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Arts Factory By Nomads

2.0 star property
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December 2024
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Breakfast, lunch and dinner served
Cafe
Aerial view
In-room safe, WiFi, bed sheets
Reception

Reviews

7.4 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Laundry
    Laundry

Explore the area

Map
Skinners Shoot Road, Byron Bay, NSW, 2481
  • Cumbebin Swamp Nature Reserve
    1 min walk
  • Byron Community Market
    10 min walk
  • Byron Tourist Information Centre
    11 min walk
  • Byron Bay, NSW (QYN)
    15 min walk

Room options

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In-room safe, WiFi, bed sheets

10 Share Space

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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In-room safe, WiFi, bed sheets

6 Share Space

  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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In-room safe, WiFi, bed sheets

6 Share Female Space

  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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10 Share Teepee

10 Share Teepee

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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In-room safe, WiFi, bed sheets

10 Share Female Lakeside Cottage

  • 50 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Cube Double (Shared Bathroom)

Cube Double (Shared Bathroom)

  • 8 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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In-room safe, WiFi, bed sheets

Cube Twin (Shared Bathroom)

  • 8 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Cosy Corner Suite

Cosy Corner Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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In-room safe, WiFi, bed sheets

8 Share Female Pentagon

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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In-room safe, WiFi, bed sheets

10 Share Wagon

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Island Retreat Twin (Shared Bathroom)

Island Retreat Twin (Shared Bathroom)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Byron Bay

With a stay at Arts Factory By Nomads in Byron Bay, you'll be near the beach, just a 1-minute walk from Cumbebin Swamp Nature Reserve and 10 minutes by foot from Byron Community Market. .This lodge is 0.9 mi (1.4 km) from Main Beach and 0.9 mi (1.5 km) from Belongil Beach.
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What's nearby

  • Main Beach - 17 min walk - 1.4 km
  • The Pass - 5 min drive - 3.5 km
  • Clarkes Beach - 7 min drive - 2.8 km
  • Cape Byron Lighthouse - 7 min drive - 4.6 km
  • Wategos Beach - 8 min drive - 4.2 km

Getting around

  • Mullumbimby Station - 18 min drive
  • Coolangatta Airport (OOL) - 46 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Great Northern Kitchen - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Balcony Bar & Restaurant - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Bayleaf Cafe - ‬13 min walk
  • ‪Railway Friendly Bar, Byron Bay, NSW - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Santos Organics - ‬14 min walk

About this property

Arts Factory By Nomads

Adults-only lodge with area shuttle service and a 24-hour front desk
Arts Factory By Nomads offers 50 accommodations with safes. In-room wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. Guests can make use of the shared/communal kitchen. Bathrooms include showers. Housekeeping is offered daily and in-room massages can be requested.
Recreational amenities at the lodge include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 50 guestrooms. Prepare your meals in the shared/communal kitchen. Wireless internet access (surcharge) is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms with showers are provided.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. Additional amenities at this lodge include wireless internet access (surcharge), an arcade/game room, and tour/ticket assistance. Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the complimentary area shuttle.
Satisfy your appetite at Cafe and Juicebar, a café which features a bar/lounge. Dining is also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Cafe and Juicebar - This café serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.

Languages

Dutch, English, German, Italian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: WiFi (AUD 4 per hour)
  • Available in some public areas: WiFi (AUD 4 per hour)

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Free local area shuttle

Food and drink

  • Cooked-to-order breakfast available for a fee daily: AUD 6-28 per person
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 bar

Restaurants on site

  • Cafe and Juicebar

Things to do

  • Arcade/games room
  • Basketball
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Outdoor pool
  • Volleyball

Conveniences

  • ATM/banking services
  • Lift
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Well-lit path to entrance

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Shower
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Shared kitchen access

More

  • In-room massage
  • Mobile key entry
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9 PM
Contactless check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children younger than 18 are not allowed at this adults-only property; all guests 18 and older are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately AUD 6 to 28 per person
  • Fee for in-room wireless internet: AUD 4 per hour (rates may vary)
  • Fee for wireless internet in public areas: AUD 4 per hour (rates may vary)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit

We should mention

Guests under 18 years old are not permitted at this adults-only property

Property is also known as

Arts Factory Byron Bay
Arts Factory Lodge
Arts Factory Lodge Byron Bay
The Arts Factory Backpackers Hotel Byron Bay
Arts Factory
Arts Factory Lodge
Arts Factory By Nomads Lodge
Arts Factory By Nomads Byron Bay
Arts Factory By Nomads Lodge Byron Bay

Arts Factory By Nomads Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

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Rating 4 - Poor. 23 out of 232 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 15 out of 232 reviews" "

6.8/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Julz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent value for money Friendly helpful staff
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Zoe

