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Reviews of Clontarf Castle Hotel

4 out of 5
Clontarf Castle Hotel
Castle Avenue, Dublin, Dublin

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

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9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

maria

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is gorgeous! The staff is welcoming, helpful, and well-versed in helping navigate Dublin. The room was clean with a comfortable bed and rain shower. Would stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Andrew, Helensburgh

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The knights bar was really nice with friendly staff and the food was delicious. We were disappointed by the service in the Fahrenheit restaurant as the staff were rude and seemed to be inconvenienced by serving patrons, we had to constantly grab their attention for service. Overall our stay at Clontarf was excellent and would definitely visit again in the future.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sabrina

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Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Fausto, North Haven

Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great castle/hotel. It looks and feels more of a 5-star than a 4-star property. King’s Suite is very spacious and luxurious. Good food options and breakfast buffet. Convenient to downtown Dublin (15-min) and airport. Will definitely go back.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Adrienne

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The history and uniqueness of the Castle is wonderful.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephen N

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing staff , front desk team was helpful and very knowledgeable
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Angelo

Staff, management and facility was excellent. We have re booked for another stay in a few months; for our wedding which will be held at the Castle.
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

cindy

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Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Samuel

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Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kevin, Richmond

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Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Katherin

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the staff, especially the morning staff. Katherine Castillo was amazing and very helpful! Definitely would recommend this hotel to others.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

peter, Dacula

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Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

John

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very unique experience!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michele

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Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Thomas

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and professional.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nicki

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stunning hotel, staff were friendly and helpful. Great service, very cosy atmosphere and beautiful artwork around the hotel. Room was lovely, very clean and the bed was huge!

10/10 Excellent

David, Wilmington

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Excellent sevice and a beautiful hotel
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cameron

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Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bernard

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bernie

Traveled with partner
Facilities were excellent staff friendly and helpful would stay again
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful and romantic stay with a great bar and restaurant.

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Marilena was amazing! She helped us map where we were going, and was very thorough in explaining any of our questions.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

lindsey

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Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Russell

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Colleen

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It was just beautiful. Front desk was polite, kind, and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

David, Garden Grove

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A unique and charming property that is housed in the remains of an old castle. The rooms were nice, comfortable and quiet. The hotel itself was beautiful although the modern artwork clashed with the ambience of the hotel in my opinion. The front desk staff was excellent, as was the staff in the bar. The staff in the buffet restaurant seemed to be from another planet - they did a lot of wandering around but were not very interactive or efficient. We ate there every day and it was the same each day. Getting a response out of the staff there was always a challenge. But the food was good. The hotel is within walking distance of a large park along the waterfront/harbor, as well as few restaurants, coffee shops, and other businesses. It’s close to the airport but not as convenient to the heart of Dublin. But it’s in a nice quiet area of the city.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mary Jo

Traveled with partner
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Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eva

Traveled with family and small children
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We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Clontarf castle. The check in staff were fantastic, very friendly and great with our baby. The room we were given was lovely, clean and with comfortable beds. Breakfast was excellent too. We will definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All of the workers at Clontarf castle were so helpful and polite. I really appreciate that they upgraded us when we arrived, and so we got to stay in a family room which gave us a bit of extra space. Also, the food at all of the restaurants was very good, and the room service was very prompt. I will say, some places, like the Violet Lounge, could use some additional signage to make it clear whether or not you need to wait to be seated or not. Other than that, I loved my stay here.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Velva

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Enjoyed the property and staff. Excellent dining experience!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Omid, orlando

Traveled with family
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Great experience and very nice historical place.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel looked just lovely like the pictures on the website. The staff was friendly and knowledgeable about the area.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Alistair

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Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clontarf castle is a beautiful place to stay. Located in a beautiful part of Dublin. Close to good pubs with easy walking. Can park vehicle on property for free which was nice. The breakfasts were super yummy. The rooms were pretty and inviting. I wish we would have spent more time there but maybe next time. You won’t be sorry if you choose this place to stay.

