I stayed here for 5 nights when in Dublin for business. I really enjoyed this hotel. I love the clean, simple modern design. I had a regular double room and it was spacious and comfortable. The service was good and the front desk staff were helpful and responsive. There was free broadband in the room which is great because most of the other four star places I stayed at charged between 10-15 euros a day for internet. There is a great gym and indoor pool, and I also used the steam room. I loved the location. It is in the newly redeveloped docklands area of Dublin. It is very modern, with many cafes and a few bars. There is a Marks & Spencer food shop just outside, and a Mace supermarket a block away. I was able to walk along the Liffey to Dublin city centre in about 15 minutes. It's a great walk, and much better staying there than in the crowded and over-priced city. I got a really good deal (about euros 100 per night).

We've just come back from a 3 night stay at the Clarion and loved it. The room wasn't huge, but fine for what we needed, and it was nicely done, comfortable and clean. We also had a balcony which was great. We ate in the Sinergie restaurant one night, and had the 25 Euro 3 course Table d'Hote menu (available from 6-7.30) and found both the food and service there fantastic.

It is a little bit of a walk to the centre, but I'd recommend it.

Statyed here for 2 weeks end June/early July 05.

Nice looking hotel but the constant heavy lorry traffic outside is a drag.

Good leisure facilities with gym and pool but the service in the hotel itself is very poor.

Requests for wake up calls not carried out

Newspapers not delivered to rooms, front desk made the excuse that they did not have time to go to the newsagents to collect them - this was at 07.30am! Surely there must be a better arrangement

Water/drinks in mini bar not replaced.

Small rooms

Clarion hotel calls itself a business hotel but appears to have no idea what that entails. Good location for the IFSC and a potential ideal banking customer base on their doorstep.

Just need the staff to stop trying to pose at the front desk and actually service their customer needs.

Very disappointed!

The Carion is nothing special, a business hotel without character. The rooms are small though some benefit from a balcony with spectacular views of Dublin, the river and the mountains. It is a fair bit to city centre on foot though a taxi ride should not be more than € 7. The hotel bar on my visit was blasting out TV on big screens (If you don't like it, tough!) and was not properly stocked: no olives for a Martini to be found in the entire hotel, no Red Bull. The restaurant was mediocre. We were the last dinners (10pm) and the staff were eager to drag garbage bags through the restaurant and set up breakfast! Not very stylish. The Clarion is good for business visitors in the IFSC but there are better hotels in city centre.