Camden De Luxe Hotel

The location is great, the staff were friendly and helpful and the room was clean and warm. The TV in the room only had 3 channels, which could be improved. It is quite noisy at night, so I'd recommend ear plugs, but having stayed in Dublin city hotels before I'm aware that noise at night is almost unavoidable. I also noted that my key card stated the check out time as 11am, whereas the confirmation email I received listed 12pm as the check out time. I'd stay here again, it was worth what I paid for it.

First off, no way should this property be classed as a 3 star hotel. Guest house maybe, but not a hotel. Another member of my party also booked a room with Camden Deluxe using another website which classes it as 2 star, which paints a more realistic picture. Of course you get what you pay for, and yes its cheap, but to call it a 3 star hotel is completely misleading and unfair. Secondly, it is above a nightclub which is open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights and is incredibly noisy. The nightclub is mentioned in the hotel description, but I didn't think it could be THAT bad seeing as the place managed to get accredited (supposedly) as a 3 star hotel. Don't expect to get any sleep at all between 10pm and 4am on any of these nights. When we raised this with the receptionist, she said "We can't be expected to include the decibel level on our website". Actually, I disagree, in a hotel like Camden Deluxe where the noise level is excessive, I think they should be more specific and transparent about it. They certainly shouldn't take bookings for young children on any of these nights (I was travelling with my four year old). The rooms themselves were ok; for what we'd paid I didn't have high expectations. Wasn't too impressed when I found a giant centipede scuttling along the skirting boards though! The redeeming feature of this 'hotel' is its excellent location, only a 3 minute walk from St Stephen's Green so close to restaurants, shops etc.