Best Western Premier Academy Plaza Hotel, Dublin
10-14 Findlater Place, Off O'connell Street, Dublin, D1
The hotel is ideally located just off O’Connell Street, in the heart of Dublin city and following a complete rebuild and expansion, it offers 285 deluxe rooms o... more
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8/10 Overall rating
| Category | Average Rating |
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| 8/10 | Check-in process |
| 8/10 | Your room |
| 7/10 | Working order of facilities / equipment |
| 8/10 | Order and cleanliness of the hotel |
| 8/10 | Performance of staff |
| 8/10 | Overall experience |
| 8/10 | Overall value for money |
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on April 4, 2008
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Anonymous ( Group of adult friends)
on April 2, 2008
"Overall our stay was very good, the hotel is very clean and tidy, the staff are friendly and helpful, locality is ideal for all area's of the city. My only criticism is that you can hear everyone talking as they walk down the corridor past your room, which can be quite irritating in the early hours, but then I am a light sleeper." (97114631)
The staff were very friendly and helpful. The Bar area was clean, tidy and very spacious and comfortable. Rooms were very Clean and well maintained.
The Breakfast Buffet was a bit disorganised and the plates available were tiny
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on July 15, 2008
Recent refurbishment was to a high standard. Staff very helpful and efficient. Location good, particularly for Aircoach and easy walk to Temple Bar etc.
Left luggage not in a secure room, but we had no problem.
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on July 2, 2008
"Fantastic - thoroughly enjoyed. I made a point of thanking the manager for our stay - Nice not to be complaining to him instead" (97953185)
Staff service, food and cleanliness was excellent
The king room i booked wasn't available but I was given a free upgrade to a suite at no charge - Excellent service
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on June 18, 2008
"Apart from negative outlook from smallish bedroom window making room dark & claustrophobic - everything else was fine." (97219764)
LOCATION VERY CENTRAL YET QUIET.
RATHER DARK LIMITED VIEW FROM WINDOW BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY OF LARGE GABLE END BRICK WALL OF ADJACENT BUILDING.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on June 17, 2008
"Enjoyable stay and will definitely stay again" (97757737)
Nice friendly staff. breakfast very good.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on June 6, 2008
"Very good. Nice staff and facilities. Lovely room." (97789112)
The room was perfect with all the facilities you need, including air con. Nice lobby and bar.Barman very helpful when asked about the area surrounding us.
None, but would like a longer stay.
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Anonymous ( Group of work colleagues)
on May 28, 2008
"Pleasant and comfortable stay" (97183280)
Refurbished rooms were to a good standard. Public areas clean and well maintained, location excellent.
Breakfast not included and a little pricey.
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Henrik ( Young couple)
from Drammen , NO on May 17, 2008
"OK, but the breakfast experience should be better." (97557189)
I disliked the Breakfast area. Felt I was in a cellar. Should be brighten up and have some more view out. For me it is very important to have good breakfast area/food when Im on Holidays. Regardless of that, the food was OK, should be more choices of sandwich spread. Fruit was OK, and the staff was the best regarding breakfast.
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Caroline ( Group of adult friends)
from Chatham, nj , US on March 21, 2008
Very nice room, good value for the money, overall very friendly staff and willing to help if we had any questions
The door to our room was broken and really hard to open and close. We had to have a concierge come up and show us all how to do it, and it still took a lot of man power. He also seemed to think we were a bit dull having not figured out how to open the door by ourselves.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on February 26, 2008
Location, Facilities, Bar area, Asian Restaurant (Lovely food if not a bit expensive)
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on May 15, 2007
"The hotel was still under renovation, the entrance was down a dodgy side road and the location was less than desirable I would have liked to have known the type of area it was in, the fact there was no main entrance as it was all boarded up and surrounded in scaffolding and that it was still being refurbished" (99967416)
The Room had been refurbished very well.
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Anonymous ( Group of adult friends)
on December 17, 2006
"1. The construction workers making noise. 2. The bedding was inadequate for this time of year. 3. The bed was very noisy, is it an old bed? 4. The room was not cleaned properly." (99165901)
The location.
We were not inform that the hotel was undergoing renovations, so we did not appreciate the fact to be woken up at 07h00 in the morning with construction workers making noise.
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Clifford ( Family with young children)
from Sheffield , United Kingdom;GB on November 3, 2006
"We were looking for somewhere clean, central, with decent facilties, and we found all these. Very pleased, and would come back." (3305357707)
Location. Good special offer price. Clean and convenient. Facilities good.
