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Dylan

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www.dylan.ie

Well it is the newest, hottest boutique hotel in town!
Unique ‘Dylan Experience’ service
Affluent south-city centre location.

A visit to this incredible new luxury hotel was one striking journey into contemporary Dublin life. How this city has developed over the past two decades!

How chic and cosmopolitan everybody has become! And how buzzing this newest addition to the city’s luxury accommodation!
This is certainly the place to see and be seen. Familiar faces from the fashion and entertainment scene are mingling with the ‘hot and happening’ crowd in this exclusive hotel. But what strikes us first of all is the incredible design. This is a fusion of traditional and contemporary, the like of which I have never encountered before. Colours are black and burgundy and shapes and textures are strikingly different. The chairs are something else!

First our bedroom. All the luxury you would expect of a hotel of this calibre, and a very funky phone and a heavenly bed. Exceptional toiletries. And most appreciated of all – very fast and complementary wireless access at the comfortable desk. Yes, we could work in luxury, we could have great room service, we could look out over the leafy city landscape, and the city’s main shopping area is on the doorstep. This is a dream location!
We did spot a few well-known faces coming through the doors during our stay, and when we went for dinner the bar was really buzzing. We went straight through to our table and began with a couple of great cocktails. Excellent chef at work here, the menu was inspired. Delicately seared fresh tuna was a highlight. There is a tasting menu for those with large adventurous appetites, but plenty of choices on the A-La-Carte.

Breakfast was delicious, my companion having an early appointment, breakfasted early, while I availed of the high-speed internet access in the room to get some research done and ordered room-service later. Freshly made fruit smoothie, followed by a spinach and cheese omelette and green tea was a perfect mid-morning repast.

I was loath to leave this hotel a couple of hours later. But when the time came my valet-parked car was brought to the door, and as always the service was memorable. The staff/guest ratio is high at dylan (yes this hotel is so trendy that it is all lower case), so that service is exceptionally good. But there are quite a number of things that are special about this new kid on the block in Dublin’s hotel scene. We especially loved the 7th heaven beds (so comfortable that they cocoon you in perfect restful sleep); the mood-lighting; demisting mirror in the bathroom; and of course the chocolate iced buns delivered to our room on arrival by the Welcome Manager! Perhaps most interesting of all is the “his” and “hers” bath menus. Hers comes with a glass of champagne with strawberries and rose petals; and his with a glass of Middleton Very Rare whiskey or glass of Baron Patrick Brandy. Now that’s decadent! Menus are something of a speciality at dylan, with a movie menu on offer also which includes hot butter popcorn, Coco-Cola and Haagen-Dazs ice-cream. Something for everybody’s fancy!

This is a real boutique hotel and was a definite hit with the Hotel Reviews Ireland team.

What's To Do in the Area

Dylan is situated off Baggot Street, near to St Stephens Green, Grafton Street, RDS, and Lansdowne Road Stadium. Directions, taxies and information regarding shows, games concerts etc. from the 24 hour Concierge service.

For shopping there is Grafton Street – located between St Stephen’s Green and Trinity College.

Here you will find Brown Thomas, the department store catering for many designer showcases, both foreign and local. Dublin’s leading and most exclusive jewellers, Weirs, is also here, as well as Marks and Spencer. Other principal shopping streets in the area include Wicklow Street, Dawson Street and South Great Georges Street. The nearby Powerscourt Towncentre is one of the nicest shopping centres, although quite small.
Close by is the Georges Street Arcade and St Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre.

Also worth a visit is Nassau Street, where Irish stores House of Ireland and Kilkenny are situated, home to quality Irish designed clothing, jewellery, crafts and many other quality products, and Celtic Note for your music CDs.

Also O’Connell Street, the city’s main thoroughfare and Henry Street are popular shopping areas, including the Jervis and ILAC shopping Centres.

For exhibitions check out the Irish Museum of Modern Art at Kilmainham; National Museum of Ireland at Kildare Street; The Hugh Lane Gallery on Parnell Square.

For theatre there is The Gaiety Theatre on South King Street; The Olympia Theatre on Dame Street; Abbey Theatre & Peacock Theatre on Lower Abbey Street. All details and maps from the Concierge at dylan.