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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.
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Chelsea Accommodation Hostel Details
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Location/Contact| Address | 61 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland |
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| Telephone | 01 8364900 |
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Hostelz.com Guest Reviews
Friendly and simple For the price you can maybe get a square for your tent on some camping place, not a private room on Hotel Sheraton. If you as tourist or visitor can handle alcohol there's no problem either with clean toilets, beds or to hot showers. People many times are like pigs, and it's hard for the staff in a reception to read customers behavior the few seconds when they have to decide if they can let the person stay or not. I have payed several thousands euro for live alone in expensive Hotels over the years, but in this hostel I found a lot of friends among the visitors and have had nice chats with the owners and staff. I recommend the hostel if you want a simple and nice atmosphere around you. — consult , Sweden (2012-01-16) I wish there was a rating lower than one star My friend and I both got bedbugs from the filthy mattresses, and we were in our sleeping bags, trying out best not to come in to direct contact the fabric. That's how badly infested they were. The toilets rivaled the scene from Trainspotting, and my friend developed a weird rash from the grime in the shower. Stay at your own risk. — Anonymous , New Zealand (2011-08-28) Flexibility REQUIRED I stayed here back in 2001 and I see that nothing has changed. It is a smelly, dangerous, unpredictable scumhole, but it was so fun! You could do pretty much what you wanted, and there were always some crazy people to entertain you. I was there for about 4 weeks and someone's ear got bitten off (by a staff member) and I saw stolen goods come through the place. Then there were all types of friendly and interesting travelers and transients who added to the mix. because of the insanity I had the BEST experience with people while backpacking in Europe. — Liz , U.S. (2011-07-24) KIP What a KIP this place is, i can't believe it hasn't been closed by health & safety its a disgrace. The staff are unfriendly and talk behind your back, the bedrooms toilets kitchen are all filthy and its also a fire hazard. AVOID. — mike , ireland (2010-09-01) COOL PLACE cool place ,staff really friendly. kitchen open 24 hours and they looked after my luggage free of charge on day of departure. will be back. — scottish guy , scottish (2010-04-19) S**thole Stayed there for one night with some friends. We booked a room in the D1 Hostel, but they send us to the Chelsea instead. The hygiene in this place was a nightmare. The 1st, bathroom I took a look in had its toilet filled with crap and other funny stuff, flushing the toilet lead to a nice little sh*t pond around the toilet. The bathroom one floor lower, was better. Showers were hot, but the drain was blocked too. They have a separate house in the backyard in which some friends of mine stayed in, it is right below the Dart Line. Worse than that, however, was their bathroom. The walls looked like someone smeared all kinds of body fluids on them. Friend of mine got a rash on the next morning from the beds. Can't really say anything about my bed, cause I havent seen in it at light. Just try to stay somewhere else. — Anonymous , Germany (2010-03-19) Grand I thought it was fine. We were just staying in dublin after going to Metallica so we werent looking for luxury. Its a bed and its cheap. ill be coming back. — fionn , irish (2010-02-18) Health hazard the owner of chelsea hostel is also the owner of city manor hostel gardiner street dublin 1. his name is michael, hes from donegal and he is a pervert, liar, and very deceiving. how on earth he got health and safety 2 pass both hostels is a mystery. when i stayed at hostel at christmas 2009, a girl from sweden was found dead in dorm. THE SCUMBAG from donegal showed no remorse, it was only then we found out from a dude that worked there that 10 to 12 people die in the hostel every year. no wonder, the place is filthy, urine, blood all over bedrooms, he also lets heroin junkies stay. greed is a terrible thing. he pays no tax for the people that work for him, no payslips. this place needs to be closed down. A.S.A.P. — john obrein , american (2010-01-12) 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. — Anyone , France (2009-10-08) 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. — JM , Czech (2009-09-03) 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! — Lisa , Italy (2009-06-09) 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. — BEM , Australia (2008-12-23) 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. — James Scott , Scottish (2008-11-05) 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. — gerdyhacket , ireland (2008-08-19) 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? — Mobben , Sweden (2008-07-11)