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Harding Hotel, Dublin

Fishamble St, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland (show on map)

Expert reviews

CNN review:

“Comfy and friendly, the Harding Hotel is situated on Fishamble Lane, where Handel’s “Messiah” premiered in 1742. More specifically, it’s located directly across from Christchurch Cathedral, which is visible from some rooms, and is within walking distance of all of Dublin’s main sights.”

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of Harding Hotel, Dublin. We have taken customer review ratings from hotel booking sites, search engines, the official hotel website and other travel platforms. This is the average of all those ratings. We only list places that have a customer review rating of at least 4.0 out of 5.0

4.4 out of 5.0

Ranked 9th in Dublin

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What guests liked

All you need to know

The hotel is located on the popular Fishamble Street where it offers a great view overlooking the Christ Church Cathedral. Harding Hotel offers excellent accommodation options and quality hospitality services to visitors of the city. The hotel is excellently located in an area where it provides close proximity to some of the most famous sites of attractions in the city. The Dublin Castle is located within a 10-minute walk away from the hotel while the famous Guinness Storehouse is also a 10-minute walk away from the hotel.

The hotel is also located in a neighborhood where widely used transportation systems and routes are available or nearby. The Airlink bus 747 is close to the hotel premises offering guests the perfect spot to start their journey into the exciting city. The city’s Hop-on Hop-off buses also have regular stops around the hotel all day long.

The hotel features neatly arranged and well-decorated rooms. The rooms are designed with traditional wooden décor providing the ideal tranquil oasis for guests. The hotel room also features modern-day facilities and amenities such as Wi-Fi for high-speed internet connection, flat-screen TV with cable channels and air conditioning are available in the hotel. The hotel rooms also come with a private bathroom where guests can make use of conveniences and thoughtful touches provided by the hotel.

The Copper Alley Bistro is the perfect place for guests to enjoy several exquisite and fancy local and international cuisines. The bar also guests with several cocktails and drinks needed to relax.

 

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Location

Recent guest reviews

4.5
Patrick

22 July 2025

Fabulous

Good value Helpful staff Very nice reasonably priced breakfast

4.0
Sean

21 July 2025

Perfect location, adequate rooms

Location was excellent, room was adequate

Bar downstairs was pretty loud, expected though and it got quiet around midnight

4.5
Mary

20 July 2025

Fabulous location and friendly staff who were all bery helpful and full of great ideas. Great pub below, great restauran

Fabulous location and warm and accommodating staff who provided lots of great info and advice.

4.0
Lorrie

20 July 2025

Best location, excellent food, live music = our go to Dublin stay

LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION!!! Amazingly close to everything we wanted to see. FOOD: Definitely have breakfast at the Copper Alley. We enjoyed the full Irish breakfast, salmon and eggs, yogurt with compote, but did wish the coffee beverages were more plentiful (we Americans love our free refills of black coffee!). :) This was our second stay in the past year

The mattresses and showers. Oof. Not good. Super old and soft mattress left us with sore backs, and the shower would not contain the water no matter what we did, so we had to get extra towels to mop it all up.

5.0
Carrie

19 July 2025

Exceptional

Everything was perfect, location, cleanliness, friendly staff, etc. We enjoyed Darky Kelly's Pub and the breakfast was fabulous. While the building was a little older it added to the overall experience.

The view from our room was of another hotel room window so we had to keep our blinds closed.

5.0
Anubrata

19 July 2025

A very pleasant stay

The hotel was located near Trinity College Dublin, where I attended a conference. The room on the 2nd floor was spacious, quiet and at the same time, very cozy. It had all the amenities, including minifridge, locker, electric kettle, ironing board etc. The bed was comfy and the wardrobe was spacious. They had enough good quality tea,coffee,sugar,milk etc in the room for a few cups of tea/coffee. The bathroom was neat, clean with all the toiletries and helpfully, they had a bathmat. The Wifi connection was good. Also, the hotel has a lift and the staff was very courteous.

I would prefer a water jug/few bottles in the room or a bottle filler at the reception. I was advised to use the water in the room but it was not convenient to fill water from the basin.

3.5
Pauline

19 July 2025

Pleasant

Location

Rather dated

5.0
Williams

18 July 2025

Exceptional

Very friendly and helpful staff. Very clean rooms. Central location. Very reasonable prices. Bistro and bar excellent 👌

4.5
James

16 July 2025

Fabulous

Location and service.

5.0
Torstenberg

16 July 2025

Exceptional

Room was clean and fresh

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5.0
James

16 July 2025

Exceptional

Location and. Customer Service.

5.0
Nancy

15 July 2025

Exceptional

great location, has attached cafe and separate bar with great music. Wonderful staff!

