Clarendon Suites

Stuff friendly indeed, but it’s not a hotel, they are apartments that belong apparently to the bar below. Convenient if you like the bar life, you can get the stairs to you rooms through the Ladies Bathroom door.

The apartment was clean. Everything worked. Full height glazed windows so plenty of light. Bed was comfy. Other things to consider but not necessarily negative. The penthouse is up 4 flights of stairs and there is no lift. The apartments are above a bar, so it can be noisy until after midnight. That said the location is great and everything is a minute or two walk. You really couldn’t be in a better location. And it is far enough away from Temple Bar to be a little more classy.

Beautiful apartments, newly renovated, super large double bed, comfortable,great location. Excellent value. Ensuite ... Beautiful. All in all a really enjoyable night. Would recommend all day. Excellent value for money. Again would recommend in a heartbeat.

Excellent accommodation. Very central but far enough away from Temple Bar to avoid the noise of partygoers late at night/ early hours and yet only a stones throw away so not too far a walk if that’s where you intend visiting. Very convenient for Grafton Street and only a 15 min walk to Henry Street or 10 mins to the dart station on Tara Street. I stayed over a weekend and had no issues with noise whatsoever despite fearing the worst based on other reviews that, had I read them first, would have deterred me from booking. I’m a very light sleeper/ borderline insomniac and whilst I heard a couple of voices at 4am this was nothing to do with the proprietors as the bar downstairs has closed several hours earlier. Were I not such a light sleeper I’m doubtful I’d have heard them at all. Temperatures reached approximately 26 degrees when I visited and the air con in the room dealt with this with ease. Indeed the lady who cleaned my room was kind enough to put it on so that it was nice and cool when I returned form a day of exploring the city. I had one minor teething problem on arrival when the code to the door wouldn’t work however, having phoned the number provided, someone was there in less than 30 seconds to help me. He kindly explained the issue was other guests not closing the door properly and from then on I had no issues as I simply pulled the door fully shut each time before entering the code (there were several occasions where other guests clearly hadn’t closed the door properly- no fault of the management they can’t help it if people can’t close a door). The room itself (number four) was accessed via two flights of stairs. Fine for me but mentioned in case this may be an issue for others considering booking. It was one of the king rooms and was sufficiently spacious and well equipped. Indeed.. it was better than some, much more expensive, hotels I’ve stayed at. There was a microwave and sink (in addition to the basin in the bathroom) together with supplies for two which included champagne glasses, cutlery, plates, tea and coffee, bottles of water, shampoo, conditioner and handwash. There was a small fridge but it wasn’t particularly cold, not that it was a problem for me as, whilst I am on a city break, I want to spend as little time as possible in a room and instead want to make the most of my surroundings. However, it may be an issue for tigers wanting to spend longer in their room or a wanting to cater for themselves. I’d been there less than 12 hours and room service was already there cleaning my room and replenishing supplies; what more could you ask for? I dined once at the bar downstairs and, despite a minor confusion as between the bar man and the lady taking food orders as to whether the kitchen was open past 9 on a Sunday, the food was good pub grub, tasty, cooked well with sizeable portions. My small portion of chicken fillets contained at least six large pieces that would easily have suited two as a sharing plate. Servi

Room King 4 Pro..The location is great, good size room with good comfortable king-size bed and smart decor. Good coffee machine and tea making facilities. A microwave. Con..there's no real fridge but a cool box which couldn't keep anything cool. -No heating so there's no heated towel rail or radiator. -There were no toiletries but several small tubes of shampoo and hairs conditioner. -There's no bath mat, we had to use one of the hand towels. -TV remote control wasn't working properly and not compatible with the TV. -The WiFi was temperamental. -There should be some washing up stuff because there's a sink and a microwave. -There's only one chair, so there's no place to sit and eat apart from the bed.

Pros and Cons Clean and modern rooms in a fantastic location. The access codes were a little temperamental at times but we always managed to get in eventually. The biggest issue we had was that we booked for three nights in December and neither the radiator nor the heated towel rail in the bathroom worked so the room was cold unless we used the air conditioning to heat the room (not very energy efficient) and the towels were always cold and wet. We asked at the bar and a lovely lady tried to come up and fix it but ultimately, there was no hot water coming to either the radiator, nor the towel rail. It is noisy but that was understood at the time of booking. The email with the access codes said that there were ear plugs in the room - there weren’t but I’m sure they’d have provided some had we asked at the bar. The noise was mainly early morning deliveries and seagulls rather than noise from the bar downstairs. Overall, I’d say that it probably wasn’t worth the £220+ per night that it cost but by no means was this a bad place to stay.