The d hotel

A nice hotel overlooking the river. Spacious rooms, nice views, really tasty breakfast buffet. Great place to stay!

Stayed here in March… The D Hotel is a great place in the city, Easy to find (with Google ;).even without Google, wouldn’t be to hard to find, Good parking. Is right next to a Mall so easy to to get items you might need, Espresso stand right next door. Has a Bar/​Restaurant in the same building that has great food… The breakfast was good and all you can eat. Great for loading up before you head out for the day… The hotel staff were extremely helpful and very nice. One of the desk staff, (wish I could remember her name) was from Galway, she gave us a bunch of ideas for places to go while we were there. I would highly recommend it if you if you plan on visiting Drogheda. One thing that really impressed me about Ireland .WIFI was free in all (5) the hotels we stayed in. Unlike other countries I’ve visited where they charge you per day when chances are you’ll only use it for a couple hours… Very nice.

This is a pretty decent hotel with a nice view of the River Boyne, is within walking distance from the town centre and has nice rooms. The buffet breakfast was very nice with a good variety: the full Irish, both plain and fruit yoghurts, cereals, muesli, fresh fruit and fruit salads and some amazing scrambled eggs! You also order a few things like porridge, boiled/​poached eggs, eggs Benedict, pancakes etc. I do wish they had a low fat or skim milk option available.
The rooms are pretty nice! I stayed on the 4^th floor which is pretty massive with a super king size bed. There’s also an empty mini fridge to put your own foods, a kettle and a supply of tea and instant coffee, a fan and a small hairdryer. I also stayed in a twin room on the first floor which is much smaller but still good. The staff are very friendly and helpful, the décor is crisp and clean, and there’s free wifi!
Bad points: The cleaning staff don’t really clean the room very well. They forgot to replace used cups and spoons a few times as well as the soap and shampoo in the bathroom. Also, there’s only one desk chair in the rooms, even the twin rooms so me and my friend both couldn’t use the desk at the same time.
Overall: Great location, clean, friendly staff, reasonable rates for a 4 star, amazing breakfast and comfortable beds!

Great location!
You can keep your car parked in their lot and walk everywhere.
The hotel is modern in décor and clean.

Stayed here for one night on holiday. It was a great location, walking distance to most of the sights of Drogheda. The on-​site bar was phenomenal, the staff friendly and accommodating. The room was quiet, clean, and comfortable. In the morning we enjoyed an above-​average buffet style breakfast that came with our trip purchase (we were on a Groupon tour of Ireland). The only complaint that I have is that the wifi was extremely inconsistent. Since I have no cell coverage in Ireland, I rely heavily on the wifi to stay in touch when I can, so not having consistent access was disappointing. Aside from that, great experience.

Stayed one night and loved it! No complaints. Helpful staff. Comfortable beds. Great location. Great on-​site restaurants and pub. Breakfast buffet was outstanding.

We only had a 1 night stay but it was nice room with a view of the river. The location was great and close to the ‘High’ street. We did not utilize their restaurant. Drogheda is certainly a ‘blue-​collar’ town but was fun to walk aroun.

This hotel was wonderful! Great location in close proximity to a handful of bars, a restaurant right below, and helpful staff. The rooms were also very nice. Would definitely stay here again.

I LOVED staying here! The room was spacious, clean and modern. The Breakfast was immense and delicious. The staff was gracious. The views were lovely. The balcony with a view of the river unexpected. The Beer Garden– perfect, and the town just a hop and skip over the bridge. I wouldn’t go back to Drogheda necessarily but I would stay in a D hotel in a heart beat.

Super helpful staff, great restaurants, room with a balcony/​view, and posh rooms; this place is great!

We stopped in Drogheda on our way back to Dublin, as I was simply too tired to complete the journey. After two weeks in B&Bs, we spotted the «d» and figured we’d treat ourselves to a nice luxury hotel for the night. Looking around the lobby, we were fully expecting to pay a fortune for our brief stay… but the rate they quoted was shockingly low, not much more than we had been paying for tiny B&B rooms.
Our room was immaculate: large, clean and modern… in fact, it seemed brand new. Wonderful big bathtub, large flat-​panel TV and possibly the most comfortable king-​sized bed I’ve ever slept in, complete with a pristinely white down comforter. Wireless internet access is provided free, which provided a welcome opportunity to catch up with my emails. I’ve stayed in luxury hotels all over the world, so take my word for it: this is a REALLY NICE hotel. In a bigger city, such a room would fetch several hundred dollars a night.
That night we walked through Drogheda looking for dinner, but it seemed most everything was closed. No matter, we headed back to the D and enjoyed their set menu. Which I should say, offers so many options that the word «set» hardly seems to apply. The dining room was quite elegant, the wine list surprisingly expansive, and the food excellent. We ate like kings for about 80 euro, including a nice bottle of wine. (Montepulciano D’Abruzzo.)
When we checked out the following morning, everything went smoothly. No mysterious charges on the bill, and the staff was genuinely friendly and gracious. They even validate for parking in the adjacent lot, a nice surprise.
Should you find yourself in Drogheda and in need of accommodations, I strongly urge you to check into the d.

