Merrion Square Studios

This is a hard place to review as it is not the norm. Our stay was for 5 nights. During that time, we requested a room change. There were some differences between rooms #1 and #2. Impressive that they were able to turn a 1700s building into rentable apartments. Room #1 was a bit more "authentic" with the original walls (?). Pros of Room #1 were that it was very large and spacious. It was surprisingly quiet even though it looked out on the alley street. Cons: the floor was dirty--especially when rubbed with a wet paper towel--turned it black. You don't want to walk barefoot on it. There is an extra fire door that leads outside. There was a significant air gap around it that my husband tried filling in with brochures although I don't think there were any bugs around to come in. One evening we came in and there was a significant scent of sewer gas. After that night, we requested to be moved to another room. Room #2 was less big but the handicap enabled bathroom was huge. It was a nicer room all around. Also very quiet. Different flooring which was much cleaner. Management was responsive via email for our requests, i.e., more toilet paper, cooperative about changing rooms, etc. No reception but someone happened to be there to check us in. Kitchen: Selection of silverware, pots/pans--what you would want for light needs. Microwave and refrigerator were clean and fine. Heated towel rack worked without fuss. Very unique place for the flexibly minded.

Property address is not correct. Entrance on another street. No front desk. No code given to get into apt. You must pay 100 euro deposit by clicking on a 15 line suspicious looking hyper link to get door code. ( even tho Hotels is "all in" pricing). This was NOT made clear! There was no one answering the phone x3. One cup, one wine glass in apt etc.

Really clean great place and very close to city centre

It has a lot of potential being in a nice area, and allowing for more autonomy as a guest, but the upkeep does not equal the price point.

Efficient check-in/check-out system, attentive staff, great location and reasonable price!

No check in email to pay deposit, so took 45mins to get in the door. No hot water on first night and morning. Telephone line and email was responsive and room ok though

Room did not look as advertised in terms of cleanliness and general quality. The floor was very dirty, hairs left in the shower and urine stains all around the rim of the toilet. Other than that, the location and utilities provided were good.

Location, in walking distance to local amenities, and near local bus route. Nice accommodation with adequate facilities if you like to cook instead of going out and in walking distance of temple bar and other bars and restaurants so was perfect for my needs

The room was fine - good location and comfortable bed. But the shower drain was almost completely blocked and the bathroom flooded when we showered and took a really long time to dry out.

Great property for a weekend stay

great would come back again

Floor was sticky; clean, but sticky. We had trouble making contact and getting inside.

We had a few issues with sticky floors and no hot water. Although the hot water issue was fixed the following day we had to cope with the sticky flooring for the remainder of our stay.

No reception area or luggage storage area while waiting to get into room. Entrance is in a back alley where garbage sits. Inside the entrance area is dark, dingy and dirty, it's a back entrance to a building with metal stairs and poorly lit. The room was an OK size, but the bathroom was extremely tiny. Not having a reception area or luggage storage was very inconvenient when we arrived in the morning, had to stand outside in the back alley with the garbage and try and find a storage faciality to hold our luggage until we could get into the room, would not recommend this property.

Room was very clean, tidy, comfy bed, clean bathroom! Can’t fault it at all and 100% will be back

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Super cute stay! Clean, great quiet location, comfortable beds and lots of space. The kitchenette was a nice addition. Would stay again

Muy buena hubicacion Muy limpio. Excelente atención

Never met any staff on site. Couple nice restaurants nearby and room was very clean

We left early because the bedding had bloodstains and hair, and the floors were sticky. No staff on site when we arrived and hadn't yet received instructions to enter. Definitely not a three star hotel.