Anantara The Marker Dublin - A Leading Hotel of the World

The Hotel was beautiful and the spa was wonderful. Great location. The bathroom has a large lovely bathtub. It was October and cold. I tried to run the bath and the water was only warm. Odd, because the shower was hot. I called about it. I also stopped by the front desk. They said they would send someone. We were there 3 nights. The problem was not solved and I didn't get to take a long hot bath. Very dissapointing.

Hotel is beautiful overall and the staff were 5 stars all the way. It does feel more targeted to the business/corporate traveler than a couple or family stays. Rooms are large but not great layouts. Lots of wasted space, poor storage for both clothing/luggage and next to no bathroom counter space. Rooms are quite dark and just feels like it was designed without comfort in mind. The pool/spa and gym area were very nice. Breakfast was fantastic and lots of amazing restaurants everywhere ( special mention to the Old Spot for dinner, absolutely amazing ). A fair amount of construction around so not ideal and vehicle travel can be quite slow.

It was overall a good experience. Nicely finished hotel in a good location. We didn’t appreciate we had to book access to the hotel roof top bar and so were turned away on our first night. The hotel worked to get us a spot the second night. There were a few small issues such as maintenance were working on our bathroom fittings when we arrived back one day to go out for dinner which delayed us a bit - some pre notification might have been useful. At breakfast it took a long time to get milk and butter delivered for tea/coffee and toast. Butter in particular was hard to source. Having some out to lift would be much easier than having to wait for waiter service to get it. Breakfast food was excellent and overall I’d recommend it but I’m not sure I would stay again myself. Hence the 4 stars rather than 5

The bar had an extensive selection of gin! The martini I ordered with Irish gin was intriguing. A lovely place for a business trip.

The bed was spacious and comfortable. The bathroom was clean and had a large bathtub. The amenities were excellent. However, the view from the window was rather unexciting, with only a parking lot visible.