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Bunratty Castle Hotel

Bunratty Bunratty, Ireland

Family-friendly Bunratty hotel near Bunratty Castle and Folk Park

Bunratty Castle and Folk Park nearby
This business-friendly hotel is located in Bunratty, close to Bunratty Castle and Folk Park and Skycourt Shopping Centre. Regional attractions also include The Treaty Stone and King John's Castle. Show more
Pool, fitness facility
In addition to a restaurant, Bunratty Castle Hotel features an indoor pool. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and complimentary wireless Internet access.
Free wired Internet
Televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, air conditioning, and sofa beds. Hide

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4.3out of 5

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85%

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Deluxe King
1 kingSofa bed. Television with satellite channels. Complimentary wired Internet access. In-room safe. Complimentary newspapers. Ensuite bathroom. Bath amenities include hair dryer, makeup/shaving mirror, and complimentary toiletries. Blackout drapes/curtains, clock radio, and trouser press. Air conditioning. Iron/ironing board available on request.
Family Room - Room Only
2 BedsSofa bed. Television with satellite channels. Complimentary wired Internet access. In-room safe. Complimentary newspapers. Ensuite bathroom. Bath amenities include hair dryer, makeup/shaving mirror, and complimentary toiletries. Blackout drapes/curtains, clock radio, and trouser press. Air conditioning. Iron/ironing board available on request.
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Hotel Policies & Fees

The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.

Know Before You Go
  • Advanced reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. There are no room charges for children 5 years old and younger who occupy the same room as their parents or guardians, using existing bedding.
Policies
  • Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
  • Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
  • Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
  • Pets not allowed
  • Minimum check-in age is 18
  • Check-in time starts at 2 PM
  • MasterCard accepted
  • Visa accepted
Fees
  • The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
    • Buffet breakfast fee: EUR 9 per person (approximate amount)
    • Rollaway bed fee: EUR 30 per night
  • The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

Property Amenities

In addition to an indoor pool, Bunratty Castle Hotel provides a health club, a sauna, and a fitness facility. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.

This 3-star property offers access to secretarial services and a meeting/conference room. Event facilities include conference/meeting rooms and banquet facilities. This business-friendly hotel also offers a picnic area, a fireplace in the lobby, and laundry facilities. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle is available to guests. Onsite parking is complimentary.

  • Fitness facilities
  • Restaurant(s) in hotel
  • Room service (limited hours)
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Parking (free)
  • Banquet facilities
  • Multiple large conference rooms
  • Secretarial services
  • Internet access - wireless
  • 24-hour front desk
  • Express check-out
  • Safe-deposit box at front desk
  • Total number of rooms - 78
  • Express check-in
  • Number of floors - 3
  • ATM/banking
  • Shopping on site
  • Babysitting or child care
  • Currency exchange
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Patio
  • Picnic area
  • Umbrella
  • Air-conditioned public areas
  • Elevator/lift
  • Bar/lounge
  • Suitable for children
  • Wedding services
  • Sauna
  • Health club
  • Swimming pool - indoor
  • One meeting/conference room
  • Luggage storage
  • Airport transportation (surcharge)
  • Wireless (high-speed) Internet access - complimentary
  • Self parking
Bunratty Castle Hotel, Bunratty,  Ireland, Property Amenities Meeting Facility

Rooms

Bunratty Castle Hotel offers 78 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and complimentary newspapers. Satellite television is provided.

Bathrooms include makeup/shaving mirrors, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wired high-speed Internet access. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and trouser presses. Irons/ironing boards and wake-up calls can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

All guestrooms are non-smoking.

Bunratty Castle Hotel, Bunratty,  Ireland, Rooms Guest Room

Room Amenities

  • Wireless Internet access
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Air conditioning
  • Complimentary newspaper
  • Phone
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Wake-up calls
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Private bathroom
  • Complimentary toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Extra towels/bedding in room
  • Makeup/shaving mirror
  • Clock radio
  • Window opens
  • Trouser press
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • In-room safe
  • Satellite television service
  • Sofa bed
  • Rollaway beds available
  • Cribs (infant beds) available
  • Climate control
  • Non-smoking only
  • Wired high-speed Internet access (complimentary)

Dining

Kathleen Irish Pub Rest - This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner, and has a bar.

Room service during limited hours is available.

