Bar (on property)

Reviews of Clink i Lár

2 out of 5
Clink i Lár
35-36 Abbey Street Upper. Dublin1, Dublin

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 67 out of 146 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 47 out of 146 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 22 out of 146 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 146 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 146 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
New
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Response from Alex - FoH Manager on May 9, 2024
Hey Brian,Thanks for the 4/5* review!We hope you enjoyed Dublin and had a great onward journey!Take care :)

10/10 Excellent

Talia

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great accessibility to city center of Dublin and friendly staff.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Alex - FoH Manager on May 1, 2024
Hey Talia!Thanks for the awesome review and for appreciating our gorgeous staff. Amazing that you also enjoyed the idea location of the hostel.Take care and all the best!

10/10 Excellent

Megan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Alex - FoH Manager on May 2, 2024
Hey Megan!Thanks for leaving an awesome 5* review.Hope you loved Dublin just as much as it loved you!!Take care

6/10 Okay

Presley

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Alex - FoH Manager on May 2, 2024
Hi presley,Thanks for leaving your review, we hope you had a safe and fun onward travel.All the best

8/10 Good

Presley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
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Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Alex - FoH Manager on May 2, 2024
Hi Presley!Thanks for leaving an awesome review.Wishing you on the best for your onward travels!Take care

8/10 Good

Stephanie

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We loved our stay! We were in a private double on the top floor, so it was pretty quiet for us. The hostel is close to the canal and temple bar area, so walkable to a lot of tourist sites and restaurants. Staff were delightful and we felt very welcome. The only thing that was slightly inconvenient was the size of the shower. The opening to get in is only about 18” wide, so if you’re a larger person, you might have a hard time using it.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Alex - FoH Manager on May 1, 2024
Hey Stephanie, Thanks for taking the time to leave a lovely review and for enjoying our facilities and the wonderful staff we have! (We will pass the compliments along!)The showers are a standard shower size, however we do appreciate the feedback.We hope you had a lovely time in Dublin and that you'll be back soon!All the best

8/10 Good

John

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Bed not particularly comfortable but the place is clean modern, with good facilities. Storage lockers in basement.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Alex - FoH Manager on May 1, 2024
Hi John,Thanks for leaving your review and for staying with us.Sorry to hear you were not cozy in our new beds, but great to hear you enjoyed the facilities and appreciated the clean space!See you again soon?!All the best.

6/10 Okay

MARIA

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
We enjoyed the diversity of places to visit and eat as the hotel is located in the very center of Dublin, but the area is overcrowded, therefore somewhat overwhelming. We found one EKG sticker on one of the towels we rented. It was very gross.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Alex - FoH Manager on May 1, 2024
Hi Maria,Thanks for taking the time to leave a review and for staying with us during your time in Dublin!Sometimes the social areas can get a bit hectic with other guests also enjoying the space, but hopefully this didn't impact your stay too much! We love to see all our guests enjoying the social spaces.Thanks you for the feedback on the issues with your towel.Our housekeeping team have been notified to make sure things like this don't happen again.All the best & take care.

10/10 Excellent

Fabio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great facilities
Response from Alex - FoH Manager on May 1, 2024
Hey Fabio!WooHoo!Thanks for the 5/5 review and for enjoying the fabulous facilities.All the best.

10/10 Excellent

Fabio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect
Response from Alex - FoH Manager on May 1, 2024
Hi Fabio!Amazing!! Thanks for staying with us and for your wonderful review.We hope to see you again soon at Clink I LarAll the best

10/10 Excellent

Thom

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Alex - FoH Manager on May 2, 2024
Hey thom!Thanks for the 5 stars!Glad you had an awesome time :)

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Alex - FoH Manager on May 2, 2024
Awesome!!Thanks for the 5*See you again soon ;)

10/10 Excellent

Darryl, Shawnigan Lake

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Better than we imagined! Naimh & Mike, impeccable service & super nice! Would recommend to everyone!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Alex - FoH Manager on May 1, 2024
Hey Darrly, We're happy to hear we exceeded your expectations!Thanks for taking the time to review our hostel and letting us know about the fabulous service form our flawless team!(We'll be sure to pass the compliments along!)Hope to see you again soon.All the best.

