours and trip to airport, helped with Wi-fi connection, and warned about streets to avoid when walking to Downtown.
Erik
Erik, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Love the vibe here. The place has some fun activities! It’s very chill and clean.
Verified traveller
1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Easy check in and my private room was exactly what I needed and comfortable
Verified traveller
1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Auberge très agréable, propose de nombreuses activités.
La rue est sécurisé sur 4 blocs et il y a accès à de nombreux cafés, restaurants, bars.
Aurélien
Aurélien, 2-night trip
4/10 Fair
Not so god
Laura a
Laura a, 1-night trip
8/10 Very good
Awesome staff & nice space
The staff was awesome--incredibly friendly and helpful. They went above and beyond to ensure that guests were taken care of, even to the point of providing an escort to walk me to the pickup point and wait with me for my tour bus. I enjoyed an excellent coffee at the bar in the morning on my final day.
This hotel is very accommodating as far as luggage storage, and they also have safes for valuables. We did have an extended power outage, but this was not the hotel's fault. My room was spacious and linens clean.
Overall, I was happy with the experience, despite being a bit disappointed that the area was not safely walkable for a solo tourist.
Verified traveller
2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Curiocity and Maboneng are truly gems of Joburg
It's rare that I give perfect marks across the board, but Curiocity earned it! I booked 2-weeks at Curiocity via Hotels.com, and they put me in their sister hotel (12 Decades) right down the street. From what I gather, Curiocity is the hostel and 12-Decades is the hotel.
I was absolutely impressed! The staff were great, the hotel itself was awesome (it is an art-themed hotel, and each room has a different motif), and the neighborhood is wonderful. Maboneng is an ultra-hip part of Johannesburg with great cuisine (PataPata, Ravioli, Soul Souvlaki, Bertrand's cafe) and a really cool vibe. I'm a bit of a straight-laced guy, but even I loved the bohemian feel of the area.
The only con was that the wi-fi was sometimes difficult to connect to.
I absolutely recommend Curiocity, and would stay there again in a heart-beat.
Jacob
Jacob, 12-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
I had an amazing time at this hostel. Really clean and great staff. Beds are really nice and free WiFi is always great. Great okace to meet new people and go in tours in the city. But be warned as while the block it is on is really nice, the larger neighborhood I did not feel was very safe at all.
maxwell
maxwell, 1-night trip
8/10 Very good
One of a kind
Fantastic artsy place, original and unique, as were all the rooms too. Very cool. Great locations with plenty of places to eat up and down the street. The side of our bedding wasn't the cleanest, as a booger was found, but given the overall cleanliness of the entire place and the rest of our room I'm chalking that up to an anomaly. I highly recommend for the creative rooms and uniqueness of them all.
Skip
Skip, 1-night trip
4/10 Fair
Hostel que quer ser "moderninho"
Deixa muito a desejar, grupo de hóspedes que acham que é o dono do Hotel, gritam a noite inteira, sem a menor preocupação com os outros hóspedes, sem ação dos funcionários...
Bairro que só funciona no fds...fora isso o lugar é morto....., não se pode caminhar em nenhuma outra rua do bairro, por questão de segurança (recomendação do próprio hotel)....
Moises
Moises, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Good times
Had a blast! Staff is top notch. I will be back again.
Verified traveller
1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Best BackPackers in Johannesburg
Favorite night stay in Johannesburg was at Curiocity. The staff is friendly and the environment welcoming. Very clean with great Wifi! Best part is the comfortable beds. I slept like a baby. Highly recommended!
Michelle
Michelle, 1-night trip
2/10 Poor
Such a great place, even bedbugs want to stay here
So the place is nice, the neighborhood is amazing - but I got bedbugs in one of the dorm... They did wash my clothes, they did change the bed in the room, so should be ok now. This happens I guess, but I would have appreciate a reimbursement of that night at least, as I spent about 9-10 days there!
ELISABETH
8/10 Very good
Staff is very helpful about how to get around Johannesburg safely. Located in Maboneng which is a small area that is walkable during the daytime, hip and upcoming area with good restaurants. A great deal for the price, and many interesting people to meet!
Verified traveller
1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Holidays in Johannesburg
The staff is very nice. Excellent people. Very friendly. Very nice hostel. I would really appreciate this place. Thanks
Federico
Federico, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Felt like home
I met so many amazing people at the hostel. I never was alone my entire solo trip and felt completely at home. I highly recommend staying there.
Diane R
Diane R, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Beautiful accommodation in hip Maboneng
Our room in the 12 Decades art hotel (booked through Curiocity) was fantastic, the staff was friendly and helpful and the food in the area was awesome. Great urban art and entrepreneurship in Maboneng!
Verified traveller
2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Hidden Gem Hostel
My first experience staying in or near a hostel. The hostel had a hotel about a block away from the hostel that I stayed at and I was blown away! I ended up stay in 3 of the 12 themed rooms at the Decades Hotel. So beautifully decorated and thoughtful. The staff was friendly, accommodating, and all around amazing at the hostel and the hotel. I quickly felt right at home there! I couldn't have asked for a better experience staying a Curiocity Backpackers and the 12 Decades Hotel!
Caroline
Caroline, 2-night trip
8/10 Very good
Decade
Tout était bien sauf les tours organisés par l'Auberge, la durée a été écourtée dans les 2 tours et rapport qualité/prix pas bon.
Nous couchions au Decade soit à 2 coins de rue de la réception de l'Auberge lui-même, peut-être désagréable.
Quartier OK, les terrasses bien.
Verified traveller
3-night trip
8/10 Very good
Lively Hostel
This is a great hostel if you want to meet people. Always people around and a lively scene, you won't ever need for entertainment.
Verified traveller
1-night trip
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