One thing I really liked about Bob's place is that it didn't feel like an empty apartment owned by an absent stranger and furnished at Ikea. It's homey and full of amenities you could never get in a hotel or at those absentee AirBnBs. Bob left us lots of hot and cold breakfast fixings including black and white pudding (the non-vegetarians among us appreciated the chance to at least try it), soda bread and digestive biscuits, both of which we liked far more than we expected and ate far too much of for any normal humans, plus a variety of beverages. The furniture was cozy: that curvy couch is one of the most comfortable pieces of furniture I've ever used! Beds were comfy, space for our stuff was plentiful, and there was almost nothing we needed that wasn't there already (except of course a few personal items and non breakfast foods). The "wet room" shower was new to all of us but now that I've tried it, I want one! The area is very walkable, and for inside the city center we found it easier to walk to and from Bob's place than to take public transportation or cabs. It was 10 minutes' walk to The Liberties or Stephen's Green, about 15-20 minutes to Trinity College, and half an hour to The Cobblestone in Smithfield. Bob was really friendly, generous and very responsive to our texts, whether we had questions about the house, needed area suggestions or referrals, or were demanding to know the source of the soda bread so we could get more. If you're looking for a comfortable base while you're in Dublin and you like a low-key, casual home setting, go for this one!