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The ClarencevsTemple Bar Hotel
The Clarence and Temple Bar Hotel are both recommended by professional travelers. On balance, The Clarence is the choice of most writers compared to Temple Bar Hotel. The Clarence ranks #8 in Dublin with accolades from 12 sources like Michelin Guide, Oyster and Insight Guides.
The Clarence
Michelin Guide
Concierge
Insight Guides
Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure
DK Eyewitness
Star Service
Fodor's
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6-8 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
From $154/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Michelin Guide "Attractive riverside hotel... Stylish and well-run."
Concierge "Unforgivably at these rates, service can falter, veering madly from friendly-polite all the way down to rude."
Insight Guides "City-centre, riverside location, backing onto Temple Bar. The Art Deco interior has been lovingly restored by new owners (who include U2)."
Lonely Planet "A handsome boutique hotel designed to reflect the aesthetic of a 1930s gentlemen's club." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The hotel's owners include Bono and The Edge of the band U2. This Arts and Crafts hotel was restored by the singer and the guitarist and reopened in 1992." Full review
DK Eyewitness "With original wood-paneling in Arts and Crafts style, and luxuriously furnished rooms, this old establishment successfully combines contemporary cool and comfort."
Star Service "Across the river from The Morrison, this hotel is partly owned by rock-music impresarios Bono and The Edge, front men for U2." Full review
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The Clarence is supposed to be a personal vision of the kind of hotel its owners would choose when visiting Dublin, and as such, it is besieged by music and noise, from Temple Bar partygoers in front of the hotel, to the late-night thumping of the Kitchen nightclub in the basement.
Fodor's "This renovated 1852 grand old hotel is the place to sample Temple Bar's nightlife, even if your pals are too busy rocking to hang." Full review
OysterUpscale
"The Clarence is an upscale 50-room boutique hotel set on the banks of the River Liffey in the center of Dublin." Full review
The Telegraph7.0
"The Clarence occupies an imposing and historic building overlooking Dublin’s quays and River Liffey." Full review
Temple Bar Hotel Lonely Planet Oyster
Time Out Star Service
Frommer's
13 Fleet Street, Temple Bar, Dublin
From $124/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Lonely Planet "Sleeping isn't really the activity of choice for anyone staying in this compact, decent hostel in the middle of Temple Bar, next to the pub of the same name."
OysterMid-Range
"The Temple Bar Hotel is a mid-sized option in the middle of Dublin's busiest, most energetic district." Full review
Time Out "There is much to be said for staying right in the centre of things - and, despite its busy nightclub, the hotel does well to maintain an air of civility." Full review
Star Service "This hotel is defined by its location smack in the middle of Temple Bar, a magnet for pub hoppers, street musicians and exuberant tourists." Full review
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Due to the noise emanating from this neighborhood, those who actually want to sleep should request rooms on the back side of the hotel, facing Adair Lane.
Frommer's "This cheerful, well-run hotel certainly wins in the location stakes, sitting right in the middle of trendy Temple Bar" Full review
