Development of the Exchequer Street site has been ongoing for some years, with opening dates delayed at various points.
However, owner Ennismore has confirmed that the “open house” concept hotel will now be open for guests, drinking and dining this winter.
14sq m ‘Snug’ rooms are available on November 20 from €187, though they rise to €331 the following night, a Friday. A pre-opening offer (with the code GRAND) sees a 20pc discount on rooms, €30 food and drink credit and two pints of Guinness on the house, it says.
The restored Victorian building has 129 rooms, an open lobby, basement nightclub and an all-day Peruvian-inspired restaurant, Cantina Valentina.
The lobby also sees Dollars, a New York deli-style sandwich spot by day and a natural wine bar by night.
A ‘Cosy’ bedroom at The Hoxton
“Viking-era ruins” discovered during development will feature, as will the return of the much-loved Library Bar (albeit with a luxe freshen-up).
The Hoxton is famous for its “open-house” concept, which sees tourists, locals on laptops, friends sipping lates and punters on nights out criss-crossing its bar, lobby and restaurant spaces (read our hotel reviews of The Hoxton in Shoreditch, Southwark and Vienna).
The ground-floor bar and lounge is described as “homey yet refined, with nods to the traditional Irish pub” among industrial elements.
Groundwork will be a basement nightlife venue (The Hoxton’s first) “celebrating community, inclusiveness and classic club culture”, it says.
The Hoxton’s new-look Library Bar
If you prefer cheese toasties and Guinness to spritzes and cocktails, those will be available in the new-look Library Bar, where fires, traditional furniture and dark timber finishes will “breathe new life into the local landmark”, Ennismore adds.
Rooms come in familiar categories including ‘Snug’, ‘Cosy’, ‘Roomy’ and ‘Biggy’, with colour palettes inspired by Irish landscapes in autumn (leafy greens, auburns and deep browns, rather than egg box greys, one hopes).
Hoxton hotels are found across the UK, Europe and North America. Designs tend to reflect their neighbourhoods, and embrace non-resident business.
New editions opened recently in Vienna, Florence and Edinburgh. Read more on thehoxton.com/dublin.