4/10 Poor

Alexander

Traveled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Originally, very excited to stay in this property. It's a 12th Century Castle afterall! However, this was one of the worst housekeeping experiences I have encountered at any scale hotel, let alone a property like this. The property itself is beautiful. The facility amenities lack (basically a small gym and a few restaurants), but that could be overlooked with quality of service. Well, my 9 day stay was basically spent fighting with housekeeping. Over and over I had to call the front desk to address. And after each time addressing, housekeeping would then NOT do what was being asked. And we aren't talking about unusual asks here. We are talking about cleaning the room! You know, replacing dirty sheets. Leaving clean towels. Wiping down the desks/showers. Taking out the trash. The basics. Instead, they continued to disregard this. Instead, they would leave trash on the floor, leave dirty towels on the floor (in the bedroom somehow by the way). And not once, but twice, when asked to replace the dirty sheets just flipped them over or switched them to the place the noticeably dirty side to the foot of the bed (the second time). And after it being addressed the first time (and trust me housekeeping issues were a VERY known issue at this point as staff were offering comp services as an apology), not only did housekeeping not replace the dirty sheets but they left our dirty pillow cases on our floor. When you are being watched and STILL do this, that is blatant disrespect.
Stayed 9 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not a bad stay.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Adam

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service

10/10 Excellent

Kristy

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful, stunning. Quiet nooks to sit. Relaxing atmosphere.

8/10 Good

Violeta

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I was expecting more, but the staff are great
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lili, Glendale

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Amazing property. Great amenities and wonderful staff
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sheena

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5 day Visit to Dublin
We stayed here for my nephew’s wedding blessing, we stayed for 4 nights / 5 days. Hotel was beautiful, staff were friendly, helpful and nothing asked was too much. Bus stop outside of hotel bus number 130 will take you into Dublin City centre, cost €2.60 per person they don’t do daily returns. Can pick up bus either outside of Lidl or around corner for return back to castle - takes about 15 - 20 mins depending on traffic. Would recommend visiting Trinity University, Temple Bar area, Beach down from Clontarf lovely walk. Would recommend ‘The Yatch’, for a drink & food. Is about 10 - 15 min walk from castle. Room was amazing, we had room 321 executive double, daily housekeeping, water restocked, towels & bed changed. Food was really good breakfast was included in our stay/room great selection of continental or full cooked (buffet style). We ate in the Fahrenheit restaurant our 2nd night - 3 course a la carte food was amazing and would highly recommend. We were heading down to join our family for the celebration of my nephews wedding and on way down there was a choir on the 2nd floor and they were amazing. Would highly recommend this hotel for anyone looking for a stay in Dublin.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Michele

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The castle motif is limited to the main common rooms and not the sleeping quarters. This an upscale hotel with very competent staff, especially at the front desk and concierge. Not very convenient to the night-life of Dublin by foot, but close enough for a quick taxi. This would make a great wedding venue. Reasonably close to the airport so if this is your last stop, it's easy.

10/10 Excellent

DIANA, ukiah

Traveled with partner
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We enjoyed our stay. Easy bus access, friendly staff Beautiful
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Grainne

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Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Casey

Traveled with partner
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Absolutely stunning- we wanted to stay in a castle and got the full Castle feel. Orin (spelling?) at the front desk was absolutely incredible and accommodating and we got to check in a little early to catch up on rest after a long journey before enjoying the night. Absolutely would stay again and recommend to everyone!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Castle plus modern amenities
Central location, walkeable to coast, good onsight beverages and food. Great castle atmosphere with all modern amenities! Quick drive to airport
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pauline

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everyone was helpful and friendly Bedroom was cool and quiet Excellent food Will be back
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

John H

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
From check in to check out the staff at Clontarf Castle is there to ensure everything is exactly as you want. Make sure to allow time for an amazing breakfast. The castle is as beautiful inside as it is outside and you can tell that the staff works hard to make sure it is just that. The location allows for a walk around the block or a short walk to the bus. It is an absolute must-stay if you have a chance as you can truly unwind and relax.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023