Karin is an amazing host. She let us drop off our bags before we went out into the city to explore. She stopped and chatted with us for about 15 minutes, giving suggestions of places we should check out. She obviously has a lot of knowledge about Dublin and loves it as well. We went to two of the restaurants she suggested and both were fabulous. She also left us eggs and milk and yogurt, along with granola and tea and coffee. The only possible negatives I would note is that 1. It is on the 4th floor, so you do have a trek up, but it was not a problem for us. And 2.there is street noise, as you are in the city, but my husband and I liked it as we like background noise when we sleep. We slept with the windows open and were never bothered by the outside noise, but some might be.