Clarion Hotel Cork, Cork

Lapps Quay, Cork, .
4 star

Winner of 'International Clarion Hotel of the Year 2008' by Choice Hotels International, the hotel was designed to redefine the idea of what a 4-star hotel shou...

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9/10 Overall rating

Category Average Rating
8/10 Check-in process
9/10 Your room
8/10 Working order of facilities / equipment
9/10 Order and cleanliness of the hotel
9/10 Performance of staff
9/10 Overall experience
9/10 Overall value for money
  • 10/10 Anonymous (Group of adult friends) 

    on  March 21, 2007

    clean, new, good quality, good location, good facilities, iron in room, mini bar & safe

    breakfast very dear (18 euros)

  • 9/10 Oliver (Young couple) 

    from Palmerstown , Ireland;IE on  November 2, 2006

    Clean, comfortable and central

    Breakfast not included

  • 5/10 Anonymous (Mature couple) 

    on  October 25, 2006

    "Modern and clean with good sports facilities and friendly staff ( though long waits at check in desk) but our room was overlooked by office next door which may be unavoidable given location but not ideal for a leasiure break. Other concern was noise level as mentioned above. Overall fair if you are using it as a base but would not recommend as a destination itself for lounging about at the hotel." (99059427)

    Good size & clean. Central location.

    Poor sound proofing...could hear piano, cleaning staff and baby next door ( not necessarily just when crying!)

  • 9/10 Josephine (Mature couple) 

    from Lincoln , United Kingdom;GB on  October 24, 2006

    Extremely comfortable, helpful staff.

    Cooked breakfast items a bit poor quality. (e.g. sausuages) could do better for the price!

  • 9/10 Adam (Solo business traveller) 

    from Newport , United Kingdom;GB on  August 22, 2006

    "I will return regularly based on this experiance." (3305211370)

    Good room size. Excellent polite staff. Cleanliness. good facilities.

    TV too small. Food pricey considering what was delivered to table.

  • 9/10 Anonymous (Mature couple) 

    on  August 11, 2006

    "I have previously for business stayed at Jury something Hotel, now being rebuilt, and at Hayfield Manor - both close to UCC. Nor I wanted to take my wife to Hayfield Manor but it was just too expensive - hence we picked Clarion." (3305098062)

    Very nice overall colour-design, matching in room, bar, coffee lounge and restaurant.

    Staff were excellent but sometimes you do not just like the American way of asking if everything is OK...every second minute! TOO MUCH!

  • 10/10 Anonymous (Family with young children) 

    on  August 9, 2006

    Cleanliness

  • 10/10 Anonymous (Young couple) 

    on  July 28, 2006

    Very clean and modern

  • 8/10 Anonymous (Mature couple) 

    on  July 12, 2006

    "A good hotel but would of liked to been offered a choice of view when booking, as brochure and internet picture give us a view we expected overlooking the river at the front of hotel. good selection of beers and soft drinks but could of been better served colder. Food at the Kudos was excellent, slightly expensive but worth it." (3304489710)

    The hotel was new and very clean with good staff

    The view at the rear of hotel

  • 10/10 Anonymous (Group of adult friends) 

    on  July 12, 2006

    Location, quality of facilities and friendliness / competence of staff. Excellent bed!

    Breakfast was terrible. Buffets are never a good idea.

  • 9/10 Anonymous (Young couple) 

    on  July 6, 2006

    Overall relaxed atmosphere, clean bedrooms and friendly, helpful staff.

  • 10/10 Anonymous (Young couple) 

    on  June 9, 2006

    "We stayed at the hotel as part of our honeymoon and the staff went out of the way to make our stay special. Even though it was only for the one night they helped to make it a memorable stay and we would stay at their hotels again as a result." (3304214880)

  • 9/10 Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 

    on  May 26, 2006

    Pleasant and efficient staff, very nice bedroom, good breakfast

    would be good to have wireless connection in rooms rather than just in the lobby

  • 10/10 Douglas (Solo business traveller) 

    from Dronfield , United Kingdom;GB on  April 27, 2006

    "great hotel, great position, great staff, I botched up booking and stayed 24th and not 23rd, very considerate on this front." (3304526522)

    style , size of room

    nothing

  • 9/10 Anonymous (Young couple) 

    on  March 22, 2006

    "very nice communal areas. spacious luxurious room. lovely swimming pool and jacuzzi. live pianist in foyer filtering to the rooms. nice atmosphere. helpful but unobtrusive staff." (3304266782)

    very luxurious decor

    including breakfast would have been preferable

  • 10/10 Anonymous (Mature couple) 

    on  March 9, 2006

    "The hotel is near to the City Centre and a few metres away from the bus station (regular link to the airport). The hotel is only 12 months old. Our room was very spacious and had good furnishings. All the staff were extremely friendly, polite and helpful." (3304094683)

    The well appointed room itself including a well designed bathroom.

