Restaurant review: The Coburg Brasserie, Conrad Hotel, Dublin 2

The Coburg is a proper old fashioned hotel brasserie and none the worse for it, says Leslie Williams.

International hotel chains are often rather soulless places with little that lets you know what city you are in and I often think this is deliberate so that international travellers have a feeling of familiarity.

The Conrad in Dublin does have some of those traits but something about the light and furnishings has always made it a little more attractive than many of its rivals.