8/10 Good

Donna

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely, helpful staff. Great location. Really enjoyed my staff here.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Berrie on Apr 4, 2024
We are delighted to hear you had a great stay. Hope we see you again soon.

4/10 Poor

John

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had two long red indentations on my leg when I woke up from the metal bars/frame within the mattress. Huge amount of external noise and banging in the hallway till 2am . Incredibly dusty which played havoc with my asthma. Thought I'd upgraded to a deluxe room but it felt almost like a prison. A really uncomfortable and dusty one at that. Took until the following day for my neck and back to stop hurting.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Berrie on Apr 8, 2024
I am really sorry to hear John. Our rooms are checked by pest control regularly and we have never found anything in particular. All our beds are made of steel for this reason. We have onboarded a new cleaning company and catching up with deep cleaning. We will be upgrading our mattresses in our private rooms soon. We hope you will consider us again in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Gianina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Berrie on Apr 4, 2024
Thanks Gianina for this perfecr score.

8/10 Good

Zachary

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Good for the price
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 28, 2024
Thanks Zachary. Safe travels

6/10 Okay

Amber

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 28, 2024
Thanks Amber for the rating, don't hesitate to reach out to share more detailed feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Liana, Silton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location was most important to me as found walking much easier to get to my tours.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 28, 2024
Thank you! We agree, our location is top notch.

10/10 Excellent

Charlotte

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfectly adequate for a 3 night stay. Couldnt fault how clean and tidy it was. Easy walk to everywhere we needed to be. When venturing further pulic transport was easily accessible. Great place!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 28, 2024
Many thanks Charlotte.

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Central location, our private room was compact but with well enough room, and the staff were really nice.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 28, 2024
Thank you Kelly. See you soon.

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location! Easy access to everything, clean and safe.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 19, 2024
Thank you so much Elizabeth

6/10 Okay

Branon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
I stayed here for about a week. The positive is that the pricing is great, especially for the location. It's about a 5-10 minute walk from the Temple Bar area and I loved the access to shopping nearby. The major drawback is that my bunk was without electricity for about half of my stay, which would be about 3 days. This meant that to charge my phone I'd have to go sit in a common area for hours. The staff was kind and offered a power bank so I could at least go out and about.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
Thanks Branon for you review. We are sorry your bed electricity was not working while you stayed with us but we are glad our team offered you an alternative. We hope to see you again soon.

4/10 Poor

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
Sorry to see we did not meet your expectations, do not hesitate to get in touch to share feedback. Safe travels.

6/10 Okay

James

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 22, 2024
Thanks James for taking time to rate us. Do let us know if there is anything you would have like us to do better.

2/10 Terrible

sydney

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 22, 2024
Sorry to see we did not meet your expectations. Please reach out to us with more feedback so we can improve.

8/10 Good

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
See you soon Chris!

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked the breakfast and staff very much, thank you!
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
We are so glad to hear you liked our Breakfast and Staff. Thank you and see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Jeremy

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cheap, clean, relatively central - can walk to Temple Bar in 10 mins. No frills but gave us exactly what we needed. Slept very well.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
So happy we gave you exactly what you needed. See you again soon.

8/10 Good

Hugh

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 22, 2024
See you soon Hugh!

8/10 Good

Terence, Nuneaton

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
Thanks Terence.

8/10 Good

Rhiannon

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place, staff and food! A few tweaks needed
Perfect location and very easy to check in. We loved the chill out area and played lots of games while waiting for each other/grabbing a drink at the bar as we were quite a big group. I stayed in a private room and while it was nice to have a private bathroom, the bed wasn’t very comfortable so we didn’t get great sleep. We had to stay another night due to the storm and ended up in a 6-bed dorm - the beds there were much comfier (ironically as that was a much cheaper room per person!) However in the 6-bed room all of the bedside plugs weren’t working which made charging devices tricky. It wouldn’t have been great if we were staying in that room for more than one night.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
Sorry Rhiannon for the issue you have encountered. We are currently testing new mattresses as we agree, we need to up our comfort level there. The dorm beds electricity/light have now been fixed too. Hope to see you soon.

