Old Airport Road, Cloghran, Ireland | (888) 708-2081
Located within a five-minute drive from Dublin Airport, with free
24-hour shuttle service
Dublin city center is a 15-minute drive or 30-minute bus ride away
Clean, quiet, soundproofed rooms with flat-screen TVs and free Wi-Fi
Some rooms have balconies with views of the airport runways
Small fitness room and discounted access to a nearby health club with pool complex and fitness center
Bar and restaurant serving Irish and international cuisine, with
outdoor terrace dining
Free parking
Lower rates that for a comparable hotel in the city center
Free Wi-Fi throughout
Not in city center
Fee for breakfast buffet
No
minibars or mini-fridges in rooms
An upper-middle-range modern hotel, the 100-room Carlton
Dublin Airport Hotel is less than a five-minute drive
south of Dublin Airport, and the hotel offers free, 24-hour airport shuttle service. While not quite as upscale as other airport hotels
like the Radisson Blu or Hilton, the three-floor Carlton offers clean, soundproofed rooms
with free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs, and has a bar and restaurant with an outdoor terrace. A small
fitness room is on-site and guests get discounted admittance to a nearby health
club with a swimming pool complex. Rates are lower than
those at comparable hotels in the Dublin city center, which is a 15-minute drive or
30-minute bus ride south.
Disclaimer: This content was accurate at the time the hotel was reviewed. Please check our partner sites when booking to verify that details are still correct.
Scene
Contemporary airport hotel with restaurant, bar, and conference center
The public spaces, with a neutral color palette of tan, brown, and white and lots of dark wood, are uninspiring. The restaurant and bar, however, exhibit dashes of color -- such as pink -- in their furnishings. Guests gather here to watch a
game, sip an Irish beer or whiskey, or dine on Irish or international cuisine. The
lobby has ample soft seating, along with an airport arrival and departure information screen for convenience, and a flat-screen TV that shows the news. Given its location, the hotel attracts a lot of
airline crews business travelers on layovers, but it does a fair amount of local business too, hosting weddings and family-gatherings. Service
is warm and efficient, and many staff members have worked at the hotel for many
years. The Carlton has a strong environmental ethos, and won an award for its
commitment to sustainable principles.
Location
A five-minute drive from Dublin Airport with free 24-hour airport shuttle
Carlton Dublin Airport Hotel is conveniently situated less
than a five-minute drive south of the main terminals at Dublin Airport, with
free 24-hour airport shuttle service available. The hotel is right off the M1
highway where it intersects with the ED1 highway. A bus stop is just south of
the hotel, with service to Dublin city center. Dublin is a 15-minute drive or
30-minute bus ride south. The National
Botanic Garden is a 10-minute drive south, and Dublin Zoo is a 20-minute drive
southwest of the hotel.
Rooms
Contemporary, soundproofed rooms with free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs
The three-floor Carlton has 100 non-smoking rooms, soundproofed to keep out airport noise. Most rooms are spacious, and some
have balconies and views of the airport runways with planes taking off and
landing. Rooms have a contemporary feel and are decorated in colors of rust,
beige, brown, white, and burgundy, with white bedding and striped or
floral-print throws. All rooms have coffee/tea makers, free Wi-Fi, flat-screen
TVs with satellite channels, and comfortable beds with duvets, cotton-rich
sheets, and custom-made mattresses. Suites have sitting areas with leather
sofas, and bathrooms with bathrobes and slippers and separate tubs and showers. Rooms
do not have mini-bars or mini-fridges. Some bathrooms in the Standard Rooms are small, but most are spacious with ample counter space, and shower/tub combos.
Features
Restaurant, bar, fitness room, and free 24-hour airport shuttle
As an airport hotel, the Carlton offers free 24-hour
shuttle service. The hotel also has a park-and-fly lot with low rates. It has a bistro-style restaurant and bar. The restaurant relies on locally sourced ingredients, the quality of the food is good, and is a cut above what's usually available in airport hotels. The breakfast buffet (for a fee) has
an ample selection, and the lunch and dinner menus offer a wide range of Irish
and international fare like Irish beef burgers, fish and chips, sea bass, Irish
salmon, pizza, pasta, Asian rice, and noodles. The bar pours a wide array of
Irish beers and whiskies. An outdoor terrace is available in good weather. The hotel
also offers free parking, a business center, and conference center with
catering. Guests can use a small fitness room on-site or drive for two minutes to receive discounted access to a full health club, which includes a
large fitness center, sports courts, aerobic studio, therapy rooms, sauna, steam
room, and huge swimming pool complex with an 82-foot pool, a leisure pool with wave
machine, kids' pool, lazy river, two big water slides, a bubble pool, and water
geyser.
