Buswells Hotel, Dublin
Expert reviews
“Buswells is a Dublin institution that offers restrained Georgian opulence in the heart of town. Rooms are compact and well-appointed, with those on the lower floors boasting higher ceilings, as is the case with nearly all of Dublin’s 18th-century town houses.”
“Snug, welcoming, and quietly atmospheric, Buswells enjoys a prominent setting just across the road from the Irish Parliament. Come here for a comfortable home from home right at the very heart of Dublin life.”
What guests liked
- Friendly staff
- Excellent location
- Comfortable beds
- Boutique style
- Excellent Wifi
All you need to know
Just a short 1-minute walk away from Trinity College and Grafton Street, this elegant and stylish boutique hotel offers rooms with the best of modern facilities and fitted with the finest furniture. Buswells Hotel is located in an excellent location where guests can easily reach several places of interest in the city. The famous Temple Bar district can be reached within 10 minutes by foot while the Dublin Castle is a 15-minute walk away from the hotel, and St Stephen’s Green is a little less than a 5-minute walk away from the hotel.
Guests can enjoy the hotel gym where professionals are available to help guests stay fit and stick to a healthy regimen. The restaurant is also a staple of several local and international cuisines which are served in an exquisite manner.
The hotel’s on-site bar is the perfect relaxation spot for guests in the hotel.
With classic decor, each room includes a comfortable bed with goose feather, along with a private bathroom and hairdryer. Free tea and coffee provided for guests, while all the rooms have free Wi-Fi to ensure guests stay connected to the rest of the world.
The hotel has a 24-hour front desk which provides all the needed assistance for guests such as ticket/tour assistance.
The traditional Buswells Bar serves drinks and a bar food menu, with comfortable large leather sofas and armchairs for guests to relax in.
The hotel provides free overnight parking from 17:30 to 09:30 available for visitors with cars.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
30 April 2025
Great hotel
Clean, comfortable and lovely staff. Great location easy walking distance to most things.
Nothing
23 April 2025
Very good
Bed comfortable. Great restaurant.
23 April 2025
Very good
Nice hotel. Had a great restaurant. Food was excellent.
21 April 2025
Fabulous
The hotel was in a great location, right next to Trinity College. The staff was friendly and helpful and the restaurant in the hotel was excellent.
20 April 2025
Loved it! Would love to visit again.
Location was fabulous. Staff were efficient and kind -barman was so charming and so sweet! ! 😀The Hotel is beautiful and elegant with an old-world, welcoming charm. We loved being able to sit at the fireplace. The road noise, in particular the beeping from the traffic light, caught us by surprise and I can imagine it may be disturbing for a light sleeper. Beds are comfortable and the shower was great! We enjoyed our stay and would definitely book there again without hesitation. Thank you!
Perhaps a warning about the troublesome key to room 214 as we checked in would have been welcome. 😀 Booking through Booking.com seemed to present a slight problem when I would have liked to alter the reservation.
15 April 2025
Very good
Perfect location. Good value
11 April 2025
Very good
On booking.com it stated breakfast available for €15. However I was charged €26. Too expensive
Price
6 April 2025
Pleasant
I was woken at 6am by a Booking dot com request to give feedback on my stay so negative rating for Booking.com. The hotel was good.
4 April 2025
Enjoyed the stay, nicely central and will definately go back and would recommend
Location, comfort, lovely breakfast
nothing
31 March 2025
Pleasant
All very good except the night porter was quite grumpy
30 March 2025
Comfortable as always and a great location
We have always liked the nice comfortable 'old fashioned' feel of Buswells. Staff are friendly. there is a great atmosphere here!
We were disappointed in the Breakfast. It is a while since we have stayed here, but you used to get proper linen napkins and Eggs Benedict. A hotel of this calibre should have linen NOT paper napkins.
28 March 2025
Warm welcoming hotel with very comfortable rooms to stay. Highly recommend.
Staff were very friendly, there was a great ambience of the hotel very welcoming. I would highly recommend this establishment.
Add on breakfast was a little too pricy, there are local cafe's with a 50% cheaper option which i availed of on the second day. Something to think about maybe.
18 March 2025
Lovely hotel, great location and fantastic staff
The room was exactly as described on the site. Breakfast was no included in the price I paid but that was what I opted for.
12 March 2025
I am a frequent guest at this hotel and always enjoy the atmosphere and friendly staff.
Room available on arrival although primary access only by stairway. Breakfast was up to good standard and staff excellent.
Nothing of any consequence.
11 March 2025
Pleasant
The staff. Very pleasant.
Price of breakfast. Should be included in the price. Too expensive.
9 March 2025
Very comfortable
Great location
Nothing
5 March 2025
Excellent. Friday and helpful staff. Warm and inviting atmosphere.
Location excellent. Thought I had booked for breakfast but had not. We ate in a cafe.
Room 225 stopper is too small for bath.
3 March 2025
Great staff in a very comfortable city centre location on a quiet street.
Location is perfectly situated in the city centre. Excellent transport, cafés, bars, restaurants and the relaxing St. Stephens Green all a few minutes walk away. Very comfortable bed. Loved the foyer and lounge area for snacks, coffee and drinks. Staff are incredibly friendly and extremely helpful and always a smile!