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

4/10 Poor

Sauli

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Kitchen dirty and not much kitchen utensils and all in bad condition. The beds in the teepee didn't have blanket so it was cold to sleep. Noisy.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Randy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall it’s a good place to stay .
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Owen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Fun and funky, good showers and nice room
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Luciano

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Everything was great. Highly recommended. Will return. Toilets could be cleaner as my only gripe.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Caitlyn

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
ew! worst place ever stayed nothing about it was nice, the bathrooms were vile plasters, mud and hair all over the floors. the room didn’t have an aircon so it was like being in a sauna there was a fan in one corner that you couldn’t move and it just blew out hot air, the bed was rock solid! the kitchen was a mess! if you have a car the parking lot was full of pot holes! it’s about 20 mins walk to the beach
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

WEI-FEN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Dean

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Oil squeaky doors...how can staff not hear them! Bathrooms and Kitchens (due to sloppy customers and food bandit turkeys) need to be checked/cleaned more often.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Molly

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Do not recommend
Myself and a friend decided to stay in the Arts Factory, for a two day stay in Byron Bay. We have been travelling Australia for 4 weeks at this stage and when we turned up we received weird looks, I assume this was due to not looking a certain way, and having suitcases. The hostel is located among a significant amount of greenery (almost forest-like) and is at the end of a road with no street lights, which is very unnerving when walking home late at night. As a result, a car leaving the hostel during the night proceeded to beep and scream at myself and my friend when we were walking home alone in the dark. We stayed in the Cosy Corner, and this was a private room with a sitting room attached. Upon checking in, we noticed that this room was unclean with chewing gum on several walls, dirty sofa, dirty curtains and a bathroom which had mould and no hand soap present. When we entered this room, someone attempted to open the sitting room door, which was very unsettling and the curtains do not close properly, leaving you visible from the bed. This level of cleanliness followed into the shared bathrooms, which were covered in urine. We made the decision to vacate the hostel a night early and rearranged our trip to leave Byron Bay, a day earlier, as this experience tainted our view of Byron Bay as a location. Luckily, the manager agreed to issue a refund for this extra night which we did not stay, which was appreciated. However, I would not recommend staying here
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Claudie

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The forest setting was beautiful but the filth especially in the way that soiled toilet paper was visible on a tour that I took of the camping area. I was trying to run away from the horrible doof music that was playing on my first night there. It was a shame to spoil the quiet with such rubbish. The last night music offering was better. The staff were willing to refund me my money but last minute didn’t so I had to put up with an isolated filthy place. I will not be booking accommodation with you again !
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Fabian

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Dirty kitchen, dirty and stinky room, dirty fridge, noise and loud people, no control by the staff, people smokes on kitchen and dining area. Terrible stay. its owned by nomads.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mathilde

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hostel with good vibes, the room was perfectly clean, quiet during the night, the bathrooms were ok, the shared kitchen is big, well equipped and pretty clean ! Very hippie vibes, a little bit to much for me but it’s very personal :)
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Jacqui

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My first experience at a backpackers - enjoyed the vibe and the staff were super helpful. The cafe has excellent coffee (that’s coming from a Melbourne coffee snob) and breaky at affordable prices.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The staff was unreal and the environment was really good just had good time
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Nathalie

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Ryan

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Everywhere was dirty and unclean. Got bitten in the night.

8/10 Good

Patricia

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The toilets could be cleaned a bit more - not sure how often they were but it doesn't take much for them to get grubby being a backpackers
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

craig

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

Matthew

Liked: Staff & service

8/10 Good

Luciano

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic loved everything and would stay again! Only had one issue - needed cleaner toilets / bathroom

8/10 Good

WING YAN

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A good stay with reasonable price. Good location if you go there by coach. Have own lounge. You can drop your bags before check-in and after checkout. Staffs are nice.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

2/10 Terrible

Jason

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Filthy, disappointing, not worth the money
Reception staff were friendly & helpful, location was pretty good but for the price there are so many other places closer to town that would cost around the same. The hostel was filthy, the floors were covered in dust & dirt constantly, the bathroom was cleaned once in the week we were there, the kitchen was absolutely disgusting, bins overflowing, old food sitting out stuck to the sides & dirty plates and pans just sitting in the sink… it would have been fine for a night or 2 but after that we were fed up. No aircon as advertised - just a fan in the room stuck facing the floor… the lights didn’t work in the room either! Wifi barely worked & in the room even the 4G signal was poor. Pool wasn’t cleaned once in the week we were there & full of leaves & debris. Other guests left empty cans/bottles/rubbish around in the communal areas so it was difficult to enjoy the creek view being surrounded by mess… Hugely disappointed as I was looking forward to Byron Bay but the hostel kind of ruined it for me…
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2022