The Bram Stoker

We stayed here one night before leaving Dublin. The Bram Stoker theming is kind of cheesy and only amounts to a handful of Dracula prints in a back hallway. The rooms are very basic — no luxury here, no sir. Hard mattresses, 80’s furniture. The afternoon we checked in, a dog in the neighbor’s yard (the rooms face a row of residential back yards) barked nonstop for two hours when we were trying to take a nap.
The staff seemed baffled when we told them, and not particularly helpful. The staff is the hotel’s main weakness. There was a very unfriendly woman waiting tables when we went down to the restaurant and our waiter was an absolute snot. He made it more than clear, waiting on us was a big hassle for him.
The reason I give the hotel a three is they have a beautiful, inviting restaurant and a surprisingly great craft beer selection. If they can upgrade the rooms to match the restaurant and fire the rude staff, they might have something.

Small, Quaint, not really sure what you’re going to get when you go in, and see the small menu, but lemme tell you: EVERYTHING WAS WONDERFUL! Between the three of us, we shared 4 different things and all were divine, especially the open faced chicken something or other (can’t remember the name). Chocolate cake was warm and to die for and I swear the Latte puts Starbucks to shame! I WILL GO BACK! maybe even to stay overnight this time!

Came across this, unusually named, place while out on a walk on a rainy evening. I will admit the name made me want to see the inside but I was also looking for food and the menu outside said they had chicken wings, so in I went.
Why they called it The Bram Stoker I have no idea, once you stepped inside there was nothing to do with Bram to be seen.
Anyway, the batman, who I would think was the owner, was very friendly and I ordered a beer. But when I asked about ordering the chicken wings he said he would get some one to come down to me. As it turns out there is a restaurant, called Indigo, down the back of the pub and they cover all the food orders for the pub. It took quite a few mins before she appeared, though she was very friendly.
The ‘large buffalo wings’ left a lot to be desired, they were not large by any sense of the word. I went with the BBQ sauce as she informed me, when I asked, that ‘Franks sauce’ contained Tabasco. They were alright but they weren’t going to fill me up for the night.
Before the waitress had come down to me I had asked the barman if he had any newspaper I could read. He said he was sorry he didn’t but offered me a tourism magazine he had at the end of the bar. (it was in pristine condition and I would say had only been open a few times) After news, tourism would be my next best read in a pub… And I always like to know what Bord Failte are spewing to the tourists, what crap is m***
:p
Anyway I digress, finished the food and tried looking for the bill, going to the bar as I couldn’t see the young lady, and was informed she would be sent down… Another few minutes later.
All in all the pub and barman were very nice and welcoming, the food delivery situation — and the food itself — leave a bit to be desired.
Come in here for a quite pint if you are tired walking along the Coast Rd path… You can’t miss the big sign.