Roxford Lodge Hotel, Dublin

If you’re looking for good quality, extremely value for money, comfortable accommodation in Dublin, I strongly recommend Roxford Lodge Hotel.

The hotel describes itself as “luxury accommodation”, and the stay there was indeed amazing. The hotel is located in Ballsbridge on Northumberland Road, in an area of large, posh-looking Victorian housing.

The neighbourhood is quiet, as it’s just outside of the city centre towards the east, but a short 10-15min walk from Trinity College. It’s a great location as its away from the bustle of the city, yet the close enough to a Tourist Centre and bus stops for the Dublin Sightseeing Bus (which i strongly recommend too) all outside Trinity College.

The service at the hotel was excellent. While we were waiting for our rooms to be ready, we were brought tea and coffee with a selection of biscuits while we waited in a cosy sitting room:

It was a nice room, and I was quite taken with being brought tea on a tray :)

There were also these three adorable gingerbread Wiseman on the mantlepiece:

If I was already impressed before seeing the rooms, I was completely and fully won over when we were led there. The photos don’t do it justice, as for once the room was even nicer than what it appeared to be on the website.

It was very spacious, with a very comfy bed, flat screen TV and nice L-shaped corridor which led to the bathroom and then the door. The bathroom was also beautifully furnished with a Jacuzzi and well laid out; we even had a sauna in the room!

Pardon my coat and our bags.. But above in the upper right corner, you can see the L-corridor which has a mirror and a closet next to it, before reaching the door. The structure near the window below is the sauna, while on the right hidden behind the door handles is actually a pull down bed.

Despite all the luxury, the rooms were actually rather cheap. We stayed 3 nights from New Year's Eve which brought up the price a bit, but here’s the breakdown for 3 days:

Date	31/12	01/01	02/01
Price (€)	93.50	69	59

The total came up to only €221.50, with rates being extremely low on weekdays. Even so, the average rate was only SGD128 per night for two, which frankly is CHEAP for all the space and comfort we got (Hotel 81’s rates, for example, start from $70/night for one, depending on location. And you certainly won’t be getting anything half as posh!)

The hotel also offers breakfast at €6 per person, which we took up. The great thing was that guests could choose between various breakfast things like french toast, regular toast, pancakes, a full Irish breakfast (which came with black and white pudding, and which i quite liked) AND could help themselves to the tea, coffee, yoghurt and fruits available too.

To top off the wonderful stay, the hotel very generously allowed us to check-out two hours later from 12pm, as my flight back home was at 3pm. No questions asked, just a “yes” to our request :) I would most happily stay there again if i went back to Dublin.

Check out more reviews of Roxford Lodge Hotel here.