The Dawson Hostel - DUBLIN

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(2,661 Ratings)

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Located conveniently in the Dublin City Centre district of Dublin, The Dawson Hostel - DUBLIN is located a 3-minute walk from Book of Kells, half a mile from Merrion Square and a 7-minute walk from St. Stephen's Green.

Amenities at The Dawson Hostel - DUBLIN

Free WiFi/internet

Air conditioning

Non-smoking

Heating

WiFi/Internet

Laundry services

Safe

Key access

Key card access

Housekeeping available

Fire alarm

Fire extinguisher

Cleaning products

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7.1Good

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Don't miss out! Price and availability may change

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7.1 / 10.0

Good(2,661 Ratings)

Hostel in Dublin

4-Star Hostel

Reasons to book

Well priced for this locationPriced under area average

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

Enhanced cleaningExtra health and hygiene measures to ensure your safety

Map of Dublin

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

About this hostel

Amenities

Free WiFi/internet

Air conditioning

Non-smoking

Heating

WiFi/Internet

Laundry services

Safe

Key access

Key card access

Housekeeping available

Fire alarm

Fire extinguisher

Cleaning products

Ratings and reviews

7.1 / 10.0

Good(2,661 Ratings)

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8.0 / 10.0

Great central location

Great location, spacious bathroom, sockets and lights for each bed

5.0 / 10.0

Its a ok hostel, the staff isn’t the most welcoming I’d say and the stairs.. get ready for it, wouldn’t recommend if you aren’t used to stairs. The kitchen is very nice tho, clean and useful. The bathroom are clean. The heater was working well and the location is ok.

The staff was not the most welcoming or helpful, usually hostel staff are more friendly. The stairs is a bit too much, i got exhausted the lift should be from 1st floor

8.0 / 10.0

Good

City centre

Room 213 very dirty

9.0 / 10.0

The Dawson is a nice facility with a terrific location, highly recommended.

Good Location & near nice pubs & restaurants.

The heating was challenging to figure out; weird remote.

2.0 / 10.0

I had low expectations but reality was lower

It's was open

Night club next door plays music till 3 hot room someone stole my pillow before I arrived no curtains for privacy that one feels pretty basic

8.0 / 10.0

We are the ones who make history

The reception staff were truly very kind, helpful, and professional. I felt right at home. Thank you, and see you soon.😉

I would consider distributing ziplock bags for shoes, assigning beds to higher-up residents based on age and weight, and banning alcohol from entering the facility.

9.0 / 10.0

Best accommodation for Dublin city-break with friends

The location is very central, close to all the touristic attractions.

The shower was a little bit weird and we needed some time to figure out how it works but most probably that's on us. It was indeed a funny experience.

10.0 / 10.0

Good!

The only downside is the lack of curtains on the bed.

5.0 / 10.0

The unmade bed!

I had a roof under my head

My bed wasn't made

9.0 / 10.0

Dublin visit.

Comfortable bed,room clean as was showers n toilets.handy to have toilets n showers in room.common area nice n spacious with large TV on wall.great channel selection with rakuten TV.staff nice.close to bars n restaurants.good value for money. I hope to stay there again. Cyril.

Well music from nearby night club wasn't that bad.i slept well no earplugs in room 213.

9.0 / 10.0

Good stay for this price

Location, friendly staff

No free coffee or simple cookies in the kitchen

5.0 / 10.0

Good location, terrible design of 10 bed dorm

The location. Easy access to transport, lots of cafes, clubs and restaurants around.

Felt like I was in Squid Games, needed to get through a labyrinth to get to the common areas, even though there was a door to access it via the ground floor, but was locked closed for some reason. And just onr bathroom in the door for 10. It was a huge bathroom but with just a single shower. Waste of space, very inconvenient in the morning with 10 people wanting to use it.

9.0 / 10.0

Clean, spacious, great staff, easy check in, all added up to a very good stay.

Very clean and spacious, location great.

Nothing

7.0 / 10.0

Great Location

Great location for access into Dublin City centre, some great bars very close by

shower/toilet room needs modernising. selfish guests putting lights on at stupid o'clock!!!

7.0 / 10.0

Ideal for one night, perfect city centre

I didn't have the breakfast, I had plans, I haven't shared a room in years, so no privacy, but value for money 100%

8.0 / 10.0

Very good

Location , staff also very helpful _ good organization

No, the services are fine for the price ; shouldn’t expect anything more.

