Name: Irish Murphy's Hostel
Address: 30 Aberdeen Street, Geelong, Geelong, Geelong, 3218, Australia
Rating: 7

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Old Geelong Gaol

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The Heights Heritage House and Garden

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Irish Murphy's Hostel

Geelong

Arrived here for dinner.  Staff were friendly.    The place had a great atmosphere, was busy, being a Saturday night.  The menu had a great variety of food and had some vegan options.  We ordered our food and drinks together.  The starters come out, calamari was fresh and delicious, and the garlic bread was full of flavour.  

For mains we both had the parmi, buffalo and the Mexican.  Both were nice but lacking flavour.  I expected the buffalo to be hot, but was very mild, had heaps of blue cheese but not enough hot sauce.  The Mexican parmi which my partner had a lot of toppings but was a little dry.  We had to remind the staff we ordered drinks and they brought them out half way through our main meal.  They were apologetic.  

Been an Irish pub it had a great selection of beers.

Based on the experience yeah maybe we would visit the restaurant again.

Might need some Irish luck 

Great place to enjoy lunch inside a cosy Hotel which has great views to the north of Geelong. You just go upstairs and spot a table with a view to the beach and beyond.
Very warm inside with fantastic heaters to keep the chill out on a cold afternoon.

Lunch at Irish Murphy's in Geelong

A typical pub parma big and juicy chicken & plenty of topping. A lot of variety on the Tuesday Parma night , everyone cleared their plate in our party of 15.
Service was a little slow the Affagoto and desserts were not really worth the bother. 
Overall it was just an average pub meal but you wont go away hungry. 
Staff were pleasant.

Parma Night

This was a really nice place for dinner, with a decent priced menu, good service and a massive drinks list. The food came quickly and was delicious. There was a cool vibe although there are a few blank walls that would look great with a bit of artwork or something on them. Overall it was very enjoyable, plus there was lots of parking. 

Great place for dinner

This was actually the first time I stayed in a hotel/hostel inside a pub (Though I guess it is very common in Australia...since so many bars here called "Hotel XX"?). It is indeed an interesting experience.

You have to go to the pub counter to "check-in." However, I think the pub and the hostel have separate management, so the bartenders tend not to know a lot about the hotel/hostel upstairs (The bartender who helped me checking in could not even find the key to my room, at first). I had my own private room and it is very basic inside. Aside from my bed and a chair, there is no other furniture. There is no air-con in my room (but an electric fan). However, the sleep quality is generally fine since it was breezy in the evening.

The bathrooms are shared and they are quite small. The living room is homey and a good place to socialize.

I stayed there only on weekdays, so I am not sure if the pub get very popular and influence the sleeping quality of the guests who stay upstairs. However, there was a small concert one night with a band coming all the way from Ireland. I was glad that, as a guest upstairs, I was allowed to get in for the concert without paying the AU$10 entry fees. 

One issue is that Irish Murphy is actually quite far away from the beach and center of Geelong. I think it is about 30 minutes' walk to the waterfront. However, it is walkable.

A Hostel on Top of An Irish Pub

The hostel doesn't actually have staff on site (pub worker showed me to my room but didn't really know the answers to any of my questions). Room did not lock at all!!! Not very secure for a developed country and the cost of a lock and sets of keys can't be that much, considering every other hostel I've ever been to can afford it. Bathroom was ok but only 2 toilets and showers for all the rooms luckily it wasn't busy as it's off season. Electricity for the multiple plug socket kept failing - not all sockets in the room worked. No soap in the bathroom to wash your hands. Kitchen is small but useable. Pub is very noisy on a weekend - people banging on tables, loud music etc till it closes. Staff for hostel are contactable by mobile but don't seem to offer many solutions to the problems of unlockable door (said it was fully booked) and multiple plug socket (try resetting it). 
It's passable but not good value for money at all I've paid less in Australia for better value and I think a bit of money needs to be spent to spruce it up - tv smashed, locks on all rooms etc.  

Find it funny that I can't review my stay on booking.com 2 days after my visit!

We didn't eat in the pub because it was expensive, but we slept in the room upstairs. We paid for the twin and found out that this is what they call a narrow room with a two-story bed in a hostel.

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