Kinlay House Dublin

This hostel was great in all aspects, except if you dont like noisy rooms. There was constant auto traffic, and if felt like the bed could have been on the road. If you stay in the double bed room facing the main street, dont expect to get much sleep after about 7am. There are tons of busses that stop on both sides of the street in front of the hostel and when they take off from a stop, they make tons of noise.

But like i said, the hostel was great in all other aspects. Great location, friendly staff. maybe the other rooms not on the main street are a little quieter...

Kinlay House Dublin was hard to find, at least for me and my friend Dave. From the airport, we took the Bus 123 that travelled to O'Connell St. From O'Connell, we walked to Lord Edward Street...thinking that it would be closer. As fate would have it, it took us almost an hour of walking trying to find the hostel. We didn't realized that Lord Edward St. was Dame St...somewhere in the middle of Dame St. it changed to Lord Edward St. This is the only hostel we could find that's available and closer to Temple Bar District. It's not a bad location once you get yourself accquainted with the area. The rooms were alright. It has that "old" smell and look. So my advice, keep the windows open. The staff wasn't friendly or rude, they're just there to check you in and out. Don't forget your AC converter, you'll end up buying for 6 EUR. The rooms have no footlocker so don't forget your locks in your backpack. They have a safe for your valuables and a one time fee of 3 EUR. The bathroom was okay. The doors have no lock and it's not very clean. Hot water wasn't working and the water was freezin' cold! The hostel has a lot of groups and it can get noisy at times.