Kinlay House Dublin Reviews

Great place, always love staying there. Slap bang in the middle of the action, and such a cool building. Cant be beaten in Dublin...

Lucas at the front desk was very helpful. He recommended the hostel pub crawl and it was a blast! Bathrooms weren't the fanciest but they were clean! We shared a 6 bed female room, the room wasn't even full for the 2 nights we stayed. It worked out great. The location was amazing! We could easily walk to everything we wanted to go to. Free breakfast was also a plus!

OK so I stayed in the 20 bed dorm on the top floor and this review is just for that part of the hostel. My bed the first three nights was a pain. The metal part on the bottom that the mattress rested on was held up in the middle by a zip tie. The other bunk I stayed in though was fine. There are no lockers in the rooms to securely store your things and the Showers are poop. Takes forever to heat up and once they do it's scalding hot. The staff though is friendly and helpful & bfast is free.

the room was fine and quiet. went down to common room to read before i wanted to sleep but didn't feel comfortable. there were people with bottles of alchohol who were behaving REALLY loudly. i found it very bad. otherwise, it was ok.

The hostel is an overall good place to stay in Dublin if a hostel is the route is taken. There are alot of bathrooms and wash facilities. THe ensuite rooms do have some drawbacks like the inability of the bathroom to vent steam and water after somebody takes a shower. I am saying in a 'ensuite' room and I tend to op for the showers in the male bathroom on the 100 leval floor. Most of the staff are really friendly but a few are sort of grumpy and seem like they don't want to work there.

Nice & cheap hostel, near from Temple Bar, a really nice part of Dublin. Not very luxurious, but very clean, with a welcoming common room (billard, DVDs, ...), a kitchen and a common room to eat and watch TV. Breakfast : ok, but not a lot of choice (no fruits, no chocolate, ...) => to improve.

I don't really give feedback unless I'm really pleased with my experience and I was exceptionally pleased with Kinlay house. Me and the girls actually spent quite a lot of the trip commenting on what a find it was (for the price we really weren't expecting a great deal). The staff were really helpful and enthusiastic, the location is AMAZING and the building itself has got great character. Top Marks - really.

Perfect location. Warm and kind welcoming staff.

I loved everything about this place! If I ever go to Dublin again, Kinlay house will be def the place where Id love to stay! Brilliant! Id give 11 out of 10 :)

Security in the 20 bed rooms is bad. Besides that it's fine.

Bon accueil, personnel très disponible et à l'écoute. Petit déjeuner offert très sympa. Baisser le chauffages dans les salles communes peut se révéler être une bonne idée.

Unfortunately, the lights didn't work in one of our rooms during our stay (except for the bathroom) - the staff was very considerate and offered for us to change rooms however it wasn't worth the time and energy as we were only staying for the night and leaving first thing in the morning.

Loved our stay here. Its really central in Dublin, the rooms were clean, good value and there was hot water and good water pressure in the shower :)

Hostel had just opened after repairs but things still weren't finished/fixed! The 1st night\repairmen came in to install the smoke detectors after we were asleep (1-we paid for a private to avoid night noise 2-safety features should be installed rooms are rented) Hot water in one room didn't work. Even once tap fixed the shower was always freezing. On arrival we were told luggage room was available; when we checked out they said we'd have to pay. Staff suggestions ok to get drunk, not much else

Hostel was great! The only thing I didn't like was that there was construction going on that we weren't aware of. Otherwise the staff were incredibly friendly and helpful!

I actually stayed at Avalon House- Kinlay's sister hostel (there were renovations at the time I was supposed to be at Kinlay House!)

Really great location for a city tripping. Bald Barista on the side is a huge plus too. The rooms, lockers and the staff are OK.

nous n'étions pas informés de travaux dans l'hotel, nous ayant amenés à être relogés. Pour une prestation égale nous avons dû payer un supplément (+ 10 euros par nuit réduits à 5 euros pour le dérangement!). L'hotel de remplacement était très accueillant et bien situé aussi. Nous aurions tout de même aimé être informés de l'impossibilité de nous recevoir avant de le constater sur place... et le supplément, plutôt qu'être réduit aurait pu être effacé!

Really good hostel, friendly and helpful staff and in an excellent location! Would also really recommend the free guided walk!

Kinlay House, and it's partner hostel Avalon House was an incredible find, and a great deal for its price. It was warm, quiet and clean, which was exactly what we wanted to come back to at the end of a long day touring Dublin and the nearby countryside. Thank you as well, to the awesome cafe next to Avalon House, The Bald Barista!