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Old Oct 7, 2014 | 2:18 pm
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JDiver
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My comments are pretty much along the vein opened by BAGoldBoy.

And my shuttle experience was exactly the same! Though in this case the driver called a taxi (picked us up roadside by pad 14 and the ride was charged to Hilton's account.

Checkin was uneventful, quick and I was given key cards to a Deluxe king room on the 4th floor - along with chits for courtesy breakfast and another for two drinks (large glass of wine or a pint of frothy stuff). We also booked the 7 am shuttle tomorrow. (Shuttle left in time, driver was quite friendly; he did share construction on the back roads forces them to use the main roadways, so a trip to or from the airport is entirely traffic dependent - 10 to 45 minutes. No dedicated bus/taxi lanes out this far from Dublin.)

The room appears a bit dated, but it has a full dresser of drawers and built in minibar ("you touch it's yours") with flatscreen telly on it, and two bottles each of still and sparkling water, as well as two Doorman jars, one with jelly beans and the other with salted nuts as well as two bottles of water.

uggboy's photos are spot on!

The desk is adequate, with lamp, phone and two switched UK outlets and 1 US type outlet - and a vanity mirror! Wi-Fi is BTOpenZone, free for Diamonds and unimpressively weak.

The closet includes ironing set and electronic safe, and there is a small round glass table with angled minisofa with ottoman.

The platform bed is flanked by night stands with dim lamps, one with phone and the other with Hilton alarm clock. Fitted sheet with duvet (no top sheet).

The thermostat-controlled central air con sounds like it is working but is ineffective; wanting to cool the room because of the thick duvet, I set the control for 18 C / 64 F - the temperature actually increased from 70 to 74 F overnight!

Lighting is basically adequate, a bit dim in the bathroom.

Bathroom seems OK if slightly cramped with adequate toweling and Peter Thomas Roth amenities. Only one facial bar, no bath bar. The bath water temperature never became hot; tepid to warm was the best we could do, and it was quite variable at that - the builders chose to save money and not install water temperature regulation, though the markings on the faucet would imply they did.

Food in the Burnell restaurant will slake hunger, but it's obviously food service stuff and quite mediocre (as is their wines selection). Breakfast (included for Diamonds) is a typical Irish breakfast buffet with black and white pudding, bready bangers, back bacon, etc. OK, open on time at 6:30 and two friendly servers welcomed us

No shop, but a huge glass and steel Tesco across the street is likely to offer much of what you need.

The hotel is not well soundproofed. You can hear background traffic noises and some people and door slams from the halls.

Business Centre is a joke - one computer with smudgy printer attached you can use whilst perched on a high chair, with free boarding pass printing. Anything more than that will require your credit card charged for €7.50 per half hour!

Impressions: any pork in a storm and it's somewhat near DUB. The Radisson Blu is actually at the airport. Not impressed - not a dump, but spoiled with crew contracts and location. A bit of a chicken posing as a pheasant.

Last edited by JDiver; Oct 9, 2014 at 9:51 am Reason: finish after end of stay
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