Dublin Northside Golf Holidays

Sandy mount hotel is convenient for train to get you into Dublin centre. Lift from car park to reception was broken which meant we had to carry bags up lots of stairs, porters did help with suit cases. Overall cost with Expedia was not competitive with Hotel’s price. For 2 nights we paid over £100 more than hotel were advertising and breakfast was not included, We ate in the restaurant which was not a pleasant experience. The food was great, the service too was good but the design of the room with so many windows, tiled floors and nothing to absorb the surrounding sounds made dining unpleasant. We could hardly hear each other and we were sitting opposite each other. On a plus the room was comfy and hotel convenient. I won’t be using Expedia again having found I could have saved £100 on the same booking.

The hotel was great for transport links. Bus stop very close by. Was disappointed that the shower was over the bath. Would of expected a stand alone shower. Breakfast was fine but we didn't see the menu options to order eggs or waffles until the last day as nobody had told us. Only one working lift which means long waiting times at busy times.

It was nice except the air conditioning would stop in the night and with no windows to open we woke up sweating and unable to sleep. Both nights it did this and our friends had the same problem in their room

What I liked: The staff were generally helpful and provided a good service. The restaurant/bar food and drinks were of a high standard, including breakfast which was very good. The restaurant has nice decor and is probably the nicest place in the area. The bathroom was nice and the bed was comfortable. Good public transport links by bus nearby. What I didn’t like: bar/restaurant was expensive. The area of Dublin the hotel is in is quite rundown and very congested, particularly with cars (the whole city is car heavy though). The room itself was quite bare, definitely had a budget feel, but was also a bit dirty (marks and stains on the walls and some on the curtain). There were some sockets above the bed which made a high pitched ringing sound and made it difficult to sleep, had to use my earphones to block it out. I told the staff but they were unable to fix or offer a different room. They said this was the same in every room. A few things were a bit broken or shoddy, like some of the tv channels not working or repeating, the card socket for electricity was hanging out of the wall (which seemed dangerous), the shower head was missing some rubber bits, flickering light in the bathroom, etc. Also, they need to cover the pastries at the front desk and at the back for breakfast. They were covered in flies!

We enjoyed the breakfast in the morning. The rooms are clean but small. A couple of nights here are perfect but might be a little too small for a longer period of time. The staff were very friendly.