Great hostel! I loved it, the owners are so kind. The rooms are nice and the bathrooms are just…read morefine. Great location, go for a walk over the bridge in the mornings. Great pubs nearby for delicious food. I recommend staying here. It's also not too far from Dublin if you'd like to make a trip there or to Glendalough and check out some things there.

BeautIful feeling inside. It is clean and cozy. They have so many good places to hang out and the…read moreshowers are clean. The beds are good too. The staff was friendly.

Great place to stay and an interesting part of the country. Lots to do if you scratch the surface…read moreand the staff in the hostel were great for giving tips!! Cool pubs and lots of history. We did the Jameson whiskey walking tour which was very insightful!!!!

This has to be one of my favorite hostels! I stayed here with a friend of mine over a 4 day weekend…read morewhen I was stationed in Europe. We stayed in an 8 bunk room for 16 euros a night. The awesome thing was no one else stayed in the room with us! We had a huge 8 bunk room with our own bathroom for 4 days. The last day we had a guy show up as we were leaving but besides that it was all privacy. The accommodations were clean and in good condition. The staff was very friendly and able to answer all questions. We went on a pub crawl through the hostel and it was one of the funnest events of our trip. All of the other guests were super friendly and we had a blast with everyone. We were the only Americans as well so it was cool meeting lots of people from other countries. The name of the hostel isn't being used in vain either. It is one block away from the Guinness storehouse and brewery! This place was awesome and it was only a stones throw away! I recommend this place to anyone wanting to stay in a cheap, clean place and meet tons of new, interesting people from all over the world!

Not a bad place to stay if you want to hike the Wicklow Mountains. But come prepared! The nearest…read moregrocery store is about a 30 minute walk away and from what others told me, it's overpriced. So I brought my own groceries. There wasn't too much in the Free Food bin when I was there. Unlike most hostels I've stayed in Ireland, no free tea and coffee. And take-away/eating out in Ireland is generally pricey by American standards. On the positive side, it's near the trails. After a day of hiking, you can grab a vanilla cone from one of the stalls, then take a shower back at the hostel. Staff was friendly. Like almost all hostels, the staff works for free in exchange for room and board. One of the workers took me and another to a bar with live music, then took us to the nearby church which looked so cool at night with the moon and stars. If you ask around the hostel, you'll find someone going to Dublin who can provide a lift. One of the girls in my room drove 3 of us to Dublin so it saved me from hitchhiking (or taking the bus). Plenty of burners in the kitchen to cook your meals, although the refrigerators were often stuff full of other people's food. Unfortunately the showers and sinks use annoying push faucets that stop after 5 or 10 seconds. The ensuite bathroom in my 10-bed female dorm had no hand soap. WiFi only worked in the common area but not as far as the dining room. And hah, of course it won't in the bedrooms. Annoying that on a Sunday, the kitchen was closed 10:30am even though the sign said it closes 11-1pm. Large groups stay at the hostel and can be annoying and ill-behaved. I was hoping to stay another night but a large group took up all the bookings for one night. So off to Dublin I went...

It it what it is! A hostle with an amazing location!…read more Well I didn't do the budget weekend, so 1. we had a car 2. we didn't cook but tried out some good restaurants in the area 3. we had a double room. I found the staff were really friendly and the atmosphere in the hostel was welcoming and so positive. I wouldn't hesitate going back again - even though I wouldn't want to stay in the dorm.

