This really is not a good place, as soon as my colleague and I got into the taxi and asked to go there the driver started laughing!

On arrival - it looked rough from the outside and not at all better on the inside. Whilst stood in reception a Dart - train went past and the WHOLE building shook! My room was 3 windows away from the track and I got 2.5 hours sleep all night. My bath room was filthy! tissue all over the front of the sink. Would not attempt to sleep under the covers!

The clientel in the bar and hotel we somewhat undesirable, there was a tramp who stank sat in the reception area and was still there later in the bar!

I actually put a chair against my door all night! the following day I called my company and got a MUCH better hotel called the Mespil. Also a 3 star hotel and the same walking distance to temple bar! Whilst checking out the receptionist was so sleepy and stupid she actually booked us Back into our rooms!! Hence nothing is safe if staying there!

Sorry - I love Dublin but that hotel! ABTA take a look!

You would be safe sleeping on the street!

Loved this hotel...ok we didnt recognise it from the outside but the inside made up for it. the staff were amazing, made us feel more than welcome & really made the effort to get to know us while we were there on our stay. the food was great both in the hotel restauraunt & in McCoys bar and very reasonably priced! hotel is in great location, walking distance to everything we wanted to do O'Connell street, temple Bar, train station etc. met lovely people staying in the hotel also, the english fellas & a lovely couple Clare & Philip. as u are not in the hotel much during the day the trains going over head do not annoy you, at nite there isnt too many so u really wudnt notice them wen u are sleeping! i will definately be back to this hotel in the near future!

I stayed with a friend in the North Star hotel for a long weekend in July. The hotel definitely didn't live up to the standard we were expecting. Firstly I'll start with the good points. The room was clean and quite nicely furnished (if not a little small), not a bad location and the breakfast was lovely.

Now to the bad points..... The room we stayed in was far too close to the train tracks. Whenever a train went passed, everything shook and it was very noisy. There is also the bar in the hotel. It isn't like the usual hotel bar which is mainly used by guests, but a dingy pub which was mainly used by (drunk & rowdy) locals. That obviously explained the need for key cards to get to where the rooms were and for a concierge to be there through out the night. It didn't really make us feel that safe!

Then we had a problem with our hot water. On the first night we were getting ready to go out and went to use the shower and the water was freezing cold. We let it run for a minute or so to no avail so we called reception. We waited 20 minutes for someone to come and look at it, then the guy fiddled around for a few minutes and we had hot water again.

Then the next morning (at about 10.30) we had the same problem. This time (after a 30 minute wait and numerous phone calls) when the man came he couldn't fix it and said he would have to speak to his manager and get someone in to fix it which could take another hour. We were only in Dublin for 2 nights and even though it isn't a large city we wanted to go out and explore and we didn't want to spend the best part of the day waiting for hot water. We went to the reception to be greeted by some rude lady who told us all of the hot water had been used and we could shower in the gym if we wanted. We asked to speak to the manager and again was greeted by the same unhelpfulness saying that all of the hot water was used and there is nothing he could do apart from wait until it has warmed up as the water heater was on every morning for about 3 hours and again in the evening. We advised him that we were not happy with the situation and as a hotel for paying guests they should have the hot water on 24 hours a day. Apparently due to the heat of mid July they could not have the hot water on all of the time because it also heated the rooms and he'd have people complaining that it was too hot. He didn't apologise, or offer any sort of solution to the situation so he was extremely unhelpful.

Overall I had a fantastic time in Dublin, I just didn't let my stay at the North Star ruin it. Bearing in mind it wasn't the cheapest hotel they could have definitely done better........

Upon arrival the hotel didnt look very nice from the outside and there were a few rough people hanging about (a woman shouting down her mobile, I mean really shouting - obviously having a domestic) so I was thinking "oh dear, where have I come to?". The windows of the bar looked like they could do with a good clean so that put me off eating in the hotel straight away (and we never). Reception is upstairs - a bit odd. Our room was number 101 (ha ha), Nightmare. The dart line runs through the hotel - thats the only way it can be described. Our room literally vibrated each time a train went past and you could feel the matress, toilet seat, floor etc shaking. The traffic outside was noisy obviously but that didnt bother me as much as the constant pop music that reception played. i think the speaker in the lobby was on the ceiling i.e. directly below our floor and I had to contact reception each of the 3 nights we stayed and ask them to turn it down.....and they play it 24/7;very annoying and not necessary if you ask me and doesnt really live up to the "quiet haven" description on their website. It is fairly close to Temple Bar, Trinity College etc however I felt uneasy walking back at night as I dont think the area is the best. I wouldnt stay here again. The staff were ok - not anything special and didnt make us feel especially welcome.