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To ensure our guest evaluation is always up to date and to allow for hotel improvements, our Hotel Score is the mean of the most recent 100 guest ratings.
14/3/2011
"Very central and smart"
Loved staying at this hotel, did not opt for the breakfast though as i thought 14 euros was a bit steep, especally as you could go down the street and get breakfast for 5.50. The Gym was small but good for what it was, shame there was no sauna or swimming pool but the shower in the room was excellent. The bed was lovely and all rooms have a TV on the wall with 20 good channels (including sports and Sky 1 etc) All in all very pleased would recommend and stay again
13/3/2011
"Fantastic"
Really great stay, central, clean & friendly,Would love to stay here again.
9/3/2011
"Excellent location and value for money"
Lovely hotel, friendly staff, right in the centre of Dublin, our room was quite small but the bathroom was lovely and spacious and very clean and modern. Although the room was on the small side, we think we had one of the smallest ones in the hotel and it was still absolutely fine for our break. Would recommend 100%.
7/3/2011
"Excellent hotel, with friendly, helpful staff"
Stayed here recently for a weekend break...It is a lovely hotel with very helpful staff.. The room was very clean and well decorated,with comfortable beds .It is near the top end of O`Connald Street, about a 15 to 20 minute walk to Temple Bar and Grafton street.
28/2/2011
"-"
very good everyone was very kind and helpful Dublin is a loverly city.
22/2/2011
"hotel in general was beatiful, staff very pleasent, the food was the BIG problem."
My partner and I ate in the chinease resturaunt on the first evening, in the hotel and the following morning we ate breakfast in the hotel, i have never been so ill!! it totally ruined the rest of our weekend there as we couldnt go out i had to take time of work after the stay here beacuse i was so unwell still when we got back home. it was obviously fod poisoning from either the chinease or breakfast in the morning. such as shame as the hotel was very nice!
15/2/2011
"-"
we only stayed the one night but we found the hotel excellent and would not hesitate to recommend it to friends.staff were more than helpful we checked in with a very nice man at the desk who couldnt do enough for us, many thanks sorry i did not get your name. one tiny gripe was that the barmaid at the end of the night was very brusque about closing the bar at 5 minutes to 12 while we were told it stayed open until 12.30, when i said that to her she was very curt with me, so no barmaid of the year medal for her. but we will definitely stay gain athe academy plaza. thank you very much.
25/1/2011
"Good good damn good"
6/1/2011
"VERY GOOD LOCATION AND FRIENDLY STAFF!!!"
2/1/2011
"Great hotel"
We found that this hotel was great we only stayed for one night and it was central to everything, we will book this again when we return to Dublin. All staff was great and it was great for the price we could not have asked for any better..
2/1/2011
"Brilliant place to stay - definitely recommend this hotel!!!"
The staff at this hotel were extremely helpful and polite, everything was brand new and very clean. The beds were so comfortable and the safe was free which was brilliant and it was tremendous value for money - I haven`t stayed in a hotel which offers such high class at a reasonable rate in such a long time. Me and my friend really enjoyed our stay and everything is within easy reach, it is just a few strides from the centre of O`Connell Street, it`s a bit of a distance from some of the late night bars but they are all still walkable or a short taxi ride if you`re wearing heels :) - but there are plenty of bars close by too. It was very quiet and we slept really well. Comfort, class and caring with Dublin on your doorstep - what more can I say!!! Thank you for making it possible for me to have such a terrific New Year`s Eve in Dublin!!! :)
28/12/2010
"very noisy nightclub next door"
I have uprated my rating because the hotel dealt well with our complaint and moved us to the 4th floor to minimise the noise.
23/12/2010
"Simply Stunning"
A fantastic location within easy access to public transport and main shopping areas. A short stroll to Temple Bar area. An absolute bargain for the money.
19/12/2010
"Very friendly, comfortable hotel"
Had a lovely two night stay at the Academy Plaza, staff could not have been friendlier. Highly recommend
8/12/2010
"-"
an excellent hotel. Great accomodation, friendly staff and good food. An excellent location.
7/12/2010
"Staff very friendly & welcoming, central location, lovely & clean"
Fantastic hotel, would return to stay here. Food in the Abacus Restaurant and breakfast was good. Great location c 20 Euros from airport by taxi. Very clean room, tidy and warm! Only downside was where the TV was located on the wall in room 443!!! Not very good to watch lying on the bed for comfort, would be good to have on a bracket that comes out from the wall. But was not in much to watch TV so only a very small observation / complaint!!! Gym very small but great, helped me run off my several pints of guinness and irish whiskeys consumed over the weekend!!!! Thank you.
6/12/2010
"Lovely hotel in a prime location."
