Husband and I stayed at this hotel for the big St. Patrick's Day weekend and all our vacation objectives where the typical tourist stops in Dublin.

We called the hotel from the Dublin airport for the free shuttle and it arrived in a reasonable time. It's a large bus that was clean and comfortable. Drive time from the airport to hotel is about 10 minutes. Hotel looks brand new inside and out. Rooms are extremely clean and modern! We bid on Priceline and booked the room for $103.00 USD. I think the hotel is a steal for that price.

We only had two "issues" at this hotel. I had read in a previous post that this hotel has not honored the non smoking room requests in the past and that smoking rooms smell really bad. I emailed AND called the hotel directly weeks in advance to make sure we were booked in non smoking (king bed) room. At 10:00AM on check in day (several hours before “check in”) the clerk told us that we were booked for smoking and that non smoking rooms were all taken. I told her that I had called and emailed to make sure we were in non smoking because I had read online the hotel has issues with honoring guests’ requests. She ended up finding a non smoking with 2 twin beds. We took it.

Second issue that was only slightly annoying but not really a deal breaker was the travel time to downtown Dublin from this hotel. We purchased a 3 day hop-on-hop-off bus pass that included city buses at the Dublin tourism office in the airport. The walk from the hotel to the main street to catch the city bus is about 3 blocks. Seems like a long walk on cold days! Once you get on the city bus it's about 20-30 minutes to downtown Dublin. Stops are not announced on city buses and you'll need to figure out where you are and when to get off. Waiting for a bus after 7pm and getting back to the hotel took us an hour a couple nights. Overall the hotel is great for the price, but be prepared for a longish commute to the tourist areas.

Stayed in the Crown plaza in feb . MY only complaint about this hotel is some of the night bar staff need to up their game big time. I was waiting for over twenty minutes for a drink. However one barman with a french accent looked after us and was a true pro only for him we would have left. The hotel is very clean and most of the staff are very courteous and friendly the rooms were spotless and breakfast was top. A good place for an overnight stay. will go back. ps the mandalay chinese restaurant 2 min walk away is well worth a visit.

To start of, I did not choose this hotel my self, it was pre-booked through the company's travel agent, so I had no choice. It is located between the airport and the city, closer to the airport actually. I took a taxi one day, approximately 25 min in traffic for €25 and then the bus going back, which was €2 and took 45 min and stopped right outside the business park where the hotel is located. Either way, it makes you stay more in the hotel then you want to, and for this purpose, the hotel is not up to my standards when you want to stay more in it.

This is a good hotel. Nothing extraordinary, but ok if you do not plan to stay in the room. We were booked on the executive floor. The room were spacious with a big bed and a big bathroom with both shower and bathtub. The rooms are nice and fill its purpose, but nothing extra. A plus for the free wireless internet. The bathroom was big and it was nice. A minus here, is that the washbasin is big and cool, but the tap is so small, that when you are rinsing your hands in the water, you have to have your hands on the side of the washbasins edge. Why do not more hotels have a tap that goes further towards the center of the basin? Anyway, thats just something I have notice recently, since I have travelled a lot.

The business floor executive lounge is good. Newspapers, wireless internet and other machines to conduct business, if you need to. We had breakfast here, which was sufficient. It filled its purpose as well and I rather dine here, cause it was right outside my door and I do not eat that much for breakfast. Free water, drinks and fruits all day and they had a happy hour in the afternoon with free drinks.

I went to the fitness center every day. It is a big room, with almost nothing in it. One machine that have several functions, but not enough, a few free weights and some cardiovascular machines. Not good for a hotel fitness center, way below standard.

The lobby area with its two restaurants are nice. I tried to bar, don't remember the name, but directly to the right when you enter the hotel. Their bar menu is quite good, with a good selection. I had a steak, which was really good and big, and some of my colleagues had the hamburger plate with fries, which was huge! This was also the only place where you could see English football on TV, so it was packed almost every night that week.

Another plus is the free airport shuttle that departs every 30 minutes. You just have to be careful not to miss it!

Overall, a comfortable stay, but nothing extra or something special.

I stayed here for one night - just last night. Rate was 155 euro for overnight stay, quite expensive. Room was standard, bed very good. My problem was the extra charges. I had to pay for overnight parking. The newspaper I requested was charged to my bill. You have to pay if you wish to listen to the cd collection via the tv. On checkout I spoke to a manager and said that I was surprised that my parking ticket could not be validated to allow free parking. And I was surprised that I had to pay for my newspaper. The overnight rate was not cheap. If it was a special price then I don't mind paying for extras (just like Ryanair). All he could say was that it was hotel policy but he would make a note of my comments. I told him I would make note of my comments too ... on tripadvisor! Also rooms not very soundproof. Woken three times by my neighbours snooze alarm.