Lahinch Hostel

Travelled 4 and a half hours only to find that the hostel was closed!!! No warning about this. No one answering the phone either. Aparently this is typical behaviour according to the locals. Do not book here! Luckily we found somewhere else to stay in lahinch however there was not much left

Upon reaching this hostel myself and my brothers were told to wear our masks at all times as the hostel had an outbreak of Covid the week before ( this was never mentioned prior our stay). However, throughout the rest of our stay was any of the staff wearing masks? Well let me tell you, there would be more chance of me getting trials with Inter Milan after a 3 day rip of pints, not a mask to be seen. My brothers and I also felt rather uncomfortable with 10 of us packed into a room like a tin of sardines. No wonder the place was riddled with Covid before. Didn’t return deposit either which alone would grind my gears never mind the fact they were all Covid cowboys. Wouldn’t recommend unless you enjoy a Covid test when you return. Lucky for us one of the lads does enjoy an odd Covid test but the rest of us aren’t as keen im afraid. Poor poor stay

I was so disappointed with Lahinch surf hostel. Myself and my boyfriend booked a room last minute early one morning and the next day started the long journey from Wexford to Lahinch. When we stopped halfway to get food I received a text from the hostel to say our room was no longer available. Bear in mind this was two hours before our check in time. They didn’t even have the decency to call me and cancel. So I had to ring them and see what had happened. Once I finally got a hold of them after 3 declined calls the person I spoke to was very rude, took no responsibility for the “mix up” and made no effort to apologise. I asked him if he could try to find us alternative accommodation in Lahinch seeing as we now had nothing and he rang back a few minutes later to say he found us a room in a bnb for nearly double the price we were originally going to pay. Very disappointing behaviour from such an established business.