Took kids away for a few days prior to returning to school, with five kids in tow family friendly and value for money are priorities for us . Denvirs scored highly on both counts ! Icould go on about the food which was fab and great value, ten pounds for main course and cinema ticket was the kids favourite ! Brought mother and took two rooms , both rooms very spacious and very big beds loads of room for us all , very comfortable all slept well no noise problems .Spent a great night in the bar, table quiz and nibbles , great craic difficult to leave!!Breakfast was delicious, proper ulster fry. There was loads for families to do in the area, our fav was the county down museum 2 mins walk from hotel very impressive .We had a very memorable 2 days in denvirs greatly enhanced by how welcoming and friendly the staff were to us and our crazy little gang!

Hotel established in 1642. Looks it. Warning: there are NO blow dryers at this hotel...unbelievable! Must be known for the food (very good) not the rooms (funky, dim lighting,and no one has dusted under those beds in quite a while!)

The room is large, and the hotel has a history to show - two-foot walls, exposed beams,creaky wooden floors - all around nice. Irish breakfast was great, and there were no noise issues, nor broken bottles in the street, as mentioned in one of the other reviews.

Some minor problems, however: the small yard can hold 3 cars at most (one of those will be blocking the others). Ours was the blocking car; we went for a walk and I offered to the staff to leave my key in case someone wants to leave and they need to move the car, but they refused to take it, and when we came back (half a hour later) a woman has been looking for us already. Better park on the street - a hundred meters past the hotel, towards the cathedral, there's ample space.

The TV was tiny and ancient, and apparently not held down by anything - it sat on a swivel arm and didn't look secured at all.

last but not least, the breakfast is supposed to start at 8. We went down at 8 and discovered someone was not in yet, so we went for a walk, returned, waited some more while sipping tea, and finally put our forks to business around half an hour later.

My partner and I arrived at Denvir's for a Saturday night get away from Belfast. We arrived and were met at the reception and shown to our room. We were on the top floor at the front of the building (room 6 I think) and it was freezing outside on arrival. When I heard we were on the top floor I expected it to be cold in the room because the building is over 400 years old and I didn't expect it to be well insulated. I was wrong, we went in and even with the window open to air the room it was lovely and toasty warm inside. The room itself was lovely, having some old heavy 'traditional' style dressers etc and a single and double bed. Both the beds were 'Sleigh' Beds in style and looked lovely. The matresses were made from memory foam and were so comfortable with big luxurious duvets and fluffy pillows. The next morning it was like waking up in a cloud! We had booked a table in the restaurant and we were very pleased with both the quality of food and of service in the restaurant. After dinner we asked a member of staff where else there was to go for a drink in Downpatrick and we were directed to a couple of other bars. On returning to the hotel later we heard there was a band playing, they were called 'The Screaming iPods' . This was in the function room at the back of the building and on paying the admission charge we managed to find a table near the dance floor. Needless to say the place filled up quickly and we were soon up dancing with everyone. It was a great night and we were happy to see our beds at the end pf the night! We both slept like logs and woke up the next morning feeling slightly fuzzy, nothing to do with the alcohol the night before! We had breakfast, bacon, eggs, toast and coffee, in the bar the next morning and whilst we were the only people doing so the staff member was very attentive and asked if we had enjoyed our stay. All in all a great night in a lovely place. The only minor gripe is that the bathroom/ensuite could do with a little upgrading to bring them up to the standard of the rest of the accommodation, but other than that a lovely place!