I stayed in this hotel on 2nd April 2016 for one night while I was on business (stayed in room 21). I was disappointed with my stay and I complained at the time of my stay and also wrote an email to the hotel following my stay but have not yet received a reply from the manager. To summarise, my room was unclean (I believe a previous guest had been ill in the room) and it had a strong unpleasant smell. The carpet around the bed was wet (I only discovered this by standing in the wet area in socks). When I complained I was told that there were no rooms left in the hotel that night and therefore I could not be moved to another room. I was told by the receptionist to sleep with the window open and she sprayed the room with fabreeze and put some carpet cleaner on the wet area. She confirmed I should avoid the wet area. The receptionist was a nice lady, who worked hard and apologised about the issues. I know that the issue was not her fault. As I had to sleep with the window open all night I did not sleep well and had a very disturbed night with the smell and noise which affected my work the next day. Breakfast was ok. On check out I asked that the manager was informed of the issues but I have not had any response from the hotel (from my complaint of my email). I do not travel to ROI for business often and I was disappointed with my experience at Uppercross House Hotel. I was particularly disappointed to not receive a reply from the hotel manager.

First, after an overnight flight, the good people at the Uppercross were able to check me in early so I could shower, nap and not drag bags around town for the morning. Then I had a lovely steak dinner, and spent a wonderful evening in Ma Reilleys listening to the weekly local jam session of trad Irish music.
In short, the rooms are clean, well appointed, well maintained, and quite comfortable. The hotel is beautiful and interesting. There are several public lounge rooms, and I kept finding unexpected design features leading to other parts of the hotel. The food, which can be obtained via room service, in the bar, or in the restaurant, is quite good. The bar? It's a lot bigger than it looks from the street, with several rooms and seating areas, including for those who are interested a heated, covered, semi outdoor smoking area. Fun things going on on different nights of the week - it's usually fairly crowded, but in a comfortable way. I met interesting people from all over Europe, and made some new friends.
Honestly, I could go to Dublin and just stay here, but I don't have to, because of it's location in Rathmines. A taxi stand is right across the street (at the Tesco supermarket), and buses run right out front, going straight to City Center.The LUAS train line is a few blocks away. You can walk to City Center if you prefer, like I did several times. There are bakeries, restaurants, pubs, book stores, churches, banks, coffee shops, everything in walking distance.
I loved my stay at the Uppercross, and will certainly stay again given the chance!