We had a very comfortable stay for 2 nights b&b at Ariel House. On arrival we were given a room up several flights of stairs and found it too far up to carry our luggage. We were immediately offered a large lower ground floor room which was very pleasantly decorated with antique furniture. The ensuite was excellent. Breakfast :- A large menu to choose from served in a bright interesting conservatory. Staff very pleasant and helpful. We found the hotel quiet and convenient for Dublin with hop on and hop off buses. The Dart railway was 5mins walk away and took us to the East Coast for evening meal. Excellent. V&K Jellicoe. England

My friend and I had 3 nights here as our last stop in Ireland and it was great! We had a good internet rate and it was more reasonable than anything we had found closer into Dublin and in a lovely quiet area. We had requested a room upstairs as we had read about the basement rooms being small. We were given a room on the back of Ariel House looking out to lots of cranes and building, so we asked if they happened to have any rooms at the front of the building. They did so they were happy to let us move rooms and it was great. ( I think you might hear train noise from the back rooms, but we didn't hear much noise at all.) Our room was really spacious and beds comfy. It was a lovely walk into the centre of Dublin and we loved all the Georgian buildings and the famous Dublin doors! The sitting room is big and lovely and breakfast was great in conservatory. Nice fresh scones and staff very helpful. We had hired a car for our ten day trip around Ireland but didn't need the car in Dublin, but my friend had thought for us to come and stay here the night before our car needed to be returned and then we could unload our luggage and not have to worry about lugging it to the hotel the next day. This worked out great as we went straight from the airport on the bus into O'Connell St. If you want to be close to Dublin but away from all the noise and crowds, this is a great choice.

My boyfriend and I have just come back from a pleasant week end in Dublin. Despite some little minors, we did enjoy our stay at the Ariel House. Although the hotel is not advertised expressely as ''gay friendly'', as gay couple we did not face any trouble at the Ariel House. The staff was in fact friendly, polite and helpful. The hotel is very good located in the peaceful (and safe) suburb of Ballsbridge out of the bustle of Temple Bar. In a two (literally) minutes walk there is a DART station. The DART ist a city rail, which takes you to the centre in a few minutes. Check carefully the timetables tough. Trains are not very frequent and you might even have to wait up to 20 minutes! If you like walking, as we do, you can easily reach the city centre by foot in 20/25 minutes. The hotel itself is a gracious, well appointed mansion house with beautiful antique furniture. Unfortunately we were given a room in the basement (we did not ask for a juniorsuite nor we paid for it). The room was spotlessly clean, well decorated, with a comfortable bed, tea and coffee facilities but no mini bar. Please note that I don't travel with LV luggage racks, but our room was definetly too small. I could hardly open my aircraft luggage in there. A flat screen TV was placed in font of the bed. You could see both Irish and British channels, but no chance for any 'continental channel'. Alas, this is probably quite a common attitude in English speaking countries. The bathrom again was proportioned to size of the room, with a weak shower and a locked window which could not be open. The baisin was placed under the window and the mirror hung in the opposite wall. It was very difficult for me to shave, as I always had to turn around. Breakfast, which was served in a nice wintergarden by a friendly and efficient staff, was excellent. You had a good selection of both warm and cold food. Unbeatable quality! Try the full Irish Breakfast and you won't need any food for the rest of the day. I hope I won't discourage you with my negative points, we did really enjoy the Ariel House and would probably stay there again. I am just tryng to be as objective as possible in my review. I am sure you'll love the Ariel House, but please make sure they give you a room upstairs.

We have just returned from a weekend at the Ariel House in Dublin. We found the hotel on the internet and what a gem! We flew out early on the Friday and were at the hotel by 10.30am. Upon arival we were asked to take a seat in the lounge and after 5 mins we were told our room was ready - superb. The room was very nice, the bed so comfortable you want to take it home. Nice bathroom, with a good power shower. Breakfast is superb - a choice of a main warm course to go with the various cereals, yoghurts etc, and as much tea/coffee and toast as you wish. The breakfast room is in a nice conservatory area which is a bit small and can fill up, but you can then take a coffee etc into the lounge and await your table which doesnt take long due to their efficiency. Dont worry about rushing down for breakfast - they wont clear you out at 10.00am - they were still refilling the table at 9.55am both days to ensure that everyone had enough choice, and then they let you relax until you were finished. Getting there is easy - the Airbus goes from the Airport every 10-15 mins and takes approx 1 hour. It costs ?7 one way / ?12 return, and stops at the top of Lansdowne Road outside the former Jury's Ballsbridge hotel - 5 mins walk away. Buses also go into town from here every 10mins and cost ?1.50. Taxis cost about ?10-14 from the centre back to the hotel. The Dart Station is only 200 metres away. Otherwise, it is a nice 30 min walk into town - a bit longer if you deviate past St Stephens Green. A very cosy hotel in a nice area. Perfect for a romantic or similar stay. We will certainly return.

we stayed here for 3 nights along with 2 friends and we were lucky enough to get the room on the top floor overlooking the main entrance, which had 2 massive windows, a double and a single bed, with very extravagant bedspreads and headboards. the bathroom was medium sized and the water pressure in the shower was not great. the room itself was massive and very comfortable! our friends however got one of the basement rooms which although clean and comfy, was a lot smaller without the extra "indulgences", not sure how w were so lucky, their room was more of your standard hotel room type. when they arrived there were no teacups in their room but after apologising profusely and bringing the teacups to their room, the staff also gave them some irish chocolates to apologise! we checked in at 9:15 am, which was not a problem and promptly treated ourselves to breakfast, not sure if we were allowed to or not but the staff did not seem to mind and we were not charged for it. the breakfast was my favorite part, lots of choice and the warm breakfasts made to order were really good! i had a hard choice every day. my favorite was the french toast with streaky bacon and maple syrup! the one problem was that on our last day they ran out of bowls for cereal and teaspoons? how do you run out of something so basic i am not sure? the restaurant can only fit about 30 people so they dont need that many bowls, on top of that on the last day the french toast with streaky bacon was actually french bread made into french toast with 1 piece of plain bacon...? and was not a good as the first time i had it. not sure what the problem was, maybe they ran out of bread? those are small issues though, i would definately stay there again, was a 10min bus ride into town, buses come fairly frequently and there is a cab "stop" close to the hotel in case.