Merrion Square Studios

Ireland , Dublin
Trinity College, 24 Fenian Street
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6/10

Pleasant

07 Jun 2026

Heather

The room was very decent. It was clean, the bed was comfortable, and it had enough space for two people comfortably. It was nice having the kitchenette, although the pots didn't work perfectly with the element. The location was convenient for what we wanted to see in the city.
The only issue was the self check-in. I didn't receive the message in advance that requested a deposit to get the code to get in as I was mid-air and navigating the airports to get to Dublin. I had to turn on roaming and phone the hotel/call centre a few times because the messages from expedia weren't coming through quickly. It was pretty stressful not being able to get in or hear from anyone with your luggage in the street and being tired after an 8 hour flight.
Check out was very easy though.

Friends

8/10

Excellent

03 Jun 2026

Grace

Room was very clean , was in an ideal area for bars & restaurants. Parking was free right outside the property on Sundays. only fault, we were on the ground floor of the property and our room was very visible from the street as people walked past. When the blinds were drawn the room was very dark. The street was extremely busy when we were there so this was quite challenging. Overall would stay again but not on the ground floor.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

31 May 2026

Charles

Studio apartment
no reception but we had no issue once deposit paid online with instructions re codes and room number emailed well before check in.
Apartment had good amenities for cooking but our stay was very short and we were gone by 6am.
Great location and nice pubs and restaurants around.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 May 2026

Charles

Spacious studio
Kitchen
2 beds
great location
terrible check in experience but on site person very helpful

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

25 May 2026

Maja

Room was clean, fully equipped and in that matter we can't complain. But we had a problem with check in to our room (need to call to reception, send passport photo on email which didn't go smoothly, after all we waited long minutes in hall waiting to get out keys) and later with safety. It was easy to stranger from outside to distrube us early in the morning and we were worried about leaving our things while going out of the room. Staff reacted quickly with changing code to the main door and we understand that accidents like those happen, but it doesn't change the fact that it was bothering and definitely lower our comfort.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

22 May 2026

Patrick

Hotel is comfortable and well located, aside from a musty-smelling bathroom, but there are all kinds of weird hoops to jump through before you can actually get your room. After they take payment, they send a mesage with a spammy-looking link asking for a 100 euro security deposit if you want to access your room, which is accompanied by a warning from hotels . com to \"Never provide credit card information in a message or on a website after completing your booking. Don't make any electronic payments outside of our platform.\" Turns out, in this case, you need to ignore that warning. Then there was another form to fill out. No staff on site. Multiple codes to access your key. Once you're there it's fine, but it's not the most straightforward or reassuring process to get there, and crossed-wire messaging from hotel and reservation platform didn't help.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

20 May 2026

Melissa

Check in was difficult without WiFi. Confusing. Maybe share WiFi password when codes are shared.

6/10

Pleasant

20 May 2026

Melissa

The check in was difficult without wifi. Maybe give the password when codes are shared? Very basic accommodations.

8/10

Excellent

15 May 2026

Gordon

A problem with a smoke alarm beeping all night interrupted one nights sleep. The staff handled my complaint very well and offered suitable compensation. The room itself and good with plenty of space.
Highly recommend the Tang cafe across the road, excellent food and coffee.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 May 2026

Daniel Scott

nice room

6/10

Pleasant

23 Apr 2026

ANN

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.

4/10

Poor

29 Mar 2026

diane

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.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Mar 2026

Darragh

Really clean great place and very close to city centre

Partner

4/10

Poor

11 Mar 2026

Eanna O

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.

10/10

Exceptional

23 Feb 2026

Clea

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

4/10

Poor

12 Feb 2026

Philip

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

6/10

Pleasant

03 Jan 2026

Elizabeth

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.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Dec 2025

Gary

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

Business_and_leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

01 Dec 2025

Julia

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.

10/10

Exceptional

16 Nov 2025

Jayden

Great property for a weekend stay

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

14 Nov 2025

Grace

great would come back again

6/10

Pleasant

23 Oct 2025

Colleen

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

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

22 Oct 2025

Rajneet

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.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

20 Oct 2025

Christine

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.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Oct 2025

Emma

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

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Oct 2025

Conor

10/10

Exceptional

12 Oct 2025

Brenna

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

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

06 Oct 2025

Yesenia

Muy buena hubicacion
Muy limpio. Excelente atención

Business_and_leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Sep 2025

Randall

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

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

29 Sep 2025

Jonathan

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.

