The Regency Hotel Dublin
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Sword Rd., Whitehall Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, 9, 1-837-3544
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We got in about 7am local time. It took a while to collect our things and figure out which bus was ours. I missed our stop by one and we had to backtrack and it wasn't immediately evident where the hotel was (in all of the literature they give a street, but no number). Josh didn't sleep at all on the plane and he was hanging on by a thread. When we got to the hotel they charged us 20 Euro to check in early, but we decided it was worth it to have a place to stow our bags and get a shortnap...
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland 3beansabroad
Blessedly, there were no false fire alarms last night (after a few in the early evening) and we got a pretty decent night's rest. We trooped downstairs for breakfast and I remembered just how much I love vacationing in tea-drinking nations. There was a pot of piping hot tea at my side with a plate of toast very quickly. Josh bellied up to the buffet and proclaimed the Irish bacon the best he'd ever tasted. Josh: I woke up this morning about 8 and listened to Eldest on my iPod until mom wo...
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland 3beansabroad
Today is obviously Sunday. This being a part-Catholic, part-Protestant country and all, most things are closed until about noon. This made the day a little more challenging because we couldn't get an early start. Luckily, after 2 days on the ground, I have a much better idea of the layout of the city and how to use the bus system. This makes things go so much more smoothly. We started out on O'Connell Street, near the Spike and checked out James Joyce's statue and then wound our way acr...
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland 3beansabroad
Day 1 (Sat-11/17): Arrived Dublin around 8am. Picked up car at Dan Dooley Rent-A-Car at airport and fired up "Sara" our GPS. Visited: Malahide Castle (ate lunch), Lusk, unable to get into Newgrange site because we were on the wrong side of river so we wandered around the visitors center instead. Ate supper and crashed at Dublin Regency Hotel. It rained off and on. .
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland bluegrrl
So we get here in dublin from paris at around 430 local time, thats about 25 hours since our journey started. We were excited as hell to be here at last at our destination only to find out that our luggage didnt make it with us, so with only our carry on bags we tried to make the most of what we had left of our day here in dublin. What we have seen thus far has been impressive. Dublin is a fairly lage city, bigger than anything ky has seen by far.
So after some phone calls and such we we...
Saturday, 2.00pm Dublin airport to Regency Hotel to check in and leave luggage. Get in the bus to city center to meet Coca (our travel companion) and Eva (her cousin, working in Dublin). Eva is going to be our guide for the afternoon. Meeting point at Trinity College. St. Stephen's Green, a public park in city center. Grafton Street shopping area. Ha' Penny Bridge over the Liffey. Bachelors Walk. O'Connell Street. Pub. Temple Bar. Bus back to Hotel. Start raining.
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Historical Traveler Reviews of The Regency Hotel Dublin
Pleasantly Supprised
Great choice
The staff on all levels were very friendly and cooperative, the room in perfect shape. We enjoyed a very quiet room with a spacious bathroom. Exploring Dublin and its surroundings was a joy after the hotel's fabulous breakfast buffet. Distance to the airport is short (€1.50 by bus heading downtown, about € 10 by cab), yet no departing or arriving aircraft could be heard or seen from the hotel. The nearest bus stop is just a minute away, and the bus to the city center (O'Connell St.) takes just about 12 minutes and runs you another €1.50. Dinner at the Italian restaurant next door to the hotel was excellent, too.
We hope that the Regency manages to keep up its high level of service, maintenance, friendliness, and hospitality. We would definitely stay there again.
Stay Away
Had a nice stay
The hotel is not that near the airport as the name would suggest, though it's not far away (but in my opinion the distance to the center is less than to the airport).
The room was pretty big with big windows which made the room very bright.
Bathroom was clean, breakfast was ok. The receptionist was a bit distracted but at least helpful.
It might not be the best choice if you're in Dublin for sightseeing (you need to go the center of the city by bus or taxi through the crowded streets) but if you're there you should not be disappointed.
I've read the other reviews and I wonder if we've been to the same hotel. I don't know, maybe the hotel staff was reading it too? But how would they manage to enlarge the rooms? :) Or maybe something that is small for some are big for me? One thing is for sure - the TV was standing just in front of me and the remote was working :). And we didn't use taxis, cause buses are pretty frequent.
Maybe it was because we paid a lot more than 55 Euro as the other reviewrs...?
Overall - nice hotel in a great city.
Avoid this Hotel!
The room was strange. It looked more like a small room in a B&B rather than a hotel. The TV was located at a neck-breaking angle high up on a shelf to the left of the bed.. basically there was no comfortable way of watching TV. The remote didn't work. Their idea of 'satellite tv' consisted of all o 4-5 channels (not even the regular Irish channels!).
The heating was BLASTING all the time with no way to adjust it.. I had to keep the window open the entire time.
The general decor of the room was really bad. Just a jumble of weird colors that totally clashed. Very 1980s.
The bathroom was clean and nice, I must admit.
The bed was HORRIBLE. I was in a single room so it was a single bed (yeah, what hotel has single beds anymore??). The mattress was extremely uncomfortable and I could feel the springs digging into my back. The blankets were thin (but were not needed as the heat level in the room was way high already).
I could hear everything going on in the next room, in addition to the water whenever they turned it on.
To top things off, I ordered a taxi for the next morning because I had to be at an exam (mind you, I hadn't slept much the night before due to the heat, awful bed and noise from the next room). I waited 15 mins past the appointed taxi time to no avail. I was merely told that it was very busy that morning and that there would be delays due to traffic (hello?? what's new! you're in Dublin! you must've known that ahead of time...). I ended up ditching the hotel and WALKING to my exam which was a brisk 20 min walk, but I wasn't going to give the hotel another chance. There were also 3 or so other people waiting for taxis and they were also delayed.. it was pure chaos and the staff were just flustered and didn't cope very well I thought.
In short, there's not a CHANCE I would stay at the 'Regency' hotel again. The website is EXTREMELY misleading. You're led to believe it's some nice, modern, upscale hotel.. when in fact it's a crumbling relic that I urge you all to stay away from.
Ehh...
It's a very large hotel and the rooms are nice enough also the pub is festive. It's also very convenient to the airport. However, the staff wasn't the greatest -- and breakfast was more like a cattle call. Also, skip Seasons restaurant unless you really like Applebee's.
I thought it wasn't worth the price, for the money I would have stayed in the city or at the Great southern at the airport..
Makes you wanna go home
Good value for money
Relaxing
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