Talbot Hotel Clonmel

The hotel is just outside of Clonmel. I stayed 5 nights because I was working during one week of my longer vacation and needed reliable internet. The desk staff were not terribly friendly. On a positive note, there are grocery, electronic, and pharmacy stores right next door to the hotel in a strip mall. The room and hotel were clean, but very basic. The maids were very efficient. The pillows emanated a horrible odor which I was told related to the fact that they were brand new feather pillows (they smelled like feces). They were quickly replaced with foam pillows when requested. There is no air conditioning. The window does open but there is no screen. The fan and TV remote did not work, but again the staff quickly addressed these issues. I did have to request that the coffee service be re-stocked each day. I scheduled an afternoon tea in the restaurant with family members and while the tea sandwiches/deserts were good, the service was terrible. It took quite awhile to even be served water- the waiter seemed to be ignoring us and I had to get up several times to request basic services from the bar tender who was the only person around. Our tea pot was never refilled, so we basically each had one cup.

Lovely stay with family. Small thinks like an Easter egg for the kids on arrival was brilliant

Everything was good here with one little exception. We booked the room / hotel because it had a pool for the kids, but when we got there we found out there were limited hours for the kids. We were there early enough that we got to use it, but they required swim caps (3 pound each) and they required adult supervision of teenaged kids (which is reasonable, but they required the adults to put on a swimsuit and go into the pool)...just different than we're used to. Other than that, nice place, great breakfast, clean rooms, nice staff.

The hotel was a solid comfy hotel with good service. We went as a family during the summer months and it’s gets fairly warm in the rooms and the windows only able to crack open, with no cooling units, the rooms got warm. Pool was limited to the children with rules that will only allow for children to stand still or swim quietly - a bit ridiculous. Otherwise, the hotel was comfortable and a great value. Fitness center was impressive, everything you need with multiple machines and fairly large for a hotel fitness center.