Steven Williams Review of the gibson hotel
The grounds and hotel itself are faultless however...
The grounds and hotel itself are faultless however food quality has dropped since my first visit. All hotel staff seem very polite and well trained.
The hotel itself is built on top of a shopping center at 'The Point'. The shopping center itself is empty with the exception of a Odeon cinema and coffee shop. Feels a little like 'Dawn of the dead'. This in no way retracts from the hotel itself. It has it's own elevator and entrance. If you are not the explorer type you would never know.
Rooms are always clean and smart. The are spacious and are equally as good as the Marker down the road. both are the best Dublin has to offer. If it's a great room you want then this is perfect.
Food quality is lacking.
First morning cooked breakfast was terrible. Scrambled eggs tasted of curdled milk and made me feel quite ill. I had to leave it and go without.
The rest of the breakfast items are as expected for this type of hotel. They don't offer option for vegetarian sausages like other similar hotels. shame. I highly recommend you ask them to cook some poached eggs. they take a long time to come out but are worth the wait.
Evening dining was no better. Restaurant was closed due to low numbers (No surprise) and they were offering restraint meals in the bar area. I opted for the 28 day aged Hereford rib eye steak. It cost something like 40 Euro. To be perfectly honest it was a disappointment. The cut of meat was bad and you would expect a 28 day aged piece of meat to have taste. This had none. If I had cooked this I would have been disappointed and probably thrown it away uneaten.
In addition I hate it when places hide food with fancy names for no reason. 'bloody mary plum' they just mean a standard tomatoes that's been slightly grilled. Nothing special and not a plumb tomatoes.
Highly recommended as a hotel.
Cannot recommend food.
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