Well-equipped and manned by those experienced in hospitality, the Maldron Hotel Pearse Street offers comfort and large rooms in a perfect location close by the Samuel Beckett bridge in Dublin 2. A great place to stay if you’re after exploring everything Dublin city centre has to offer, this venue has all you need – large, well-furnished bedrooms, complete with en suite bathrooms, superfast WiFi and televisions, plus a great restaurant equipped to serve scrumptious, filling breakfasts to get you off to a great start every morning.
Popular for its location and size, the Maldron Hotel also hosts many functions for businesses and personal events like weddings. Well-equipped dining and five well-equipped meeting rooms allow the ground floor to accommodate many. Group bookers will be pleased to find that the deluxe suites, with their views out across Dublin proper, offer a sumptuous stay steeped in luxury. Drivers will also be pleased to encounter underground car parking, while all guests benefit from the recent refurbishments which elevate every aspect of this fine hotel.
Convenience and luxury underline the Maldron Hotel Dublin Airport, where contemporary four star fancy meets a service attentive and impeccable. Not only popular for accommodation, the hotel offers a great parking service for businesspeople departing and arriving in Dublin. Patrons to the Maldron are as such neatly divided between business and leisure, with event bookings of the corporate and family variety both entertained superbly within the meeting and dining rooms. Offers include free child stays during the Easter holidays, and deals for those booking at festival and sports tourney times.
Rooms are gorgeously modern, boasting new renovations and staggeringly quick fibre-optic Internet. Spacious and contemporary without sacrificing an inch of the essential comfort sleepers need and expect, the Maldron Dublin Airport’s single, double, triple and family rooms are all en suite and include essential modern features like hair dryers, LCD TVs and tea and coffee making. Breakfasts, lunches and evening meals are served at The Apron Restaurant, while nightcaps and light snacks are available in abundance at The Sky Bar.
Lovely rooms and courtesy awaits at Leeson Inn Downtown, whose Georgian surrounds embody what is best in Dublin city centre hotels. Comfortable, grand and with a certain measure of elegance, the rooms are spacious and include modern features like TV and WiFi access. Trade is brisk at the hotel with the reception handling guests efficiently while losing none of the friendly attentiveness Ireland is so known for.
Rooms range from compact but attractively presented singles to spacious quadruple rooms great for groups of friends, with many affording great views out upon the bustling Dublin city centre streets. All contain en suite bathrooms, and are furnished and decorated to modern standards. Although breakfast is not offered, the polite, knowledgeable people at Leeson Inn can recommend nearby breakfast bars and pubs to get you sated and off to a marvellous start. On-site parking is also available, while irons and ironing boards may conveniently be discovered within the room cupboards.
The secret to the Lansdowne Hotel Ballsbridge‘s success comes down to a few things: great receptionists, cleaners and cooks keeping premises and guests alike in tip top order. The superb rooms here feature modern TVs, hospitality trays and Internet, and the presence of variously sizes – from cosy singles to splendidly luxurious suites – make the venue popular with holidaymakers and even wedding functions; the private-hire only Druids Restaurant completing the versatility.
A lovely downstairs bar named The Den keeps things traditional, with entertainment and good cheer greeting guests back from a day of sightseeing. Those running the Ballsbridge will gladly offer you some advice in getting around Dublin, while those booking online can enjoy a free welcome drink at the bar to really get settled. Generous lunches and evening meals are also served at the bar, so whether you just want to stop off for a snack between touring, or cap off the day with some delicious grub, you’re amply catered for.
At the Dublin Central Inn (formerly the Dublin City Inn), you’ll enjoy superbly spacious and comfortable rooms, with a downstairs lounge and breakfast hall graciously decorated with leather seating, contemporary artwork and wooden laminate floors. The spacious and comfy rooms meanwhile all have TVs, fast WiFi, and en suites with towels and toiletries provided. Tea and coffee making is possible in all rooms, while irons are gladly provided for those wanting their attire to look its best.
Mornings are a fine experience, with a generously portioned traditional Irish breakfast – or continental breakfast for those so inclined – provided. The hotel’s official webpage includes breakfast for free in all advance bookings, while stays exceeding 3 days receive an overall discount too. Those working at the Central Inn are attentive and helpful, can will happily offer directions or advice as to what’s going on round Dublin when you stay.
