I booked two rooms at the Hyatt Centric The Liberties Dublin. The one for my wife and me was booked with points. As a Category 4 Hyatt property, rates range from 12,000 (off-peak) to 15,000 (standard) to 18,000 (peak). I was able to grab one night at 12,000 points and the other at 15,000 points. For the second room for our daughter and her boyfriend, I used two Category 1-4 free night certificates that were expiring around the end of the year. I converted that room to a Guest of Honor (GoH) stay so that they would also get Globalist benefits. The difference between using points vs. free night certificates is that a points stay allows a Suite Upgrade Award (SUA) to be applied to the room if a standard suite is available and nights booked with free night awards do not. The cash prices for our dates were around 275-300 Euros per night.

I tried to apply a SUA to our room, but according to my concierge, standard suites were not available for our dates. In the end, I messaged the hotel through the Hyatt app a couple of days before arrival and they confirmed us into a King Suite (which is a standard suite so go figure).

As I mentioned in the last segment, we arrived around 11:30, but our rooms were not ready yet. Around 2pm, the hotel called to let me know the rooms were ready so we headed back to the hotel to check-in. The kids were given a room on the 5th (top) floor and we were given a suite on the 4th floor. When we got to the suite, we were a bit underwhelmed. It was an accessible suite with all of the fixtures at wheelchair level. The bathroom had a zero entry shower that drained into the middle of the floor. The bed was much lower and everything was close to ground level. Of course, we understand that hotels have rooms and suites that cater to those who require special accommodations, but the front desk did not give us a heads up about this before we went to the room.

I called down to see if they could just put us in a regular room as the accessible suite just didn’t work for us. The front desk agent actually went above and beyond and switched us to a cathedral view suite, which is considered a premium suite. We moved to the new suite on the 5th floor.

While there was no door between the bedroom and living area, there were floor to ceiling windows across the entire side of the suite with a view of the cathedral spire (sorry I did not get a view picture for some reason). There was also a separate closet area for luggage storage that included a coffee machine and robes.

In terms of the suite itself, the king-sized bed was very comfortable. The bathroom had a single sink and no separate W/C. The rainfall shower was strong and the hotel uses refillable toiletries. In fact, they also use cardboard water bottles which were fine for keeping in my jacket pocket while we walked around Dublin.

The staff at the hotel and restaurant were friendly and helpful. They seemed a bit short-staffed during our visit, but that did not lower the service level much. The location of the hotel was excellent for walking to cathedrals, shopping, the castle, Temple Bar, Guinness, local restaurants/pubs and St. Stephen’s Green. There is also a historic pub right next door that pulls a great pint of Guinness.

Breakfast is in the main restaurant and was quite good. As Globalists (both rooms qualified), we could order anything from the Continental side and one of the entrees. Here’s the menu. After ordering the full Irish the first day, we stuck with toast/pastries and porridge on the second morning to soak up the beer and fried food.

We also had dinner in the restaurant on our first night. The menu was good and we all enjoyed what we ordered. They have live music, although it was cut short on Saturday night due to the rugby match on TV. Desserts were so good, we went back again the second night after eating dinner elsewhere.

When it was time to check out, I was able to pick up a rental car and bring it to the front of the hotel while we loaded up our bags. We were offered late checkout but didn’t need it as we were off early to our next adventure in Ireland.

I’m glad we picked the Hyatt Centric over the other points options in Dublin (both Hilton and Marriott). The GoH option allowed us to have complimentary breakfast for both rooms and the points rate was much more reasonable than the Hilton or Marriott options. I also was able to get good value from expiring free night certificates for the second room.

The hotel is a solid choice. It’s not luxury, but it certainly is a comfortable place to rest your head after a long flight and then a long day of walking around Dublin.

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