Ripley Court Hotel

L’hôtel est situé sur la rive nord de la Liffey, à 15min à pied de Temple Bar (à l’aller. Au retour, cher Unilocaleur, tu gères tes zigzags comme tu veux). Pas forcément besoin d’aller jusque là bas le soir, remarque, parce qu’on a trouvé un pub très bien à quelques mètres dans la même rue.
Il y a aussi plein de magasins où acheter des plats à emporter ou de quoi faire un piqué-​nique, et on est à 3min à pieds du bus direct vers l’aéroport (il passé toutes les 15min, ça dure une vingtaine de minutes et ça coute 6 €).
Le bâtiment est assez grand. J’avais une chambre au 1er étage; pas mal, mais avec quelques trucs à revoir. Comme les grosses marques noires au dessus du radiateur. Bön, je sais, c’est chiant de lessiver les murs, mais parfois il faut quand même.
Vitrage suuuuper fin, je me suis levée 2 fois pour vérifier que la fenêtre était fermée parce qu’il faisait vraiment froid ! On entend fort les bruits dans la rue (dès que quelqu’un passé, tu as toute la conversation nette et précise); ma chambre donnait sur un coin calme, donc ça allait pendant la nuit (du moins à partir de 2h du matin. Avant je né sais pas. Si ça se trouve il y a un fight club qui se réunit sous les fenêtres jusqu’à 1h50), mais le matin tu né loupes pas les livraisons à 7h.
Ni les goélands.
P*** de goélands.
Bön, quand tu le sais tu prévois les boules quiès et t’es tranquille.
Le lit grinçait comme c’est pas permis. Tu né peux pas ramener un bel Irlandais dans ces conditions, l’hôtel doit être un soutien des ligues de vertu. Bande de petits rusés.
Les interrupteurs étaient bizarrement placés, va trouver comment allumer la salle de bain en pleine nuit avec quelques pin… tasses de camomille dans le nez: pas facile. Mais c’est peut être un test de QI auquel j’ai pathétiquement échoué.
Petit dej à 5,5 €. Pour ce prix, c’était correct. Produits de supermarché, mais il y a quand même un stand de chaud où une fille sympa te sert ton full Irish.
Une bonne situation, donc, mais pas le temple de la glamouritude.

Just about the only plus side is the staff who are very friendly.
The hotel itself, however is tired and worn. The lights in the stairways flickered like a murder scene in a cheap horror movie, the room smelled horribly of mildew, and the curtains had many holes. Additionally the bathroom was in quite a state of disrepair with a leaking faucet, a handicap shower with a false floor that looked and smelled as if no one ever took it out to clean and a hole the size of a large grapefruit in the wall.
The room was obviously designed for someone in a wheelchair. The mirrors, sink and shower head had me, a man of 6’7″ on my knees while attempting to use them.

I’m really shocked that I haven’t found any other reviews to say this, but the place is haunted. 100%. For sure. As we came back from the club, (drunkenly, you’d think we wouldn’t notice) the side lamp started flickering. I said something and it shut off immediately, which was freaky but then as I was shutting other lights off to go to bed it began flickering again. I shut its sister light off on the other side and it refused to shut off; going solid. We had to unplug it!
Other general reviews: entrance is lovely, reception kind, *tall people* mirrors low for those above 5’2″. Great location, but outdated and colonial (not in a chic way). Creepy all around-​but free breakfast & wifi is nice I suppose. Advice to management: update this. Please. Get an interior designer, for God’s sake.

