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Reviews of Snoozles Quay Street Tourist Hostel

2 out of 5
Snoozles Quay Street Tourist Hostel
10 Quay Street, Galway, Galway

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 31 out of 128 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 58 out of 128 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 23 out of 128 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 128 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 128 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It got 5 for girls at reception and others but it was a place to sleep at best
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Francis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay was ok, nowhere to put your bag ,had to put behind desk untill i came back, breakfast was nice, overall would come again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
The hostel is lovely and very quirky, we had a lovely staff member explain everything to us the first night. The room was perfect and in the best
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great service and friendly staff. We had a leak in our room, and the staff quickly found us an alternate room and were very apologetic.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great great location, although noisy. Friendly staff. Decent room. I stayed o. The private one.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

MALZ

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved that it was in the heart of the city. It was a perfect location.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Kim Carlos John

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Okay
hostel is okay for solo or backpacking. Literally, just outside the main street. Very accessible to restaurants and transport. Couldn't complain anything coz its cheap... I get what I paid for.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very welcoming front desk :) Great location to stay!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Do not stay here if you value your sleep. My husband and i booked a private double room, which was at the front of the building. The hostel is in the Latin Quarter, which means a raging party directly outside the room every nught until 4am. Obviously there is no AC, so in summer you have to keep the window open to avoid suffocating to death. Earplugs can only go so far. I barely slept for 3 days. Also, the hostel is very full of other guests, so using the kitchen facilities isn't easy, and breakfast (which is bread, cereal, and tinned fruit, nothing else), is always crowded. The room is also incredibly small, even by European standards. There was nowhere to put anything except the window ledge, so we were on top of each other any time we were in there. The bathroom is also little more than a closet. The shower operates only by pushing a button, which gives you 30 seconds of water, so you have to keep pushing it. And it was the most expensive accommodation during our entire 20 day trip. Really not worth it. Spend your money elsewhere.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Clodagh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Clodagh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great histel
Great city and great hostel
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location but noisy.
Great location and friendly staff. On very busy, noisy street. They actually give free earplugs. I would ask for a back room if I stayed there again.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The pics of the property are NOT a true representation. While the night staff (Hugo) was helpful and accommodating, the property is in need of upgrades to compare to the pictures posted as representation. While I did opt for a ‘mix dorm’, I would have been the only female (let alone a mid-aged female) in the dorm. There was a drunk young man laying across the bunk that was supposed to be mine. Hugo put me into a ‘single’ room. It was the window facing Quay Bar....needless to say, I did not sleep until after 4:00am. (After traveling for 16 hours) I turned in the door card the next morning and the young man at the bar seemed surprised that I wasn’t staying the full booking. His reply: ‘Well, you won’t be refunded.’ It was well worth the $100 I lost to NOT stay there!!
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had an excellent stay here (2 nights) as a solo traveler. The location is awesome, within about 10 minutes walking of the downtown Galway area, but also near tons of restaurants and pubs. The bed was surprisingly comfortable, the location quiet (they provided ear plugs), and there was even an attached bathroom and shower in the room which were separated so one person could use each at a time. I had a mixed room, and there actually was a mix of genders, which is always a relief. The kitchen is spacious, with a microwave and even refrigerators and cubbies you can use to store food for longer periods of time. Breakfast in the morning was basic--coffee, toast, cereal--but I enjoyed the community of a bunch of people hanging out there together. A downstairs lounge area with a TV and two computers was also a nice place to hang out for a few hours while I was trying to kill some time. I think this is a great hostel for solo travelers, and people staying at a hostel for longer periods of time. The staff was very friendly, too, which I think is a plus. I highly recommend this hostel; it's probably one of the best ones I've stayed at.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The rooms are very small, no wifi in rooms, bathroom also small...
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very comfortable hostel budget . Close to all amenities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Loren, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall great experience- the hostels name has changed though and that was a little confusing. The shower also was an experience in itself, but overall it was a great hostel with a great location! Would go back
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Great place to stay, great location, very clean and good variety for breakfast. Would stay here again.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018