8/10

Excellent

22 Sep 2025

Lucy

Excellent location, spacious room. A little noisy from other guests as we had the room next to key boxes/front door.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Sep 2025

Tomas

Very nice apartements, good lacation.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

09 Sep 2025

PETER

Great value for central Dublin, just north of Merrion Square, yet very quiet at night.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

09 Sep 2025

Lindsay

Liked clean, modern room and facilities. A few important things were missing: a second toilet roll, a tea towel, a second hook for second towel in bathroom and luggage racks

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

08 Sep 2025

Toral Devji

AVOID. The check-in process was very stressful and frustrating. The host sent the wrong lockbox code in the check-in instructions and I was unable to access the apartment. I tried contacting the host through multiple channels (Expedia messages, email, and the 2 phone numbers they had supplied) and received absolutely no response. As it was late evening I was ready to give up and go elsewhere. It was only after calling a different phone number I found on their website and waiting for almost 2 hours that I was finally given the correct code. Despite it being the host's mistake of sending the wrong code, I received no apology or offer of compensation for the immense stress I experienced.

Unfortunately, the problems didn’t stop there. Once inside the apartment, I was appalled to discover that the bedsheets were dirty and had dark brown stains which appeared to be blood. I had to search the apartment building for clean sheets and change them myself, which is the last thing anyone wants to do after arriving after a long journey. The room also had visible dust and debris all over the floor, and the fridge was filthy, suggesting it hadn’t been properly cleaned or vacuumed in quite some time. Furthermore, the walls of the room had exposed limescale plaster which made it feel like staying in a room that was partially renovated.

Overall, the lack of communication, cleanliness, and basic hospitality made this a very disappointing stay. Go elsewhere and save yourself the stress.

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

08 Sep 2025

Holly

Good good

Good location and facilities. My only complaint is the shower was a bit grubby and the drainage wasn’t great. Overall though really comfortable and good for solo trip and those who want to relax after a long day

Business

2/10

Poor

08 Sep 2025

annie

Stay for 4 nights in unfinished renovation room .it is like a part of the electricity centre room.
Before the departure, i received a few messages : if you don't pay the deport $100, you are not able to receive the detailed check-in. The property has no front desk and no staff for assisting you check-in.I contacted the agents of expedia, I am told that you can pay when you arrive. In the plane, the hotel kept texting me the same message.
Even the property says the deposit is requested under booking the regulation and condition, the customers usually do not read and pay attention behind the front booking page.
Good location, quiet area. The room has no cabinets for clothes. A new kitchen counter installed, the wall is not pleasant, the bed is very soft with poor quality.
No recommendations to stay.

10/10

Exceptional

30 Aug 2025

Joshua

great place to stay, great value for money

10/10

Exceptional

28 Aug 2025

Gina

Great Place to Stay!

Our stay was lovely. The room was spacious, clean and very comfy. We loved having a fridge, stove and microwave in the room. It was perfect. Would definitely stay there again!

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

26 Aug 2025

Kimberly

Really nice accommodations, comfy bed and enjoyed the mini kitchen. Street Noise a bit loud with window open but nothing annoying. One suggestion is do something about the smell from the bathroom pipes. With window closed, the entire suite smelled like an old, damp basement.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2025

Hannah Louise

Perfect for location - within walking distance to Trinity College and Temple bar. 10-15 minute walk from the River Liffey also.

Clean, spacious apartment with everything you could need for a stay including iron/ironing board, pots/pans, cutlery etc. Couldn’t fault it!