8/10 Good

Terence, Nuneaton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean facilities and helpful staff
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
Thanks Terence. Safe travels.

8/10 Good

Joao

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fair enough
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
Thanks Jao,

8/10 Good

Chijioke Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The facility is very neat,their staffs are has a good manner of working ethics and are social in dealing with customers
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
Hope to see you soon Michael.

8/10 Good

Chijioke M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clink-i-lar the best hotel/hostel ro be in Dublin
I will always recommend a friend to clink-i-lar hotels.com because they are simply the best in terms of cleanliness and they also have awesome staffs that has a good manner of approach when attending to customers,their toilet/bathroom section is always clean
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
Thanks for recommending us and for praising our staff. See you again soon.

8/10 Good

Terence, Nuneaton

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 22, 2024
Thanks Terence. See you soon in Amsterdam, London or Dublin.

8/10 Good

EMMA

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Great
Lovely stay, staff are great and the games of an evening are a nice touch. The beds in the private rooms are really hard and not comfortable at all, but the dorm beds are a lot nicer! (We had to book an extra night in a dorm following our flight being cancelled)
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
Thanks Emma for the feedback. We are currently testing mattresses to upgrade our private rooms. Glad you enjoyed our dorms.

8/10 Good

Gary

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hostel was fairly clean and easy to navigate. The bed in a 4 person room was okay, not great. A get what you pay for type of place. There was no electricity supply to the sockets in the beds either, so no charging phones or using the lamp. Had my phone charger pinched. Told reception staff, they didnt really seem bothered. The breakfast is very average. Variety was great, quality not so much. You'd get better value elsewhere in the city. Overall it was okay, could be improved though.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
Sorry to hear your phone was pinched while charging. All our beds electricity/light have been fixed. We have worked on our breakfast offering too. We hope we get the chance to host you again so you see for yourself where we have improved.

8/10 Good

Aqeel Ibrahim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent stay. In the heart of the city centre, next to local amenities and close travel options ie tram. The place itself is clean, the staff are professional. The issue of the sockers within the cubicles needs to be resolved asap and not sure tap water is readily available. Though there is a kitchen on the 2nd floor. Also met fellow friendly travellers who we went on a local pub trail with. Great place to meet new people 👍
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
We love to hear you were able to meet fellow travellers and create memories. This is the reason we have hostels. Safe travels.

6/10 Okay

Tatyana

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Hostel was in great location and the staff was super nice. However our beds weren’t cleaned properly, there were no paper towels or air blower in the bathroom to dry your hands and also no additional toiletries provided (we ran out of toilet paper). The outlets/power in the bunk beds weren’t working and our bathroom sink was leaking and we reported it but it was never fixed.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Beverley

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Rasheed

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

sarah

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Berrie on Mar 13, 2024
Thanks Sarah for taking the time to rate us.

10/10 Excellent

Selin

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

kavell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Kenneth

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awful!
The room is so small, looks like a dorm room. No tv. They charge for extra towels. No cleaning service while you’re there. We booked 4 nights here. We couldn’t stay the last night, they wouldn’t refund us so before hand we emailed back and forth with the manager who emailed us back and said that room that we paid for but couldn’t stay in bc we had to fly back home was ready for my son to use. We left him a note and key. He got there and put his stuff in the room and to dinner. He got back and two people were in the room in the bed naked. All his personal items were there. He went down to desk upset and the staff yelled at him. They were very unprofessional. They told him and his gf off. He said it was the worst experience ever. They gave him another room that had no lock on it. It was extremely inconvenient and rude. Also the nights I stayed asked for towels and the hotel staff was rude to me. There were rats outside the side door. Never again. I emailed the manager and no response. I want a refund for my last night I paid for and my son was not able to use!! All their personal items in the room and they gave it to another party! No response by manager yet and it’s been 2 days since my complaint via email.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nial

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really modern, clean and friendly in a perfect location. Would thoroughly recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023