We stayed in a 2 person room for 3 nights. It is purely a very basic room to base yourself in when you're in Phuket. Its not in a very lively area, Phuket Town has very little to offer tourists especially at night. It was nice to walk the town and see Phuket Old Town but otherwise its probably better to stay somewhere else if you're looking for a busy area with lots to see and do.
Walking into the dorm area isn't very welcoming. Its down a passage and then there are 5 levels and flights of stairs.
Overall it is very basic, a plain room and basic bathroom facilities to base yourself if you have plans on exploring all of Phuket. You won't be spending much time in your room!
Hire a scooter, but check if there's fuel because they don't fill up for you.

I stayed in Phuket backpacker for 6 days whilst I was visiting the island.

Firstly, the facilities are basic but absoutely fine - they have everything you need. Dorms are in 4s or 10s, you can also get a private room with AC if you want too, there is a common room and a chillout zone and access to a computer if you need it.

Secondly, the location of the hostel is great, it is next door to a 7/11 where all the local buses leave from, its roughly a 20minute journey to kata beach or 20minutes the other way to Chalong where you can visit big buddha (the biggest buddha temple in Thailand).

Finally, the real selling point of the hostel (for me and a lot of people I met there) is the staff and the atmosphere there, they are mega fun and are only too happy to help you if you have any questions.

Highly recommended hostel!!!! :)

As mentioned the rooms have everything you need. Warm water...ac etc. Its clean and after a horrible matraze in koh phi phi it was pretty comfi. I would not come back here because of the extremely bad service..this is a huge part of a hostels personality. The staff was never able to give us good advice about any activity concerning phuket. Businformation you could ask any randomn and ull know better. They sent us by bus to the big buddha not knowing that the bus doesnt bring u up there the 6 km steep hill to the buddha u have to take a cab for extra 200-300 goin down no way if u havent told the same cabdriver to pick u up one hour later and then u pay again. Nothing like that was mentioned ..going down we luckily found people in a rentalcar and they took us in the back - otherwise taxidrivercharge u extreme prices. That was only one example ...asking them about any info concerning taxi or bus whatever just makes no sense! (I mean checking things like that out on the internet could be one thing but thete is nothing better than asking the locals - they just know it) Also asked for a simple orange banana juice ( said extra without yoghurt a few times - since milkproducts and orange is not working together) but they just didnt care charged me 99 baht and that wasit. As i
said the rooms i can recommand but the rest made me quite disappointed.