8.0 / 10.0

Good hostel

Big room with 18 beds in whole means plenty of space. Private bathroom always clean. Light at each bed top. Great mattress. Someone at the reception at all times. Beside Shopping Centre and Grafton street.

No microwave. Bar under our windows = music until 2am.

2.0 / 10.0

I really didn’t like it, the worst hostel I’ve ever stayed in.

The place was very noisy and I couldn’t get proper rest before work. Cleaning was done while I was trying to sleep, which disturbed me even more. The neighbors were loud both during the day and at night, making it impossible to relax

6.0 / 10.0

Ordinary hostel, but very expensive

The property was old, worn and not fresh. However, they kept the premises clean and the bed linen were clean.

We were unlucky to have a window towards a nightclub that played until 3 am. Earplugs were of little help. The AC was on a 3 hr timer, so you had to get up in the middle of the night to restart. Lots of people coming and going in the room all night.

7.0 / 10.0

Affordability and friendly.

Check-in was great, the staff are friendly. The location is great, with plenty of buses, taxis, and a Luas (tram) on the doorstep. Very close to EVERYTHING, including nightlife and Temple Bar.

The pillow is too thin, and the air heater/cooler could be more central in room 321 and stay on for more than 3 hours. It is noisy but expected given the location in the city centre.

3.0 / 10.0

I won’t come back.

It is very well located.

The price was very expensive for a bed in a 12 bed dormitory. The bathroom was rundown and the glass door didn’t allow proper intimacy. The window in the room didn’t close and stayed wide open and despite our request nobody came to check what could be done about it.

1.0 / 10.0

TERRIBLE

NOTHING

Room i stayed in was extremely hot and we had no control over the AC. it was so unbearable that i had to rent another hotel room

7.0 / 10.0

Was good

In the City centre

No elevator when going in,There is too much noise next the bar,air conditioner is not working on room 213

1.0 / 10.0

Drunken, rowdy night to dubstep

The hostel is in a good location near public transport. The rooms have air conditioning and the floors are carpeted. I was in a 6 bed mixed dorm with private bathroom. The bathroom was large with a bathtub. It was very clean.

The hostel is listed as having a lift, which is very important to me due to mobility issues. Staff were accommodating to give me a bottom bunk. Unfortunately, I had to walk up two flights of stairs and then you can take an elevator to the TV room/Kitchen. The real trouble began when trying to go to sleep. The music from the club next door was audible in the room and the bass could be felt. Then there were the drunk obnoxious lads who came in the middle of the night. Somehow we wound up with an extra lad who kept coming into the room, turning on the overhead light, talking loudly asking his mates for a phone charger and asking how all the beds were full. 3:30 in the morning. Yes, after the all Irelands, but really over the top behaviour, absolutely no respect for the other people trying to sleep.And this lad had a key to the room, so how did that happen? He eventually left and came back in repeating the same behaviour at 6:30 am. So, I paid for a bed, hoping to get close to 8 hours sleep and got around 3. I did report it to staff and the first thing they asked was had I complained during the night. I reminded them I was there because they have a lift listed on their page and I couldn't do the stairs without putting on my leg braces. One of the worst experiences I've had in a hostel. Which is sad, because it has a lot of unique features.

7.0 / 10.0

Great location & price, but not comfortable sleep

The staff was really nice and the private 6 bedroom with bathroom was great for my group.

The beds weren’t comfortable and the shower automatically would turn off during it.

7.0 / 10.0

Surprisingly nice for a hostel.

Great location with in walking distance of Dublin Castle and other nice spots. I really liked that we could reserve a private room to ourselves which was great for our big family. The electricity/heater situation was quite strange and only ran on a 2hr max timer. So I don't know what you do on cold nights. But the bunk beds were like new with phone chargers built in which was a nice surprise. one of the bunks was dangerously close to the heater and would have been uncomfortable if we had to use it. Thankfully that was extra one for us. Having to pay for soap and towels seems really odd at a hotel, but this is the type of place it is.

smells a bit of marijuana in the halls and lots of rowdy young guys, but I guess that was to be expected in a hostel.

7.0 / 10.0

Good but unpleasant shortcominngs as well

Biggest hostel I have ever been to. Great location, Innovative and safe storage cages in room, You get a map on arrival.

Hostel does not provide even basic stuff in kitchen, like coffe. salt, sugar... Water in showers comes always boling-hot only with a button-like mechanism, without the chance to reduce temparature, which is really unpleasant. I told this to staff and was told that it was not a flaw, buth the way it is (!) Only one hostel in the world in which I have been charged to leave luggage a couple of hours after check-out and they do not accept cash.

