Lovett's Hostel

In terms of location, Lovett's is really handy, with walking access to town in about 2-3 minutes from where you arrive by bus. It is well signposted on the road heading out of town. If you are coming from around the peninsula, go through town hugging the waters edge to the last roundabout on the main street. Turn right at the roundabout and right again down a small lane opposite the petrol station. If you are coming the other way, follow the signs to Dingle. At the round about on the waters edge turn left and the first right. Other hostels do a pickup from the main street of town in clearly marked vans.

The hostel is really a home in which a family live downstairs that they have converted to make into hostel rooms. However the home-like aspect of it also ends there. They have made very little effort with the rooms. All are plain, simple, and clean which may be all you need, but there are no personal touches. The dorms are bunk beds, the private rooms simply rooms with single or double beds. The dorm is downstairs while the private rooms are upstairs near the bathrooms.

The facilities are okay. The kitchen is worn but functionable. But there are no condiments provided at all (e.g. salt, sugar, oil etc.). The bathrooms have plenty of hot water and there is heating in the rooms. The family appeared to use the same bathrooms.

Where information could have been provided with maps, pictures, books, brochures, etc. there was nothing. And the family seems to find any interruption an inconvenience. You will be lucky to find them after you've paid your money. The only scerrick of information was a scrap of paper above the sink that asked you to wash your dishes. Any other requests for information are usually answered with a suggestion to go into town.

— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
August 2005