The Dawson Galway

Fun place to visit. Close to city centre, free breakfast, can have as much tea and coffee as wanted. Rooms can get quite warm, but are generally comfortable

Solid hostel experience! The location is good while still quiet, the front desk staff were friendly, and the room was clean. My only real complaint is that there aren't outlets right at each bed, so you can't have your phone next to you if it's charging at night. I wouldn't mind staying here again.

I stayed for seven days and hadn’t it been for Kate, Gabriela, Matti and George, my experience in Galway would have been considerably worse. They are fun, helpful and committed professionals who deserve more credit for what they do. Thank you and see you next year!

Decent stay. The staff were really friendly. The free breakfast consisted of bread / toast, butter, jam, milk and cereal (cornflakes, oats, chocolate hoops). Also free tea and coffee all day. Rooms were ok but quite dated and only had 2 plug sockets which were located at one person’s bed. So really inconvenient for charging phones overnight. Room got really humid / stuffy easily and we had to keep opening the window so think some better ventilation and general modernisation are needed. Some simple additions like a rubber bath mat, some wall hooks in the rooms to hang coats or bags etc, and a small shelf in each bunk would make a huge difference.