5.0
Janet

15 July 2025

Exceptional

above all, the kindness, attention and care shown by every member of the staff from the manager on. the location was superb, the bar was excellent. whenever we head back to dublin, and we pray that will be soon, the harding will be our hotel of choice.

nothing. absolutely nothing

4.5
Judith

14 July 2025

Central and friendly

We chose the Harding Hotel for its central location. Our small tour bus pick-up and drop-off was just around the corner. As this was at 8am and 7pm , Harding hotel was ideal. The Airport express bus was also directly opposite, a short walk across the laneway. The staff were brilliant and helpful. In fact, I had inquired at a closer hotel to the pick up but changed my mind as the other staff were dismissive of me, barely glancing up from the computer screen. Harding hotel reception, were a stark and friendly contrast. We stayed there for 2 nights. On arrival and departure between tours. The fridge in the room was a bonus as we used it to store items for our breakfast on our first stay as we checked out at 07:30. We had a delicious la carte breakfast on our 2nd stay.

We had a triple room. Minor point, but we all stubbed toes on the ledge of the bathroom entry.

5.0
Priya

14 July 2025

It was great-I was in Ireland for about 3 weeks and this was one of the best places I stayed at.

The location was perfect. Mainly, the folks at the front desk were great. I got there after an overnight flight from the US and the room was lovely and quiet. The location was easy to get to from the airport bus. Everything was super!

5.0
Lena

11 July 2025

Best location and so clean

Best location. Pub downstairs with Irish music. Next door there’s a cafe with great coffee. There’s a place to park out the front to drop off and pick up luggage. Staff were lovely. The cleanest place

4.5
Will

9 July 2025

Good stay. Very central location. Fun pub below the hotel with irish music.

Staff was friendly. Spacious room. Really clean.

Bathroom set-up with the curtain. Mind the step was annoying even with a warning.

5.0
Peter

9 July 2025

Excellent hotel, would highly recommend

Central to Temple Bar, friendly staff, everything I wanted

4.5
Gary

9 July 2025

Fabulous

stayed may times. always great

4.5
Martin

8 July 2025

Fabulous

Everything. The reception staff were excellent and helpful.

5.0
Mike

7 July 2025

Great visit

Room was spacious and clean. Restaurant/bar attached to hotel was one of the best in Dublin. Close, 1/4 mile to Temple bar area. No on site parking but staff directed us to garage nearby which they discounted.

4.0
Emer

5 July 2025

Very good

We went to at concert in Trinity so we booked the hotel very last minute, but we were more than pleased and will definitely stay their again

Very central

4.0
Susan

4 July 2025

Very lively downstairs and peaceful room!

The location and quiet room.

The bed was very firm and there was a toe-stubbing step into the bathroom.

5.0
Gayle

4 July 2025

Great Place to stay in Dublin

Can’t fault the Harding Hotel, excellent staff, great accommodation and on-site Darkey Kelly’s Pub and Copper Alley Restaurant plus a short walk to Temple Bar. All you need.

Nothing to say here

4.0
Laurie

2 July 2025

Nice room, had air conditioning but old bathroom.

Hotel is an older hotel and was quite comfortable. Had air conditioning and was a large, nicely appointed room. Had a nice desk and a refrigerator which was rare in Ireland. Staff was incredibly friendly and helpful. Location was great too; could walk to everything. I also loved the lighting; nice a soft. Not the usual super bright hotel lights. Having daily room tidying was nice too; rare these days.

We were there on a very busy weekend so the price was even higher than the typical expensive Dublin hotel. While the room was nice, the bathroom was not. Very old; two separate spigots for hot and cold water with a horrid caulking job around the faucets. Looked black and gross even though I knew it was cleaned based on the cleanliness of the rest of the bathroom. Very small pedestal sink and just overall kind of crummy. There was also a little step up to the bathroom that they tried to make visible with a little strip light, but we tripped over it anyways. Was also very bright so I had to cover it with a towel at night. Update the bathrooms and hotel would be great.

4.5
Alisa

2 July 2025

Fabulous

The location was perfect

4.0
Roisin

1 July 2025

Very good

excellent location for touring around and night life .

AT breakfast the juice was tasteless like diluted , the coffee was poor . Not hard to get these things right

5.0
James

1 July 2025

You won’t regret staying at the Harding!

The location was perfect! We stayed for nights and were able to walk to every place we wanted to go in Dublin. The building is very charming and the room was extremely comfortable.

