Portobello Inn, 31.50 per person per night

oxygen_old

Sorry, the titles a bit confusing, its 31.50 for a single room. I stayed there twice, booked a single room. The first time they put me in a double, then the second in a twin room.

Cheap for a place to stay in Dublin, not far off the price of a taxi.
http://www.centralr.com/Portobello_Hotel.html

griffdaddy

you'd get that price in any of the guesthouses on gardiner street these days

Doodee

griffdaddy wrote: »

you'd get that price in any of the guesthouses on gardiner street these days

but it's not a guesthouse....

ErinGoBrath

And more importantly it's not on Gardiner Street.

Redsoxfan

oxygen wrote: »

Sorry, the titles a bit confusing, its 31.50 for a single room. I stayed there twice, booked a single room. The first time they put me in a double, then the second in a twin room.

Cheap for a place to stay in Dublin, not far off the price of a taxi.
http://www.centralr.com/Portobello_Hotel.html

Looks good-€39 for a double room including breakfast? Where's the catch?

oxygen

Well I stayed there a couple of times, and as far as I could see there was no catch. I booked single, but got a twin room one night, and a double room another. And the showers were actually nice power showers. I would recommend it.

Wudyaquit

griffdaddy wrote: »

you'd get that price in any of the guesthouses on gardiner street these days

Yeah, quit wasting our time OP. There are tonnes of lower quality options miles away from that location.
Cardboard box out the red cow roundabout for €2.20 bus fare.

Edit - just saw this was a bump from someone with a suspiciously similar name (and experience) to the OP. Objection withdrawn.

griffdaddy

Gardiner street would be a lot handier for certain scenarios, e.g. going to a gig in the point, going to a match in Croke park, going shopping in the city centre. I hardly made the maddest point of all time lads. Jesus.

CountingCrows

griffdaddy wrote: »

Gardiner street would be a lot handier for certain scenarios, I.e. going to a gig in the point, going to a match in Croke park, going shopping in the city centre. I hardly made the maddest point of all time lads. Jesus.

FAIL

griffdaddy

CountingCrows wrote: »

FAIL

What?

RoboRat

griffdaddy wrote: »

Gardiner street would be a lot handier for certain scenarios, e.g. going to a gig in the point, going to a match in Croke park, going shopping in the city centre, getting mugged or stabbed, meeting local alco's & junkies. I hardly made the maddest point of all time lads. Jesus.

Edited that for you.

griffdaddy

RoboRat wrote: »

Edited that for you.

I presume you've never looked behind the Portobello and seen the blocks of flats then? Or seen the amount of junkies that congregate next to the canal directly across from it just next to the bridge? The south inner city isn't all Brown Thomas and Roses, you know? Anyway, the OP is a decent price for a decent location, but there's a lot of equal if not better value to be had in many locations, some in better locations depending on your reason for staying. I'm going to withdraw from this thread now before the South Side Squad drop their monacles in their brandy :rolleyes:

RoboRat

Im from Kildare so i have no allegiances to North or South side but having lived in the IFSC and Rathmines I can make an informed call. Up by Portabello is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay safer than Gardiner street.