Chelsea Accommodation Hostel

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dirty, stinky, scary place. But if you want to feel for a while how it was like to be a bum in nineteenth century, go for it!

What a dump. First, everyone smokes in the rooms, so when you wake up and discover you have a smoker's cough, now you know why. The other people are usually grunts who smoke and talk with the lights on at 5 am. The entire staff is Polish as well. So are 95% of the guests. Also, the kitchen is only open for 4hrs in the am and 5 at night. So if you're broke, better make ramen to spare. That reminds me, no plates or bowls are available. Admittedly, the kitchen is the cleanest part of the hostel, but the lights are dimmer so that's probably just an illusion. The bathroom currently has 1 working toilet, and 1 shower. My opinion of the staff is 50/50... some are cool, some aren't. I haven't met the owner, but apparently there is an old guy in the tv room who is his brother. Luckily I have mostly longtermers in my room... but they don't screen guests at all. I generally don't feel unsafe, the door is locked, and my room has a lock... which is loud as hell when everyone comes and goes at 4 am. It costs 15 euro per night, 20 on weekends... total ripoff, like everything else in Dublin. But they have room when Isaacs and jacobs Hostels around the corner, decent, clean hostels mind you, are full. So if you're desperate, go for it. But if you're okay with it, it's probably better to stay in the airport terminal for a night.

I stayed in the place for weeks several times a couple of years back. Yes it is filthy (always has been). Staff are a cocky bunch. But the joint had character. And at €10 a night what the f*** did you expect. That was in 2003-2005. I can only agree with the "former staff member" describing the owners. What made the place good fun were the the kind of people who used to stay there. By now (Oct 2006) conditions have deterioated even more. There is one shower working, no lights in the shitter and -- to be sure -- bring your own paper. At € 15 outrageous. The place is full of long-term residents (mainly builders labourers from Eastern Europe) getting up at 5:30 a.m., which does not make for a good nights sleep. Anybody planning a trip to India should stay a few days to get the feel. (In my opinion the filthiest place in Dublin and definitely the worst west of Bombay.)

It is a dirty place, although it was not as bad as some have described. Staff was quite unfriendly, the room was dirty, the toilets' smell was terrible and they didn't work. So, it is true, don't stay there!

This place is a complete dump. I can't believe it hasnt been shut down for health and safety reasons. When I was staying there, there was no cold water, the toilets were not working and there was sh*t all over the walls. The people that run this place should be locked up firstly for the way the way the place is run and secondly for how they treat their staff. Seriously I'd rather sleep on the street than stay there again.