Nothing

5.0
Bailey

30 June 2025

Amazing location, beautiful hotel

The location and staff were incredible. Darkey Kelley’s is within the same building and is an awesome restaurant with beef & Guinness stew. I loved this property and will very likely be back. Picture of the church is the view out my window

5.0
Evangelos

30 June 2025

Easy in a hotel with very kind people

Center of the town Perfect location Clean

4.0
Carina

29 June 2025

Perfect location and price

Perfect location and vibrant atmosphere

No issues everything was good

4.0
Amy

28 June 2025

Liked, not loved this place

Great location and friendly staff. Breakfast was very good with a variety of options

The bed was not very comfortable- 2 twins put together and not great mattresses. The water pressure in the shower was pretty bad and the nonslip mat was too small (I almost slipped)

4.5
Larry

28 June 2025

Very walkable area. Older historic boutique hotel that has quirky hallways, rooms and lift, but very charming.

Location, Christ Church across the street. Adjacent to great restaurant and fun bar.

A little noisy, not from the bar or music, but the church bells.

5.0
Mary

28 June 2025

Perfect location everything to a high standard

Great location, comfortable room, good breakfast, helpful staff

Nothing

5.0
Marc

27 June 2025

Absolutely recommend.

Perfect location. Beautiful hotel. Delicious meals at both the restaurants.

Nothing. It was great!!

4.0
Floris

27 June 2025

Very good

Location and the pub

5.0
Charlenelar

26 June 2025

Exceptional

The front desk staff are wonderful!

4.0
Roger

26 June 2025

Enjoyed it so much better than a newer big glass coffin style!

Boutique hotel. Older building but rooms very thoughtfully equipped and highly functional. Loved the A/C and that the windows opened! Food at the two on property restaurants was excellent- Copper Alley Bistro and Darkey Kelly’s. Restaurant staff and hotel staff were awesome! Place has a homey feel. Be ready for a loud boisterous crazy busy atmosphere at Darkey Kelly’s!

Rooms were a little dark. Could have used brighter lightbulbs. Would be hard to read a book. A larger common area to have a casual evening drink would have been nice.

5.0
Janelle

25 June 2025

Very enjoyable

It was comfortable, clean, roomy and convenient

It was all good

4.5
Lindsay

25 June 2025

Did everything I would expect for a Hotel on a Rugby Weekend!

Right next to Temple Bar / Easy walk from Guinness Storehouse / Close to City Centre

Rooms are a little dated but functional and very clean.

4.5
Joanne

23 June 2025

Great experience!

The staff are amazing, great rooms, music, and food all in one place in downtown Dublin

4.5
Paul

23 June 2025

Fabulous

Everything, the staff were fantastic so nice and helpful, the hotel and bar/restaurant lovely atmosphere, rooms and beds nice.

Pleased to say I can leave this blank

3.5
Camilla

22 June 2025

The hotel was cozy and everything worked well.

Location is great, hotel staff was nice and breakfast fantastic. The room was spacious and included basic equipment.

Renovation would be needed, worn out room and facilities.

3.5
Armelle

21 June 2025

Pleasant

Location is perfect and central. The reception staff was lovely.

The bathroom smelled.of mildew. The bed was not very comfortable

4.5
Laura

20 June 2025

Great value and location

Perfectly located and within walking distance to Temple Bar and nearby shops, Grafton St, Dublin Castle, all of the usual attractions. Staff were friendly and helpful and the room was clean. The top floor was quiet. Would stay here again!

At night, it was very cold with the A/C running.

4.0
Nolan

20 June 2025

Perfect value place to explore central Dublin

Very convenient location, good value, friendly staff

3.5
Carol

19 June 2025

Pleasant

Could use some updating, carpet

5.0
Stephen

18 June 2025

Ideal for solo travelers and reasonably priced

Location was great and easy access to all the local attractions, breakfast was great too

3.5
Wehmeyer

17 June 2025

Enjoyed stay and meeting fellow travels in the kitchen. Hotel is in a Good location as well.

Location and breakfast facilities.

Room 7 a little cramped for two people with luggage. Also shower water controls were a little finicky.

3.5
Anita

17 June 2025

A great room and location! Restaurant and bar downstairs was great but the church bells chiming at all hours was just vi

I loved the location until night time and then the chimes of the church happened all hours throughout the night and I was lucky to get four hours sleep!

The incessant chime of the church bells at all hours!

Hotel facilities

Food & Drink

  • - Restaurant
  • - Bar
  • - Special diet menus (on request)
  • - Kid meals (additional charge)
  • - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
  • - Coffee house on site

Services

  • - 24-hour front desk
  • - Fax/photocopying
  • - Luggage storage
  • - Trouser press
  • - Vending machine (drinks)
  • - Vending machine (snacks)
  • - Daily housekeeping

General

  • - Non-smoking rooms
  • - Lift
  • - Safety deposit box
  • - Heating
  • - Non-smoking throughout
  • - Air conditioning
  • - Designated smoking area

Activities

  • - Evening entertainment
  • - Live music/performance
  • - Live sport events (broadcast)

Miscellaneous

  • - Key card access
  • - Smoke alarms
  • - CCTV in common areas
  • - CCTV outside property
  • - Fire extinguishers
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