THE CASE TAKEN by Trinity Hospitality, the owner of the property leased by the Hoxton Hotel, against Yamamori Izakaya over noise complaints has been adjourned for three weeks.

The case was briefly mentioned at the Four Courts, with the barrister representing Trinity Hospitality making the adjournment request.

The case has been adjourned until 26 March.

The Hoxton Hotel, formerly the Central Hotel on Exchequer St, opened in November after refurbishment works and adjoins Yamamori Izakaya, a restaurant and bar where live music is played several nights a week. 

Last month, the newly opened hotel faced huge backlash from Dubliners after it emerged the hotel had sought a High Court injunction over noise levels.

A spokesperson for Trinity Hospitality argued that the noise levels coming from the venue had led to multiple complaints from guests and meant the hotel cannot offer a quarter of its rooms. 

An affadavit seen by The Journal showed that central to the complaint was the fact that Yamamori was using its ground floor as a nightclub, rather than a basement level that had previously been used.

“Prior to the opening of the hotel, most if not all music events at the [nightclub] were, to the best of my knowledge, confined to the basement,” the affidavit reads.

On 17 February a crowd of more than a hundred people gathered in Dame Court to support the venue amid what they argue is the erosion of cultural spaces central to Dublin nightlife.

Trinity Hospitality and the Hoxton have consistently said they are not trying to shut Yamamori down.

Acoustic testing has taken place in the venue and Trinity Hospitality has indicated it is open to contributing financially to long-term mitigation works within the nightclub.

However, Yamamori said after the last adjournment that it find it “extremely difficult” to accept claims that the legal action was not intended to “curtail cultural or nightlife activity”.

Yamamori’s owners said that when the site next door operated as the Central Hotel, the hotel space above the venue was used as a function room, not bedrooms.

“The current owners chose to convert this area into bedrooms despite our concerns, which were known to them.”