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Killarney Railway Hostel Reviews

Fair Hill, Co. Kerry, Killarney, Ireland

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Reviews of Killarney Railway Hostel

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96%

My favourite hostel in Killarney. Ive stayed in a number of them now. This is the best from my experience so far for what I need. Parking, good internet, good kitchen, and our private room was excellent. Mind you I stayed in the dorms last time and they are good too. Very good value compared to other places in town. Staff are great too, very helpful and friendly. I will be stopping here from now on on my work visits.

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Thanks a million for your excellent review James. Hope to see you again some time soon.

100%

Don't miss this hostel! Definitely the friendliest staff in Ireland, possibly in all of Europe. Great location just around the corner from the train station, and easy to get from there to town. Staff very helpful if you'd like to book tours right there or need any other info. Fast internet. My room was clean and spacious. Large kitchen and they'll do your laundry for you. The woman on duty let me sit there and wait for my train half a day after I'd already checked out, which was great.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 09 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • South Africa
  • Female 18-24
  • (6 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thanks a million for your delightful review Maria. Great to have met you and all the best for 2012.

93%

very good hostel, the staff is very friendly and the room were clean. missing just a small bedside table with lamp and a carpet in the bathroom to be perfect

  • Novice Nomad
  • 07 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • France
  • Couple 18-24
  • (3 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thanking you for your informative and nice review of your stay with us. All the best for 2012 and hope to see you back in killarney again some time.

53%

There was no atmohphere whatsoever about the place and the staff were so unhelpful. We asked about places to go out for music and drinks and the reply was "dunno". She tried to give us one key card between 3. The shower had someone elses body hair in it and the shower sprayed water over the top of the door destroying the whole place.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 05 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Ireland
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hello Sarah and good to hear from you. Thank you for your helpful comments. Apologies that your stay was not to your expectation and for this reason reviews are helpful for us going forward to enable us improve in all areas. The Shower head was a little damaged in your room after the festive period and thankfully this is now fully repaired. The staff member on duty on check-in was obviously having a bad day for some reason. We are usually a happy bunch!! Must be the January blues!! Again good to hear from you and all the best for 2012.

80%

Room was a bit messy

  • Novice Nomad
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • New Zealand
  • Mixed Group 25-30
  • (5 reviews)


73%

The walls are thin enough that we could hear everything going on in the common areas, but in general it was a comfortable place to stay. No complaints about the staff and the whole place was decently clean.


80%

good location near train/bus station. no bar on site but loads locally

  • Novice Nomad
  • 03 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Ireland
  • Male 31-40
  • (2 reviews)


100%

I enjoyed my stay in the railway hostel. The only complaint i would have is the noise of banging doors and people talking along the corridor. Other then that i thought it was a fab hostel with very friendly staff.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 26 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Ireland
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)


90%

We spent the weekend here for a stag. The staff was excellent and were very friendly and could not do enough to help us. We would recommend it to anyone. We had the 6 bed rm-ensuite for both nights and a twin bed rm for one night.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 18 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Ireland
  • Male 31-40
  • (2 reviews)


56%

I ordered an ensuite room and I discovered then that the bathroom was in common with the other people. The room, in particular the shhets and the duvet were very dirty!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 12 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Italy
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Giovanna, we appreciate your comments and all reviews on this website as they prove very helpful for us going forward. However on this occasion we would like to point out the fact that you did indeed book a 3 bed NON-ENSUITE room through the Hostelworld system and not an EN-SUITE room as you incorrectly pointed out. Also our reception is available 24 hours a day to deal with all guest requests and complaints. On this occasion we would have moved you to another ENSUITE room no problem.

100%

fantastic hostel with superb and very helpful staff

  • Novice Nomad
  • 29 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Ireland
  • Mixed Group 18-24
  • (1 review)


80%

comfy beds, good sized kitchen, great location, parking was great for us, dorm rooms were a bit cramped - we had spare beds so it was fine, but there wasn't a lot of space for 6 bags in the 6 bed dorm

  • Novice Nomad
  • 21 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Couple 25-30
  • (3 reviews)


80%

Confortable beds in the shared room. The hostel is quite big, with enough space in kitchen and TV room. Good hostel.


76%

This is not the frist time I sleept in an hostel and my former experiences allow me to say that the railway hostel of Killarney is pretty but too''basic'' and need some improvements : -the breakfast (included in the price) is too poor (only corn flakes coffee and tea) some bread, jam, cheese and ham are a few things that make a good breakfirst and so a good hostel ! - the beds was not clean,the bathroon was realy dirty and the only sink for 8 persons was clogged... - buliding too noisy !

  • Novice Nomad
  • 08 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • France
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)


93%

Very good location, near train & bus stations and walking distance to a lot of main attractions. Cute names for rooms & bathrooms are well maintained & clean. "Private" rooms were not too much more $ and were well worth the space & privacy, plus they came with free towels. Would definitely stay again.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 08 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female 18-24
  • (2 reviews)


100%

To be honest I could not speak more highly of Killarney Railway Hostel..On arrival, even though they were extremely busy and I only have booked for four people they managed to accommodate an extra two of my friends and managed to get us all into the same dorm which was brilliant..The dorm was spotless and the beds were very comfy..The Hostel is less than 2 minutes walk from town which is great if your planing a night out there!!10/10 for everything, we will definitely be staying here again!!!!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 08 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Ireland
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)


80%

Great Hostel!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 07 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Ireland
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)


83%

Bed was a bit too hard. It was a little too cold during the night - there was no way to adjust the heating.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 05 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Denmark
  • Mixed Group 25-30
  • (1 review)


83%

Nice Hostel, close to the trainstation and towncentre, clean and nice double-room and kitchen, lovely pictures on the walls inside the house, friendly staff.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 02 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Male 25-30
  • (2 reviews)


46%

sorry but we did ent enjoy our stay there as it was very cold and damp and no hot water we also had a guy come into our room at 4:30 am when we where sleeping and he scared the life out of us we dont know how he got in and we also had people shouting from the other side of the door listening to what we where saying there was no privecy and to much noise at night time to even sleep iam sorry to say but we won't be staying at this hostel again but we would like to thank you for everything.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 23 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Ireland
  • Couple 25-30
  • (1 review)


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  • 20 Jan 2012 (96%)
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