Paddy's Palace 5 Gardiner Street Lower, County Dublin

"It's a hostel impersonating a B&B. 3rd floor walk-up, broken recliner with cobwebs and dirt, unfinished makeover, no television, no phone, one towel per person, no coffee or tea in room, no vending or ice machines..."

"Great place. Not too luxurious, nor excellent breakfast but enough for me. If you stay there take into account that the ensuite rooms have no toilet inside and the day tour are too tiring (too many hours seated in a coach seat). Staff is very nice and they will help you any way they can. Would I repeat? In the hostel, of course. The tours...maybe those that don't around the city."

"If it was possible it would get -5. Worst hostel I've stayed in and I've stayed in many all over Europe. Bad experience started before I got there, tried to make a change to my booking was told they were too busy on the phone and to email. On arrival they hadn't made the changes and were reluctant to do so. Incredibly rude and unfriendly. Staff let you into a building your card key is only for your room. Me and my friend stayed in a 4bedroom, the mirror had been ripped off the wall and there was only one plug socket, which was loose from the wall and only one socket worked. The floor shared shower room was dank and mouldy, the toilet room only marginally better. My friend went to complain about the mirror at reception and was told "if you want a mirror go and buy one from the shops, this is a hostel, what do you expect?". To add to this the window in our bedroom wouldn't close and was incredibly noisey. The little heater provided in the bedroom didn't give off much heat. The wifi doesn't work, my friend was told it would be getting fixed next week. On reading the reviews however it seems it hasn't been working for months. The bed linen was clean is about the only plus point. No lockers in rooms. We were charged 5€'s each deposit for our room card keys. When we went to check out we were told it had only been written down as 5€ (despite it being 5€ per card) and were refused the deposit back for one of the keys. Zero atmosphere in the hostel either. Avoid this hostel it's worth spending a little extra to stay elsewhere."

"The bed was nice. I had a 6share room however there was only two power points in one section of the room. The other room mates may have hogged up all the power.. so you might need to charge your devices when they are out The kitchen was small, not much provided for breakfast and i wasn't able to locate if they provided any juice. Other than that, bed was comfy. I got a good nights sleep."

"The staff is friendly and helpful, and the hostel is nicer than most hostels! There are no lockers in the room, and the housekeeping could be improved. But I had a great experience! We had 8 in our group and we had the entire 10-bed room to ourselves!"