This hotel is perfectly situated just off O`connell Street. Whilst a little hard to find the first time we visited, we have always come back to the Academy. Parking is just across the road at ?20 for overnight stay. Hotel is attractive and comfortable with a great buffet breakfast. Shops and bars on the doorstep. Perfect for a weekend break.
2/12/2010
"-"
great holel, great location will stay again have already recommended to friends
30/11/2010
"Very comfortable beds and clean rooms, breakfasts were good, I would use this hotel again."
29/11/2010
"Good situation, accommodation excellent, staff very friendly, food "
15/11/2010
"Excellent location, breakfast and friendly staff...."
Would quite happily recommend this hotel.
15/11/2010
"excellent for the price!"
very friendly staff, let us check in at 10am even though check in was at 2.30. room was very clean and comfortable and the hotel has a great location.
8/11/2010
"Great hotel"
Great location, good food,rooms quite small but very clean and modern, would recommend,
1/11/2010
"Great location couldn`t find fault an"
1/11/2010
"Excellent location, good value"
The hotel was clean and tidy, room was a little small. The staff were very friendly. I highly recommend the chinese buffet, it was some of the best chinese food Ive ever had. The hotel location is excellent within walking distance of Temple bar, and the tour bus stops right outside. Tea and coffee facilities were a bit naff!! Would defo go back as it was excellent value for money. BE WARNED DUBLIN IS VERY VERY EXPENSIVE!
1/11/2010
"Lovely cozy rooms "
We arrived 5hrs before we could check-in due to an early flight and were able to leave our bags in the left luggage room so we were really happy. We have a triple room and it was big enough for 3 females. Only problem was the air vent let in a terrible draught and it took a good few hours to heat the room. As it was pouring down outside so we got rather wet during our 5hr wait to check-in. Nevertheless, staff were very friendly. check-in & check-out was speedy and the ladies who service the room were lovely. Would definitely stay here again!
31/10/2010
"Good, comfortable choice for central Dublin"
30/10/2010
"Smelled of smoke"
I loved the hotel, the rooms are lovely, the beds very comfortable.excellent central location and very friendly staff. The only fault I can find is our room smelled of smoke,the headboard was really pungent and it was not possible to ignore it. Otherwise I would definitely recommend it.
30/10/2010
"Fantastic friendly hotel- we will be back!"
Great location; clean well equipped rooms, biur it`s the staff who make this such a great place. All were friendly and helpful. Highly recommended.
30/10/2010
"-"
The staff was helpful. The room was clean but very small (just fitted a double bed with not much space left). There was not enough milk and sugar for tea or coffee. Didnt get asleep until the early hours with the noise of the bar/pub next to the Hotel.
29/10/2010
"Clean and comfortable"
The hotel was clean and comfortable. It was central and within walking distance of everything we wanted to see. Also easy to get to and from the airport. Would stay there again.
29/10/2010
"-"
This is an excellent hotel in a very central location. The room is well furnished and of a very good clean standard.
27/10/2010
"Excellent value for money"
Great location, modern hotel, excellent facilities. All the staff we came into contact with were fantastic. A true Irish welcome and friendly. They couldnt do enough to make our stay one to remember. Even went so far as to ensure my daughter had her porridge ready at 06.00 prior to running the Dublin Marathon on monday 25th! Have stayed in other hotels in Dublin, but will definately be returning to the Academy Plaza and will recommend to family and friends Theresa, Julia, Laura, Nicola,
26/10/2010
"our room was superb,beds very comfortable.we had a great stay and would recommend this hotel."
my daughter was running th dublin marathon and was staying at the gresham hotel.our room was far superior to hers.very nice modern hotel.we enjoyed the meal we had in st harrys.
20/10/2010
"Allocated room above noisy extractor fans/shafts. Refused it, second room, same problem."
See above. The third room I was offered was fine. I`ve had this problem before and always request a quiet room when I check-in. (They do appear to have a list of the rooms with this problem of noise over the fans/shafts) yet, despite my previous complaint I was allocated not one but two of these noisy rooms.
16/10/2010
"Never got to stay at this hotel as they called the night before and moved us"
The night before we were due to fly to Dublin we received a call from the hotel to stay that another party had requested more rooms so we had to move to another hotel. Although they added breakfast for all of our party on all three days it was not a case of do you mind, it was a case of you are going. The hotel we stayed at was very nice and we had no complaints but I still think that it was not the best way to run a hotel, why did they not ask the other party to stay at the other hotel when they were booking into a full hotel. We will still use hotel.com but hope this is not the norm.
9/10/2010
"Everything great except cooking smells from outside. Couldn`t have window open."
6/10/2010
"could not have been more helpfull"
we were very well looked after the hotel was very clean . and staff very helpfull location was spot on .
1/10/2010
"Clean and very comfortable hotel ideally situated for town, airport and hop on hop off buses. Staff"
28/9/2010
"excellent stay at hotel staff very helpful would stay again"
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