Rochestown Park Hotel & Leisure Centre

One night stay. Signage is very poor can not see the entrance until right there, big gateway but hotel name is not visible from the road. Then when driving in the sign for reception sends you to the back of the property to the leisure centre. Staff in there said common problem and directed us where to go. The hotel reception is very difficult to see from the driveway or car park. Reception staff more interested in chatting to one person than serving the queue of people waiting. Our room was large comfortable bed. Not currently a 4star in my opinion in need of renovations. Broken tiles in bathroom with mould obviously an issue on the grout. Stains on carpet.

Nice hotel but odd in places. On driving in, we saw a 30-year-old fire engine parked in the hotel car park, seemingly decommissioned and parked there for some time? Administratively, the hotel seemed a bit cumbersome and slow. Our check-in queue took 10-12 minutes to clear even though there were only 3 people ahead of us. When I rang the bistro to book a table for dinner, the gentleman took a long time explaining to me how busy they were, hardly any tables left, more people booked in from a large party, etc. We arrived down at the appointed time and the bistro was well over half empty - but it still took 6-7 minutes queueing to wait for the restaurant manager to tell the waiter which table to allocate. Despite the administrative inefficiency, the dinner was nice and service was good. Finally, my room (523) was a bit dated with some tired furniture, but the most odd aspect was the lights in the ceiling which changed colour every few seconds - there was a control panel beside the bed with 10 unmarked buttons on it, and I eventually figured how to switch it off. One wall of the room was entirely mirrored glass. The whole experience was very 1970s disco!

The staff were really friendly and rooms kept really clean. Nice bar with dining options.

Lovely Hotel but the noise coming through from the floor above was unwelcomed.

Large hotel in Douglas Co Cork. It was busy with social functions but due to being on the 5th floor I wasn't impacted by noise. Hotel room was clean but corridors and shared areas were dated and a bit shabby in places

The room was ok but the lighting was poor. The bathroom was very dated. The shower cubicle was very small with a fixed shower head which made it very difficult to get in. The room service food was good. And the staff were very polite.

My wife had stayed in the same hotel in December and had an amazing room so we booked it for the family. The room shown on the website was nothing like the room we were given! The lead up to the room smelt of Damp and the carpets were thread bare and patched in places. The rooms carpets were black in places and covered in stains. The bathroom shower was small and the water pressure was awful so unusable. The toilet flush was hanging off the system and the whole bathroom was dated and old. The sheets smelt musky as if they had been stored somewhere damp. There was no bedside table so we had to use a chair! The room had two plugs which were on the other side of the room to beds. We complained and the staff were very good and moved us to a better room free of charge. The staff throughout the stay were excellent. The hotel itself needs updating, the windows are ill fitted and a lot of condensation. The aircon was so noise and didn’t even cool the room. The food is nothing like is advertised on the posters and website and at best was OK. The whole place needs an update and modernised. We won’t be staying again unless a lot improves. But credit to the staff who were excellent, they just don’t have much to work with!

My favorite hotel in Cork. Outstanding hotel in every way, from the reception staff to the bar/restaurant staff. I wouldn’t stay anywhere else. Thank you Rochestown Park Hotel!

A solid weekend away I would say, great food, comfy room, nice atmosphere, decent area around the place, the works. I just wish I could’ve gone straight to the pool instead of going through a changing room, that was the one downside. Still, everything else was on point.