City Walls
City Walls, Eyre Square, Galway, Ireland- Attraction
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Award-Winning Hostel in Galway City
Central Location: Situated on Eyre Square, Kinlay Hostel is just a stone's throw away from the coach and train stations, making it the perfect base for exploring Galway City.
Abundance of Amenities: Enjoy a range of facilities including a common room with a pool table and TV, a fully equipped kitchen, and a dining area. Guests are treated to complimentary breakfast, high-speed WiFi, computer usage, luggage storage, printing services, and city maps.
Local Expertise and Tours: Benefit from a 24-hour reception with knowledgeable staff ready to assist with recommendations. Embark on tours to iconic destinations like the Cliffs of Moher, Connemara, and the Aran Islands right from the hostel's doorstep.
Book your stay at Kinlay Hostel now for an unforgettable Galway experience!
Check-in from
03:00 PM
Check-out by
10:30 AM
Parking
PAID
Children
Allowed
Pets
Not allowed
Sleeps
Up to 6 guests
6 adults · 5 children
Beds
6 Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
6 sqm
In-room amenities
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Up to 3 guests
3 adults · 2 children
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3 Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
12 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 1 guests
1 adults
Beds
Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
6 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 1 guests
1 adults
Beds
Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
6 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 1 guests
1 adults
Beds
Twin bed (90-130 cm wide)
Room details
11 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 4 guests
4 adults · 3 children
Beds
Double bed (131-150 cm wide), Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
6 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 4 guests
4 adults · 3 children
Beds
4 Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
6 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 6 guests
6 adults · 5 children
Beds
6 Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
6 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 1 guests
1 adults
Beds
Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
6 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 8 guests
8 adults · 7 children
Beds
8 Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
6 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 1 guests
1 adults
Beds
Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
6 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 2 guests
2 adults · 1 children
Beds
Double bed (131-150 cm wide), Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
6 sqm
City View
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 1 guests
1 adults
Beds
Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
9 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 1 guests
1 adults
Beds
Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
9 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 1 guests
1 adults
Beds
Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
9 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 1 guests
1 adults
Beds
Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
14 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 1 guests
1 adults
Beds
Bunk bed (Variable Size)
Room details
12 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 2 guests
2 adults · 1 children
Beds
Double bed (131-150 cm wide)
Room details
11 sqm
City View
In-room amenities
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Локація прекрасна. Чисто та невимушено. Нагадує великий гуртожиток, бо багато молоді. Сніданок невеликий, але можна перекусити: каша, йогурт, сир, кава. На першому поверсі є турагенція, де зручно купити тур.
Ціна на рівні готелю.
Excellent location, 5 minute walk from the Coach station and right next to all the day trip buses. Great facility, felt very safe and secure. I appreciated that you had to use your key card to access the hallway to the rooms and they even had a night porter on duty. There is a spacious trunk under the beds for belongings. The continental breakfast was better than most hotels! I also liked the encouragements to be eco-conscious.
Frukosten helt ok. Sängen ok. Rent. Perfekt läge vid centrum och busstation.
I duschen: inga krokar på väggen att hänga kläderna på.
Friendly and Lively
8 people in a single room
Muy Limpio, tranquilo y en el centro. Con desayuno incluido sencillo pero muy completo.
Location staff good choice breakfast
Staff Location Breakfast Everything was pretty good really
No quiet area and loud music at breakfast.
Great location, lovely room. Loved my stay.
The young man working at the gym reception was quite rude.
Clean and comfortable family room. The staff were very friendly and well-organised. The hostel itself has a nice vibe to it, with a good mix of families and student-type travellers. The location is excellent for seeing the city. Breakfast was simple (bread or porridge) but plentiful. Parking worked very well.
The bunk beds are a little on the small side if you are travelling with larger than normal kids. Our son is 1,90m and the bed was quite a squeeze for him. You're in the middle of the city, so if the windows are open it's quite noisy, but with closed widows you hear hardly anything.
Great location for tours, getting to bars and restaurants. Really great staff and very clean, all the amenities you would need.
I found no faults
Extremely clean and great staff
Trés bonne qualité du breakfast ,excellente disponibilité de l'accueil et courtoisie
le côté difficile de faire sécher sa serviette de toilette quand on reste plusieurs jours et trouver une place pour l'étendre surtout pour le lit bas .
Located very close to train station, tour companies, mall and basically everything. Friendly staff and good set of breakfast. Requested a lower bunk bed and they gave it.
The staff at reception welcomed helpful and very patient the cleaning team work hard did great job the kitchen super clean The best hostel I have been stayed
None
Just makes sense how they run everything. You get free towels breakfast is really nice and being able to use the kitchen is just convenient, just how a hostel should be
Everything was clean. Great location and staff.
Nothing.
De sfeer, behulpzaamheid van personeel en locatie
niets
Las reglas súper claras, los espacios muy cómodos y el personal muy accesible
Good clean
All ok
Location, clean and good kitchen area
Nothing
Best hostel bathrooms ever. Cool spot
Bed sheets had hairs in them. Had to get changed. But easily done.
Nice hostel in the city center. Great position, clean and the room nice.
Breakfast was a bit minimal
Clean bathrooms and beds, plus beds had a curtain so felt private. Was happily surprised by how good the breakfast was! Many guests were there to do tours that left from the hostel so everyone was fairly quiet and respectful at night.
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Organised clean great breakfast& positive energy.. more like a fun hotel. Many age groups!
