1018396 Premier Inn Temple Bar

This Premier Inn has possibly the least accurate locational name of any hotel in Dublin that isn't pretending to be at the Airport - it is on the corner of Georges and Stephen Streets and quite some distance from Temple Bar!

The hotel was built in to a series of buildings which had once been a hotel - the Red Lion, and latterly used for retail and restaurant use. The corner unit has been kept for restaurant use, but is still unoccupied some years after the hotel opening; and you instead enter the hotel through a corridor, with lifts down to a basement reception and bar.

Every time I stuck my head in here, the bar appeared closed and was behind the reception desk. So I phoned them and asked if the bar was a: ever open and b: open to the public - the answer to both being yes, it is open normal hours and anyone can go in.

It's an odd experience - you're basically drinking in a basement bar/restaurant that feels a bit like a canteen or breakfast room; which I presume it actually is. The pint was particularly poor too. 

I don't see why you'd be bothered going here, but you can, should you wish to.