Easy process to pay deposit (receive an email link 24hrs before) and key box code / access details are sent through once apartment is ready. Only issue we had was finding the internal key box but once found was easy to access.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2025

Beverley

Our stay was very comfortable. It was well equipped. The apartment was clean and convenient for all city attractions and amenities.
Only one observation. I only received the request for the security deposit less than four hours before we arrived when I had switched my phone off for our flight. Hence I didn't get final check in details until just before we arrived.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jul 2025

Jamie

It was very conveniently placed to transport links near shops and activities

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2025

CHRISTINE

Great stay perfect for location and needs

Business

8/10

Excellent

14 Jul 2025

Carol

I have travelled throughout Ireland, our room was simple clean compact it had everything we needed. I don’t know if all the suites are the same, we were pleased.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

10 Jul 2025

Tim

Check in nightmare

Had to chase on the day to get link to pay deposit despite getting passive aggressive emails saying I couldn’t check in until I had paid the deposit. Should have been able to check in at 16.00 but had to phone at 17.00 to try and get check in details. Unnecessary stress. Exposed brickwork is ok but exposed plasterboard looks dirty and unappealing

Business

8/10

Excellent

10 Jul 2025

Scott

The room was very nice but the check-in process needs to be much smoother and the communication to guests better. No access to the entry door and there is no front desk.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

07 Jul 2025

Wade

All registration is done remotely. Never a face to talk to and when they say 4 o’clock registration. That’s what they mean.if you want or need to talk to a face, forget it.

8/10

Excellent

07 Jul 2025

Chris

Very reasonable price and really clean and spacious room

8/10

Excellent

27 Jun 2025

david

Great little studio but ground floor next to cupboard cleaning room and the main road

Leisure

4/10

Poor

25 Jun 2025

Andy

The check in process is ludicrous. You have to call a call centre in who knows where that you can barely hear to get a code to let you into the building. Once inside there is nowhere to leave your cases or bags and you can’t check in till 4 o’clock so we had no option but to leave them next to a door until our return. In all I made 12 calls trying to sort out check in and the bag fiasco. The room itself was grotty. The walls are all discoloured and dirty and the toilet wasn’t cleaned and I don’t know what was on the bed spread but it was brown. In my opinion, don’t bother booking here it’s not worth the hassle, it’s grotty and there are no actual staff to talk to.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

24 Jun 2025

Colleen

The room was nice but there is no front desk. it's self check in and it's NOT easy. there was a young man screaming for hours because he couldn't check in and get to his room. I will not be back. TV broke too.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

22 Jun 2025

Derek

8/10

Excellent

15 Jun 2025

Michael

My comments are similar to others posted. The check-in process could be a lot smoother.
The unit we had, 203, was perfectly adequate. Bed, tv, small bath, kitchenette, all good.
On-site staff was super friendly and helpful. Emails to staff for additional supplies or maid services were address immediately or at requested times.
Unit was close to Trinity College but far enough removed from crowd noise.
Clean, modern unit. Would definitely stay again.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

10 Jun 2025

Lawrence

It was fine once you got in. It was horrible getting in. There is no staff on site. They require a deposit through an online portal that didn’t work. Once paid, they didn’t send entry codes at the checkin time. I had to call them and remind them I had paid the deposit before they sent the codes. Stay elsewhere. This place isn’t worth the trouble.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

12 May 2025

Michael

I would rate this place a 1 star on the check in process. No check in counter. It was self check in. I got there and nobody was there. Had to call on my cell phone and probably spent 20 bucks in phone charges trying to get into the building. A few other customers were really unhappy about the check in process also. Part of it was Expedia's fault for not displaying the fine print of self check in on their page. Once i got in to the room i was pleasantly impressed with the room. Clean, comfortable beds spacious. If the check in process was easier i would have rated this place 4 stars. Just beware no hotel clerk will be waiting for you.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 May 2025

Richard

The rooms were clean and we didn't need a car. Everything was walkable. the restaurant down the street was so good we ate there three times during our stay. Felt very safe.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

02 May 2025

Philip

Property was nice, clean & tidy. The additional €100 security charge on top of standard price of a room is a bit high in my opinion, and you must pay this charge before you receive the entrance codes. However would I stay there again yes

10/10

Exceptional

23 Apr 2025

Joyce

Nice room

10/10

Exceptional

08 Apr 2025

sasitharan

Close proximity to city central.
Quiet. Convenient transport options.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Feb 2025

Dermot

Great price and location. Great facilities. The only problem I have is they took a €100 payment off my card instead of a €100 hold and now I have to wait days for it to go back on my card or even be told when it is getting refunded.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

02 Feb 2025

Verified traveler

Will be back for sure

Ideally located studio in a quiet area. Very comfortable. Will be back for sure.

