Taylor Swift . Audrey Hepburn. Marlon Brando.
Pavarotti. Pele. David Bowie.
Bob Dylan. What do these icons all have in common? Not much. Except that they have all, at some point or another, stayed at The Westbury Hotel in Dublin .
Situated in prime position for shopping and sightseeing — yet tucked away from the main tourist street — The Westbury has a grandeur to it that makes it feel much older than it actually is. With a relatively short life of just 40 years, The Westbury opened in 1984, marking Pascal Vincent Doyle’s second hotel opening in Dublin. You may recognise the hotelier’s name from The Doyle Collection’s London outposts: The Marylebone, The Bloomsbury and The Kensington.
A 1980s baby it may be, but there’s nothing retro about The Westbury. Its elegance aligns it more closely with the storied 1800s hotels that occupy space in Mayfair and Regent Street. But there’s one thing that makes it even better.
It’s Irish. There aren’t many places where you can walk around five Guinnesses deep and still feel like royalty, but The Westbury is one of them. And with Taylor Swift booking out an entire floor for her and her entourage during the European leg of the Eras tour in 2024, there couldn’t be a better endorsement.
Like all great hotels in a capital city, The Westbury is smack bang in the middle of things while being simultaneously nestled on a quiet side street, almost as if a protective arm is tucking it slightly away from the thoroughfare. It’s lo.
