Goodness gracious this place is horrible. I mean WTF is anyone thinking allowing this building to stand let alone operate. It is unsafe to a horrid fault. I get it, alot of you are broke and cannot afford something half decent so you goto hostels. Your better off sleeping on the street. This place reeks of gasoline and there are gigantic hemorrhaging cracks all over the walls of this place. I just got into town and everything was booked because of some rugby tournament so I was told to try this place. I walked into the room and my all I heard was "shmoosh" on the floor. I swear, I thought I stepped on an abortion of sorts as this was rampant all over the hotel. The hotel, even by Euro low standards, is demonic. This place is a Benny Hill twisted nightmare. The people who serve here are SUPER friendly though and the ladies I spoke to at the bar area were afraid to walk the streets during the day because Limerick has a very bad reputation. Oddly enough, the nightlife is actually fantastic, by worldwide standards. Yes you have to walk into unlit rapetastic streets to get to the very small nightlife area but once your there, it's great. Theres an awesome outdoor indoor 70s'80s swing music club that was bumpin till 5am and there are some normal clubs across the street with some decent live bands. I recommend visiting this town once just to check the incredible, overlooked history. King Johns castle and the Abbey behind it are just a few of the attractions. The food in the bar was fine, the Cambodian lady running it was very nice as was the wait staff but even she never dares venture into the hotel. The location is directly across from the train station which is great for making a quick getaway. There are (for some reason) tons of cheap computer shops to stock up on odds and ends or to fix an odd problem during your travels. But this hotel must be burned to be cleansed.
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