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The Clarence vs The Merrion Hotel
Both properties are highly recommended by experts. On balance, The Merrion Hotel ranks significantly higher than The Clarence. The Merrion Hotel scores 95 with recommendations from 14 reviewers like Condé Nast Traveler, The Telegraph and Star Service.
The Clarence
Michelin Guide
Concierge
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6-8 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
From $154 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Michelin Guide
"Attractive riverside hotel... Stylish and well-run."
Concierge
"Unforgivably at these rates, service can falter, veering madly from friendly-polite all the way down to rude."
Insight Guides
"City-centre, riverside location, backing onto Temple Bar. The Art Deco interior has been lovingly restored by new owners (who include U2)."
Lonely Planet
"A handsome boutique hotel designed to reflect the aesthetic of a 1930s gentlemen's club."
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Travel + Leisure
"The hotel's owners include Bono and The Edge of the band U2. This Arts and Crafts hotel was restored by the singer and the guitarist and reopened in 1992."
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The Merrion Hotel
Michelin Guide
Frommer's
Concierge
Fodor's
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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
Top Choice
"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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