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Temple Bar

in Dublin , Irish Cities T rating: 3

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  • In the heart of the Temple Bar area
  • 2 bars, a restaurant & nightclub
  • Contemporary bedrooms
“Right in the heart of Temple Bar and with its own nightspots to boot, the Temple Bar Hotel is just the ticket for those who like to stay in the heart of the action.”
For a central base that puts you right in the heart of Temple Bar, the aptly named Temple Bar Hotel hits the mark. It’s cool, cosmopolitan and about as far from understated as you can get. But a stay at this place doesn’t have to be all about bars, booze and boogying. There’s also the shopping at Henry and Grafton Streets practically on your doorstep, while the National Museum, St Stephen’s Green and the Guinness Storehouse are just a short walk away, too.

The hotel’s in-house credentials are just as appealing. First up, there’s an impressive breakfast. So whether you plump for the full Irish or the more artery-friendly Continental option, you’ll be set for the hours ahead. And for dinner, there’s the Terrace Restaurant serving mouth-watering dishes like pan-fried Irish beef, seared loin of tuna and grilled fillet of salmon. Moving upstairs and the bedrooms aren’t bad either. Simply furnished in a contemporary style, they’re decked out in magnolia with beech furniture and a couple of tub chairs. Spacious and bright, they also boast flat screen TVs and Wi-Fi access.

Now onto the ace up the hotel’s sleeve – this place has its own bars and nightclub. At the Rendezvous Bar you can kick back with a coffee – or something stronger – grab a sandwich and read the newspaper. Alternatively, up the pace in the lively and modern Buskers Bar. It offers food all day, cocktails, wine, beer, live sport and DJs from 10pm ‘til late. In fact, it’s the ideal accompaniment to the Boomerang nightclub. Here, resident DJs spin the hottest dance sounds under a state-of-the-art sound and lighting system to create an electric atmosphere fit for this electric city.
  • Room service
  • Laundry & dry cleaning service
No need to look for a club - there's one right here. Resident DJs are right on your doorstep

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Hotel features

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Meals

  • Breakfast room serving full Irish & Continental
  • Terrace Restaurant serving dinner
  • Buskers Bar
  • Rendezvous Bar

Activities

  • Boomerang nightclub

Other Information

Some facilities may incur extra local charges, please see the A-Z Guide

Tour operator rating

3

Official Rating

3 star

Air conditioning

No

No. of floors

4

No. of rooms

129

Room facilities

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Room facilities

  • Flat screen TV
  • Wi-Fi access
  • Executive rooms also include DVD player & mini stereo, bathrobes & slippers & complimentary mineral water & chocolates

Location

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  • In the heart of Temple Bar
  • 2 minutes' walk from Trinity College
  • 5 minutes from Grafton Street

Your guide to Dublin, Irish Cities

“Warm and welcoming, chic and elegant. Throw in the gift of the gab and Dublin’s roguish charm will bewitch and beguile you…”

It’s been touted as the ‘fair city’ since Molly Malone first appeared on the scene with her cockles and mussels. And for once the blarney rings true. Dublin is an appealing combination of Georgian elegance and 21st-century chic, with stylish restaurants and shopping malls squeezed between olde-worlde pubs. But that’s just the half of it. The people are what make Dublin – and Dubliners – stand out from the crowd. Beguiling and irreverent, welcoming and full of charm. Proud of their impressive literary credentials – the city’s the birthplace of no less than three 20th century Nobel Prizewinners for Literature – but cheeky with it. The warmth and wit of the locals, and their wicked sense of humour, are unique. It’s visitors who wax lyrical about ‘sweet Molly Malone who wheeled her wheelbarrow’ – to the locals she’s just ‘the tart with the cart’! Then there are the sights. Trinity College and Dublin Castle are the most obvious must-sees, but spare some time for a pint of the black stuff at the Guinness Storehouse. Dublin’s had its share of troubles in the past, though, and you can still see a few scars as a reminder of its turbulent political history. Look carefully on the columns outside the imposing General Post Office and you’ll spot bullet holes dating from the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule. But that’s all firmly in the past. Any hordes now are mostly found heading for the temptations of Temple Bar. This cobbled enclave is still the first stop for most visitors, and once they’ve got comfy in one of the honest-to-God Irish bars it’s usually their last. One thing’s for sure, Molly Malone may be gone but her Gaelic spirit is alive, alive oh.

