A five star hotel near eateries and such! They have a lunch of soup, half of a sandwich and a…read moresmall salad, which was delicious and very satisfying. We ate lunch at the hotel the two days we were there before starting our trip around the coast of Ireland! What a great hotel to begin our trip at!

Great hotel. Location is good. Excellent and friendly staff. Very helpful and attentive. Rooms are…read morenicely appointed and very comfortable. Breakfasts are great with a variety of foods to meet everyone's appetite.

When they say "bed and breakfast," they really mean it--especially the breakfast part…read more My wife and I spent three nights here in March 2015--our first ever visit to a bed and breakfast. Fionan and Nuala were faultlessly hospitable, without an ounce of intrusiveness whatsoever. We stayed in room 1, which was more spacious than we needed; the shower never lacked for hot water, while the bed was quite comfortable. Each morning, we were treated to a delicious breakfast: eggs, sausage, bacon, tomato, brown soda bread, cereal, yogurt, coffee or tea, milk, juice. It was fresh, tasty, and filling. Our hosts were a valuable source for recommendations, from bus routes to restaurants to day trips out of Dublin. Andorra is not far from the city centre--maybe a 20 minute walk or a five minute bus ride. After we got to the Dublin airport, we realized we had taken our door key with us. We emailed hosts to let them know, and without a fuss at all, they just asked us to mail it back--so gracious! Thanks, Fionan and Nuala!

Gorgeous historical building. Excellent conference facilities and the afternoon cookies epic touch…read more Reception very professional and kind. Restaurant downstairs was good and food plentiful & tasty. Near RDS. Rooms could do with some TLC but public areas great and impressive for events

Don't do what we did and book the hotel simply because it looked like a castle. The staff were…read morefriendly. I'll give them that. There are a few restaurants and pubs within walking distance but you're a good 20 min cab ride from Temple Bar or Liffey districts. Our tub took 30 minutes to drain after we were done taking a shower. On the plus side; the breakfast was good.

We spent a few nights here to start an organized tour of Ireland. We booked our first night…read moreon-line, with our second night included in our tour package. The hotel was in a fairly residential area of Southern Dublin. It was an affluent area, with a cute village (Sandymount) a short ten minute walk from the hotel. A few minute further walk landed you at a coastal beach. Our check in was smooth and staff friendly. They ensured our room remained the same from our separate reservation, to the one booked under the tour group. The layout is a little bizarre, with rooms on different branches of various floors (so it was a little hard at first to even figure out where our room was). Our room was quite spacious and included a Dyson hair dryer (a VERY nice feature), a fancy coffee machine and waters. Our bathroom was small, but typical by European standards. The water pressure was not great and there was an odd sign specifying the need to 'ask for assistance' if a guest wanted to run a bath in the bath/shower combo. There were many cozy nooks in the main area, where you'll find little couches and chairs to lounge in and visit with others. We had dinner at the hotel restaurant our first night. We enjoyed our meal (the food was decent), but service seemed a little distracted and slow. We enjoyed their bar (The Line Out bar), who made me a delicious Bailey's hot chocolate (though I had to kind of walk them through what I wanted). The bartenders were pretty willing to be guided through cocktail preparations not readily familiar to them. We purchased breakfast our first morning there and learned that a main difference from the tour-included breakfast is that you get your own little pot of brewed coffee served to your table; for the 'tour breakfast,' you have to get your own coffee from a large coffee urn. As far as European breakfasts go, this hotel had a pretty large number of options and everything I had was tasty. I would definitely stay here again if I were in this area of Dublin. It is definitely more affordable than options in the central, downtown area of Dublin.