  • 9/10 Anonymous (Young couple) 

    on  November 3, 2005

    "This is a very modern, clean, spacious hotel in the city centre. Although we arrived during the middle of a very busy day, we were booked in in minutes. The room was great, spacious, large bed and a warm feel, even the corridors feel as though you are in an apartment block rather than a hotel. Hotel and Leisure centre staff are very friendly and helpful, Highly recommended! By booking online with active hotels we saved €50" (2910511)

    The hotel itself is very spacious and beautifully finished, feels more like a new apartment complex.

    More directions to the lifts of the hotel in the car park

  • 8/10 Anonymous (Young couple) 

    on  September 8, 2005

    "The room was excellent and the staff very friendly but the evening meal in the restaurant was very unsatisfactory considering the price. The bar was very quiet and the thai food left limited options." (2677767)

    comfortable,clean room. steam free mirrors and products

    Restaurant-evening meals,entertainment in the bar.

  • 9/10 Anonymous (Young couple) 

    on  September 3, 2005

    "This hotel with its clean lines and elegant appearance is well worth a visit. Staff are very pleased to give reccondations for restaurants even thought their Kudos bar and restaurant on site has excellent food. You can sample the food in the resturant even if you don't stay in the hotel. The gym and pool facilities were great enough equiment for all and very clean and tidy." (2660549)

    The rooms were very mordern and clean. The gym was great and staff helpful. The extra facities of a good hairdryer and iron was great.

  • 9/10 Rachael (Group of adult friends) 

    from Draycott , United Kingdom;GB on  August 10, 2005

    "I really don't think there is anything more I could add that would be of any further benefit. The group of us all thought it was asplendid hotel and the staff were friendly and actually smiled real smiles!!! Well placed for exploring the local area." (2452063)

    spacious and well equipped

    more tea and coffee in the room,only enough milk for 1 cuppa each. There were 3 of us in 1 room and there weren't enough towels and cups.

  • 7/10 Anonymous (Mature couple) 

    on  June 22, 2005

    "The heating in the hotel generally but most especially in our room was overpowering and excessive. Our room faced onto the atrium with the result that there was no window that we could open and we were open to the public gaze when we switched the lights on. We had to keep the lights on as the room was very dark otherwise. The heating/air conditioning in the room was not effective, the mean temperature seemed to be 22 degrees, and although we ran it all night the temperature never seemed to go down. In addition, the bright white light on the switch did not go out, and was most detrimental to our sleep. We were both awake from about 4 am onwards, which is most unusual, and we felt this was entirely due to the excessive heat, the unhealthy air emanating from the air conditioning system and the noise generated by it. We were never so glad to leave a hotel room, and we stay in at least six different hotels every year. Our second problem regarded the directions to the hotel, which did not appear on the print out of our booking, and which are absolutely crucial in a city such as Cork, where the one way system is being constantly altered. Having found the hotel, we then had to drive over a bridge, along the quay, back over another bridge and then found we could not drive into the street where the car park was, as it was either one way or blocked by skips and road works. Not a good start to our stay." (2146870)

    Good bathroom

    excessive heating

  • 7/10 Anonymous (Family with older children) 

    on  June 20, 2005

    "A nice new hotel that is currently working though the usual teething problems." (2350345)

    New and fresh

    Comunication between staff within hotel. Staff training could be better.We had to ask each day for an additional towel and glass for our son who was staying with us, house keeping should have know that three were in the room doe thr week and should have made it acorddingly.

  • 9/10 Nicholas (Group of adult friends) 

    from Bridgend , United Kingdom;GB on  June 5, 2005

    "Excellent - however on both morning work started outside the hotel @ 7 am and the second morning there was no water until 12:30 by which time we had to check out" (2298938)

    Clean and Modern. Value for money

    Just needs to be finished really

  • 10/10 Sherry (Mature couple) 

    from Rochester , United Kingdom on  May 26, 2005

    "There was plenty of variety for all at breakfast and the food was delicious in the Kudos bar, although they did have trouble making a descent Irish coffee. The girls at reception were extremly helpful when asked about location and types of local restaurants and, we found it lovely that,after dining out the next day they asked if we enjoyed our meals. They also seemed to remember all the guests and treated them as if they were staying with friends and not like in many hotels were you feel as if averything is to much bother. The rooms were also kept perfect by the cleaning staff. All in all a most enjoyable break." (2156694)

    It had a clean open and friendly atmosphere, and the pool looked most inviting.

    There was nothing that you could not like about the accomodation.

  • 9/10 Gareth (Group of work colleagues) 

    from Fareham , United Kingdom;GB on  May 24, 2005

    "A very pleasant experience and an excellent location for businees in Cork" (2271665)

    An excellent hotel in a great location with good facilities.

    Evening meals were expensive

  • 8/10 Anonymous (Mature couple) 

    on  June 6, 2006

    bien localié

    hall d'entrée trop bruyant

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