I was scheduling this ahead as a NecroReview, but realised that the as-yet impending, but now long since happened, reopening of this premise as Flight Club would make the status inaccurate. It has re-become somewhere open that I visited pre-2016 rather than somewhere dead.
Indeed, I visited there in about 2007; for a merger party / staff meet-up for my then employer; and I'd never been back since. I cannot remember particularly much about it.
The premises was, at that time, Samsara; or "SamSara at La Stampa" more specifically; the hotel having taken the name of its restaurant for some time before becoming The Dawson.
There were plans to redevelop the hotel along with the adjoining Royal Irish Automobile Club premises which lead to a decision not to reopen Sams after the pandemic; but these fell through in 2022. The hotel has since reopened as The Dawson Hostel - not a hotel; and the bar as Flight Club - a darts themed pub, something a bit odd as a concept considering there's plenty of darts pubs around as it is, including some with darts boards big enough even for me to hit.
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