Make sure you know what you want before booking. There is the origional historic hotel, as well as a slightly less historic addition. The origional part is complete with period furniture for a complete historic experiance and all that that entails. The addition is a little newer, but the rooms are small. The hotel has a dining room with great prime rib and fantastic breakfast, but the service is average. The bar is fun for a little while but gets a bit intense late at night. A good deal in the off season, but at peak it is just too crowded.

Be aware when you are booking this hotel it is over 100 years old. There are also two types of room. One is a 'historic room' in the old part of the building and secondly there are the more modern rooms in an extension. The historic rooms are quite a bit more expensive. Our room was in the historic section. It was actually two rooms into one, the decor and furniture were in keeping with it's age period, but was very clean with a lovely modern bathroom. There was minimal noise from the large saloon bar and restaurant below. We were not impressed by the restaurant service. Apologies to the ladies who worked very hard, there were simply not enough staff to cope with a room that probably seats close on 200.

The Irma is more of an icon and attraction than the place to stay over. The rooms are small, and in need of attention. The greatness of theis place is that it is smack bang in the middel of town and the food is great. All attractions are in close proximity and you can walk around in the main road. In a nutshell, the advertising is grater than that comfort.. Your choice.

This place is like re-living history.
The rooms are spacious and reminiscent of the early 19th century but you hear the running water in the plumbing pipes at 5 AM.