Location was excellent, very central for Galway city
Beds were a little uncomfortable, the mattress was very rigid. Not a big issue if only staying one night but I was there for 2
Central location, safe area, friendly staff, very large common area, free breakfast and coffee was good.
Ventilation wasn’t great. Had to keep window open, but then there was a lot of construction next door that started at 7am
Mysigt och så var det trevliga människor, både personal och gäster. Dessutom ett piano!
Stayed for two days on the weekend. Comfortable and quiet. Curtains on beds is nice. Lockers underneath big enough for plenty of stuff. Sink being separate from the ensuite bathroom is nice in case someone is using the toilet/shower. Great kitchen facilities and plenty of fridges for food. Definitely operates more like a hotel given the vibe but not a big deal.
This is minor but good to know. There’s no fan in the ensuite bathroom so if anyone takes a shower and leaves the door open after, all the humidity escapes into the room making it really stuffy. There’s only a small window in the room so it can take awhile to cool down. This would probably be major issue in summer. Wifi was spotty. 100 euro/night for the weekend is crazy for a hostel bed, but what can ya do when there’s tons of events happening
Todos muy lindos, el desayuno es sencillo pero delicioso y la ubicación excelente! Lo malo es que el parking no es gratis, así que si lo reservas por eso te advierto que hay que pagar!
Free coffee and hot chocolate. I liked the shower facilities The staff were friendly
People were being inconsiderate the first night in the room but the staff did accommodate my request for a new room
Everything, lots to choose from.
In the center
The security at night
Breakfast, it was organised and not everyone struggling to get in at the same time.
It was a little stuffy in the rooms and noisy with window open
Great location, clean and comfortable
Rooms are a little warm, even with window open at night.
La ubicación es muy buena.
El desayuno es muy pobre en variedad y además no tenían leche sin lactosa ni sacarina, por tanto, dado que tengo intolerancia a la lactosa, no pude desayunar.
I liked how kind and friendly everyone was whether thats staff or guests aswell as the fact it was in a central location.
The thought that i wojld be infringing on others by doomscrolling on my phone before bed which most of the time is a necessity of sorta.
Wide options at breakfast. Clean, spacious shower
Definitely one of the nicest hostels I’ve stayed in, though at €50 a night it’s also one of the more expensive ones. We stayed in a 4 bed private room, which was clean and spacious. The whole place was very clean and well presented. Great kitchen and facilities to use.
Expensive for a hostel.
Nothing
Nothing
Molto comodo, posizione centrale vicinissimo al latin quarter. Camera carina e molto pulita.
La colazione povera sia dolce che salato. Sotto le aspettative
C'est très propre. Le personnel est très gentil.
Chambre de 6 vraiment petite et très chaude, même avec la fenêtre ouverte Le matelas n'est pas très confortable Aucune intimité dans les toilettes communes, c'est ouvert en haut et en bas (mais c'est très propre) Pour le prix, ce n'est pas ce à quoi je m'attendais.
I liked the breakfast options, the location, and the support from staff.
A very minuscule "issue" was the scent of the soap and dryer that carried over into the second floor hallway. The scent was potent.
Das Hostel war in einer super Lage, alles ist fussläufig erreichbar. Es werden sehr viele Aktivitäten angeboten. Alle Anlagen waren sauber. Das Frühstück ist super und alle Mitarbeitende waren sehr nett.
Die Betten hätten bequemer sein können.
Hammer Unterkunft
Frühstück
Everything! Absolutely like it!
Nothing really!
Excellent service. Room and common area Cleaning. Very good breakfast. Fantastic location.
Nothing
Location superb
Having a car was a bit of a pain.
Das Frühstück war reichhaltig und lecker (Kontiental Breakfast). Kaffee gab es satt, nachmittags gab es einen Nachmittagskaffee mit Keksen. Insgesamt sehr freundliche Atmosphäre und auch sehr sauber. Es wird stündlich geputzt.
Der Preis ist mit fast 70€/Nacht im 6 Bettzimmer schon stolz.
Hostel molt cèntric ideal per famílies perquè l'habitació és molt còmode, i a més, hi ha molts serveis com cuina, espais en comú per poder menjar i jugar. A més, l'esmorzar inclòs és molt complert i està molt bo. El personal és molt amable i hem estat molt a gust :)
Tot perfecte, però no hi ha parking gratuït. Si vens amb cotxe, és millor aparcar-ho al parking que tenen associat amb descompte que es diu Q-Park Eyre Square, ja que hi ha molt transit al centre. Abans de l'arribada t'envien un missatge amb el codi de descompte per poder-ho reservar.
Very clean, hostel has a good vibe and staff is very friendly. You can book tours over the hostel and you get a slight discount. Out of all the hostels I stayed in during my Ireland trip, this was by far the best.
Bed a bit uncomfortable.
Ubicación (en pleno centro) y calidad precio.
Lavabo fuera del baño.
Son emplacement central
Le prix très élevé pour un lit en dortoir. Les casiers peu pratiques.
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Cleanliness
8.23/10Several mentions of cleanliness issues, particularly cramped rooms and noise.
Service
9.7/10Staff are frequently praised for their helpfulness and friendliness.
Location
9.74/10The location is often highlighted as a major benefit.
Room Quality
7.69/10Some complaints about room size, discomfort in beds, and noise.
Amenities
9.22/10Good amenities with functional facilities.
Value for Money
8.18/10Mixed feelings about pricing relative to quality.
Food and Beverage
8.73/10Breakfast quality received some criticism, but generally acceptable.
Overall Experience
9.7/10Positive overall sentiment despite some negatives.