The hotel is located a few blocks from Temple Bar Area (the Location is perfect).

The front desk personnel is a little cold with the costumers (at least is what I feel about it, very polite, but not warm at all).

It is very clean.

My bedroom wasn’t well illuminated (every bulb worked, but it wasnt enough to get a proper illumination).

Not so good, and not so bad...

I had enjoyed myself so much last year, my partner took me to Trinity Capital for a birthday treat again this year. We both love the eccentric, beautiful, decor there, and although I live only a few minutes drive away, it feels like a real break. This time, he had purchased a special offer (from the hotel directly, not a 'deals' item)- 1 night's B&B for two, with late check-out, executive upgrade, and dinner, so we got to try out Cafe Cairo, the on-site restaurant.
Trinity Capital must really hire carefully, because every one of their service staff is helpful, friendly, and appropriately 'chatty' (by this, I mean they will exchange a bit of banter, then go away at the right time). The room was comfortable and quiet (we are both smokers, so the smoking rooms are where we choose to be, and these face an inner courtyard). I was a little hungry upon arrival, so we opted to get a snack via room service in advance of dinner. Very promptly delivered.
Dinner was really good- I had a goat's cheese souffle starter. Lovely presentation- in a slightly sweet rolled biscuit tower, with roasted beetroot garnish, and tasty, if not mind-blowing. We both had a slow-roasted pork chop with maple-pear glaze. This was served with a tasty, crispy bit of crackling. Deliciously cooked, sauce was perfect, and one portion honestly was enough for two people, though we both tried to eat it all, it was that good. He had a nice apple-blackberry crumble dessert. The meal was to come with a glass of wine each, and, although I was willing to pay for the Chardonnay I preffered over the Sauvignon Blanc included, our server checked with the manager on her own initiative and he chose to substitute instead of charge.
I will review the restaurant separately here as well.
We have breakfast in-room whenever possible, which was very good and items are listed individually on the menu (e.g. sausage, egg, fruit salad, bacon etc) I like the option to choose exactly what I want on my plate. The 2pm late checkout is very civilised!
We spent a lazy afternoon after we checked out in the cafe, having lunch and coffee and playing chess. My sliced steak salad with fried smoked cheddar was unusual and excellent. Even my partner's ham and cheese sandwich was above average :-). We were there for 4 hours and there was no sense of rush, plus service stayed attentive.

The only reason Trinity Capital isn't rated 'excellent' for this trip are minor, but to be an honest reviewer, I must include them-
The heat went off at about midnight, which was fine, the room was still warm and comfortable, but my partner had elected to have a pre-bed bath, and the hot water wasn't so hot once the heat went off. My own bath earlier in the evening was heavenly and as hot as I wanted, and the tub was a nice size.

The bedside light fixtures are a kind of 1920's look, extensor design, very cool, however, the one on my side couldn't be extended, as it needed tightening and would sort of 'flop' then.

I'm not sure if we misunderstood 'executive upgrade', but we had to pay a little extra (eu15) to get a king room with smoking allowed, as the only other option was a twin in that section. The special offer price was so good that we didn't mind this- 49.95 each for the room, B&B, dinner etc. A room there alone will often run way above that, depending on timing. (I am aware some of the executive rooms have jacuzzi's and sitting areas- I imagine that was the upgrade. Could be a reason to quit smoking ;-)

These really are minor issues, and things like the light fixture aren't noticed by cleaning staff etc unless pointed out, so I will alert management and I expect it will be seen to, because it's not the kind of place to run down.

We will return to Trinity Capital... I'm already looking forward to it.

Feb 13th to 15th 2013..After a lot of searching for the perfect hotel for our first trip to Dublin,i rang the Trinity Capital Hotel & spoke to Anne Marie,i explained that it was our first trip to Dublin & it was my partners birthday,she was a fantastic help & really made me feel welcome,just with that phone call.
We arrived on the 13th Feb a little early than check in time but we were told our room was ready,which was great,we checked in with Anne Marie who was just as fantastic & helpful as when i`d spoke with her on the phone..as we walked through the hotel to our room we were amazed at how the hotel looked,how much thought had gone into the decoration (i dont like dull drab hotels).
We stayed in the Tara rooms.Our room was just as impressive as we thought,we loved it.
All the staff were so helpful & pleasant,we asked for directions to good pubs,restaurants & shopping,all were given with a smile & "you`ve got to go here" "you`ll love it there"..The breakfasts at the hotel were excellent,with a great choice to eat & drink.
We discovered so much & loved our such short stay in this hotel & in Dublin even if the Guinness & Bud were 6 euros a pint! it was well worth it.

I arrived at the hotel with my beautiful partner & left with my beautiful fiancée.

Thank you all so much for making us welcome,we WILL be back soon (once we`ve saved enough euros for a beer heh heh)

Mike & Helen.

After much internet research, I chose the Trinity for a small group of rugby enthusiasts over the Ireland v England weekend in February. From my first dealings with Dee Whelan, who could not have been more helpful or efficient, I was delighted with my selection. The decor is quite eccentric and immediately makes one smile (i specially love those huge chairs!), the staff all very helpful - and the hotel's very central position makes it ideally placed with pretty well everywhere in easy walking distance. My only gripe is that some of the lighting is really TOO dim and on the first night in our v comfortable Georgian Suite the central heating pipes had a couple of sessions hammering so loud we thought a construction team had arrived in our room! However this didn't happen the second. Night so hopefully it was just a one off. All in all, we had an excellent visit and will certainly return.