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Reviews of O'Donoghue's

2 out of 5
O'Donoghue's
15 Merrion Row, Dublin, Dublin

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 52 out of 204 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 101 out of 204 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 37 out of 204 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 204 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 204 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Lesley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Considering it was quite a busy area, the room itself was quite quiet. Staff really friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Barbara

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was in the middle of all the activity. We had a room on the third floor so it was quiet. However, without elevators, it gave us lots of exercise. We had some anxiety about whether there would be someone to take our bags down early in the morning - we had a train to make. But our host came to the rescue and all was well.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Christine

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Atmospheric spot in a great location
The room was bigger than I expected, and I was impressed with the size of the overall hotel itself, given that it's tucked away next to and above a pub. A nice room and spacious bathroom. No frills, but very comfortable and clean. Definitely bring your earplugs as the pub noise goes well into the night, as you might expect. Adds to the ambiance! Nice place.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
One of the greatest pubs in Dublin has rooms upstairs, who knew? Incredible location for anything in the city and terrific staff who do everything to make you feel welcome.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

J

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great pub!!
If you are looking for a great over the Pub experience,this is your place!!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Mitzie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Alvaro

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location and vibe
This place is great. Now, you have to understand that you're above a pub and this is not a five star establishment. Dublin is not cheap but this is a great value given it's location. Yes, it got loud at night vbut it wasn't crazy. The room was spacious and clean. Everything is dated and the stairs are a challenge but I will stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
O'Donoghue's a great central location
O'Donoghue's is more or less in the middle of town, so very convienient for the city centre. I stayed at O'Ds this week and about 4 weeks ago, so I should have learnt from my first visit. But the rooms at O'Ds are quite dull and dingey. A coat of white paint, some brighter lights and a neutral carpet would make such a difference. Bed and pillows were comfy. TV had a handful of local stations. Wifi was good. The room was very warm, I couldn't adjust the radiator, so I opened the window. O'Ds is in the middle of town so there is a lot of foot traffic and vehicle traffic both late into the night and early in the morning! All the rooms are up narrow and quite steep stairs, and the landings and stairwells are also dull and dingey. There is a little cupboard on the landing that has a washing machine in it and that machine is on lot at all hours. I was on the top floor and heard it, my last visit I was on the first floor and heard it. The bathrooms are adequate, but the shower cubicles are very small. I am Mr Average, size wise, and I couldn't bend down to pick up the shampoo bottle. The bathrooms are not vented so the ceilings are covered in flakey paint. There was a hairdryer and kettle in both rooms. O'Ds is famous for its pub with live music, and it is a great venue, with a good range of beer. They don't do food, so breakfast needs to taken at one of a number of local cafes. A good selection of evening meals are available very locally.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

ss, canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Loved the ambiance of the pub, great pub, and we arrive during on a day they had live music which was amazing. Rooms were comfy, clean and appealing. Staff was great, helpful and amazing sense of humour. There is a long staircase up to the guest rooms, but they gave a helping hand. Great location to many popular places downtown, temple bar, Stephens green, whiskey museum, etc
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Character city stay
Great atmosphere. Friendly staff. Perfectly situated.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Arielle, Boston, MA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable Room with Great Location
Room was clean and comfortable. Private bathroom and necessary ameneties included. Great location, walking distance to Grafton Street, Trinity College, and plenty of restaurants. Staff was very friendly, live music played every night at the bar and a great place to get a Guinness before bed!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
mixed
unavoidably noisy over a lively bar but adequate digs. high $ relative to experience but location is just wonderful
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Melanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Helen, Toronto

Liked: Staff & service
Adequate hotel with a good location
It was an OK hotel. The building is old, but the room is relatively clean. The shower is quite small, I'm OK with it except that it doesn't have a place to put the shower gel and stuff. I stayed on the top floor, noise from the bar wasn't actually a big problem. The staff are really nice and friendly.

2/10 Terrible

Peter, Algarve,Portugal

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Rooms above popular Irish Pub
I love Dublin and have stayed many times, this is the worst experience. My fault I did miss the bit about up 5 flights of twisting stairs , then down a further flight! In fairness I had a 20K bag and the very kind gentleman behind the bar carries it on his head to my room, getting it back down early in the morning, now that's a different story.Also when I saw that breakfast was not included in the very high price, I did not appreciate that the place was closed at breakfast time opening only at lunch time..so no Irish breakfast for me. Again I am a rather large person and almost could not get into the tiny shower, so I blame myself for not researching more closely. The bedroom was clean and tidy the first day! So paying in advance with no chance of refund...again my mistake. I take all the blame, the rooms are what they are , a room above a busy pub in a main street that has people screaming until 5 in the morning. In conclusion check what you are getting with this one, because you might be in for a bit of a shock. The pub is very busy and the Guinness is great, live traditional music in the evenings..even if you cannot get close due to the crowd of screaming party goers and hen parties....