Self

8/10

Excellent

25 Jan 2025

Yury

Nice property

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2024

kevin

Despite it being a self check in and out and a bit of confusion at the start, it was a lovely large room, more like a large bedsit, immaculate and great shower, 5 mins walk to Grafton Street.
Ill be back.

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2024

Carter

Great Studio. Poor communication from Hotels.com

My stay was very good. The accommodation exceeded my exceptions and good value. However the poor communication to me from Hotels.com regarding the checkin procedure & security deposit left me out in the rain before getting into my room. Had it not been for the staff at the hotel guiding me it would have taken longer. The Hotel and staff were great. Hotels.com not so much.

Business

2/10

Poor

10 Sep 2024

Henry

Was locked out of the building before I could check in. Worst experience Ive ever had with a hotel. Refusing to refund me after not letting me in to the room. Never using Expedia again.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

01 Sep 2024

Edward

Very quiet and private. Easy access, well equipped, short walk to the best museums, parks and dining.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

29 Jul 2024

Emanuele

The hotel is unmanned and (at least if booking thtough Expedia, which I did) there is no way to contact them in a timely manner outside of Expedia email system.
They sent me a message the day before my check in saying that they would send me a separate email with the code to the door (since there would be no one on site for check in). I was oversease at the moment, and tried to contact them but as mentioned, I had to do it by sending an email throguh Expedia. An automated reply said that it would take around 24 hours for me to get a reply.
The hotel sent me the code to the door the day AFTER my check in. My reservation was only for one night so yeah, I can't comment on cleanliness or conditions of the facility since I NEVER saw it. They did take my money though. Thieves.

8/10

Excellent

28 Jul 2024

Jonathan

Great accommodation, irritating check in

A lovely stay in high standard accommodation. A good location too away from the immediate noise and crowds but still within walking distance of everything. The room was large. The check in was very poor though, when we got there we discovered we should have been sent pre information and also had to pay a security deposit outside of our booking app through a random payment tool. After making phone calls and payment we were allowed to check in. The communication should have been better and I resent paying a deposit outside of our booking app.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jun 2024

Heather

We loved having a spacious room which is kinda rare in Dublin.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

04 Jun 2024

Susan

Room was clean, but there was no privacy for a 2 bed apartment. Only one bathroom. No doors to separate the beds.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

17 May 2024

Emer

Quite quirky rooms with interesting layouts. It doesn't feel very secure when travelling alone with no key lock, or chain lock on the doors (there were 2 connecting doors to my room). Bed was very comfortable, shower was great and had everything I needed in the kitchen. Check in was fine as others said it was difficult but once you follow the instructions it's pretty simple. Rooms a little on the cool side with breezes through the vents but this didn't bother me too much.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Apr 2024

Sheena

It is a wonderful place to stay, centrally located and within walking distance of most places that we wanted to visit. My one wish would be that there was a way to recycle plastic and paper.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Apr 2024

Adrian

Being put in a fully equipped disabled access room wasn't the best start. If I want to wash my arse in a sink fine but I don't.

And we didn't need a room next to the front door on the ground floor with its slamming and banging.

And we I didn't want to keep the blinds closed because people were walking inches from the bed and the street outside. I will try and post a picture later. It's comical.

And having no staff creates its own problems and mild anxiety when things go wrong.

We were moved upstairs into a cold room (there's no central heating) with a weird stairwell outside where people were smoking and laughing at 5:10 in the morning. Pissed from the night before.

This wouldn't happen in a hotel with on site staff.

The rooms are clean and the apartments are new. The showers are really good although in the disabled room they were lukewarm presumably because they don't want to burn people sat in the disabled chair in the bathroom.

They need to work really hard on the stairwell which is industrial and echoey.

It was €175 a night which I think deserves better even though Dublin is expensive.

There's no class so if you're looking to impress your wife or girlfriend it's not for you.

I always try and post good reviews but it's difficult in this case but I'm not bitter. The offside star for his helpful as it could be although I had to wait till the last minute to get my new room code. I felt untrusted.

It's basic clean and if things go well it's fine.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Apr 2024

Gemma

Great place to stay, central enough. Clean and full of everything you would need. Lots of food and drink options around. A brilliant place to stay in Dublin.

Leisure Partner