Arlington Hotel

We stayed the Arlington for 3 nights in early September 2006 & had a great time. Although the hotel décor is now a bit tired and could do with tidying up everything else was fine.
The best thing about the hotel is the great location – Temple Bar is just across the river, shops are a few minutes away in both directions & the tourist buses stop directly outside.
We found staff to be friendly & helpful and the breakfast was good quality. We enjoyed the Irish Dancing entertainment at the hotel & a good atmosphere in the bar.
We had a room on the top floor towards the back of the hotel & we had a peaceful night’s sleep every night!
I would happily recommend this hotel to others planning a trip to Dublin

We really enjoyed our stay at the Arlington and got a really good deal, so we were surprised how nice the hotel was when we got there.
It's right on the river, near to the centre and our room (which was at the front of the hotel) looked over the river. The room itself was large, with a sofa and a huge bed!
Entertainment was provided free every night by the hotel - get in early to get a seat as it gets really busy and the bar is open to the public as well. We stayed for 2 nights, and saw Irish dancing and music.
I wasn't so keen on the breakfast that was provided, but managed to get by ok - my partner really enjoyed it as lots of black pudding etc. We both stayed away from the eggs though (if it was eggs! A bowl full of what looked like solid scrambled egg - didn't try it!).
We stayed for lunch one day, and that was really nice. A roast with all the trimmings which was served canteen style.
Overall, this hotel was in a really good location (go out of hotel and turn left for the main street/ O’Connell’s bridge turn left at the bridge for sightseeing buses, buses to the airport and the needle. Cross over the bridge to get to Temple Bar) and was very reasonably priced.
Just a shame it rained every day!