Dromiskin Holidays from £159

Ideal for our short break.Clean and tidy. There is a shared kitchen but we were not there long enough to use. Reasonably priced.Check in and out easy

Our first real introduction/welcome to Dublin was in the restaurant, our waitress Allison. She should be on the Dublin tourism board. My husband wanted to take her home. He had a cough and she made a special hot tea for him, recommended our first taste of Irish food that was awesome and answered our many questions. Our positive impression of Riu had a lot to do with how welcoming and warm she was.

Check in was easy. My daughter and I arrived in Dublin early in the morning and had no issue accessing early check in. The room was clean, spacious and well equipped. The location was also great. Would definitely return.

Felt only negatives were showers and taps which turn off water every 10 seconds. Apparently this is to save water but there’s much better ways like maybe having it turn off for a minute after 3 mins of use. It ends up being super frustrating and you can hear others in your pod and those next door banging taps every 2 seconds to get water going. Have to pay for towels taken every day. Also there’s no pool table and the social area besides the bar is actually very small. Not super social hostel, not for younger vibe I would say. Overall the room, pods are clean and bathroom is reasonably clean. Note that it’s not the safest area outside of the hostel itself, walk towards direction of main city if going out. Hostel itself secure.