Sleepzone Galway City Hostel

Great hostel! Location is awesome it's clean but most importantly the staff is super friendly and go above and beyond making your stay as pleasant as possible! On my arrival I was checked in by a A very polite and friendly receptionist Kate who was extremely helpful and gave me some great tips for places to go in town and went above and beyond to ensure that we have a great stay in the hostel. All the staff is super friendly and helpful and quick to help and provide information on any issue you may have. You often meet new interesting people in the hostel and the atmosphere is very friendly! Over all 10/10 customer service very happy with this hostel and the staff is Fab!!!

Nice hostel with several spaces to seat and relax that also had a kitchen. However the staff was very rude and the floor of the room seemed like it have never been cleaned. Hopefully thr matresses were relatively clean. The bathroom didnt't contain hand soap, neither dody soap. We were charged extra for the towels 3£ each and the body soap was 3£ also. The location after all was pretty good.

We were 3 in a 4 beds private dorm with ensuite bathroom, booked it just for sleep so it was good overall. My big complaint was finding in one bed few hairs, and one cut nail so looked like the cleaners didn't change the bed at all but just folded again the duvet. Free towels left having a private room (although it was missing in the bathroom a mat for after the shower). Nice kitchen and common areas, nice staff and free lockers room before check in and after check out (I saw there was some small lockers to rent I guess if you have some valuable stuff). Free coffee and tea all day and breakfast included that we couldn't enjoy cause we slept. Check out at 10 and check in at 15 and 10:05 already knocking the door but is fine.

Extremely affordable place to get a nights sleep in Galway! I was incredibly impressed by the staff from the moment I got there, in particular Kate was an absolute delight! Delighted to find out they include a breakfast with the low price of the room, so you can get some cereal and toast, tea and coffee! It’s an excellent location right in the heart of Galway city! It is important to note that it is a hostel and if you are in a mixed dorm it is very possible there will be noise from the other guests but it is a small trade off to make for how affordable it is!

Stayed here in a private with my dad on a roadtrip and had a fabulous experience! Kate at the front was so lovely and accommodating, we were able to check in early which was awesome. Car parking at a lot nearby for $7 all day. The common spaces were great, tons of outlets and places to sit. Did a load of laundry for about $10 total, clothes got clean and smelled great. Only thing I would change would be a few more outlets in the rooms. Slept great, bed was comfy, bathroom was clean, hostel was quiet overnight. Great location and good craic, will stay again if in Galway.

No complaints for this hostel. It's a walking distance from the bus stop/ train station/ Eyre Square/ supermarket. The staff seemed nice and polite (though I didn't get a chance to interact with them). Best this about this hotels is that they give free breakfast :p Cleanliness is looked after. All in all, the stay was quite satisfactory and I would recommend.

Very good start as soon as you enter you get greeted and well treated the whole stay by staff. I also called for questions i had towards the room, they answered very quickly and politely. Very understandable English which in my case wasn't a problem. The sheets were a little dirty but other than some random peoples noises that were shut down by staff (the inside ones), everything was pretty smooth as the beds are comfortable. Very good for the price.

The room was great, we had a private bathroom with shower although the sink was tiny. The hostel offers a nice breakfast and it's equipped with a kitchen. The location is perfect and near to the city centre. We definitely would have enjoyed the stay better if it wasn't for the teens in the room next to us. Some of the guys went to the bathroom although it was clearly for females only. The receptionist was quick to intervene so we eventually got a good night sleep. Overall we were happy of our stay and we think it's worth the money.

We went and stayed there for a Study Abroad trip and was completely disgusted by the mold and smell in our room. Me and some others were scared to get sick due to the moldy smell from the bathroom in the room, and on the mattress, and the bathrooms shower wouldn't stay on for more than 5 seconds. We had to leave and stay somewhere else but the staff was nice enough to give us an another room, but we'd have to stay in that one overnight, which we didn't want to do. It was decent for being a hostel and not too crowded nor trashy but the health concern of the mold and smell needs to be of concern and taken seriously. Definitely do not recommend staying there.

Found this place on AirBnB. We stayed in the apartment style rooms out back, so I can't speak on the main common rooms that most people probably stay at. We had 2 rooms, each with 2 beds, a kitchen/dining area, and a shared bathroom. There is free breakfast in the morning, which consists of bread, jams/jellies, cereal, coffee, and tea. If you stay here, at least in the apartment style rooms, make sure you listen to the instructions, or read them, on how to make sure you have hot water for the showers. If not, you'll be showering in ice cold water until you figure it out. I may, or may not, know this from experience. Otherwise, this place was really close to everything you need, especially the alley with all the bars.

