Gardiner House Hostel 76 Gardiner Street Upper, County Dublin D01 E4E3

"Some rooms are close to a lift, which can be disturbing at night. You have to show your card every time before entering and we had to wait for reception to open the door for us a few times during the night. An automatic card system would make it much easier. On a positive note, the location of the hostel is really good and there is a common room and kitchen."

"Did the job! We had a private bunk bed room, which was perfect abd big enough for 2 on a quick city break. All the toilets/bathrooms/facilities were clean good quality. Plenty of choice at breakfast too."

"This was my first hostel experience and I had a wonderful time. 3 nights in Dublin, in a dorm with 5 other girls. Beds were comfortable and clean. It was sometimes a little noisy with people walking upstairs but I brought earplugs and always fell asleep quickly. The free breakfast was pretty simple (toast, cereal, fruit, tea) but delicious and more than satisfactory. I really enjoyed the patio out back with picnic tables — that’s usually where I had my morning tea. Staff were always helpful and offered to keep my luggage for a few hours after I checked out, so I didn’t need to lug it around the city. I will definitely come back here if I am in Dublin again!"

"I stayed only for one night in one of the Chapel rooms, keep that in mind as I did not experience most things on offer (E.G: breakfast). The staff are friendly and knowledgeable, the building and various rooms look great and have a nice friendly culture to it. The bedroom itself (18 person shared dorm) was really nice, the bed had been made and it was clean (and smelled clean) though I would always suggest using your own bed/pillow covers. There was decent room to put away everything including a small locker under the bed. The bathrooms are the cleanest I've seen from a hostel and there are many. Overall it was a great hostel experience, not a single issue for my one day stay. I would love to come back to this hostel if I return to Dublin. Big thank you to the staff for being friendly and keeping everything clean."

"The hostel is clean and the people are nice but the location is not ideal and a bit far from downtown. I slept one night in room 6A called the "chapel experience". This is a dorm of 16 beds which corresponds to what i had booked. But this dorm is not a nice place to sleep at. There are no curtains on the windows and this room serves as an entrance to a second 16 bed dorm (room 6B) making it an almost 32 bed dorm. People were coming and going all night. This coupled with the broad day light at 6 am and the night is ruined. On top of that, the price of the night was pretty expensive (around 60€). The breakfast is OK but nothing phenomenal. I tried two different bathrooms and none of them had hot water. There are other hostels in Dublin offering a better service and location for much cheaper. To sum up, the chapel experience is a pretty bad one. I hope the other dorms of this hostel are better than the one I slept at."