6/10 Okay

Jean, Lancashire

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disappointed
This hotel was overpriced for what you get. Noisy at night and in the morning. There was no city view which was stated. We wasn't told there was breakfast available. Also this hotel is suitable for the infirm due to the flights of stairs. We had to go up five flights of stairs to get to our room.

6/10 Okay

kenneth

10/10 Excellent

Donald, Fort Gratiot, Michigan USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Irish know how to party
2 nights and one day. a little nosy around midnight but other wise ok. the staff was great and very helpful.The room was clean and the shower was small but hot and easy to use. If you want to be in the middle of a party and do not climbing stairs this is the place.

6/10 Okay

paddy, Co Derry

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
2 nights very noisy in room from early morning on street with lorry deliveries to Spar across the street no breakfast available

10/10 Excellent

Evelina, Varna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cosy hotel, friendly staff, great pub downstais
The hotel staff is very friendly, the rooms are spacious, there is free WiFi and a great pub downstairs. Only the road traffic is to be heard, no noises from the pub. Great value for money.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Find somewhere else for the money
2 star at best, you can do better for the price.

8/10 Good

theresa, Texas

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
ODonaghues... A taste of Ireland
The accommodations were easy to locate. Convenient to eating/ shopping. Lots of traffic, great for people watching. Durprisingly, noise from the pub wasinimsl. WiFi worked great in the room and even across the street at a little shop to purchase food and supplies with a couple of stools and a counter to eat at. I lovedy stay at ODonaghues, not sure I would stay again, as there are many other options.... The room was not as clean with old carpeting, but it is an older building, so what do you expect?The bathroom was the deal breaker... The shower was too small to even turn around in... Not exaggerating.

8/10 Good

Matthew, Austin

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
A surprisingly good room. Old and not that big,esp the bathroom which had probably the smallest shower ever. Bed was very conforable. Location was convenient walk to many sights, shops and restuarants nd felt very safe. Pub downstairs was busy and atmospheric. Note: stairs to room were very steep and narrow and noise from street if room on that side was noticable.

8/10 Good

Tara, Greenville, SC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Hotel, but a big Noisy
Excellent location, incredibly friendly and helpful staff, and clean room. Since this hotel is over a pub, it got a bit noisy (even though we were several floors above the pub), especially at closing time. Other than that, great place to stay!

8/10 Good

Paul, Palacios, TX

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A good value, if you don't mind a bit of noise.
The staff was friendly and helpful. Our room was spacious, clean and very comfortable. The location was good, near St. Stephen's Green. The room being just upstairs from the pub had some obvious advantages, but also meant there was a fair amount of street noise--from the pub at night, and from truck deliveries in the early morning. The provided ear plugs on the nightstand helped and we actually slept well enough both nights we stayed.

10/10 Excellent

JONATHAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
enjoyable
excellent

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Town center in walking distance
The room was very nice and the beds comfy. The shower was a bit small and not too clean, but it was okay. There's quite some noise from the street in the morning, but since I spelt with earplugs it didn't bother me. Great hotel for a trip with a friend etc, would not recommend for families.

6/10 Okay

David, Bristol

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
you need to be fit
it was very enjoyable nobody bothered you the room was good,there was a lot of stairs to climb as we were on the top they could do with a lift you got to be fit. we would go again.

4/10 Poor

Joshua

Disliked: Room comfort
Noisy, noisy, noisy
Not terrible. The bed was sinking in the middle and it is EXTREMELY loud in the rooms. I had to go buy ear plugs and I could still hear the noise from the streets on the third floor. It sounded like my windows weren't even closed. The staff was nice and the room was ok, very simple, but clean. The noise ruined it for me though, I wouldn't stay again.

6/10 Okay

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Better than expected!
I knew this room was above a pub so was prepared for the noise. The pub itself has a great atmosphere, the room was spacious with great beds and a really good hot shower. It isn't modern but it has everything you need and is handy to the city centre. Would stay again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, great fun!
Staying in a historical pub in the heart of Dublin was an excellent experience! Not a lush or incredibly fantastic room, but good and equipped with all the necessaries. Definitely a place for the experience and location!

6/10 Okay

Cassandra

Liked: Cleanliness
Fun but loud
This is a really fun place to stay if you want to be in the middle of all the action. We did but this was even too far for us. It wouldn't have been bad if our heater wasn't stuck on which made the room a hot box causing us to open the window which was facing the street. Without earplugs we wouldn't have made it through the nights here. Location is amazing and we loved the vibe though.