Not a bad stay but I'd look for a different place next time. Overall, it just felt really dirty here. Great location, just two blocks around the corner from the downtown and all the bars. No parking and you need to pay for street parking when it's not a holiday. Tiny rooms, tiny bathrooms. Not incredibly clean. Twin room has it's own bathroom, which is nice. Our twin room also had four beds instead of two. Kind of nice to have a place to put our stuff. Blinds didn't work so well though. As with most hostels, the floors are wooden and you can hear people moving luggage and going up stairs. Not much you can do about that. Otherwise a very quiet hostel. Huge kitchen and lots of lounge space. Food needs to stay in the kitchen but you can cook there. Three refrigerators but none of them incredibly cold. I mean, my yogurt was soupy in the morning. The dishwashing area is really gross though. Not sure how clean all of that stuff is. Signs all over say no alcohol but people were drinking at night (and so were we). Breakfast is toast and coffee (and it's free!). Free wifi. Only one working computer in the shared area.

Sleepzone wasn't my first choice hostel, but it ended up exceeding my expectations. Located three minutes from Eyre Square, it can be difficult to spot because it's hidden by the Debenhams car park. This hostel has free internet, wi-fi, bureau de change, pool tables and a large kitchen for communal cooking. There are three floors of rooms, from singles, doubles to dorms. What makes this accommodation stand out are the people who work here. The two guys that I dealt with went above and beyond to make my stay comfortable. They were kind, courteous and very thorough, answering questions, making photocopies and even personally escorting me to my room. Another nice thing about this place is the price. My friend and I paid 50 Euro for a room to ourselves. The room had three bunk beds and a small toilet with a shower. Most importantly, it was clean and secure. There was no noise outside (perhaps because no alcohol is permitted on the premises) so we slept like logs.

We stayed in Sleepzone Galway earlier this year and as there was no room available in the central hostel, we were shown to rooms in a building across the street, also owned by the hostel. It was like renting a house for the price of a hostel room. There were only three rooms so we practically had the run of the place. The house and rooms were clean, comfortable, warm and modern. Sleepzone is really central - Galway is not a big city and the main shopping, dining, pubbing and clubbing areas are all within easy walking distance of the hostel. The staff were friendly and helpful with all inquiries and the prices were fair. I'm looking forward to checking into the hostel in Connemara next time I head wesht.

This was the best hostel I have ever stayed in. The free breakfast was awesome - toast (including delicious Irish soda bread), butter and different types of jams, coffee, tea, and cereal. It has 2 tv rooms on the ground floor with books, movies, guides to Ireland...incredible, so much more amenities I have ever seen at any other hostel. The staff is friendly and helpful. They have computers for guests to use for free, and lockers downstairs to use for free too. It's about 15 minutes from the city center, and the place is immaculate. Sheets and pillows and bedding was totally clean, and there is a great hostel vibe. They have guides on the wall for "best bar," "best fish and chips in town," etc. I booked a 6 bed room that was supposed to be co-ed, but there were only 3 of us there! I would no doubt stay here again, one of the highlights of my trip to Galway was to be able to chill in this awesome hostel.

This hostel was great! The best one I've stayed at while traveling around Ireland. Our room was clean, the mattress was comfy as well as the pillow. The bathroom could use a little work but it was still reasonable. The offer a free breakfast which consists of cereal, toast, bagels and coffee, juices and teas. The staff was extremely nice and helpful and attentive to any needs. Totally recommend this place to anyone looking for a reasonably priced place to stay in Galway.

I'm not sure if I should broadcast this review to the internet at large, as I may wish to visit Galway again at some stage, which would necessitate me going back to the Sleepzone Hostel. Ah, I'm sure that they'll have forgotten us at this stage. A while back, three of the girls decided that they were down to Galway for the weekend (I'm pretty sure that it was in January or February). We didn't have anything to do that weekend, so myself and four of the lads decided that we'd head down as well, just the night before they were due to leave, spur of the moment like. Next day, we landed up in Galway and headed to Sleepzone (I recounted my experiences on the train on the way down in my review of Iarnród Éireann, for those of you that are interested.) The girls checked in ahead of us in no time. They had booked ahead of time, whereas we, seeing as we had only decided to go the night before and in consideration that it was the off-season, didn't bother. They glibly charged us a €25 deposit each per night we intended staying, so €50 deposit per person. This left us very pissed off, as the girls hadn't been charged any deposit, but it later emerged the deposit-charging was a very prescient move on Sleepzone's behalf. I'm not going to recount the subsequent events of the evening as it may leave me liable in relation to certain legal issues. Suffice to say, some girls may have been brought back to the hostel (not by me, I might add). Then there was a row, the hostel's bouncer was in our room arguing with us for several hours, and in the end the Gardaí were called. Later on, a picture frame in the lobby was broken (that wasn't us, by the way.) Anyway, in the heel of the hunt, we went down the next morning to sheepishly apologise in the hope that they wouldn't take our two hundred and fifty fuckin euro deposit off of us. And in fairness to them, they only kept fifty euro (I don't think that they noticed the bent curtain rail or all the broken glass on the floor.) So, all things considered, a decent bunch of lads. As to the hostel itself, very clean, very central, good kitchen facilities. And they say that you aren't allowed bring drink onto the premises, but the second night that we stayed there, the bouncer came up to our room when there was cans all over the place, and he didn't say anything. He only came up once - very briefly, mind - to throw the girls out of our room (as in our friends the girls, not some nasty girls that were brought back like the first night. We had learned our lesson). Anyway, there were cans all over the place, as we had spent almost the entire day in bed drinking (I love drinking while in a bunk-bed; there are few greater joys in the world), so the bouncer can't have failed to notice the multitude of empty Dutch cans. Perhaps at this stage he had decided to accept the lesser of two evils. Anyway, decent spot.

