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Mac Curtain St, Cork, .
Good
Overall rating from 25 reviews

Guest reviews of the Gresham Metropole

Excellent
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 11 May 2009

No overall comment. (107361782)

Average
Jason from Dublin, IE (Solo business traveller) 07 December 2008

No. (107566554)

positive comments Staff were friendly and responsive. Free wifi in the rooms.
negative comments The place is shabby, particularly the room. Needs a good overhaul/modernisation. A lot of noise throughout the night.
Good
BRIAN from MIDDLESBROUGH, GB (Group of work colleagues) 23 September 2008

No overall comment. (107160290)

Excellent
Anonymous (Mature couple) 23 September 2008

Very clean hotel with excellent facilities and very polite and helpful staff. Location was also excellent for all the amenities of Cork city Centre. (107192154)

Good
Hugh from Colchester, GB (Solo business traveller) 01 August 2008

No overall comment. (107116955)

Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 20 July 2007

The central location of the hotel and it's proximity to both the bus and rail stations is definitely one of it's strong points. The room and the hotel as a whole was clean and quite spacious. When approaching the hotel on foot from the bus station as we did it was a little confusing in that, because you could see the hotel, you tried to enter it from the river side, whereas the entrance is in fact in MacCurtain Street. The breakfast was adequate but we have had better. We did not have any other meals at the hotel and so cannot offer further comments on the food or restaurant facilities. Another small negative is the limited lift facilities. Although this did not really affect us because we mostly used the stairs (which are slightly hidden away), it could be a problem at busy times. We also found that some of the staff were not as friendly as one would expect, and certainly not as one is used to in Ireland. (97781092)

positive comments Good central location of hotel. Spacious room and common areas.
negative comments View of back of hotel from window of room. Some staff not as friendly as one would expect.
Good
Henry from Dublin 8, IE (Solo business traveller) 10 July 2007

Not a bad choice for stayign in Cork. The price is only slightly more than Jury's or Days and the location is excellent for going out at night. (99966336)

positive comments City Centre location, good staff
negative comments Room was a bit small and view was awful. The lift was very slow.
Excellent
Anonymous (Young couple) 26 June 2007

Hotel was perfect location, clean, quiet food was great and staff were extremely helpful and plesent (99938493)

positive comments Everything you needed was there staff were extremely helpful
Excellent
John from Waterford, IE (Mature couple) 15 June 2007

Close to everything food excellent and staff brilliant and friendly.English girl at reception very friendly and helpful. (99480183)

positive comments Everything.Will Definately stay here again
negative comments Nothing
Good
Anonymous (Solo leisure traveller) 30 May 2007

The hotel location is excellent, within 5 minutes walk of St Patricks Street. It is clean, staff are friendly and breakfast is good. My bedroom was streetside and rather noisy throughout the night as people tipped out of the bars. I also had a nasty experience just after check-in, as the lift broke down and I was stuck in it for 15 minutes before being rescued. (99973411)

positive comments Location
negative comments The lift broke down whilst I was in it
Excellent
Phyllis from Dublin 12, IE (Mature couple) 02 May 2007

No overall comment. (99023753)

positive comments It was so central, and the staff were very efficient. Swimming pool was a huge bonus as we try to swim most days, and the fact that we did not have to forgo our daily exercise while taking a few days break.Would reccommend this hotel to any friends or family visiting Cork.
Good
Caitriona from Dublin 2, IE (Solo business traveller) 28 April 2007

reception staff very friendly (99040700)

positive comments in general like the hotel, staff are friendly.
negative comments when room doors closing they shut vey loudly, through out the night doors banging - difficult to get to sleep, constantly been woken up. room was tiny for the rate i paid, i realise i was an early check in and on check asked if there was a room avail. if i thought this was the standard size, i definitly would not come back to stay in hotel.
Average
Valerio from Roma, IT (Young couple) 16 April 2007

No overall comment. (99959298)

Poor
bernadette from cork, IE (Other) 09 April 2007

No overall comment. (99627310)

Good
Anonymous (Solo leisure traveller) 05 January 2007

I found the staff to be extremely helpful and accomodating and felt secure there. (99300091)

positive comments The room was spacious and the bed comfortable, nice size bathroom too.
negative comments Thought the furnishings & curtains were a bit dated and drab
Excellent
Anonymous (Solo leisure traveller) 03 November 2006

No overall comment. (3304370992)

Good
milenko from whittlesey peterborough, United Kingdom;GB (Solo business traveller) 29 October 2006

ROOM CLEAN AND COMFORTABLE AND THE FOOD EXCELLENT. (99738852)

negative comments THE CAR PARK WAS NOT CONVENIENT TO THE HOTEL.
Good
thomas from rain, Switzerland;CH (Mature couple) 17 July 2006

No overall comment. (3304871847)

Good
Anonymous (Group of adult friends) 12 July 2006

agr (3304651916)

positive comments complexe sportif avec piscine, salle de sport sur place.
negative comments taille des chambres, sonorisation.
Average
Anonymous (Other) 12 July 2006

Breakfast was very good. Dining room was very nice, overlooking the Lee. When checking in, the receptionist phoned someone concerning our booking and she was asked how much we had paid for our room, we were wondering if we had received a lesser room because we had booked over the internet therefore paying less than if we had booked directly through the hotel. (3304981765)

positive comments Clean, close to railway station and shops.
negative comments Room was small and basic. One of the lifts was out of order. Staff in general were not very friendly. Bell boy was very friendly and helpful.
Good
Danny from Douglas, United Kingdom;GB (Mature couple) 03 July 2006

No overall comment. (3304705167)

Excellent
steven from godalming, United Kingdom;GB (Solo leisure traveller) 27 June 2006

Bring swimming costume and compulsory swimhat. (3304890043)

positive comments Excellent bed and mattress, good linen, very clean bathroom. Good swimming pool, leisure centre staff helpful.
negative comments Doors could be better soundproofed.
Poor
Andrew from London, United Kingdom;GB (Solo leisure traveller) 01 October 2005

when hotel was redecorated,an when 3 stars were given (2738209)

positive comments Nothing
negative comments Dirty carpets,no hot water, no remote for TV ,one person on duty in the evening serving ALL hotel departments (reception,bar housekeeping)
Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 28 September 2005

Recently modernised. Room was clean but very small for a double room. Central localtion and car parking was very good. Breakfast was good. Ask for a larger room. (2703716)

positive comments Central easy access to city. Car park
negative comments Room was very small for a double.
Excellent
Anonymous (Solo leisure traveller) 28 October 2004

I was very pleased with the hotel and owuld consider staying there in the future (1547342)

positive comments Felt very clean and secure and staff made you feel valued
negative comments Only one; no rack for my suitcase in the room

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