Good value 3 - star hotel very convenient for Dublin Airport .
Disadvantages:
A wee bit out in the boondocks .
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
Bewley's Airport Hotel is one of four Bewley's Hotels in Dublin city.
Like all three of their other hotels it offers exceptional value for money for a fairly up-market 3-star hotel. The beauty of this particular Bewley's hotel is that it is very convenient to Dublin Airport, (about one and a half miles) and thus very handy for people paying a "flying" visit to Dublin (simply stopping over for one night to catch an ongoing flight) or for country people from Ireland who have a very early morning flight to catch and don't want to get out of bed at 2AM in order to catch it!
Lots of people also use the "Park and Ride" facility to Dublin Airport that the hotel offers both residents and non-residents. You pay Euro7 per day to use their car park, (Euro8 from 1/4/2008) and this includes a free bus service to departures, and a free journey back on your return.
If you're staying in Dublin for a longer visit then you'd probably do better to look at one of the Bewley's hotels nearer the city centre, in Ballsbridge or their original city hotel in the Temple Bar district of the city centre. Bewley's Airport Hotel isn't at all handy for accessing the city centre and is a wee bit out in the boondocks. It will take you a good half an hour to drive into the city (outside of rush hour) and it isn't particularly well serviced by public transport. A taxi to the centre will cost you at least Euro15 and most likely nearer Euro20 to Euro25. (Depending on when you travel)
Bewley's Airport Hotel is the newest of the Bewley's chain here in Dublin, opening for business around 2006. It's also the largest of their hotels, and at only Euro89 per night (Euro99 from 1/4/2008) per room (double occupancy) offers exceptionally good value for money. (Dublin hotels can be *VERY* expensive) The rooms are standard 3-star fare; en-suite bathroom and toilet, iron and ironing board, free tea and coffee making facilities, hairdryer, trouser press, telephone and fax, in-room safe, TV, and free internet connections in every room.
There's a good restaurant called "The Brasserie" that is open for breakfast, and then from 12.30PM until late for decent snack food and light meals. I've eaten in it often, and can especially recommend their full Irish breakfast at a cost of Euro11. (Breakfast isn't included in the room charge, by the way) There's access to a full menu at the Bewley's website.
The public areas are clean, bright, airy, and modern with very comfortable seating, and there's a good bar.
Of course, you can always be assured of a very nice cup of coffee, as Bewley's main business is importing and manufacturing fine coffee that is famous world wide.
