Germaines Hotel

Rooms are basic but do the job. Things could be a bit better. Water pressure is bad in the shower, there was no milk in the room with the tea and coffee and the tv station all freeze. We were only given a key to our room and not the front door. We returned from an evening out at 1am to find the whole building locked up and us locked out. Only for a bar staff member was driving by we would have had to sleep in the car. The resturant and bar downstairs is lovely, great food and nice staff.

We ate here unexpectedly since our room in Germaine's 'other' premises in Baltinglass (Magmell Town House) was not ready. To be fair they gave us a complimentary meal due to our room being 'half' cleaned for occupation.... so - first the food. A nice chicken curry for my partner & a poké 'bowl' for me - poké bowl was actually a plate of basmati rice with dollops of sweetcorn, pickled cabbage and cucumber with optional halloumi topping - there was no soy sauce or otherwise & it was all very bland. Anyway, the free meal was a nice touch. So back to Magmell Town House which doesn't have its own Tripadvisor page - possibly because the building is half finished with abandoned building work going on out the back and dust sheets covering the downstairs furniture. The downstairs French doors didn't have a lock and therefore were open at all times making security feel uncomfortable. Upstairs there are about 5 bedrooms. Our room on first sight looked great- nicely decorated with marble shower room & massive TV. This place will be AMAZING once it's finished but in the meantime the niggly bits, such as no loo roll holder, no towel rail, no hooks for bathrobes, only 3 hangers in the wardrobe, keycards that don't work .... all need fixing. Housekeeping also needs addressing since on our first day (& the reason for the complimentary meal) the bed linen was not fresh (smelled of another person and sheets rucked up beneath a seemingly smooth duvet) - also the coffee machine contained dirty water & used coffee pods, there was also a half finished bottle of wine in the fridge. HOWEVER, these were fixed and to be fair we had a lovely stay, we liked the bathrobes & massive shower & the bed was v comfortable. LOTS of road noise from front facing rooms and the shutters, although aesthetically pleasing, do not block the light. There was no welcome note, no WiFi code, no instructions. The keycard constantly needed reprogramming at Germaine's. We have no idea whether breakfast was included as there was no information about it. A final note - there is a coffee machine but no kettle so you can't make tea. I hope this review will be of use to other customers! We will return if we're in the area, it's a beautiful building & has huge potential.

Average carvery. Massive portions, good place if you have a big appetite. The mashed potato was very bad. The chicken was dry. The gravy was good. Major mould issue in the ladies toilets, so a bad smell. Staff were pleasant. Nice decor.