1019279 Maldron Merrion Road

This hotel had only just opened when I visited, but it replaced one of Dublin's well known hotels on the same site - the S0188 Tara Towers, a quite ugly and entirely not towering concrete block that had stood here since the 70s. Towards the end, when the hotel was already being managed by Dalata (who operate the replacement), it was being promoted as a "70s retro hotel" on their official Twitter!

The old hotel had a larger bar, showing live sports and appearing far more like a pub in a hotel rather than a hotel bar. The new offering is a hotel bar through and through; although one where you can still walk in off the street and get served.

Its quite like any other Maldron or Clayton bar really, with the same drink offerings and the same furniture etc. I expect they will get some local trade, as there's not much else nearby.