Kelly’s Hotel

If you’re looking for a hotel that is connected to a pub and provides an overall homey vibe, not to mention a great view if you’re facing the street, then Kelly’s Hotel is the hotel for you. The staff was wonderful and if you choose to stay at this great hotel, you’ll be in the heart of Dublin and within walking distance of many of it’s attractions. The overall experience was great. If you’re looking to get smashed, you won’t have to walk far to bed down for the night. Nurse that hangover in the morning with the complimentary water or take a short walk to the local grocery store. It doesn’t get much better than this. Despite being connected to a pub, the noise level in my opinion was relatively low. But who really sleeps when on vacation? Simply put. My wife and I loved our stay. Thanks for making our visit to Dublin a great one.

The candle bar, which is the residence bar in the hotel, was reserved for my class for our graduation afters. The interior is simple and tasteful, they allowed us to plug in our own music which was a huge plus, and the bartender was a woman with an undercut and dreadlocks, extremely friendly and attentive and made great cosmos! Loved the fresh lime used in every single drink, great touch. All in all a great experience and I would highly recommend it to small groups looking to rent an area.

Lovely hotel with great rooms and affordable prices. But.
As other reviewers noted, our room was overlooking a courtyard with a party going on. The management provides complimentary earplugs but never notified us that our room would be that noisy. Of course, the hotel was full and there was nothing they could do.
The room we were staying in (#4 if I remember well), is not suitable for guests who are trying to sleep – what a hotel should be for. It was dishonest to let us book it without warning us of the noise we would be experiencing.
They apparently notify people who rent these rooms on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday since these parties can go as late as 2:30AM, I believe. Not a word on a Thursday night (the party went on close to 11 PM).

All right one thing you gotta get straight.
Yes, this hotel is smack dab in the thick of it.
If you want location but don’t want the surrounding atmosphere keeping you up at night, look elsewhere.
Personally, between the long days of sight seeing, the relaxed nights of imbibing on many Guinness pints and the ear plugs provided (pro bono I might add) in each room, Kelly’s Hotel left me with very little problems falling asleep.
We stayed there the weekend of St. Paddy’s Day 2014, which as you can imagine is a very hectic time of year for any hotel in Dublin.
Despite what must have been busy days (and nights) the staff was always very cheerful and helpful.
Not to mention, they were willing to go above and beyond to assist a tourist like myself.
You see, I have a small Flip video camera that can only charge via USB port.
When I realized that the USB wall converter I had would not suffice with the foreign outlet adapters I brought, I went to the front desk on a whim to see if they’d consider letting me plug my camera into their computer to charge for a few hours while I went out.
They said not a problem without hesitation.
What luck!
That extra juice allowed me to film so much more of my trip, I was/​am very grateful.
In the mornings, find a lovely breakfast that comes included with your accommodations in a charming, French restaurant at the foot of Kelly’s.
At night you can either get the party going at Hogan’s Bar, which is also located just beneath the hotel and goes pretty hard, or you can grab a drink in the residence bar located just next to the reception/​check in area that is chill with ample seating by relaxed candle light.
Pro tip: I was told by a local that if you pay any more than 5 Eruo for a pint of Guinness in the city, you’re getting jobbed.
A pint in Kelly’s residence bar was only 5 Euros.
Winner.
The rooms featured chic, minimalist décor with a bed and pillows that were soft as a cloud.
The wall was mounted with a flat screen TV which had a DVD player built in. This was nice as only ²⁄₃ local stations come through so the front desk offers a nice selection of DVDs you can bring to your room should you like.
The bathroom was cramped, pretty small actually.
The shower was probably the tightest I’d ever been in.
God forbid you drop your shampoo, cuz bending over to pick something up isn’t really an option.
That, MIGHT be the ONLY negative thing I have to say about our stay at Kelly’s.
Location, personnel, price, food, drink… all 100%
Slainte!

DO NOT STAY HERE IF YOU WANT ANY REST!!! they hold UNBEARABLY loud private parties in their hotel lounge/​bar without warning the guests and put guests in the rooms DIRECTLY ABOVE THESE PARTIES, which go on from 8pm to 2:30am. we could hear the conversation and the laughter and the yelling and the MUSIC — my god the MUSIC — as if it was in the room with us and could feel the bass shake the floor all night!!! through ear plugs! we tried to watch a movie since we clearly couldn’t sleep, and the music from downstairs was so loud it made it impossible to follow.
the hotel excuses all this by sending an email to all those who booked rooms warning guests it may be «a bit loud on the weekends given the area,» but with no mention or description of these private parties happening right underneath your beds. we had flown in from America the night before and gotten no sleep on the flight so it was like a living hell.
very very sad as the room was nice and clean, location great, people were nice, and we were very excited to be here.
really. stay away.
or better yet, Kelly’s — c’mon! you could’ve been great! but instead you not only took away a night of sleep but gave us a great deal of stress. please, fix this.

I really like this hotel. I have stayed here twice over the summer. The décor of the rooms is what I liked really. Nice white wood paneling and white wood furniture — just my thing. Also the kingsize bed was heaven.
Bar and reception area where fab also. Staff were great too.

I will recommend Kelly’s with a but. The room was really clean, and the staff were very friendly. You get free wifi, a very nice continental breakfast at a cute French restaurant with your room rate, which can be quite rare in Dublin. However, just know that you are in a noisy part of town. My fiancé and I took a «If you can’t beat them, join them» attitude and headed down to the bar when the noise kept us awake. I mean, what do you expect when you stay in the Temple BAR area? Plus on the second night, we found their stash of earplugs… So all in all, I recommend this place if you are in Dublin for a good time, but maybe not if you’re a business traveller.