This hostel has great amenities and large open common areas downstairs, which I appreciated…read more However, I want to share a few negatives from my experience so other travelers are aware before booking. I rarely leave negative reviews, but I felt this was worth mentioning. I had been traveling for over a day and a half and was extremely exhausted. I politely asked the front desk if there was anywhere I could sit and rest my eyes for a few minutes until check-in. The staff member immediately said no and made it clear that resting or sleeping anywhere in the lobby was not allowed. The interaction felt dismissive and not very friendly, and I noticed a similar tone when he was speaking with other guests. Another issue was the bathroom setup. I stayed on the second floor and there were no women's restrooms on that floor, so I had to go up and down the stairs each time I needed to use the bathroom. After check-in, I finally fell asleep because I was so exhausted, but I was suddenly woken up by loud pounding on my door( not a gentle knock )The staff member said he had made a mistake and placed me in the wrong room. I understand mistakes happen -- I've stayed in hostels all over the world -- but the way it was handled felt disruptive. As I was getting up to move rooms, he suddenly said I could just stay where I was. I had originally booked a four-bed female dorm because I hoped to meet other travelers, so having the room to myself wasn't really what I expected-but ultimately, I was grateful that I did have the room to myself so that was one positive He said he would make it up to me with a free breakfast token, but the breakfast ended up being very minimal (bread, cheese, yogurt, cucumber, and cereal). Overall, the atmosphere just didn't feel very welcoming. If you're looking for something friendlier with a better vibe, I would recommend Abbey Court Hostel instead -- the staff there are VERY kind, the common areas are lively- and they won't kick you out if you need to rest your eyes for 30 minutes and it feels much more inviting for travelers. I really do hate to leave a negative review, but this is mainly to make awareness to other travelers

I stayed here recently for 2 nights with my tour group. Overall, this hostel has a really cool vibe…read morewith a bar on the bottom floor where they are always playing soccer (football) games. They also have games available to play. Their receptionists were always nice and helpful and I just liked the community spaces available. They have a locked room as well to store your luggage if you don't have a room yet. Breakfast is served on the bottom floor also. The buffet breakfast was not it. Very minimal options and kind of depressing of what actually was available. The elevators were pretty sketchy. One of them always seemed to work fine but the other one we could never get to go up from the lobby. They didn't allow you to take the stairs to go up which I thought was weird. We were staying on floor 2 so it was annoying to have to wait for a working elevator every time. The beds in the room were fine. Typical hostel bed and they provided us with a pillow, blanket, and towel. The shower in the bathroom in the room was fine but the toilet didn't flush so we always had to go to the community bathroom down the hall. Not the end of the world but just frustrating at times. Best part about this place was the location. There were a couple restaurants and coffee shops nearby as well as convenience stores like a Tesco express around the corner. The Jameson distillery is literally right around the corner and you can get a discount for the Jameson tasting tour if you tell them you are staying at the Generator. It was also very close to temple bar!

We booked in for the weekend of the Slane concert, 25 EUR per person for two nights. Good value and…read morea good plan of action as my abiding memory of going to a concert at Slane Castle was the endless amount of walking from car parks / bus parks to the venue. And then the huge amount of time spent sitting in traffic trying to leave. It's a great venue, but I have avoided it in the past because of how difficult it is to get to and from there. Slane Farm Hostel was 300 metres from the Slane Castle grounds if the information they provided was to be believed. I took this with a pinch of salt, but it had to be better than arriving and leaving on the day, right? It ended up being just over 1 KM away for a finish (from camp to the gate we were allowed to enter by). Still, it was better than previous experiences. I don't know why I thought camping for the Foo Fighters concert was going to be anything other than a regular festival camping experience. There was plenty of screaming and shouting, which is fine (ear plugs). Other festival camping effects that I wont go into. But hey, SFH can't control people being idiots. And I need to finally accept I've grown out of camping at concerts :) The first camping field did seem to me to be too full by the time they opened the second field. I'm sure the staff controlling this tried to get people to park and pitch sensibly and I can imagine it's like herding cats. Our plans to depart at a reasonable hour on Sunday morning looked scuppered. But we managed to leave before 10 am in the end, which was great. At the moment I'm not sure I can recommend this as an alternative to going to and from Slane Castle for concerts on the day itself. Catch 22. All that said the staff we dealt with directly seemed nice enough. And I saw who looked like the owner dealing with an issue with the toilets down by the yards on Saturday morning - it was good to see they cared about that. And the toilets down by the yard always had loo roll.. If an opportunity to camp here at any other time of the year came up, I would go back to Slane Farm Hostel as their facilities seemed fine.

Rolled into Slane with no place to stay and a quick word at…read morethe Inside Out (a great restaurant!) got us the number of a pub owner, who sent us out to Slane Farm. (The Slane network is aces!) the hostel is comfortable, cozy, clean, and reasonably priced. I'll be staying here on future trips.