Grand Canal Hotel

Stayed here for about a week at the beginning of April. Wish we could have stayed longer but it was booked up at the time. On site parking was a huge plus for us and it wasn’t difficult to get in and out because the street wasn’t terribly busy. We had a corner room with a balcony which was just lovely! The only down side to facing out the front of the hotel was that people would smoke in front of the main doors which made its way up to our non smoking room. The bed was okay, and it was nice to have extra seating room. The tub was quite narrow but deep enough. Can’t say I enjoyed the smell shampoo and soap, but I did manage to buy a bar of dove at the spar. Loved the location and there were quite a few good places to eat or order from around the area. I would go back for sure.

This hotel was pretty good for the price. It was in a great location for me (close to office), but it’s a 15 – 20 minute walk to the center of Dublin.
The staff were friendly and helpful and the room was clean and comfortable. I would definitely stay here again if I come back for another work trip. If my goal was sightseeing, I would have picked a more centrally located hotel.

Checked in here for a date night. Staff at the desk are really nice and friendly. Rooms spacious, clean and comfy. Big leather lounger chair in the corner a bonus. Good location too, central but quiet enough. Enjoyed our stay overall.

Delicious breakfast, friendly staff, rooms clean and tidy.
Would recommend to anyone visiting Dublin. 25 – 30 mins walking distance to the City Centre. Easy access to Dublin’s famous attractions. If you’re renting a car, the hotel has it’s own parking.
When visiting, you must try The Gasworks (attached to the hotel) and the Chop House (5 mins walk) food as well !!!
Stayed March 2015

Nice, clean hotel in a good location. The Irish breakfast spread is good. Hotel is centrally located near downtown shopping, dining, pubs and Trinity College. Rooms are somewhat small by US standards and furniture is simple but adequate.

Hervorzuheben ist der Shuttle-​Service zum Flughafen für nur 4, — ansonsten ist das Hotel eher Standard. Die Zimmer sauber aber schon in die Jahre gekommen wie auch die Lobby– Bis in die Stadt läuft man ca. 20 – 30 Minuten. Für einen Kurztrip aber empfehlenswert, da die Zimmer günstig sind.

I’m a pretty easy going traveler but this hotel cut a lot of corners.
1. Furniture feels like a college dorm room (those low foam coaches)
2. Maybe 12 TV stations (90% are terrible)
3. The body wash smells like men’s after shave
4. Late night (after 9) room service is a pizza or a ham sandwich.
5. No hair conditioner
6. Towels feel like brillo pads
7. No fridge or even an ice bucket
8. The front rooms, they use spot lighting that comes right in your window.
9. There is no handsoap (no bar or bottle) so you have to smell like men’s cologne (see 3)
The only redeeming factors are
1. Nice staff, I found them helpful and polite and fast.
2. The lobby looks nice (hides the upstairs creepiness)
3. Location is very convenient to a lot of the big tech buildings.
4. Pretty cheap.

Decent.
This hotel is good, but not great. The staff are friendly, not super helpful. The rooms are nice, but not exceptionally impressive. Its a touch noisy at night, but nothing too crazy.
The immediate area doesn’t have a huge amount to offer.
The reason I gave it only two stars was that the alarm went off in the middle of the night and woke the entire place up. I had an early flight out the next morning and it was exceptionally disruptive. There were no communications or apologies or anything surrounding the incident, which was very disappointing.

Solid hotel. Stayed here for 7 nights while on a work trip to Dublin (previous trip stayed elsewhere so I’ve got some reference to compare to).
Rooms were spacious and had all the essentials — good bed (ask for a double vs single beds), good sized bathroom + amenities, water, water boiler + tea/​coffee, etc.
Best part of this hotel — cleanliness. The last place I stayed felt old, musty, and dated. Not Grand Canal.
Second best part — legit gym in the basement. Way better than the last hotels joke of a gym. 2 treadmills, and elliptical, a bike, several weight machines, ab mats, and a huge selection of free weights from 2.5 — 40 kg. If you care about a hotel gym this is the place to stay.
Also worthy of mention is the $ 10 euro full Irish breakfast they offer as well as $ 6.50 euro for a take away breakfast. Nice touch not to gauge patrons on breakfast prices.
Will stay again for the next trip (also super close to the office so added bonus).