Our bathroom had the shower in the bath which I didn't check out in advance ... if you prefer a separate shower it's wise to request same when booking. Nearby secure parking is at a reduced rate of €22 per 24 hour period ... a little pricey perhaps but very secure. Be sure to validate your parking ticket at the hotel on checkout.
2 March 2025
Very pleasant
Very comfortable room that was not too warm or too cold
26 February 2025
Fabulous value, great location, good bars and restaurants within 10 mins walk
Location next to Dáil Éireann. A historic building that oozed character.
Rooms were a little dated
26 February 2025
Always a pleasant experience ,
Atmosphere . Comfortable bedroom .
Breakfast . Bar food .
26 February 2025
Clean and location is great.
Location
Old building the elevator is close to room
23 February 2025
Very good
The character and history of the hotel
18 January 2025
Centrally located and a lovely Christmas experience
Central location. Very quaint and lovely setting
Could hear noise from other rooms
16 January 2025
Fabulous
An absolute gem of a hotel with long term staff - efficient and friendly service!
12 January 2025
Very good
Good breakfast. Great location. Comfy beds.
Staff rushed us at breakfast time to order.
12 January 2025
We enjoyed staying at Buswells hotel . It’s an excellent location in the heart of with helpful staff . It was good value
Friendly hotel with traditional decor. Staff were helpful and the room was comfortable. Location was central and it was good value .
Central location with comfortable rooms and helpful staff
8 January 2025
Great location. Hotel is small but cosy.
Location is Perfect for a Trip to Dublin. You are right in the centre of the city with Shopping, Restaurants and Bars closeby. Parking is also very close if you are taking a car and they have a reduced rate with the car park. The Hotel is clean.
The hotel is 3-Star and this is reflected inside, which is 'tired' and requires some refurb. Beds are very small, especially for 2 adults. Bathroom did not have a separate shower so you had to stand in the bath to shower which can be restrictive for older people.
7 January 2025
Perfect accommodation
Perfect accommodation
Nothing
6 January 2025
Cosy and comfortable hotel in a quiet but central location with very helpful staff. Will book again.
Superb location, warm and welcoming foyer and friendly staff. Extremely comfortable bed and cosy room which was great to retreat to from the chilly weather.
The food was a bit mediocre and there wasn’t a great wine choice.
2 January 2025
Very good
Everything was fine.
29 December 2024
Very good
Location
23 December 2024
Fabulous
Location
21 December 2024
Fabulous
Comfortable room. Great location - Close to all shops, sights and amenities. Would highly recommend this hotel for comfort and location.
Food and food service in bar on a Thursday night was not good. Would definitely stay in this hotel again but would dine elsewhere.
15 November 2024
Very good
Always such a lovely ambience
If the rooms could have USB plugs please
6 November 2024
I am a regular visitor to this hotel, where a welcome reception is always assured.
The location is a bonus, the room acceptable if somewhat dated. On this occasion I had a light breakfast which was acceptable but not exciting.
Unfortunately of late, protestors almost daily assemble outside nearby Parliament Building, creating much noise and disturbance to the comfort and ambience of the surroundings.
2 November 2024
Very good
Location excellent and room size and comfort first class
breakfast not quite as good as it could have been. Buffet arrangement was linited
31 October 2024
Nice stay and get to visit some places we had made a list of.
Location was great nice quieter street but very easy to access the shops from the hotel.
The room was a little small but it was ok we managed.
20 October 2024
Very good
location excellent and friendly staff
the property requires you to leave the key when not on site. Door very hard to lock/unlock. Could not adjust room temp
19 October 2024
Perfect location and lovely boutique hotel
Loved it - very old world
Nothing to be honest
23 August 2024
Very good but pillows need changing
Pillows wre very hard could not sleep
12 August 2024
Fabulous
The staff members were so kind; the position of the hotel is perfect. The hotel is very nice and clean.
Our room was just next to the lift; for this reason it was very noisy, but except for that, everything was ok.
5 August 2024
Very good
Comfy bed
Lack of knowledge from the staff especially in the restaurant
2 August 2024
Fabulous
Clean, comfortable and central
31 July 2024
Great location. Small room. Expensive breakfast
Breakfast was pricy for continental $19E . we passed it up
There's no air-conditioning which works for most of the year, but we were there in July, and the room was stuffy .
30 July 2024
always great and good location
always great
28 July 2024
Very good
Location
Late night check in Night porter did not know what toothpaste was
18 July 2024
Overall a nice & traditional hotel in a great location.
The location is awesome, with easy access to Trinity college and the downtown shops & pubs. The staff were really helpful and nice as well.
The rooms are a little dated, but clean. The shower drain backed up during the shower leaving me standing in yucky water.
28 June 2024
Excellent traditional Irish hotel in Dublin.
Excellent location for culture, museums, parks and outstanding food choices.
It happened to be quite warm in a Dublin and so was the room, but the fan worked fine. Lighter blankets would have been perfect.
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Invoice provided
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Toilet with grab rails
- - Lower bathroom sink
- - Emergency cord in bathroom
Miscellaneous
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals

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30 April 2025
Fabulous