Kinlay Hostel Eyre Square Reviews

Kinsay is the thumbs up hostel having the friendliest staff, awesome location & super clean rooms. It is slightly pricey but it includes breakfast and has the strictest security ever. For taller people, choose the upper deck as i keep hitting my head on the lower deck. I love the pub crawl as a way to meet people and had the most fun ever in Kinlay in Galway!

You can't get more than this at a hostel.

One of the nicest hostels I’ve ever stayed in. Comfortable beds with a privacy curtain, amazing shower and clean facilities! The kitchen is well equipped so you can save a bit of money by cooking your own meals once in awhile! Would highly recommend and will stay again!

This is the perfect hostel. The location was great, the facilities were clean, and everything was new. Breakfast was absolutely wonderful and delicious. There was a nice lounge and restaurant where we could relax and enjoy together. I definitely recommend this place when going to Galway!!!

Good experience and I thank the receptionist who received me in French

It's a bit pricey for a hostel, but it was good. Breakfast is delicious, please try it

We at E&E Expeditions always use Kinlay Hostel when staying in Galway. The staff are always on hand to help in any way possible and the variety of services they offer are second to none. Rooms are always clean and tidy. Catering for large groups and/or individuals is made easy. Thank you all at Kinlay.

This is an amazing hostel with a superb standard of both service and staff who interact with you exceptionally well and are very knowledgeable about Galway and surrounds..I stayed in a 6 bed dorm which was both warm and comfortable and the level of security was excellent..Well worth a visit..

I have been staying at this hostel since December 22nd, and everything has been very nice, good and clean rooms with nice bunks and the hostel includes a good breakfast. Then at 02:40 on December 27th four young drunk men came bursting into my room with laughter and noise and turned on all the lights, they had obviously been out partying but they did not stop partying when they entered the room, and they used the toilets all the time and made a lot of noise. I became quite upset about this, but I was concerned for my safety if I said anything, so I left the room for over an hour, when I came back to the room those four drunk men were snoring and breathing heavily so I could not get any sleep for the rest of the night. The following day I complained to the reception about this inconsideration. Jessica, the manager of the hostel took matters into her own hands and told me she would make a note about those men for the future. Jessica also put me into a new room where I would be alone for my last night at the hostel so I could sleep well without anybody disturbing me. This is what I call good service and Jessica went beyond her duties to compensate me for this inconvenience and that should be rewarded.

The staff are very helpful and kind. There's a luggage room you can use too although be warned: you may need to play Tetris squeezing yours in. There were a ton of luggages in place. But the room itself was serviceable, but highly dependent on who you get as per usual hostel rules. Not great procedures if you're trying to avoid getting sick. I wore a mask to sleep once I heard 2 people coughing and I only had the curtain to shield myself. Breakfast options were fine. You get a good enough option to be happy to go about your way.

First time staying in a hostel/shared room, the experience was rather pleasing. The only downside was that no towels were provided, towels cost 2€ at the front desk. Overall cleanliness was good, the service exceptional! Breakfast was included, very diverse and tasty. Another great thing was the Kinlay Pub Crawl, would definitely recommend participating – met a lot of great fellow travellers and had a great great time!

The bathrooms are clean, bunk beds are spacious with your own light & electric outlet & with curtain, beds are comfortable & nice clean beddings.

The hostel was so incredibly nice and had everything a traveler could need. There were different common areas for us students to do our work and hang out in between our excursions. The kitchen was accessible enough to cook our own meals. There was an efficient laundry service, though I used my own laundry bag which I did not get back. The only issue we had was a group of young French students that were incredibly disrespectful of the other people staying there. They were splashing water around the bathroom, running around the rooms, and two of them were even sitting directly outside my room and watching a movie on their phone very loud. Their chaperones did nothing about this and neither did the staff which I was not happy about.

The place was super clean and the beds were spacious. The workers were so nice to us and helped us when we needed it. The area around was always busy and fun to try. Would do again. Had a fun night next to everything