Chose this place for the location and that was pretty much the only real value we got from it. It’s close to the train station and about a 10 minute walk to O’Connel street. The Air Bus for Dublin Bus also dropped us off right in front of the hotel (pick up is down the street though about 4 blocks)
Rooms are old and a little worn, but pretty clean.
I would not pay extra for the included breakfast. It was pretty bad even by hotel standards. There are plenty of grocery stores and restaurants within walking distance that it’s not worth adding it to your bill.
Free WiFi in the lobby only.
Staff was friendly and helpful! (I forgot a UK style adapter as we were traveling to more than one country and they lent me two)

Für irische Verhältnisse ein günstiges Hotel im Zentrum. Übernachtung in Doppelzimmer kostet 29 Euro pro Person.
Einkaufsstraße und Temble Bar sind gut zu Fuss zu erreichen. Auch Supermärkte (Tesco, Lidl) befinden sich in der Nähe.
Das Hotel ist etwas in die jahre gekommen und hat nur 2 Sterne. Aber da es genauso viel kostet wie ein Hostel ist es echt spitze. Der Vorteil hier es ist richtig ruhig nachts.
Wasserkocher, Bügelbrett, Fön und TV sind am Zimmer.
Frühstück kann gegen Gebühr hinzugebucht werden. Kann nicht sagen ob das gut ist da ich es nicht genutzt habe.
Zahlung des Hotels wie in Irland üblich mit Kreditkarte

This hotel is a hidden gem. My partner booked a last minute weekend break online at the hotel’s own website and paid just £70.00 per night for a double room with breakfast included. As it was a cheap deal we weren’t expecting too much and so we were pleasantly surprised on arrival. We were given a very spacious room, very comfortably furnished with tea and coffee, iron & board, hairdryer, tv and safety deposit box all supplied. The bed was big and vey comfy and all linen and towels were soft and new. We ate in the restaurant that night and it was delicious. Breakfast the following morning was very good and more than I could finish.
The hotel is located very close to the sights, which you can explore the sights and shops. The staff were very friendly and the Receptionists were very knowledgable and gave us maps and tourist info on check in.
All in all, we had a great weekend and found great value for money. I would recommend this hotel to everyone.

The Ripley Court, is next to the railway bridge on the eastern end of Talbot Street, which if you follow it only a very short & direct walk westerly, will bring you out on O’Connell Street, directly at «The Stiffy on the Liffey», or Dublin Spire, (to give it it’s more uninspiring official name)!
It’s handily very close to both Busaras the central bus station, and just round the corner from Connolly Train station.
They do the «longer you stay the less you pay» thing, with discount on 3 nights or more. Five of us stayed a week in 3 rooms, one twin, two doubles, all good sized rooms with nice en-​suite. I think it worked out about € 34 per person sharing, which is good for a 100 room 3 star hotel in Dublin.
It was all very smart and the day reception staff reasonably helpful, and the rooms were well looked after, although the complimentary tray of coffee, tea & water wasn’t always replenished!
Disappointingly there was no broadband connection in the rooms we stayed in, and the hotels only wifi hotspot in the lobby proved to be a dud, for myself and a couple of harassed looking Japanese business types!
In the sizable breakfast dining hall, (which was ok apart from a relentless taped loop of «diddley-​dee music»), it’s a canteen like queue up and they dole out a very good selection of cooked breakfast items, even for a veggie like me.
My mate got a bit cross with the cross examination every morning as to our room number, from the stern looking eastern european girl, doling out his sausages. He even considered self-​tattooing the number on his forearm, which wouldn’t have been very funny! But she couldn’t quite grasp the concept of 2 seperate people with the same room number.
More irritating to me was the night reception man.
If you return back after 11pm for security you have to buzz in & speak your name & number to him. This was always a far too lengthy procedure, and even when he answered in not very good english, or Irish, you’d have to repeat everything at least 3 times. Now I like a drink, and frequently look like I do, but it always surprises me how coherent I remain, so he had no excuse!
We were there 7 days, the same guy, the same routine every night, and we never once made a fuss, or appeared lairy. The last night after another painfully long interrogation, we’d convinced him of our identity only to have him pursue us half way up the stairs with more questions!
All in all I recommend this place for cost, location & surroundings. However broadband/​Wifi in all rooms, a more relaxed demeanor from some of the staff & certainly an efficient night door policy would make a lot of difference.