Abbey Court Hostel

Amazing for the price! I shared a 4 bed room

Very good location and lovely staff. Very good dining facilities and breakfast. Also good leisure facilities . Not suitable however for people with mobility problems. Lots of stairs/steps and no lift. My single room was on the top floor so I was given another lower down which was ok as nobody came to share. Noisy.

Clean rooms, but a little small, bunks were very close to each other. Personal was friendly.

Breakfast was included in my booking. However I had to prove that as I was asked to pay for breakfast at the reception. By the way on the right hand side of the entrance there’s a big sign with some points one of which is “free breakfast”.

It was ok, but no lift up to the top flor (4 levels) which was definitely not good for anyone with physical limitations. Should add that I stayed in a single room, which was next door to the hostel, so unclear if the hostel has a lift or not. But it was a comfortable room, quiet except for the damn seagulls that are squawking all day and night! No A/C for those who require it, but it was cool weather there while visiting with a storm pasing through. Listing said they had a washer for clothes bit it was "out of service", which was the second of three hotels I stayed in that claimed that over an 8-day period, so needed to spend an additional $20 to do a sigle load at a laundromat. Overall, the location was great, right in the heart of Dublin, room was comfortable, and close to everything. As mentioned in another review, lot of homeless and addicts in the area, with many cops just standing around in groups and not doing much to make tourists feel safe as the homeless are a bit aggressive. Cops are clearly reactive, not proactive, so unfortunately they probably won't do anything until something happens, which can be too late for someone.