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City rating 4.6
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| Sep 06, 2006 | "Very friendly people, great for a few days, very lively atmosphere, plenty of bars and restaurants to choose from." Review by a visitor from UK who visited the city in August 2006 as a couple without children.
The best part: Enjoying the traditional Irish cuisine, the lively atmosphere where walking around the City. The Temple Bar area has a very buzzy feel at night with so many bars and clubs to choose from.
The worst part: I thought the attractions were pricey, especially the Book of Kells - only could see a small selection of old books.
The best attraction: Guinness Storehouse
The worst attraction: Book of Kells
The best restaurant: Trumans Restaurant
The worst restaurant: I did not find any
The worst cafe: I did not find any |
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Hotel rating
 4.5
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| | Stayed at the Georgian House Hotel The service of this hotel was excellent, friendly staff who could not do enough for you. Great location. The only criticism is that the hotel is on a busy road and there are roadworks going on when I was there in August. So double-glazed windows would solve the problem. On the whole the hotel's decor needs freshening up, plaster on the ceilings and walls needs smoothing out. The hotel was clean. The food is excellent. |
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City rating 4.4
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| Apr 04, 2006 | "generally very good with a good public transport system" Review by Mr. E. Price from North East England. who visited the city in March 2006 as a couple without children.
The best part: Smoke free pubs, the Irish still as friendly as i remember from 45 years ago.
The worst part: The Jameson distillary was pretty poor and very expensive for what we got.
The best attraction: Dublin.
The worst attraction: Jamesons.
The best restaurant: did not find any good ones in our 2 days.
The worst restaurant: as before all pretty average. |
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Hotel rating
 3.8
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| | Stayed at the Ayshilling house in Clontarf. Very poor water pressure in bathroom. |
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City rating 3.6
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| Sep 10, 2005 | "We had to hunt to find a personal connection, and when we achieved it, enjoyed the Dubliners enormously." Review by Linnea Rowlatt from Ottawa (Ontario), Canada who visited the city in August 2005 with a family group.
The best part: Going to a Quaker meeting for worship on Sunday morning.
The worst part: The unexpected speed and loudness of the traffic everywhere we went. It put us off the city.
The best attraction: St. Auden's church
The worst attraction: Dublinia
The best restaurant: Cornucopia, a vegetarian restaurant
The worst restaurant: Siam Thai |
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Hotel rating
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| | Stayed at the Ariel House It surprized us that the hotel was only down the block from the Lansdowne Rugby Stadium, and that we could see the end-zone fans from our bedroom window. Our proximity to the stadium (we arrived the night of an Ireland-Italy match) and the commuter train that regularly passed by made me wish I had chosen another hotel for our stay. Nonetheless, the rooms were lovely and the service very personable and efficient. |
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City rating 4.2
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| Aug 03, 2005 | "It was good, but expensive." Review by Robert Bennett from UK who visited the city in July 2005 as a single leisure traveller.
The best part: This is the second time i have been to dublin in the last couple of years,
true to form we had a great time, we stayed in the ibis hotel on parnell
street
and spent most of our time around temple bar. The people are friendly as they always are, a good mixture of culture. Seems to have had massive influx of immigrants from both Africa and Eastern Europeans.
The worst part: The only downside about dublin is that the pubs and bars seem to have
cracked onto tourism and raised all the prices, remembering the old
currancy of punts, it was no where near as dear as it is now. It works
otu cheaper to go somewhere hot, ie malaga, palmanove on cheap
flights as it wouls spending money in dublin. We spent £300 in a weekend
on average which is to much for two days. |
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Hotel rating
 5
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| | Stayed at the The Russell Court Hotel |
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City rating 4.4
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| Jul 28, 2005 | "very good" Review by Perry from Elko, Nevada who visited the city in July 2005 as a couple without children.
The best part: The bustling activity downtown, visiting Trinity University, riding the bus around, and we attended the performance of Riverdance at the theatre one evening. Learning about the history of Ireland was particulary interesting when we visited the various museums.
The worst part: Traveling downtown at 11:30 Pm to go to a Harry Potter book opening at a downtown bookstore for the new book at seeing some of the drunken tourists urinating on the sidewalk
The best attraction: The National Museum |
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Hotel rating
 4
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| | Stayed at the 2 bedroom apt at Christchurch Hall Good location, had a small kitchen and a washing machine. |
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City rating 4.8
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| Jul 25, 2005 | Review by a visitor from New York, NY who visited the city in July 2005 with a family group.
The best attraction: Library in Trinity College
The worst attraction: Temple Bar area - it is not worth seeking out!!
