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The design hotel as we’ve known it is dead. In this corner of the world at least — whatever you can get away with calling the U.K. and Ireland collectively without starting a blood feud — the white-walled minimalist-Zen hotel is so very last century. In its place is the new breed of luxury hotel, one that replaces the old austerity with a shameless (if slightly ironic) conspicuous consumption.
The Dylan, in Dublin, is a luxury hotel of the new breed. Not to be confused with the Dylan in Amsterdam, this one is a one-off, a Victorian-era nurses’ boardinghouse converted into a 44-room boutique, one whose room descriptions read like a passage from American Psycho: Frette linens on Seventh Heaven beds, Etro bath products, Bang & Olufsen phones, Bose iPod docking stations and Philips LCD televisions, all mixed in with Murano glass chandeliers and custom antique-style furnishings. Space is generous, and materials are luxe — think leather and textured wallpaper, rather than blond wood and poured concrete.
Pop down for the obligatory cocktail at the Dylan’s pewter bar, where one imagines bankers or brokers (or newly minted biotech millionaires, or whatever it is they’ve got in Ireland) popping bottles of Krug champagne and toasting the Celtic Tiger. The restaurant, Still, is as white and glossy as the rest of the Dylan is rich and velvety, and Padraic Hayden’s modern-Irish cooking has Dubliners lining up out the door.
How to get there:
Dylan hotel is approximately a 30 minute drive from Dublin International Airport and a taxi ride can cost upwards of 35 Euro.
- Complimentary upgrade upon hotel check-in, based upon availability
- Complimentary continental breakfast for two
- One complimentary glass of champagne or one cocktail, per guest, upon arrival
- Free Valet Parking (Normally €20.00)
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- 44 Rooms
- Style: Modern Design
- Atmosphere: Happening
- 33 Guest Reviews
- Dylan
- Eastmoreland Place
- Dublin, Ireland
Hotel amenities and services
- 100% non-smoking hotel
- 24 hour concierge
- 24 hour front desk
- 24 hour gym
- Babysitting (on request)
- Bar
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Central air conditioning
- Free wi-fi
- Garden
- Golf nearby
- Library
- Lounge
- Luggage storage
- Multi-lingual staff
- Pets allowed (charges apply)
- Restaurant
- Self service parking (charges apply)
- Spa treatments (on request)
- Valet parking (charges apply)
- Wake-up service
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33 Guest Reviews
All reviews are from Tablet guests with verified stays.
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- Monica
- Stayed May 2011
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
location and room size
What the hotel could do better:
staff was not very nice.
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- Carlos
- Stayed January 2011
- Rating: Excellent
What I liked:
Lugar tranquilo y agradable, habitaciones confortables.
What the hotel could do better:
Nada, ¡disfruté de mi estancia!
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- Leslie
- Stayed October 2010
- Rating: Excellent
What I liked:
Incredibly stylish, very helpful front desk/concierge, room and amenities exceeded expectations.
What the hotel could do better:
The bartender was a tiny bit snippy since we came in late (12am or so) and they were closing up so only well (not mixed) drinks could be made at that point - but he could have let us know that more politely. But the bar was uber-stylish and made up for the altercation.
