Reviews of Kinlay House

08 May 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Location, staff, upstairs common room (once i found it)

Disliked: The upstairs common room is hidden. The spanish workers sit in big groups and dominate certain areas, like the kitchen and common area.

06 May 2012 Jason would recommend this property

Liked: Great location and friendly staff.

Disliked: No lockers in rooms and you must pay 1 euro to lock your stuff in the storage room downstairs. Everything was fairly clean and in good shape. Breakfast was obviously nothing special but pretty normal for hostel living. Wifi was sketchy to say the least. Hard to get onto and maintain a connection to it. They really need to fix that.

06 May 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very good location, right next to all the bars.

Disliked: Bed linens are just disgusting. Staff are not that helpful when asking for directions. Bathrooms are not clean enough and the shower sucks.

02 May 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: AMAZING location, the nicest staff especially Andor :)

Disliked: There were a lot of older people in the hostel and in my 20 person dorm. They were very nice but I wasn´t expecting a breakfast room full of people in their 40s and 50s.

01 May 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: There was a friendly atmosphere and good facilities.

Disliked: You had to pay for lockers and so I didn't feel like my things were completely secure in the 16 bed dorm I was in, in addition, the door to the room wouldn't always close completely and so it would not lock and the bed I had was really creaky.

30 April 2012 Tony & Cynthea would recommend this property

Liked: Good location, have stayed a couple of times now Free Wifi, but lots of trouble connecting, and staying connected.

Disliked: all them stairs, lol Large bunk rooms on the top floor are split into "rooms" of two sets of bunks, a bit more private but there are no individual lights over the beds. It is one on, all on, not good when someone turns on the light at 2am to fossick in their bags. Also the very end room is opposite an emergency exit door, it is glass, floor to ceiling, and no blinds to stop light from outside, so that end room is very light, making sleep difficult

24 April 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Safe and extremely clean. Theme nights with free food was just the best.

Disliked: None of the other guests spoke English when I was there.

23 April 2012 Lidia would recommend this property

Liked: The environment and the people. Workers were very friendly.

Disliked: Few plugs. More plugs next to mirrors please!

18 April 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Everything! One of the best hostels I have stayed in, and I travel frequently!!

Disliked: The pillow was a bit thin and wifi a bit slow, but there was computers for access.

07 April 2012 Ramsay would recommend this property

Liked: Staff were fantastic -- friendly, knowledgeable, and always available. Outstanding location in the city centre, a stone's throw from all sorts of local hotspots. Breakfast was a nice extra, but don't expect it to tide you over for long.

Disliked: The downside of such a central location in the city is that the street outside is quite busy from the early morning until late at night. If you have a room facing the street, you may have trouble sleeping through the night (I did). Also, the walls can be a bit thin in places, so your neighbours play a big role in the quality of your stay.

31 March 2012 jamie would recommend this property

Liked: Great location and for a great price.

Disliked: Noisy at night next to busy road.

27 February 2012 Lucian would recommend this property

Liked: -

Disliked: -

20 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Excellent location for seeing everything Dublin has to offer. Lots of character and friendly guests and staff. Having breakfast (tea, toast cereal) included was a real bonus.

Disliked: If you're expecting brand new and swish you'll be disappointed - but who wants that when you've got character?!

20 February 2012 aline would recommend this property

Liked: Everything was alright! lot's of activities to do in the city are offered at the reception. Nice kitchen. Big common rooms. Very good Breakfast even at 9.00am while it finishes at 9.30am. Usually there's nothing left at that point. Friendly staff.

Disliked: Mixed shower rooms. Beds are absolutely uncomfy. You can feel all the move of the person who's under you and the matress are uncomfy as well.

15 February 2012 rachael would recommend this property

Liked: warm and friendly! cant wait to come back!!

Disliked: rachael left no negative feedback.

14 February 2012 Jack would recommend this property

Liked: Really central and right beside Temple Bar. Staff really helpful - nice crowd staying there.

Disliked: Nothing

25 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: It's central location, colourful decoration and kind staff.

Disliked: The walls between rooms were thin and I didn't get a towel or soap in the en-suite. Breakfast finished at 9:30 am - too early!

05 January 2012

Liked: Location

Disliked: Staff. Receptionist overcharged me and was grumpy.

30 December 2011 Jonas would recommend this property

Liked: Staff were really helpful and friendly. Clean, warm and they even gave me free pizza! I'll be back!!!

Disliked: Nothing

29 December 2011 Márcia would recommend this property

Liked: This hostel is fantastic, everything went fine the staff are friendly. Anyway I suggest for everybody.

Disliked: Márcia left no negative feedback.

07 December 2011 Danielle would recommend this property

Liked: Good location. Cool building. GREAT kitchen

Disliked: no wifi in the rooms, have to go to the lounge. Rooms are cold. No lockers in rooms.

04 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: the friendliness of the staff, they are amazing.

Disliked: breakfast was a little poor.

01 December 2011 Kristin would recommend this property

Liked: I liked the location, it was right in the center of everything, and right near temple bar. It was an easy walk to the bus station,

Disliked: I didnt like that there were no lockers, and that everyone kept their stuff out in cubbies.

10 November 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The location was excellent which for me is the most important thing.

Disliked: I was allowed to check in early and leave my bag in the room. The problem was that nobody informed house keeping of this arrangement and they moved my bag from the room and put it into a storage closet that only house keeping had access to. Fortunately I didn't have anything valuable in the bag but as a result I was hesitant to leave anything else at the hostel. The staff was fairly helpful and assisted in my finding the bag but ultimately it was an avoidable problem.

30 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: I liked that even though it was in the city centre, it never got loud in the building. I've been in plenty of hostels where I was unable to sleep because of the noise

Disliked: I can't quite think of anything I didn't like