Recreation

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool, a health club, a sauna, and a fitness facility.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

  • Golf - miniature nearby
  • Golfing nearby
  • Golf - driving range nearby
  • Dock nearby
  • Tennis nearby
  • Bicycle rentals nearby
  • Hiking/biking trails nearby
  • Horse riding/rental nearby
  • Helicopter/airplane tours nearby
  • Bird watching nearby
  • Hunting nearby
  • Playground nearby
  • Fishing on site

Spa

  • Sauna in spa
  • Massages
  • Ayurvedic treatments
  • Body treatments
  • Facial treatments
  • Turkish bath/Hammam in spa

National Rating

Official Rating provided by Fáilte

Fáilte assigns an official star rating for hotels in Ireland. This Hotel property is rated as 3-stars.

Verified Reviews: All guest reviews are verified as submitted by our customers and reflect their stay at Bunratty Castle Hotel

4.3
out of 5
avg. guest rating
Hotel service:
4.5
Hotel condition:
4.3
Room cleanliness:
4.4
Room comfort:
4.2
Location:
4.6
Neighborhood:
4.7
86%

of guests recommend

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A Traveler from Kitchener, ON
3.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted Oct 2 2011

“Good hotel for the limited selection”

This town is VERY small so this hotel is really one of the only ones in the area. It is fairly clean (there was a bug in the bathroom). The only thing is it was CROWDED with tour bus travellers.

A Traveler from Boise, ID
4.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted Nov 7 2010

“A good Bunratty experience”

This was our first time staying at Bunratty. We've stayed in Limerick, and Adare and prefer to stay just outside the city. Staying in a hotel like Bunratty means you get lots of character and ambience but probably not all the amenties of a modern hotel. The plumbing was sluggish depending on the water pressure, there is no in-room safe, etc., the old doors slam shut rather noisily in the halls... but that is what you trade for being in a beautiful old hotel sitting right next to a castle, and a conveniently located pub (Durty Nelly's, we still love you). What you don't want to trade is the service, and it was great at Bunratty - very accomodating even on late night requests when the kitchen was supposed to have closed. ;) Yes, Bunratty does attract the tour busses, and there was a wedding there while we stayed, which is normally the WORST time to stay, but Bunratty manages it all well. The hotel is spread out enough that if they place your room properly (which they did, Thank you!) none of these things disturbed us in the least. All in all we will come back again. I do wish the shops in the park were better. It seems you'd want shops there that were more traditional, localy made, items? Just a thought.

Area recommendations
Depending on why you're there, we've stayed in Limerick, but with a car, it's easier to stay just outside. We like the Bunratty location or Adare for easy acess to Limerick, the airport, and outlying areas.
A Traveler from Florida
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted Sep 15 2010

“Good customer service”

We left some items in room and they mailed them back home to us!

A Traveler from Pennsylvania
4.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted Sep 8 2010

“Good experience”

Hotel was a good experience. Good value for the cost. Does attract tour groups.

A Traveler from Atlanta, GA
4.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted Sep 1 2010

“Bunratty Castle Hotel”

I had been advised to contact the hotel in advance of our stay to ask for a room in the new part of the hotel. We were quite pleased we did this. The room was large, clean and well appointed. We did have friends staying in the older section who advised us their room was quite a bit smaller, but clean, nonetheless. We would not normally stay in a tourist area, however, we were attending a wedding at the nearby Dromoland Castle. This was a nice central location ( the wedding couple had planned a bus tour for the attendees) to visit The Burren, The Cliffs of Moher and various other stops. There was a pub located on the property which served a nice lunch as well as the famous Dirty Nelly's located across the street.

A Traveler from Minneapolis, MN
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted Aug 6 2010

“happy surprise”

We booked this hotel to be close to Shannon Airport for an early flight the next morning. Someone told us there was a free shuttle, so we were disappointed to learn the shuttle did not start as early as we needed and anticipated an expensive taxi ride, or hassle, or undependable service, etc. How happy we were to learn first, that the hotel would provide us a continental breakfast at our early hour, our choice of in-room or in-lobby... and second, that the hotel would set up the taxi and had a guaranteed discounted rate since they were unable to provide the service themselves. Everything was very slick and positively timely!

Area recommendations
Bunratty Castle Hotel sits on a lovely quiet hill, very close to the freeway, with shopping and restaurant access very close by. The main event, the Castle itself, is within an easy walk, as well.
Events and shows
Dinner at the Castle was very entertaining for all ages.
A Traveler from VA
4.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted Jun 25 2010

“I'm happy with Bunratty!”