D for Disappointment, D for Disorganised, D for DONT!!! I am sure this hotel is fine for just one nights stay (once you’re not looking for any sort of reasonable service) but if you are planning on organising a party, function, event or even wedding then STEER CLEAR.
I think this hotel is best described as Fawlty Towers if IKEA threw up on it… Probably one of the most disorganised hotels I have ever stayed at.
I attended a Christmas party with my work colleagues in December. I had the misfortune of dealing with the most disorganised events staff imaginable who could not action the simplest of tasks.
Our party was booked by myself and our company’s MD after a visit to the hotel in October. They went through all of their requirements etc. with the events staff member that day. This staff member subsequently left the hotel and there was no record of any of our specific requirements made on the day. After chasing the hotel with numerous emails a call was put through to our office a couple days before the event (when they were looking for the balance of the payment of course). They had no knowledge of any of the requirements discussed with the ex staff member.
There are countless issues on the night in question. One of our party found dried in blood on the remote control in his room. He was moved to another room. Our private drinks reception was not managed, no nibbles as promised (2 hours previously), not enough chairs, tables etc in the room (which was a bedroom with the bed taken out of it), staff hard to find to organise drinks etc… We were promised a bar extension until at least 4am and most likely for longer if required. After the main Xmas party finished we asked where we should go for the residence bar. We were told to wait in reception (this was at 3am)… We were then refused drinks and told we must go to our rooms to order additional drinks. Obviously ridiculous when 20 of us are sitting in reception looking to have some more drinks TOGETHER! We were told we would all have to separate to our own individual rooms to order drinks. We were told conflicting things by 5 different staff members… Appalling amateur stuff. At this point there was a very very rough crowd in the hotel throwing glass out of their window down onto the smokers outside. A woman came down the stairs covered in curry sauce. She told us that some guys upstairs threw their curry tray at her. After numerous discussions (which turned into arguments) with the duty manager we «gave up» trying to order another drink and went to bed. My colleague had the misfortune of being in the room across from the glass and curry throwers. Their door was kicked in, curry was all over her door and their room. Their room was thrashed. My colleague had then to be moved to another floor at 5am for safety reasons. Breakfast — disorganised and slow. Whilst settling the bill I went through all our issues with the shift manager in great detail.
I had flagged all these issues again with the staff at the D after our party. They rang and apologised and as way of compensation offered us a 2 one night stays including dinner and a bottle of wine WITH DINNER (that is in caps for reasons that will be explained below) for 2 with each voucher.
We both had a bottle of wine and 2 cakes in our room on arrival. We thought this was nice that they gave us wine in our room, as well as the wine for dinner. The cakes were STALE!
Dinner that eve was good. As was the Christmas party dinner. Again the staff were making me feel terribly uncomfortable by constantly asking if everything was OK. Once or twice is fine but not constantly. During the meal there was confusion over the wine. The waitress said that 1 bottle was free. I argued that the agreement was one bottle per couple. She went and checked the emails and came back and apologised and said that it was 2 bottles. The waitress was very friendly and good craic.
When we checked out the next day we were told there was an outstanding bill for 2 bottles of wine which came to approx € 60. I explained that it was free as part of our voucher and this was confirmed by email. He then told us that there was a note on my booking that the wine in the hotel room was our free wine. Not the wine for dinner and we were expected to pay for the wine at dinner. I sighed very loudly. Looked at my colleague, laughed. Told the staff member that if we were getting wine for dinner, why on Earth would it be put in our hotel room 5 hours before dinner. He went and spoke to someone, came back and told me that we would not argue about it and it would be taken off the bill. Too bloody right!!! The left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. The General Manager never contacted me once over all the f**k ups. I NEVER EVER EVER want to step food inside this ridiculously disorganised hotel. I actually need a double Bushmills and a Xanax reliving this through typing it on my laptop…