More on Dublin, Irish Cities

More on Dublin, Irish Cities

It’s been touted as the ‘fair city’ since Molly Malone first appeared on the scene with her cockles and mussels. And for once the blarney rings true. Dublin is an appealing combination of Georgian elegance and 21st-century chic, with stylish restaurants and shopping malls squeezed between olde-worlde pubs. But that’s just the half of it. The people are what make Dublin – and Dubliners – stand out from the crowd. Beguiling and irreverent, welcoming and full of charm. Proud of their impressive literary credentials – the city’s the birthplace of no less than three 20th century Nobel Prizewinners for Literature – but cheeky with it. The warmth and wit of the locals, and their wicked sense of humour, are unique. It’s visitors who wax lyrical about ‘sweet Molly Malone who wheeled her wheelbarrow’ – to the locals she’s just ‘the tart with the cart’! Then there are the sights. Trinity College and Dublin Castle are the most obvious must-sees, but spare some time for a pint of the black stuff at the Guinness Storehouse. Dublin’s had its share of troubles in the past, though, and you can still see a few scars as a reminder of its turbulent political history. Look carefully on the columns outside the imposing General Post Office and you’ll spot bullet holes dating from the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule. But that’s all firmly in the past. Any hordes now are mostly found heading for the temptations of Temple Bar. This cobbled enclave is still the first stop for most visitors, and once they’ve got comfy in one of the honest-to-God Irish bars it’s usually their last. One thing’s for sure, Molly Malone may be gone but her Gaelic spirit is alive, alive oh.

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Temple Bar reviews - what customers thought

Thomson Web Reviews

Overall score: 4/5

Based on 1 reviews

What to expect

  • Room comfort Room comfort: 4/5
  • Location Location: 2/5
  • Food Food: 4/5
  • Cleanliness Cleanliness: 4/5

Latest Thomson Reviews

 

Written on 01/04/2009, Anonymous said...

We thought it could be abit noisey, but didnt think we wouldnt sleep at all, the noise went on until 3.30-4.30am all of the 3 nights we stayed, looking back we should have asked to change room, but we was very happy with the room ,large, clean, good... more on this review

Giving it an overall rating out of 5: Overall score: 4/5

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“Right in the heart of Temple Bar and with its own nightspots to boot, the Temple Bar Hotel is just the ticket for those who like to stay in the heart of the action.”

For a central base that puts you right in the heart of Temple Bar, the aptly named Temple Bar Hotel hits the mark. It’s cool, cosmopolitan and about as far from understated as you can get. But a stay at this place doesn’t have to be all about bars, booze and boogying. There’s also the shopping at Henry and Grafton Streets practically on your doorstep, while the National Museum, St Stephen’s Green and the Guinness Storehouse are just a short walk away, too.

The hotel’s in-house credentials are just as appealing. First up, there’s an impressive breakfast. So whether you plump for the full Irish or the more artery-friendly Continental option, you’ll be set for the hours ahead. And for dinner, there’s the Terrace Restaurant serving mouth-watering dishes like pan-fried Irish beef, seared loin of tuna and grilled fillet of salmon. Moving upstairs and the bedrooms aren’t bad either. Simply furnished in a contemporary style, they’re decked out in magnolia with beech furniture and a couple of tub chairs. Spacious and bright, they also boast flat screen TVs and Wi-Fi access.

Now onto the ace up the hotel’s sleeve – this place has its own bars and nightclub. At the Rendezvous Bar you can kick back with a coffee – or something stronger – grab a sandwich and read the newspaper. Alternatively, up the pace in the lively and modern Buskers Bar. It offers food all day, cocktails, wine, beer, live sport and DJs from 10pm ‘til late. In fact, it’s the ideal accompaniment to the Boomerang nightclub. Here, resident DJs spin the hottest dance sounds under a state-of-the-art sound and lighting system to create an electric atmosphere fit for this electric city.

  • Room service
  • Laundry & dry cleaning service

No need to look for a club - there's one right here. Resident DJs are right on your doorstep

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