Legendary Kinlay Pizza

Alfredo shares with us this ancient way of preparing pizza, a family secret directly from Rauch, Argentina.  He prepares this tasty pizza every Wednesday night at Kinlay, for everyone and tonight, he is giving you his master recipe in 5 simple steps, so you can do this at home.  Thanks Alfredo!!!

Note: The ingredients given are for 6 or 7 pizzas

1)   Making the volcano, but be careful, don’t let it erupt

In a bowl or straight on a table spread the 2 kg of flour in a volcano shape, add 8 sachets of…

Backpacker Party and Arthur

Tomorrow sees the inaugural Backpacker Party – an exclusive party for guests of Dublin’s Best Hostels of which we are a proud member. The party gets going at 9pm and we’ll be dragging all our guests down just before that. If you’re staying on Friday the 23rd make sure to get your tickets at reception before they’re all gone!

But before all that tonight sees yet another Arthurs Day, a day when everybody necks a pint of the black stuff in honour of Mr Guinness himself and the many hazy nights and sore mornings he has…

Frolics

We had some fun during the month with the IHH Free Travel Ireland project. Claire and Sadhbh were travelling around Ireland performing challenges to earn a free stay in hostels. We got them to organise a group, take them out to the airport and throw a welcome party for complete strangers in the arrivals hall. You can watch their adventures here

In other news we have two new devoted members of staff dedicated to food and fun. Daniel has been entertaining guests with guided trips to Howth, Bingo nights, Twister nights, drinking…

PIZZAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

In our never ending quest to continue to be the best hostel in Dublin we are now doing a free pizza night. Yes – free pizza. Our latest recruit, Alfredo, will be trying to preserve your hard earned/borrowed/begged cash by filling your bellies with his legendary homemade pizza every Wednesday. We’ve just tasted the first samples from the oven and they are pretty damn good. He will also be dishing out free pancakes on Sundays and Mondays, Free pasta on Tuesdays, there’s the free BBQ on Thursdays, on Friday he’ll take you to the market and you can join…

Dublin truly is the world’s finest holiday destination, the choice of discerning Queens, Presidents and lonely Turtles. They have come and gone. Some looked at pints of Guinness, some knocked them back and others just wished they had the digestive powers and opposable digits to manage such a feat.

Kinlay House is a must see for all visitors to the city and we were happy to welcome their majesties and the Queen and Prince Phillip who thoroughly enjoyed their stay with us. Phillip managed to avoid any gaffes this time. My favourite is his comment about his daughter Princess Anne;…