Review of Happy Apple Backpackers 4*

RUDE STAFF! AVOID GOING! I'm giving this horrible place one star only because a rank of zero stars isn't possible. Be sure to wipe your dishes with a towl after washing them, or else the staff would scream at you for "leaving the kitchen dirty" even if you did an honest mistake. My two friends and I just finished a 5 day hike in the Nelson Lakes national preserve. We cooked dinner, ate, and wash the dishes. Just when we got ready to go to bed, the bizzar saga begun. Thr female manager accused me personally for leaving the kitchen dirty after she "saw it in the cameras" (The staff actually looks in the cameras every night when the kitchen isn't left clean in order to find the "suspects" and either scream at them or kick them out of the hostel). When I said it's not true, they took me to the main office and THE MALE MANAGER ALMOST PHYSICALLY ATTACKED me while questioning me about "how on earth was I so rude for not wiping the dishes". When I said it was an honest mistake leaving the dishes washed clean to dry on the bench and that I'm not used to wiping stuff because in my country we have a dish stand (where dishes are left to dry), the man yelled "WELL YOU'RE NOT IN YOUR COUNTRY". They accused Asians (I'm not Asian) for "always leaving the dishes unwiped". They said they spent 16 years living in Asia — if that's true then don't be surprised when people aren't used to drying their dishes! This was just a tip of the edge in this bizzar one hour saga. This happened in february 18' but I didn't forget and don't mean to forgive. Definitely the worst experience I had in new zealand, by far! p. S. — even after they realized they crossed a line and made a serious mistake, they didn't apologize.