The Mercantile Hotel

Awful. While centrally located the hotel is noisy, old and extremely overpriced. The staff are friendly and helpful but unless you you need to be in Templebar at the crack of dawn I would avoid it like a plague. I stayed for a business trip and it took over an 90 minutes for my taxi to arrive (booked at 8am and arrived at 930). Their double beds are two singles pushed together which on top of the sheer volume of noise from the road outside makes sleep next to impossible.

The bed was very uncomfortable and that is saying something as I really can sleep anywhere. The hotel is not run like other Irish hotels. Everyone seems to be a transplant and the whole experience was just how much money can we get from being in this particular touristy area. Overall a quality was “phoned in”. If you have looking for the Irish hotel experience, don’t stay here. If you want to compromise on cleanliness and amenities, in order to be centrally located, than this place will do.

Cheap and cheerful breakfast good. Noisy windows not double glazed.

Great location and relatively cheap

Very nice hotel just a few yards from Temple Bar. Can be noisy at night with so many pubs in the immediate area. Expensive but decent hotel and a great bar as well.