The best cafe: O' Donoghue Bar on lower Baggot |
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Hotel rating
 3.3
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| | Stayed at the Georgian House Hotel looks nothing like the website. Total mis-representation |
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City rating 4.4
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| Jun 13, 2005 | "Good" Review by a visitor from PA, USA who visited the city in June 2005 as a couple without children.
The best part: Dublin Castle, the Charles Beatty Museum, the parks, Grafton Street, St. Patrick Cathedral.
The worst part: We were disappointed with the dirtiness of the city. Since there is no smoking inside, the smokers and their butts were outside.
We were disgusted with the pub scene. Scores of people walking down O'Connell Street to cross the Liffey were dressed in rude and sexually suggestive ways. It seemed that all people wanted to do was to get drunk and laid. Not much interest was shown in music or talk.
The best attraction: Charles Beatty Museum is a gem
The worst attraction: Temple Bar area.
The best restaurant: Yamamori Noodles
The best cafe: Nude and Soup Dragon |
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Hotel rating
 4
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| | Stayed at the Charles Stewart |
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City rating 4
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| May 16, 2005 | "Very good." Review by William Paris from Edinburgh, UK who visited the city in May 2005 as a single corporate traveller.
The best part: Open top tour bus provided by the city bus services was great. Food was excellent.
The worst part: Saint Stephens was a lovely green however it had a rather foul (or should I say fowl) smell from what I assumed was uncleaned duck and goose dung.
The best attraction: Dublin Postoffice
The worst attraction: none
The best restaurant: Salamanca by a longshot
The worst restaurant: none
The worst cafe: none |
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Hotel rating
 4
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| | Stayed at the The Fitzwilliam Hotel Four star hotel shouldn't have crooked pictures on the wall and curtains that are off track so they won't close. These things should be checked and checked again before guest come into the room. Otherwise it was very nice. |
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City rating 4.8
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| Apr 18, 2005 | Review by a visitor from Weare, NH, USA who visited the city in April 2005 as a single leisure traveller.
The best part: Guinness Storehouse, Chester Beatty Library, Trinity College, finding a small gem of a pub with a fireplace, breakfast at our b&b
The worst part: driving around forever not seeing any signs or any indication of where we were
The best attraction: Guinness Storehouse
The worst attraction: Temple Bar |
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Hotel rating
 5
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| | Stayed at the Ariel House The breakfast was wonderful and the staff was so friendly and helpful. |
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City rating 4.8
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| Apr 09, 2005 | "It was excellent." Review by Lynne Ferda from Davis, CA, USA who visited the city in March 2005 as a couple without children.
The best part: The lovely, kind, friendly people of Dublin. Watching soccer and rugby at Landsdowne Road. Guinness. Blowing tons of Euros at Whichcraft.
The worst part: Absolutely nothing could have been considered negative.
The best attraction: The Pubs: The Old Stand, The Leeson Lounge, Toners
The worst attraction: Can't come up with one.
The best restaurant: Peploe's or Roley's Bistro
The worst restaurant: Didn't dine at one.
The best cafe: We only visited the pubs.
The worst cafe: There wasn't one. |
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Hotel rating
 5
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| | Stayed at the Number 31 It was outstanding. I wouldn't stay anywhere else in Dublin. Those people have incredible style and energy. |
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City rating 4.2
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| Mar 28, 2005 | "We had a great time and got a taste of a larger city in Ireland." Review by Nancy from USA who visited the city in March 2005 with a family group.
The best part: We had The Arlington Hotel in a great location next to the Liffey that had a Irish dancing show for free right in the bar in the evening. Riding the City Tour Hop on-Hop off bus around Dublin was a great way to see the city if you're not up to walking.
The worst part: Trying to navigate the city streets in our rental car. Being from the U.S., it was a little overwhelming learning how to drive a car there and navigate the streets. We found our hotel and left our car there until we moved on to the rest of our trip which worked out fine.
The best attraction: The Arlington Hotel's Irish dancing show
The worst attraction: Didn't see anything that we thought was the worst
The best restaurant: Oliver St. John Gogarty on Fleet Street
The worst restaurant: We didn't have a bad experience
The best cafe: Arlington Hotel bar/nightclub
The worst cafe: We didn't have a bad experience |
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Hotel rating
 4.8
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| | Stayed at the Arlington Hotel It's not ritzy, but it was clean, friendly and had a helpful staff. It's in a great location on the north side of the Liffey right off O'Connell street. Within easy walking distance to the action on the south side of the Liffey. Parking on site so we were able to leave our car there until we left the city. Couldn't have been better. |
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