The hotel was close to the airport, clean and with friendly staff. The area around the hotel was nice - and easy to get around without a car. It was a great place to spend my first day - low key.

Area recommendations
Cork - Blarney Castle Galway - Kylemore Abby Kerry - Cliffs of Moher Adare - Cottages
Priscilla M from Salt Lake City, UT
2.0
out of 5
Does not recommend this hotel
Posted Jun 21 2010

“Bunratty Castle Nightmare”

The room was a good size, but the bed hard as a board and there was a permanent dusty smell. We would have been okay with the smell and the bed being the only problems but the customer service was terrible. Since the room had no clocks or anything to wake you up in the morning, we had to constantly ask for wake up calls. Out of the four times we asked for a wake up call, they only called us once and another time they were 30 minutes late. When we asked them about the wake up calls they replied that they were too busy sometimes to provide it. Well, if they are too busy to provide a service, then they shouldn't provide it at all. We even asked if we could get a clock placed in our room and they said that wasn't possible. I have never been to a hotel room were there wasn't a clock. We also had no idea how to get ice. The room did not have an ice bucket and since this was an older building we had no idea if there was an ice machine at all. We had to call twice about ice until they finally told us where to locate the ice machine. I even searched through the hotel information book and the ice machine was not even mentioned. There is one good thing about the hotel and that is their breakfasts. If you still feel the urge to go to this hotel and brave through all of the bad service and stinky rooms then you have to get the traditional Irish breakfast option added to your stay. It was amazingly delicious.

Area recommendations
I would greatly suggest renting a car and just travel around this beautiful country. We loved the city of Galway (45 mins. from Shannon), Limerick (look for the Milk Market on Saturdays, 10 mins away), the Burren, the Cliffs of Moher. Don't forget to visit the Durty Nelly's while at Bunratty, one of the oldest pubs in the area.
Michael B from Ohio
1.0
out of 5
Does not recommend this hotel
Posted Jun 16 2010

“Downward Slide”

We got a great rate from Expedia on the night we stayed and thats the only good thing I can say about it. We stayed in the hotel last July and thought it was fine but the past 10 months seems to have taken a significant toll on the property. Everything seemed quite run down and beaten up. In particular our TV was quite old with the picture flickering.

shelbi o from orange county california
4.0
out of 5
Does not recommend this hotel
Posted May 12 2010

“everything closes sooo early good luck geting food”

we arrived at 9am and the room wasnt ready helen told us to go have breakfast which we did ,it was a very good breakfast and its free, we checked into our room the bed wasnt made ,we didnt have amentiys in the bathroom . it was a very boring hotel evrything closes at 9pm . we were exhuasted we naped so long it was past 9pm and we had no place to get food .Everyone was friendly and nice it was just an ok stay

Area recommendations
a must see is bunraty castle its beautiful ,dirty nellys pub is really good , the creamery has great steak sandwiches.
What to pack
must pack conditioner they dont have it at the hotel only shampoo !!!

Bunratty Castle Hotel

Bunratty Bunratty, Ireland

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Nearby Points of Interest

  • Bunratty Castle and Folk Park - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
  • Skycourt Shopping Centre - 4.2 km / 2.6 mi
  • Dromoland Castle Golf and Country Club - 11 km / 6.8 mi
  • Gaelic Grounds - 11.6 km / 7.2 mi
  • Thomond Park - 12.3 km / 7.6 mi
  • The Treaty Stone - 13.4 km / 8.3 mi
  • Quin Abbey - 13.5 km / 8.4 mi
  • O'Connell Street - 13.5 km / 8.4 mi
  • Frank McCourt Museum - 13.5 km / 8.4 mi
  • King John's Castle - 13.6 km / 8.4 mi
  • Augustinian Church - 13.6 km / 8.4 mi
  • Arthur's Quay Park - 13.6 km / 8.4 mi
  • Limerick Museum - 13.6 km / 8.4 mi
  • Angela's Ashes Walking Tour - 13.6 km / 8.5 mi
  • Limerick City Gallery of Art - 13.7 km / 8.5 mi

The preferred airport for Bunratty Castle Hotel is Shannon (SNN) - 6.8 km / 4.2 mi.

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