Citi Hostels

I lived here for a whole month in different rooms, from a 4 beds ensuite room to a 16 beds barrack. It’s dirty as hell and the housekeeping crew is really awful. The bed sheets look old and unclean and you have to ask for a change because they usually «forget» to change them. Forget to leave something under your bed unless you want the dust which lives there eats it. Some rooms haven’t lockers and you have to pay for the «security» ones. The springs in the mattresses will be your painful partners every night and you will think that you have travelled back in time when you discovered the only PC available. The wifi is like gambling, sometimes you win but you often lose and it’s only available in a few rooms. One of them is the main dinning room, a very uncomfortable place to spend your time with the typical bad coffee shops furniture. The kitchen has only a few small fridges and you are lucky if you find some room for you. The kitchenware is very limited and you have to clean everything before use it. The whole place is also like a labyrinth… It’s a disaster.
On the other hand if you have a very limited budget you can have a bed from 10 € each night, even less in a 4 beds ensuite room if you pay monthly. The breakfast is normal (cornflakes, toasts, milk, instant coffee…) and I think it’s quite safe even though it looks just the opposite. forgot even money on my bed for a day and nobody touched it. Same thing about the people who live there.
Although all the bad critics I would live there again if I have to. Less than 300 € monthly for bed and breakfast, nothing fancy but enough for short term accommodation. If you need something fancier and with younger people there are lots of hostels.

Yey! I’m the first one to review this place. :)
Ireland is expensive, but you can stay here on a budget if you’re not high maintennance. My philosophy when it comes to travel is to find cheap accommodation, eat on a budget, but splurge on the sightseeing tours!
The place is located near Grafton Street, the fashionable ‘village quarter’ in the heart of the city of Dublin. Temple bar is within walking distance and the area is surrounded by numerous cultural, historical and entertainment attractions.
The hostel is contained in a group of old Georgian Buildings which is kinda cool. However, the hallway does not have any elevators and feels a little claustrophobic, as there are a lot of stairs and doors to get to your room. This place is okay and it is safe enough to keep the crazy leprechauns outside. There are also inexpensive restaurants and coffee shops next door and an Internet café around the corner to keep me connected.
It’s a decent, clean hostel, the staff were very friendly and the luggage storage facility is extremely handy.
Keep in mind, this is a hostel not a hotel, but it’s good value for your money.

This is a good hostel to stay at in Dublin. which seems to be an expensive city to go to. It offers mixed and male/​female only rooms. I was in a 4 mixed dorm with ensuite shower and toilet.
The room was small, the tv didn’t work and the bunk beds looked like army barracks. But, I really liked it because it was clean and smelled clean. The whole facility is quirky and laid our in a strange way but again very clean and some parts were very new. like new tile flooring.
They have an covered outdoor enclosed patio in the facility which is great for smokers. They have lockers outside the rooms which is a bit of a pain but at least they are provided. It felt really secure and many of the guests seemed to be staying for longer than the 3 days I was there. The kitchen was always in use and the common room, with working tv, was usually inhabited.
All the staff were friendly and helpful, even though they were not the young hip hostel types. It is located in the Georgian area of Dublin near all the night clubs (not the temple bar area where the hen/​stag nights all hang.) It was about 10 minute walk to Trinity College, 5 mins to a hop on hop off tour and only about 15 mins from the river. There are lots of busses tho and the 16A nearby goes direct to and from the airport.
Would like to say it is quiet but my room specifically was above a 24 chipee that was bustling from about 2−5am. Other rooms are away from any noise and the street. Even tho. I would recommend it.