6.0 / 10.0

Fine for a lads trip, price very good and if in dublin again with lads would consider staying again

Location was great and price very good. Room size good

Beds very hard and shower wasn’t great

8.0 / 10.0

Convenient

Good location and good bed.

noisy at night due to the pub outside. Also, some roommates were noisy.

1.0 / 10.0

Rude and racist staff

Nothing

The staff is very very rude, I cancelled one of my booking within the cancellation period, when but when I ask for my refund, they he asked me to send an email, afterwards no updates and I tried contact them and they are just hanging up my phone, untill now. Also one time I was in a que to checkin with the same hostel, I withnessed a extremly rude behaviour from one of the receptionst, a very old black men he asked for a lower bed, in a very polite way and this receptionist shouted at him for no reason at the same time he was flirting with another woman and offering her a lower bed and everything, that scene was crezy, i dont know why cultureless people like him working as a receptionist. Overall very bad experience and I lost money, its okay never again this hostel.

10.0 / 10.0

Best stay in Dublin

The dormitory is clean and good, the staff is awesome, location is best.

i liked everything

9.0 / 10.0

good enough

Clean rooms

more signs,/directions to the exit are required.

3.0 / 10.0

Poor sleep and disappointing staff.

Location.

The room was extremely warm and noisy. During the weekends it is basically impossible to sleep before 3am. The hostel does not have any noise isolation. The beds are very uncomfortable and the check in staff are not well prepared making very basic mistakes, such as giving you the wrong bed number, and charging you for basically everything.

9.0 / 10.0

Quite lovely

Like the atmosphere

Too many people in a room

10.0 / 10.0

Brilliant location, very pleasant

Very friendly staff, excellent location, beautiful hostel (very huge, it is quite an adventure to find your room and i liked that!). Bed was comfy, met nice people in the room.

In the bathroom, there is too hot temperature for my taste, so I think staff can decrease it, cause it doesn’t has to be necessary that warm. Depending on the day, but sometimes there is a loud club till late on the street right in the area of the hostel, but that’s something that guests have to count on since the hostel is located in the very centre of the city.

1.0 / 10.0

Wouldn’t recommend

Old and cold building, kitchen was always left dirty, cleaning staff were very ignorant and check out time was 10am, staff often came in hoovering while I was still in room

6.0 / 10.0

Central spot. Better than sleeping rough. Avoid if you need time in the toilet/shower time.

It's central, and it's cheaper than a hotel. The staff were great.

Nine people sharing one bathroom (one shower). I cannot envision nine people each having time to individually use the one bathroom with one shower in the morning. Even a separate toilet and sink (one room) and shower and sink (second room) would've helped. Or, toilets and a larger communal showering area elsewhere in the building. For the price (90~100+ euros) it's hardly a bargin, but that's Dublin more so than this place. The bathroom had no regular hand towel for drying your hands. Surely they could staple one to the wall or install a hand dryer for a room that's turning over 810~1000+ per night.

5.0 / 10.0

Passable

Location was very good only a 3 minute walk to where i was going

I was given a bed someone else was sleeping in so had to sort that out no light in the bathroom which could be quite at dangerous at night and no mirror either i was told i could do my makeup and use the mirror at reception which is hardly ideal i was told there had been a few incidents with mirrors but after paying 81 euro for a bed id expect these basic things in a room

FAQs

Is parking included with this hostel?

Parking is not specified as an available amenity at The Dawson Hostel - DUBLIN. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this hostel?

We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this hostel. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.

Is The Dawson Hostel - DUBLIN pet friendly?

Unfortunately, this hostel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"

What amenities are available at The Dawson Hostel - DUBLIN?

We found 13 amenities for this rental. This includes free wifi/internet, air conditioning, non-smoking, heating, and wifi/internet.

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The Dawson Hostel - DUBLIN

Hostel in Dublin

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About this hostel

Amenities at The Dawson Hostel - DUBLIN

Map of Dublin

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Hostel in Dublin

Reasons to book

Map of Dublin

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

About this hostel

Amenities

Ratings and reviews

FAQs

Is parking included with this hostel?

Is there a pool at this hostel?

Is The Dawson Hostel - DUBLIN pet friendly?

What amenities are available at The Dawson Hostel - DUBLIN?

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