Hotel Riu Plaza The Gresham Dublin vs The Merrion Hotel
Both Hotel Riu Plaza The Gresham Dublin and The Merrion Hotel are rated very highly by travel writers. Overall, The Merrion Hotel scores significantly higher than Hotel Riu Plaza The Gresham Dublin. The Merrion Hotel comes in at 95 with accolades from 14 sources such as Time Out, Forbes Travel Guide and The Telegraph.
Hotel Riu Plaza The Gresham Dublin
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23 Upper O'Connell St., Dublin 1
From $91 /night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Fodor's
"A solid city-center option at a good price."
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Lonely Planet
"This landmark hotel shed its traditional granny's parlour look with a major overhaul some years ago."
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DK Eyewitness
"One of Dublin’s oldest and best-known hotels, the Gresham is a popular rendezvous spot with ever-lively public areas."
Time Out
"A key part of Dublin's political and leisure history (it featured in the Easter Rising as a refuge and, later, as a hideout), the Gresham has been taking care of visitors for 200 years."
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Star Service
"In a busy area five blocks north of the Liffey, right on the city's historic central thoroughfare, this hotel occupies a landmark 1817 building."
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The Merrion Hotel
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Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2
From $322 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Michelin Guide
"Elegant hotel... spacious bedrooms."
Frommer's
"Housed in four restored Georgian houses, the Merrion is a deeply feminine, traditionally elegant hotel."
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Concierge
"In a city of spotty service, the staff here does a good impression of having had decades of practice, and the look of the place is weathering beautifully."
Fodor's
"Stately and spiffy, and splendidly situated... this luxurious hotel actually comprises four exactingly restored Georgian town houses."
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Lonely Planet
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"This resplendent five-star hotel, in a terrace of beautifully restored Georgian townhouses, opened in 1988 but looks like it's been around a lot longer."
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