4/10 Poor

Mary, Ireland

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would not recommend as there was musoc blaring all night from a pub next door and found it very difficult to get any sleep. The room was like a matchbox and the shower was the smallest ive ever seen. Very dissapointing.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

Kristi, Canada

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Location was perfect, from driving in, parking location, day walks and night entertainment. Facility was fairly clean floor in room needed cleaning. Bedding and towels well used.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Rianne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
10/10 recommend the private room for couples
My boyfriend and I stayed here for one night in a private room overlooking the Main Street and we had a great time! I loved the location and would definitely stay again. Just be aware that it is right next to the bars and shops so it might be noisy depending on what side of the hostel you’re on. We closed our window and had no trouble sleeping.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Pascale

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay for a value price
It was amazing and the staff was so helpful and nice. the room was clean and quiet. the location is accessible and right in the middle of a busy street without it being noisy. beds are comfortable and i simply loved the hostel. the room was very small though.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The location was perfect! Staff was very helpful too.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Good value
Good value for money, great location - would book again
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Very well located but very noisy... inside !
In the heart of Galway. Well organized. Be aware people are partying in the kitchen until midnight and passing by the hotel being very loud.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Bobby, washington dc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, walking distance easy for Galway
I enjoyed Galway, easy walk to anywhere you want to go, friendly people, I didn't ride the local bus.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
AVOID THIS PLACE LIKE THE PLAGUE!
First off, its filthy. The shower clogged and it took a while to get someone to fix it. The plumbing was bad. The beds are awful, the sheets are terrible. One pillow which was like a cardboard sleeve. My card was charged twice. This place is awful. Loud noise keeps you up at night always.

8/10 Good

Justin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Decent Value, but noisy
Great location in the main social area of Galway. Hostel was clean and as described. Be prepared for some noise given its proximity to the main street including people and street cleaners in the early morning.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great Place for a party.
Honestly the place was great was just really quite loud it's right in the Latin quarter and it's a great area. But it was recycle day so loud first thing in the morning also. Also I couldn't use the plug in my bunk because the bar stopped the cord from going down. Luckily there wasn't someone in the bunk above so I could use that outlet. Was really clean.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location and great value for money!
We had a great time at Barnacles and were surprised by the range of travellers we encountered ; school groups, families, older couples and young travellers. Check in was an easy process, although located right in the heart of Galway's main tourist area we slept comfortably and were not disturbed. We felt safe at all times and loved the convenient location. Staff were exceptional when I realised I had left my passport behind (rookie error!) They made every effort to contact me and then posted my documents to my next accommodation express postage. I cant thank you enough Barnacle's team.

10/10 Excellent

Renee, Florida

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay even if you aren't quite a you
This was our first Hostel experience, we would certainly stay here again!

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie, Faulkton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing City Stay
Absolutely lovely! Out of all of my stays so far this one I would have to say is the best! Great people (Adam!), great service, great value! There was so much to do I'm sad we were only able to stay two nights! There was so much more to do and see, so when I return to Ireland, I know exactly where I will be staying! Thank you so much!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
good location
the quadraple we have is quite clamp room facing to the main road very noisy at night when there is pub crawler at restaurant opposite us. location of hotel is fantastic helpful front desk not recommend for 4person with big luggage in quadruple, you are hardly able to open 2 bags at a time.

6/10 Okay

Briege

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Noel, Ireland

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Towels on stairs .....?????

2/10 Terrible

Mary, Colorao

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't go there...
I did not stay. It was horrible. The front desk people were great. The room was unlivable.

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Kailee, M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hostel in the middle of it all
Had all the amenities, every bed had its own light and plug in, helpful staff and funky vibe.

10/10 Excellent

Sandra, Dublin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enjoyable mother/daughter stay
Very little contact with staff as stay was overnight,(01.01.2016) - dreadful night weather-wise:However, initial welcome and any questions answered efficiently and in a very friendly manner. Mother and daughter trip so the 'bunk bed' twin room was a funny novelty! Compact, clean and comfortable with private shower. Cannot comment on breakfast as larger Irish option available in Riordon's (across the road) - also terrific value. Only negative - small one - carpet a little 'tired'.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellant rooms. Perfect location for a weekend away. On main street.