Just home from a very short (one night!) stay at Wynn's. First time visit, though the hotel is my parents' favourite in Dublin. To be honest, I always found somewhere not quite as perfectly located cheaper but there are really good deals around these days and Wynn's proximity to the Luas and the Abbey Theatre was too good to resist.
We arrived very early for check in so I was unsurprised that our room wasn't ready. We were made very welcome by the extremely pleasant and helpful receptionist who offered to look after our bags while I attended an appointment.
I'd asked for a triple room with three single beds as I was staying with my two teens. We in fact got a large L shaped room with a double, two singles and two tvs. Our room and every area of the hotel we saw was spotlessly clean, someone is putting a great deal of effort into maintaining things like windows and brass and it really does give a good impression.
We enjoyed a carvery lunch in the bar - get there early because it's justifiably popular. Lovely food and really pleasant and attentive staff. You'll need to be hungry, the portions are generous!
Breakfast is served in the gorgeous dining room. I think Wynn's have cracked breakfast service - it's a combination of buffet for cold items and service for hot. My teenagers are in a typical state of constant starvation so they love hotels with 'all you can eat' breakfast buffets, but I've found that the quality and temperature of the food suffer from standing and queueing! This is not the case at Wynn's, the delicious breakfast we chose from a varied menu arrived hot and on hot plates too. I must mention the dining room staff, the waiter and waitress we met were really lovely, just what you'd want to meet for a good start to the day.
This hotel is definitely doing a lot right - service in particular being exemplary, especially at front of house. The only thing marring a perfect stay was the noisy air conditioning we needed on because our room was so hot (but it was a particularly humid night when we stayed and I only have the heating on at home when it's literally freezing!). Even with that, I would love to have stayed for longer and that's most unusual for me, I'm usually relieved to get home from city centre hotels!
Great night's sleep, no disturbance, fantastic staff, lovely food and the best location in Dublin - steps from O'Connell Street with the Luas outside the door. I would definitely recommend Wynn's to anyone who needs to stay in Dublin.