I don’t have a lot to compare Kelly’s to as far as Dublin hotels go, but I have been been to Europe about 25 times. I’ve stayed in everything from five star hotels to shit holes, rest assured, this is not a shit hole.
I’ve spent two nights in Dublin so far and there are a few things that are crucial to a good hotel imnho — comfortable beds and a bar that stays open past 2 AM. Now, you add the world’s most friendly and witty bartender, John, a cheery staff, clean rooms with wifi, easy access to bars and restaurants and museums, and you have a Unilocal Five Stars from me. I must also make a shoutout to Greg, and the lovely lady who bartends next door at The Bar With No Name who is a total love. The staff here, again, is absolutely fantastic.
Now, I’d also like to point out a few cons because I am a Unilocaler and we can complain about such things.
There is no lift/​elevator here. Those 37 extra tshirts you packed and will likely never use here in IRL? Yea, you’ll wish you left them at home.
There are no fans/​air conditioning. As a Texan, I forgot how people survive without such inventions.
There is a bar in the hotel, it does not close, it is awesome. You will meet some interesting people there. Most are pretty clean cut, a lot will be buying bottles. Ask the bartenders about their craziest stories.
It is loud outside. You may or may not care because you might be outside being loud. But if you are old and crotchety, like me sometimes, you will not be able to get away from the loud until Hogan’s closes.
The hotel is a little creaky. The floors creak, the stairs are hollow, and, at least for our room, we shared a door entrance with the room next door and could hear everything from them going in and out from their room. It’s not bad, an unnoticeable after a pint or three.
The staff here will bend over backwards to make you happy. Seriously, they will go to the ends of the earth. Ice cubes for your bottled water? Sure. Scissors to borrow? No problem. Best fish and chips? Gotchya covered, go here. They will draw on maps, hold babies and probably cartwheel if you asked.
The people here really made my five star decision quite easy. That, and when you see the Ireland sun (it does happen folks) streaming into your room in the morning onto your fluffy white, crisp comforter, you’re going to smile, and reach for your bottle of water to nurse your hangover away.

The room was neat and tidy. A little creaky on the floors but thats expected in an old building. I requested a quiet room at the back and was happy to get a nice room facing out the back.
Earplugs were supplied on the bedside tables, Just as well, it is a hotel in a city after all!
There maybe cracks on the wall and water takes over 5 mins to heat up, but for the value of the room, this place suited me just fine.
I’d be happy to stay here again!

Great place to stay while in Dublin. Nicely appointed rooms, friendly staff, and central to everything. The rooms facing the street are pretty noisy, ask for a room in the back if you are sensitive to noise. I’ll stay here again the next time I’m in Dublin.

Was here a couple of weekends back for our Christmas party — yes quite late, but we had to look after everyone else before Christmas!
The bar of this hotel was chosen as the venue for a party with about 90 people, and it was the perfect choice, save for one reason — nobody knew where it was, or what the name of the place… so we were left with the job of dragging all the early arrivals out of the bar in Hogans downstairs… amid much «what, theres an upstairs???» etc. etc.
Very cool, hip little place — almost felt like you were hanging out in your rich friend’s living room — very cosy, with exposed brick, comfy couches, and fantastic littles tables held up by empty wine bottles! There was quite an adventure to reach the smoking area via a little maze of hallways and a medley of trips up and down various stairs… eventually arrived into the Bar with No Name, which was a nice little surprise!
Drinks were flowing, staff were efficient and speedy (free bar — aka lot. of. drinking.!) even though the finger food was hokay at best.
Still, everyone enjoyed and would definitely come back I reckon!

Unlike Slim, I did not stay the night here but I attended a web conference which was held in the bar area.
I got the invite through a techy friend and it really was geek heaven, I had no idea what they all were talking about so the free bar till 3am was exploited to the max and once the vodka started sloshing about in my brain suddenly programmes seemed to made sense and I found myself clapping and whooping enthusiastically to the speakers tales of java and the such. Although I whooped at the wrong parts and clapped a bit too hard which invited ‘looks’ but I just smiled back said cheers whilst raising my glass.
I did bring my two non-​tech minded friends too which initially I thought was wise, but they adopted the same strategy as I; to use alcohol to somehow made sense of it all… One of them shouted at a speaker,
‘Take off your top!‘
Yeah that’s what happens when you put three party animals in with a bunch of technology geniuses, we bring it down to primitive levels.
BUT all that was said to highlight how potent and delicious their cocktails are. I was really impressed with the bartenders skills, and trust me I had a lot of time to study it at the bar.
Really cool interior, very chilled vibe and I love that from the outside it doesn’t look like much… Just like a hidden liar.

You’ve heard about the bar with no name? Well this is it’s hotel sister. It’s linked to the bar on the first floor and is accessed via a small unobscure doorway on Great George’s Street.
This is as much of a well kept secret as No name was when it first opened and this place is SAVAGE!
Kelly’s is a newly opened boutique hotel with minimalist décor and friendly staff. Rooms are adorned with whitewashed wooden ensuites and peeling paint which is the theme that runs through the whole hotel making it very retro and über cool.
There are about 200 classic dvds in reception you can watch in your room if you want to chill or there’s access to NoName or the residents bar from within the hotel itself.
The full Irish was fantastic after a night on the batter and there was no big push to check out on time.

I WILL be recommending these guys to friends.