The Grand Canal Hotel is a middle-​of-​the-​road, no-​frills, you-​gets-​what-​you-​gets hotel for those who just need a clean room, a bed, a shower, a roof over your head, and competent service. If those are your metrics, the Grand Canal can’t be beat. If you’re looking for something with more character, consider another choice. The pricing seems right: my visit ran about 100 euro per night.
Location-​wise, the Grand Canal is close to a lot of the tech offices (Google, etc.), and is a quick drive or a longer walk to more bustling parts of town. All things being equal, I’d probably opt for a hotel closer to downtown and with a little more character, but it’s not a big deal. You’ll still find a couple of good restaurants in the area.

If I could give the Grand Canal Hotel 6 stars I would. Hands down, the best deal on a hotel I got on my trek across the UK and southern Ireland.
We booked our room at around 1am the morning of our stay (we were on an over night train/​ferry from London) and got to the hotel at 7am with no Euros (didn’t know the exchange office didn’t open till 9). The morning manager got us to an ATM so that we could pay the cab, offered to hold our bags for us (no charge), let us recover and use the internet in the very comfortable lobby, answered all of our questions with patients (we were irritatingly ignorant of how to get around Dublin) and managed to get us into our room 4 hours early so that we could take a nap (hadn’t slept in 36 hours) before getting out to see the city.
When we got to the room, we found that we had a beautiful view of the oldest football stadium in existence, the bathroom was very large and well equipped, the bed was comfortable, there were all of the little extras we could want, and the whole place was spotless. Plus there was free wifi that was very fast.
We wanted to try the restaurant and bar because they looked excellent, but we didn’t make it back to the hotel until late, so I don’t know if they are any good. But they certainly looked it.
The hotel has a perfect location. It was 10 minutes from the port (if you are coming in by ferry) 10 minutes walking distance to downtown, and is in a very nice neighborhood. Close enough to everything be convenient but far enough away to be quite at night.
The only complaint that I had about the hotel was that the room was a bit stuffy and hot. However, I will point out that we were there on the two hottest days of the entire year. So…
While I’m sure there are other hotels in Dublin that are nicer and more extravagant, there is no way you could get a better deal. This is a 4 star hotel at a 2 star price. That makes it a 5 star booking for me.

Yeah! I am the first one to review. It seems that a lot of people come through here — people on business, people that are there to watch rugby matches and tourists alike.
Overall, I had a great experience with the hotel — it was economical (75 euros per night), the room was kept clean, and AWESOME location (since my work was within 1 minutes walk :)
Highlights:
1. Convenience — there’s a pub and the café and the restaurant all within the hotel
2. Price — there were some packages that were published that were all less than 100 euros per night.
3. Room — room was a bit small for my taste but had everything that you could ask for. The room was made up pretty tidily and couldn’t complaint.
Will always come back here to stay!

Das Grand Canal Hotel in Dublin…
tja, was soll man da sagen?
Das Hotel und die Zimmer sind groß und sauber.
Ein besonderes Flair konnte ich hier nicht finden und richtig gemütlich fand ich es nicht.
Somit werde ich wieder meinen Geheimtip weiter in Anspruch nehmen ;)

LA situacion del hotel no es mala, no se encuentra en pleno centro centro de dublin, a unos 10 minutos andando de merrion sq y 15 minutos andando del trinity.
la zona es tranquila, Dublin 4 una de las mejores zonas para vivir, donde se situan los mejores hoteles y las embajadas.
El hotel esta delante de pzifer, accenture y google