A couple more PC's with internet access would have been good as we had to queue, but not really a problem.
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Ross ( Young couple)
from Beverley , United Kingdom;GB on October 21, 2006
"Exellelent hotel could not fault it in any way.big rooms good size beds+bathroom,satellite tv kettle an ironing board and iron in the room.Central location to dublin city centre but not to noisy either.very good breakfast served between 7-10.Definatley go back again." (3305134885)
Very good sized rooms decent facilities tv,hairdryer etc.Very good breakfast buffet in a morning.Helpful staff allowed us to check in early.accomadation very close to centre,good location.Well recommended.
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Peter ( Mature couple)
from Bristol , United Kingdom;GB on September 7, 2006
"I have stayed in several Best Western hotels whilst on business and have always been happy with them. The Academy is the worst Best Western I have used. Having said that, the location was excellent, and Dublin itself is an excellent location for a pleasant weekend." (3305239258)
The location was excellent; the breakfast was good; the staff were friendly and efficient
The room (503) was small, there had been a flood at some time and there was still a generally damp smell. The dining room was cramped and the hotel in general felt cramped . . . narrow corridors, tiny lift, etc.
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Anonymous ( Group of adult friends)
on April 19, 2008
"mi sarebbe piaciuto di avere un contatto con voi con un operatore che parlasse italiano per spiegare cosa mi volevo" (97165834)
la citta di dublino la collocazione dell'hotel
che non ce' specialmente in alberghi dove sono stato persone che parlano piu lingue visto che il turismo in IRLANDA sta aumentando o che ci fosse stato un centro per il turismo multilingue anche telefonico e poi quel sistema che non mi e piaciuto all'arrivo una cifra maggioredi circa 40 euro con richiesta alla carta di credito a garanzia che debbo dire poi definita al conto finale
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Trevor ( Mature couple)
from Grimsby , United Kingdom;GB on August 27, 2006
"this was a first class hotel,it was so easy to find and only a short distance from the city centre.for a first time visitor it would be hard to find a better hotel for the price. staff went out there way to assist even when we had to get an early flight. i would certenly recommend the best western and will be booking next year. trevor-heather jensen grimsby uk" (3305141053)
easy to find,very central to the town,very freindly staff,first class all round accomodation
the only downside was the building work, but noise did not effect are holiday as it was done in working hours
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Neil ( Young couple)
from Markham , Canada;CA on August 21, 2006
"I would not reccomend your hotel. not until you get better beds." (3305056436)
The food was excellent, and the reception staff was very nice
The bed was very uncomfotable, so much so, that neither us could sleep, also, the room backed onto a bar which was noisy until 2:00am, and then construction started around 6:30am. in other words it was very noisy.
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Peter ( Mature couple)
from Liverpool , United Kingdom;GB on July 27, 2006
"Information adequate" (3304986876)
Location was excellent
Air conditioning was regulated by the reception - this meant contacting the reception everytime it required switching on - even early hours of the morning.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on June 27, 2006
"The Hotel has a good location the food was ok.I would say that the Hotel was fine for the younger generation but not if you are looking for a relaxin break." (3304678333)
Food was ok Location was good
Very noisy whe I was there construction work outside and fight in the room next door at 2.00am whitch ruined my nights sleep.There was no apology from the staff at the hotel from their atitude I couuld only take it that this kind of thing was normal.
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on August 29, 2006
"cet hôtel a tout à fait convenu à notre attente" (3305182874)
bon confort, bonne situation
RAS
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Richard ( Group of adult friends)
from Grimsby , United Kingdom;GB on June 24, 2006
"A nice friendly hotel and with its central location, a great place for being based during a visit to Dublin. Excellent full breakfasts available. Well equipped rooms." (3304675600)
Central Location, Good Value for money and a place that I would most certainly stay at again.
Nothing
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Graham ( Solo business traveller)
from Treharris , United Kingdom;GB on June 14, 2006
"Detailed instructions of access, we passed within 50m on 3 occasions before finding the hotel." (3304823616)
location, size, value for money
finding it first time! a double bed is a double bed, not 2 singles pushed together.
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on June 13, 2006
Breakfast and handiness
Noise of adjacent bar
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on April 16, 2006
"Great breakfast, good location, however a litle noisy but would use again." (3304442516)
Nice clean room
Nothing
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Florence ( Mature couple)
from Massy , France;FR on August 6, 2006
"L'hotel est bien situé (sur o'connell street) pour visiter la ville et sortir sur temple bar. le petit déjeuner est un buffet trés bien fourni." (3304935131)
bon petit déjeuner, ascenseur, internet à disposition, veilleur de nuit
avoir de meilleurs accords avec le parking payant à côté car cela revient trés cher et revoir le mode d'enregistrement : ne pas prendre une empreinte de CB pour un montant supérieur au séjour dans la perspective de consommations éventuelles au bar, c'est assez déroutant quand on arrive !
