Chelsea Accommodation Hostel

Dublin

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Address

61 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin County Dublin, Ireland Map

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Online booking is not offered for this hostel, contact them for availability and reservations (any contact info we have is listed above).

The Hostelz.com Review

A medium sized hostel. Try to book in early and get a room close to the ground floor. Shared dorm rooms vary in size. If you are travelling in a small group of 6 or more, a room may be available at no additional charge. There is a large kitchen with microwave and gas burners, and an outdoor seating area with tables and chairs if the weather is nice. Luggage storage was free when we visited.

Ratings & Comments

1.7 Average from 55 Ratings

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Comment by Anyone, France

October 2009

Not so bad
All right Chelsea is not four stars, but the atmosphere is worth seeing! I came with a group of francais and we stayed in this hotel for a week in September. If we had to return in Dublin, we would return to Chelsea without any hesitation. We made beautiful meetings with the other foreigners boarders, the staff were very friendly, and helped a lot to us for seeing good things. It is necessary to be just open and speak english a little.

Comment by JM, Czech

September 2009

It is all of it
I have lived in this hostel for six months. Lucky, I have stayed in room with long term stayers one from Latvia and two from Portugal. So it was ok. The bathroom is a hell on the Earth only to be used after morning cleaning around 10 a.m. Only one shower for the hundred-forty guests. The owner is a heavy cocaine user from Donegal and his brother is daily drunker staying at this hostel. He is a teacher, staying in the basement. Sometimes you can see the owner (Michael), usually on Monday, running through this hostel yelling on the guests still having cocaine stain bellow his nose. The people working there, are his slaves working for couple euros, all of them staying at the place owned by the same cocaine idiot. If you are looking for one night stay -- is ok. For long stay -- only for strong nature. But is cheaper and more comfortable to rent a room in a share house.

Comment by Lisa, Italy

June 2009

Good
I spent a night in this hostel and to me it is good. Very cheap! The dorm room was big and clean. The toilet is good as well! The staff kind and friendly! I really don't share any one of the bad impressions!

Comment by BEM, Australia

December 2008

Halfway house for homeless drunks
Stayed in this hostel for three nights and was scared from the experience. The second night we were there, a drunk man staying in our room came in at midnight threatening us with violence and threw a bunk bed across the room. He was thankfully taken away by police. The third night we were there, there was a homeless man passed out in the kitchen. He was taken away by the ambulance. Had to sleep with one eye open the whole time we were there. Dirty and disgusting. Full of drug dealers and homeless drunks.

Comment by James Scott, Scottish

November 2008

Disturbing
I stayed in this place a couple of months back. After coming back from a nearby bar I was greeted by the idiotic owners from Donegal who also thought they were scottish. One idiot called Omar was jumping around the place throwing threatening abuse to everybody, he was obviously high on coke as his googly eyes were about to pop out of his ridiculously fat head. As for the accommodation, what can I say, disturbing in every sense. The place was like something from Schindlers list but with colder showers. The owners should be charged with crimes against humanity.

Comment by gerdyhacket, ireland

August 2008

Like an episode of fear factor
kind of a tourist attraction as it has "the worst toilet in ireland" TM, even worse than the one in trainspotting. Laughable how much of a crack den it is. But this is why I go back every time. Just to prove that I can make it and survive these sort of conditions. If you're not a gambler at heart better skip this place and play it safe in a nice clean and cosy hostel somewhere else.

Comment by Mobben, Sweden

July 2008

Lowest was one star -- don't even deserve that
Me and a friend stayed here one night because the radar broke down at the airport. What a dump, the mattress had marks of dried urine and the smell was terrible. Toilets (more than one working this time) were full of crap and no paper (wouldn't used it anyway other than to number one standing). Since our flight was delayed until the morning after we asked the reception to wake us up at 7 a.m., but we woke up by ourselves at 7:30. Words can't describe this place, they should make it a tourist attraction for everyone to see and cry. Did i forgot to mention all the flies in the room?

Comment by Motxo, Spain

July 2008

F*ck this hostel
The worst place. The reception is aggressive and bad, very bad ways. Everything is disgusting here. Please don't stay here. There is only one shower for the entire hostel. For the prize of a night go to a nearby hostel, better than this. The head is a corrupt. F*ck the staff. The government of ireland have to close this sh*t.

Comment by George, New Zealand

June 2008

Indescribable
We lasted an hour at this hostel. We would not even let our dogs sleep in this place. It is the dirtiest, smelliest place in existence. We would much rather sleep on the street. Good luck to those thinking of staying there.

Comment by connemara man., connemara

April 2008

Smelly pisshole
This place stank rotten. It was a good brew of stinkiness. Words can't describe this dump.

Comment by piotr, Polish

March 2008

Relaxed and good value
I stayed there for over four months when i worked in Dublin and it was a home from home. I got on well with all staff and had no problem at all. If i was not in Chelsea then it could not be possible for me to be in dublin as it was best value and you can believe me i checked everywhere.

Comment by martin, Slovakia

March 2008

Just plain horrible
I booked a room there before st. Patrick's weekend, when I couldn't find anything else. One week costs 80 euro so its pretty cheap -- definitely for a reason. The bathrooms are awful -- just one working shower for the whole hostel, strong smell of urine all over, no shelves for your stuff when you're washing, no electrical sockets for shavers, missing toilet paper, puddles of mysterious kind all over. Rooms are smelly too, with noisy guests walking around one-hundred-year-old floors covered with blackened bubble gums with bare feet. I lasted there four days and ran away screaming. Definitely the worst accommodation experience in my whole life.

Comment by Peter, New Zealand

March 2008

Not the safest place
I stayed here in 1999, and I'm amazed to see that it's apparently still in business! Back then it was owned and run by a family from Donegal. Some of the comments I've read here recall familiar situations, like dirty loos and showers, thieves wandering into our dorm in the middle of the night to rob us while we slept, and random midnight raids by one of the owners looking for people who hadn't paid. Good location though, and I met some great people there.

Comment by Ezera, Nigerian

June 2007

Average
It's an average hostel for low-income-earners and people looking for job. It's not so good, but not as bad as other people have described it. Looking for job and broke, go there.

Comment by Ting Tong

March 2007

This place is tip top! I traveled with eleven other students for one mental weekend over St. Paddy's day in Dublin. We arrived to welcoming reception, we were showed to our rooms by the friendly hotel staff, Mr. and Mrs. Poland. We had a newly furnished room with clean beds and bedding and privacy from the rest of the hostel. If you are traveling and looking for a basic hostel -- a bed to stay for the night with shower and toilet facilities (yes they smell a bit but they are not bug ridden like other people have said) -- then chelsea is the place for you. We went to dublin with one thing on our mind, to drink all weekend and then have somewhere to stay, if you are a young backpacker or someone wanting basic accommodation, then chelsea is the perfect accommodation for you.

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