Kinlay House (Dublin) Reviews

Kinlay House (Dublin) Youth Hostel National

Description:2-12 Lord Edward Street, Dublin 2. Tel:+353-(0)1-679-6644

Newest Review: ... if you needed to find out anything, such as directions to places. Kinlay House is a really big hostel, with 4 floors. Our room was on the top floor - one big disadvantage was that due to the high ceilings it was quite a trek up old wooden stairs to the top. We managed to get a twin room, as I didn?t want to share with strangers, but there are large dorms available which can either be ... more

 ... single or mixed. Obviously the twin room was more expensive than if you opted for a larger room, but it was still very reasonable - £40 (Irish punts) for the two of us, and included a basic breakfast of toast, tea or coffee, orange juice, cereal and a...more

Customer Kinlay House (Dublin) Reviews (2)

Belfastgirl
Kinlay House (Dublin): Great for the cost! (673 words)
by - written on 07/07/01, updated on  07/07/01 (Very useful, 147 readings)
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Recently, myself and my boyfriend went to Dublin for a concert, and being students, we needed somewhere reasonably priced to stay. I logged onto http://www.usitnow.co.uk - one of the main student travel companies in the UK, which provides the International Student Identity cards, did a quick search and up came Kinlay House. Kinlay House is recommended by Usit, and so we were confident that it would be a clean, reasonable place. It was easy to book, just one phone call and providing your credit or debit card details by way of deposit. Kinlay House is right in the centre of the City, near a lot of the attractions - literally across the road from ...  Read the complete review

cool+kitty
Unsuitable (248 words)
by - written on 19/07/00, updated on  19/07/00 (Useful, 279 readings)
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I recently went to Dublin on a trip.We were acommodated at Kinlay House.I shared a room with 6 of my friends.The room was very cramped and almost clostrophobic.The beds were bunk beds which were comfortable.But our room happened to be outside the main road so getting to sleep was a problem.There was quite a bit of storage space,a chair,plugs and a bin.At night the room became hot and humid..but little could be done as the windows did not fully open. In the morning to my shock I found the toilets were uni sex.Which wasn't pleasent for a young girl when she saw old men coming out of there.They were grubby and were not cleaned whilst we were there.I ...  Read the complete review