Dublin Citi Hotel has guests at heart with its fantastic facilities and location seeing that your journey to Dublin goes smoothly and comfortably with nary a wasted minute. Every city centre attraction is within walking distance, while superbly spacious rooms with plush beds and en suites mean you’ll slumber soundly every night. The anticipation of waking up each day is amplified by the hotel’s scrumptious traditional breakfast, which will see your belly full and mind ready for the day’s fun ahead.
Furthermore, you’ll enjoy free access to gym facilities at the nearby Crunch fitness club – this five star fitness venue also has a swimming pool and sauna, meaning fans of exercise are well-catered for. Those inclined to more sedentary pursuits will enjoy stopping by the hotel’s Trinity Bar, whose impeccably stored Guinness and range of Irish whiskies will satisfy anyone’s palette. Finally we cannot forget the hotel’s staff, whose ability to courteously solve any problem on-site, or impart advice about Dublin, is beyond doubt.
After staying at the Drury Court Hotel, guests cite the city centre location and the fabulous people working there as reasons to return. The accommodation itself is the definition of excellence: modern, super clean and classy boutique rooms. All 42 bedrooms boast a spacious design, gorgeous furnishings, good floor space, and en suite bathrooms, while triple glazed windows afford guests the undoubted luxury of sleeping in Dublin city centre, but with much reduced noise from all the cosmopolitan bustle.
The fact the Drury Court Hotel is in the thick of the action but sacrifices no luxury in being so is a huge perk of the place. Attractions like Temple Bar’s raucous, joyful nightlife and the cultured, ancient spires of Trinity College are but a short walk distant. If you’re stuck for guidance, the Drury’s lovely, ever-courteous receptionists will gladly advise you on all things Dublin. If you’re more the independent sort, you’ll be pleased to know that this hotel’s proprietors also offer a range of short-stay apartments in an adjacent building just as lovely.
Visiting Kelly’s Resort Hotel is quite the experience, being as it’s an enormous resort with the amenity trimmings and supreme beach side natural situation on the gorgeous County Wexford coastline. A variety of full and half board packages together with rooms ranging from singles to suites to expansive, apartment-sized family bedrooms. The restaurants on the premises appropriately serve fresh caught seafood and fish, while impeccably presented cuts of Irish beef, braised lamb and tantalizing desserts comprise just some of the culinary offerings.
Alongside the spacious, cosy bedrooms – which come in single, double, twin and family sizes – we’ve a comprehensive fitness suite at The Aqua Club, while the resort’s golf course and bordering beaches offer ample opportunity for walks. One popular outlet at Kelly’s is the sea spa, where experienced and sensitive relaxation therapists lavish serenity upon those present. The pure healing seawater graces and renders supple the skin, in itself acting as the first step in a superb, cleansing treatment. Kelly’s Resort Hotel acts as a perfect getaway for a trip to Ireland, and is a common counterpart venue to a stay in busily vibrant Dublin.
Those staying at Jurys Inn Parnell Street speak of the universal comfort, cleanliness, attentive staff, and excellent amenities. These qualities combine to give guests a great experience, all within a great location in Parnell Street a short stroll north of the River Liffey and astounding myriad attractions that make up Dublin’s city centre. Rooms are universally well-equipped, spacious and tastefully furnished with en suites, WiFi and double-glazed windows offering great views out upon the city. For evenings and mealtimes, a classy bar and dining area with a distinct, contemporary feel is present.
Jurys Inn Parnell Street also prides itself on its great disability access, while each morning sees served generous helpings of traditional Irish breakfast. Those stopping by on business will appreciate the hotel’s fine location and the meeting room facilities on-site, while bedrooms all contain work desks perfect for you to catch up on assignments and projects.
Good hospitality reigns at the Jackson Court Hotel, whose style is neither cramped nor compromised by its location smack dab in Dublin city centre. Perfect for partygoers or those in search of the high culture Dublin is so renowned for, this hotel’s Georgian-built structure means rooms are universally spacious with tall windows offering views out upon the energetically busy streets of Dublin. Indeed, the whole pantheon of attractions and nightlife are a short scurry from the hotel’s doorway.
The 26 single, double and twin bedrooms themselves are decked out with ultra-comfy beds, snazzy modern en suite bathrooms complete with toiletries, while guests can also make some tea or coffee and watch some local cable TV on the flat screens present. The classy downstairs nightclub, Copper Faced Jacks, boasts free entry for guests who book online. The downstairs bar restaurant meanwhile offers a ‘lunch and stay’ deal which sees those staying receive a lovely meal midway between their jaunts round Dublin’s exciting sights.