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Gordon ( Mature couple)
from Coleford , United Kingdom;GB on April 15, 2006
"The Academy is a good place to stay with very clean rooms and a very good breakfast. We used the bar which was next door no problem. The staff were very helpful and pleasant - We will recommend to our friends and ouselves will use this hotel if we visit Dublin in the future." (3304415485)
very close to O'Connell street and air coach connection - staff were very good helpful and pleasant and clean room
due to planer operating at night and resurfacing in O'Connell Street less than 100 mtrs away - not much sleep but hotel not to blame just picked wrong night.
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Susan ( Young couple)
from Stoke on trent , United Kingdom;GB on March 27, 2006
"It would have been good to have some in room information about the local facilities for example the best restaurants and the best entertainment venues. Also it would be good if they could state that they provide towels so you dont have to take your own! Overall I was very pleased with the accomodation and the staff and we had a great holiday!" (3304385079)
Large rooms with excellent facilities and room service. Being able to request breakfast in you room was great! Within walking distance of the city centre and the 1st stop of the city bus door is right outside!
There were builders outside our bedroom window and at times the hammering was quite annoying especially when you want a lie in! but otherwise we had no problems.
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Anonymous ( Group of adult friends)
on October 16, 2005
"Had two rooms. One overlooked a building site which can't be helped and building work was only 8.00 - 18:00. The room was clean but the window, although double glazed did not closed properly. The second room overlooked a courtyard which was used by pubs etc. This meant that it was very noisy with barrels/crates being loaded/unloaded well into the early hours. The hotel is in a good position at the top of O'Connell street. Very handy for the hop on-hop off bus (which goes from opposite the hotel). Hotel staff were friendly and breakfast was very good." (2742340)
The hotel was in a central location and the breakfast was very substantial.
One of our rooms was very noisy with pub barrels etc being handled at all hours. The other room had a window which did not close properly.
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Flynn ( Other)
from Kelowna , Canada;CA on October 11, 2005
In down town Dublin I think teh Academy hotel could not be in a better location. Across teh street from the city bus tour pickup / drop off point. Not on teh main busy crowded O Connell street and relitively quite for a metropolitain location. Very close to teh hub of it all A really good place to start any Ireland tour or vacation. Stay on upper floors to minimize soem noise.
Directions from staff to the hotel off O Connel street as it is up a little side court yard about 50 meters Acroos the street from the Royal Dublin Hotel BUT not on O Connell Street. The side street OFF O connell Street.
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Anonymous ( Solo leisure traveller)
on February 2, 2008
"ho trovato tutto" (97540513)
la gente, la città di Dublin
nulla
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Anonymous ( Group of adult friends)
on December 12, 2006
"Buon albergo per il rapporto prezzo/qualità/posizione in città" (99571065)
La posizione dell'hotel e la colazione
Perdita di acqua dalla finestra in camera
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on November 8, 2006
"Hotel modesto sin grandes pretenciones. Desayuno completo, habitaciones limpias ... en general no se necesita mas para pasar una estancia a gusto" (3305442286)
Situación inmejorable.
Los ascensores son bastante lentos, llegan a ser desesperantes
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on August 27, 2006
COLAZIONE
STANZA UMIDA
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on August 26, 2006
"Struttura sufficientemente attrezzata ed adatta per viaggiatori di passaggio, occasionali, di lavoro; non adatta per soggiorni lunghi causa lavori in corso" (3305051485)
Vicinanza al centro città, comodità di parcheggio a pagamento con tariffa convenzionata, colazione buona.
Rumori per lavori adiacenti l'edificio di giorno e per pub di notte, letto e cuscini scomodi (molto usati).
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on August 25, 2006
"orari dettagliati mezzi pubblici aeroporto_hotel" (3304785003)
tutto
nulla
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Gianpiero ( Mature couple)
from Pianello val tidone , Italy;IT on May 5, 2006
"buon albergo, in centro città. comodo per il parcheggio; buon rapporto qualità prezzo" (3304423527)
buona e abbondante colazione; parcheggio molto comodo nelle vicinanze
gentilezza di alcuni addetti extra UE
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