Red Cow Moran Hotel - Dublin, Ireland 

"How now, Red Cow"
Posted: Mon, Nov 23 2009
What a hotel!!! Rooms are extremely well kept and pleasant. The Red Cow has an excellent breakfast and friendly service. The hotel is quaint and inviting. It is small and retains a very nice quite atmosphere. Impressive is the lobby with its beautiful winding staircase to an upstairs lounge. Visit the bar attached for a cup of coffee, a latte, or an expresso before retiring.

The Red Cow is fab
Posted: Tue, Jul 08 2008
I have just returned from a night in Dublin. Went up to a concert with my son and sister. Wanted a hotel on the west side of the city as I needed access to the M50 early the following morning. The Red Cow was very easy to book on the hotel website. I work in the industry and I would recommend their booking system. Very user friendly. The hotel rate was fantastic. 99 euro for 2 but my son decided last minute to accompany us and I phoned to change the booking to a triple. done in two seconds for 135 euro which included full Irish Breakfast. The room, while small enough, was spotless. The beds were lovely and compy especially after standing at a concert for a couple of hours. The shower was like a power shower and the bathroom was very clean with lots of fresh towels. Breakfast was a feast. We had dinner in the restaurant when we arrived and it was lovely and not a rip off. The restaurant staff were very attentive. Teresa the receptionist who checked us in was very efficient. I could not praise this hotel enough. Proximity to the Luas is a plus. In rip off Ireland it's nice - once in the blue moon - to get value for money. Well done Red Cow...I'll be back!!

Annevarsarie Getaway
Posted: Mon, Jul 07 2008
We only went for one night, but found the stay excellent =). Room was fantastic and actually slept up to 5! The food at breakfast was also of a very high standard, and the evening meal in the Winter Garden restuarant was superb!

Don't Use Their Babysitters!
Posted: Wed, May 21 2008
I stayed one night at the Red Cow Moran Hotel due to the fact that my friend was having her wedding reception there. Upon arriving, I was underwhelmed with the location. It was basically at the intersection of two roads/highways and in a very commercial area in a sea of parking lots. However, this is not really their fault I guess. At reception we were greeted warmly and promptly shown to our room. My key card did not work well and the friendly worker assisting me with my luggage showed me how to jiggle the door handle to get the keycard to work. I struggled with this multiple times and eventually asked for a new room key. They told me no, just jiggle the doorknob. Whatever. On a positive note, the wedding reception they put on was BEAUTIFUL. The food was excellent, the music system was all set up properly, the waiters were very attentive and the barstaff (most importantly!) was quick and professional. There is a lovely little bar off the lobby where we had drinks before being led into the big reception room. We all had a great time. BUT . . if you have children, I would advise not using the hotel's babysitters. Both I and my sister-in-law used sitters and mine was OK, but seemed uninterested in my child and was checking her text messages while I talked to her. For me it was ok, because my child was going right to bed anyway. For my sister-in-law, with two 'older' children (4 & 6), she went back to the room an hour after the kids were supposed to be sleeping and the kids were running wild and the sitter was just staring at the TV. Later, while we were back in the recption hall, the 6 year old wandered into the room by himself!!! He had told the sitter he wanted to go see his mom, and she let him leave the room!!! Outrageous. But if you don't use the sitters, and are not looking for a scenic location, I would recommend this hotel. Clean rooms, attractive decor, nice lobby bar, good food.