8/10 Good

Annette, Ellesmere Port

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great trip, pub was very busy and street quite noisy but it was pride weekend so to be expected. The room was excellent, very big and beds really comfortable. Room only was perfect as there are loads of places to get breakfast and dinner, very handy location and friendly staff, would stay there again.

8/10 Good

Russell

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Liz, Grantham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great friendly staff, brilliant location

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
It was good!
Good hotel to go to for a couple of nights! 15 minute walk south of trinity college. Taxis drive by often. When we first got there we were waiting for a couple minutes before someone acknowledged us. I guess in Europe you are supposed to approach everyone. Room clean, beds were comfortable, grocery store across the street so you don't have to eat out. It is above a bar so if you don't mind people talking til 12:30am then you're okay!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice little pub hotel
Overall, not a bad little place. It's in a nice neighborhood and very close to pretty much everything you would want to do. They are very informal so we just needed to find a bartender to check in. Our only issue was the noise...as it is above a working bar, the noise was a bit much the first night (especially since it was the day before a holiday). Nothing a pair of ear plugs couldn't fix! Overall, would stay again.

8/10 Good

K Elizabeth, Denver

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location, friendly staff, older building
Great location and friendly staff. Older building but room comfortable and clean. Wasn't noisy from the pub but is in central Dublin. Would recommend.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness
Decent location, filthy bathroom
This place is.. interesting. The pub is cool and the rooms are old but spacious. The bathrooms, however, have huge amounts of black mold and dust that has probably been there since the 80s. It's no where near the city center so be ready to walk a lot if you want to tour the town.

8/10 Good

Patricia, Aptos CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Our stay at O'Donoghue's Pub
It was fun staying at O'Donoghue's. The pub is lively and the neighborhood is great. Close enough to the bus stops and many good places to eat close by. The Spar Market across the street is also very handy. The only downside for some would be the steep stairs and lack of elevator. The pub barmen were quite helpful with our luggage. Also, the street is a bit noisy at pub closing time, but not in a negative way for us. Overall, we enjoyed the accommodation and plan to return.

4/10 Poor

Europe 15, MI

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Noisy and Hot
I knew I chose a "hotel" above a pub for an Irish experience but it was the worst one we had. After check in there was no "hotel" staff (they did make up our room in the morning) but they're full focus was on their pub customers. Our room was on the top floor. Fine; except there was no lift. There must have been at least 50-75 narrow steps. The room was warm the first day and HOT the second day. My husband went down to complain and was told it would be at least an hour before someone came up. The lady in the next room also complained and the Mgr said he'd turn the heat off. Our bathroom radiator never went off. Because of pub and street noise we couldn't leave our windows open at night. I spoke with an older gentleman the next morning as we were leaving and he asked about our room and apologized. We did have a very large room.

6/10 Okay

Misty, Charlotte, NC

Liked: Staff & service
Friendly people. Noisy stay.
Location was very convenient, but the street noise when the bar closed and later when the aluminum barrels were being rolled over the cobble stones for about 20 minutes was not. Because it is a bar there is no one around in the mornings at all and during bar hours they are very busy. They were extremely friendly, however, and we felt safe. I could not get any hot water early in the morning, but later in the day seemed fine. Rooms are expensive in Dublin, so even though we paid more for this room than any other on our trip, I guess it was a good deal for Dublin.

6/10 Okay

Anne, San Antonio

Good Budget Room
When I arrived I went to the bar to let them know I was there. There is no lobby. Since I arrived before noon I had to wait about 30min. For my room to be ready. I was offered a drink while I waited. My room was #9 up quite a few narrow stairs. My bag was carried up for me. The room had 2 twin beds that were very comfortable. Two Windows to open for air. A wardrobe closet and desk,chair, and bench or table to put luggage on. There was a tea kettle with coffee or tea. One plug basically in whole room. Carpet could be cleaner. Bathroom shower very small and no hooks to hang things on.only amenity was shower gel and bar of soap. hairdryer in bathroom. old fashioned 2 faucets for hot cold water. Great location. Bar noise was not a problem. Key to outer door to stairs to room and another key for room. Price was good. Close to airport bus stops on oils are and dawson. Not far from Suffolk for meeting stop for tours all walkable. Convenience store across street. Fridge also in room. Only reason I would not stay again is because of stairs.

8/10 Good

audrey, Ireland

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
pricey but good location
Was very pricey for what it was at 119 for the room...no breakfast ...great location and staff in the bar where friendly.room was way to hot heating on full blast all night and morning. ..no answer at reception when I tried to call.

8/10 Good

Daniel, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel room above a great bar
Nice little hotel room above a great bar. Great room for the price and the staff were very helpfull. Nice clean room with comfortable beds