Hampton by Hilton Dublin City Centre

The location is excellent, right in the city center. It's a 10-15 minute walk to Trinity College, the shopping street, and the Temple Bar area. You access it just around the corner from the Liffey River, not directly on the riverfront, which is actually nice as it keeps it quiet and off the main road. However, as soon as you enter the lobby, you can see the floor isn't very clean, with dust and cigarette butts. In the room, the hand soap and body lotion dispensers in the bathroom also had dust on them. Even though I wouldn't use them, the dust made them feel unhygienic. It would be so easy for housekeeping to just wipe them clean. The towels hanging nearby were also dingy and old. The hotel's layout is like a maze, in a square shape, and you have to go through two fire doors to get to your room. One of the corridors even had a distinct lamb smell. The European-style breakfast was above average, with a good variety.