This was my first hostel experience, and I didn't know what to expect-- aside from my viewings of the Hostel horror films. The first thing about this place is that it was a bit difficult to find. I feel as though that is something that is an issue just to Galway-- it was very difficult to find any street signs. We arrived before our check in time, and they had a nice area for us to leave our luggage that was locked. They gave us a better map of the city than we had, and marked good locations for drinks, food, shopping, and site seeing. They were extremely kind in helping us, since we were supposed to be on a guided tour-- but we ended up not having a guide at all. We left for a few hours to get lunch, go on another tour of the city. And then came back for a nap. The room itself was fairly nice. It had clean sheets and a comforter for each member of our party. There were a few outlets-- but that didn't bother me since I had nothing to plug in. The one part of this hostel that I did not like was the shower. There was a push button on it, and you had to keep it pushed down to keep water flowing. As I figured out later, that was fairly typical to hostels. However, I had no idea what I was doing and it was often quite cold. The bathroom itself seemed quite dingy, over all. They also had free computers to use, and a fairly decent sized kitchen.

Hostel has everything that you need.. I stayed in a private hostel at a very reasonable price - the receptionist was so great in waiting up late night awaiting our arrival to ensure we got checked in and knew where to find everything to include the local restaurants and dive bars to hang out with locals as well as fellow travelers. I enjoyed my stay here and would go back again.. theres comfortable beds, well kept and clean rooms/bathrooms, and a shared kitchen, TV/game room.

This hostel was very nice for a nights stay. Joanna at the front desk was SO friendly and helpful while we were there. The price for our triple room was pretty reasonable although we also stayed another night at a cozy B&B just off the square for less. Security is great, someone is at the desk all night checking you in. You also get a discount card for this cafe around the corner yayyyy! I honestly don't think I'd stay there again but only because you can find a better deal in town. As far as hostels go it was A-OK.

this hostel is badass--it has great security, pretty clean facilities and is close to EVERYTHING (the coach station, Eyre Square, a 24hour grocery store, the cinema, you name it! I bet you're not wondering why, whyyyyy did I only give it four stars if it's so freakin' rad!? Well, because they don't have a printer hooked up to the ONE computer they have for internet access--I walked to the net cafe down the street, so all was not lost! But they should install some kind of printing device, and maybe get another machine while they're at it... I mean, desktops like that are SO 1990's... ;)

For the price you pay, Sleepzone is a great accommodation. It's in a central location, so you really only need to walk 5-10 minutes to the main part of Galway. They also offered a tour through Doolin and the Cliffs of Moher for only 20 euros that my friend and I took and would highly recommend. My friend and I stayed in a 6-person mixed room. It had it's own private bathroom and the beds were very comfortable. I was the only girl in the room and I felt completely fine. Everyone - both the staff and guests - were incredibly friendly and approachable. The kitchen was also very clean and spacious. This hostel is good for travelers looking to spend the night as well as students or business people looking for a longer stay. I would definitely stay here again.

My mom, sister, her boyfriend and I stayed here while we visited Galway and I wasn't too disappointed. The beds were comfy, the kitchen was large and there always seemed to be a computer open when I needed it. I liked the location of the hostel too! Really close to Lidl and also close to the bars! I wouldn't mind staying here again! Extremely nice staff!

The Rooms are clean, the beds are okay (if you are lucky, not all of them). The bad things: The hostel is very loud. Sometimes there is no water running out of the tap (great when you are in the shower with soap all over your body). The self catering kitchen is totally undersized, also the dinning room which has 30 seats for 140+ beds plus the people from the tents. If you need the self catering facilities you should look for another hostel. If you are just looking for a cheap night in a bed it might be okay, but get up early for breakfast to catch a seat or eat while standing. For us it is the worst hostel we had in Ireland up to now.