Third hotel, third city. We did have a few issues with the hotel before checking in (we were in…read moreMunich when I got a message from the hotel through the booking app, telling me that they were about to cancel my reservation as they couldn't successfully run the card I had on file. A few frantic phone calls later, it turned out to be an error on their part, which they never once apologized for or explained. That definitely left me second-guessing our stay, but it was too late to cancel, and given the holiday timing, hotels in the city were either sold out or incredibly expensive.) The exterior of the hotel is incredibly appealing. The whole area is quiet and quaint, and the look of the building is welcoming and oozes charm. Our cabbie helped us drag our heavy bags up the steps to reception, where we interacted with the only friendly person to work there. We checked in and made our way to the designated elevator, dragging our luggage and ourselves along in a single-file line to make it down to our room. The hallways are tight, folks. The room itself was large and comfortable, with one queen and one twin bed, a small desk and chair and an armchair positioned in front of the one window. The bathroom was a bit tight - you can't open the door without hitting the toilet - but the shower had great water pressure, and they kept the toiletries filled during our stay. I have two very large gripes about the hotel itself. The first is the WiFi, which performed about as well as a dial-up modem did (am I dating myself?) There were moments where we'd get decent connection, but it never lasted. The second is the paper-thin walls between the rooms and the hallways. I get that hotels don't use the best in sound insulation, but people, the walls here are awful. Getting a full night's sleep can be a challenge. Let me paint a picture. We went to bed on our first night at a decent hour but were awoken after 2 am by a group of they-really-should-know-better-adults walking down the hallway towards their room. They were in the middle of a very loud, very angry-sounding conversation when they hit our floor, and it persisted all the way down the hallway. For several minutes. Then one of the ladies couldn't get her key to work, so there was much more swearing, followed by a guy telling her to give him the goddamn key already, and storming off in search of a receptionist, I'd wager. They stood in the hallway long after the guy returned with a functioning key (or functioning brain, not sure which). They sounded like they had no intention whatsoever of moving on, and like they were nowhere near winding down for the night. Enter my new hero, the grumpy old man across the hall. He opened his door and yelled out, "What do you think you're doing? It's late, and people are trying to sleep. GO. TO. BED." Like they were unruly children. I loved it. One lady tried to apologize, and he bit out, "NO, you don't apologize. You're all loud, inconsiderate and rude. Shut up!" before slamming the door. It was all I could do to not cheer and applaud the man. Other than that, the beds were comfortable, and we really did love the area around the hotel. It's a quick and super easy walk from the hotel to the closest train station (Landsdowne Road). If you're taking the train to Dublin, cross the train tracks and walk up the ramp (look for the coffee shop; if you see that, you know you're on the right side.) Coming back from Dublin, you'll be on the opposite track. Easy peasy. It's also a quick and easy walk from the hotel to the cute little town down the road. That leads on towards Dublin Bay, which offers a lovely walking path, park, and some shops and restaurants along the way. Everything is very easily walkable in that direction. They also have a good restaurant/bar within the hotel (Lineout Bar), as well as another, higher-class option that we did not get a chance to sample. They do breakfast - again, we passed - and have several small sitting/relaxing areas dotted around the building itself. We would stay again, if the price was right. We'd just pack ear plugs to ensure a good night's sleep.

Beautiful hotel off the busy strip near a nice park. Plenty of buses to catch. Rooms were large and…read moreclean. (We had three travelers) Beds were decent. Air conditioning. Bar downstairs. First day cleaning service was great. Second day not so much. Staff was friendly and helpful.

Skip the downtown madness and stay near the green at Herbert Park. With plenty of high- and…read moremedium-class dining nearby, you'll be close enough yet far enough. This place seems to have been updated, at least in my opinion, and it was clean and well-stocked with nice room layouts. If you're looking for something reasonably priced compared to the bags of gold you'll spend in city center, welcome to Ballsbridge. The staff was friendly and the hotel dining is more than sufficient. If you're lucky enough to stay on the Park Residence side, nice park views abound. Stroll around that park in your down time, or it's only a 15-minute walk to the sea. Bus stops are nearby when you need to go farther, and you're close to the stadium here with plenty of dining along the way if going on foot. The locals like the area; I might as well too!

Everyone at the hotel was very professional and kind!!!! The maids were very kind. The people at…read morethe breakfast buffet went up and beyond to make us happy. The hostess was sweet and amazing! Our bedrooms were beautiful and clean! And the door people were very nice also! I would stay here again in a heartbeat!LOVED THIS HOTEL!!!!

The room was beautiful, the service was excellent and food was very good. Big shout out to Jackie…read morein the breakfast area.

Really charming place. I arrived and my girlfriend was already there having had an issue regarding…read morewhether or not we were entitled to the free breakfast the website we booked on stated (apparently it was not supposed to state that on this particular site). After some confusion, we were set to receive breakfast and found that for the rest of our stay the owner was completely accommodating. The room was lovely and a very good size. Old with significant amounts of charm and very clean. Generous tea tray provided and a nice set of toiletries. The bathroom was nothing special but adequate and again, very clean. Overall a really pleasant stay in a very pretty building; feeling like your miles (or kilometres now isn't it?) away though you're in fact in Ballsbridge. The missing stars here however are for the breakfast. Apparently fifteen Euro a head (though we got it free due to the website mix up) the poached egg was very over cooked, as was the bacon. Everything else was very nice and the setting was lovely but the experience was dampened by a very rude waiter who seemed to not want anything to do with us. I refrained from asking for more tea because he was so unapproachable. Left with a slightly sour taste in my mouth.

Nice room with a really large bed and a good breakfast in the morning, very good for the price. The…read morelocation is a nice balance between Dublin centrality and suburban quiet. The television reception came and went which made it pretty much useless, however.