Urban Garden Hostel

From the moment I walked in, I was greeted by a warm and welcoming staff who made me feel right at home. The common areas were spotless, and the dorms were not only clean but surprisingly spacious. The beds were comfortable, and I had a great night's sleep.

Stayed here for 3 nights with 2 friends, we stayed in the detached building wish I regret badly! It is and old style building shared with other local residents about a 3 minute up hill walk from the actual hostel. It is a bit sketchy at night time a lot of dodgy looking blokes hanging around the place. As for the room well firstly to get to the room there is no elevator you have to climb 3 levels to get to the room. Rooms themselves aren’t all that but I suppose you get what you pay for! They are quite small but feel bigger because the ceiling is so high, which speaking of the bunk beds are very high off the ground to cater for the high ceiling so if you are on top and are short good luck! They squeak and shake a lot any slight movement from the person below or above you and you will be feeling it. Bedding- bedding is probably up there with the worst i’ve seen before we even got settled in my friends and I were staring at our bedding debating wether or not it was clean because it certainly didn’t look it so we opted to sleep in our clothes especially after seeing plenty of reviews about bed bugs! But in saying that we didn’t encounter any bed bugs I don’t know wether or nots its because we wore clothes im not entirely sure. Pillows were uncomfortable your head just goes straight through it and mattress’s weren’t all that either but I suppose you dont spend too much time in the room! Bathrooms-Toilets and showers were always cleaned every time I had to use one, a cleaner comes in everyday and cleans them they have a schedule book behind the door so you can see when it was last cleaned. Showers are so good probably the best shower I have ever used in a hostel by far! Bathroom is pretty spacious and plenty of hooks to hang clothes and towels from! A few things to note- -Have to pay €10 security fee for key card and that had to be in cash! - city tax can be paid by card -one of the staff members comes into your room unannounced no knocking of the door or calling out or anything every morning to make sure the aircon is off! We thought that was really and invasion of privacy as one time we were getting changed and he had done this everyday we stayed, and we thought it was odd as it was freezing cold and we had no reason to have it on!