Talbot Hotel Carlow

A cracking hotel for a family get away!
It was relaxing, easy going (allowing the kids run around like nuts) and comfortable. The price was reasonable, the pool was clean and gym looked it too! The location of the hotel is good if you are just there for a stop off, it is beside a shopping area. It’s a bit outside the town for a social drinking kind of night. The food was fabulous, i ordered a set menu, in which fed me and half my family, which was good value.
The bed was comfortable and huge… room was clean. To be honest couldn’t really ask for much more!
Free WiFi for guests… added bonus!

Talbot hotel staff were very welcoming and the lobby and downstairs bar was done up very festive for Christmas without being gaudy.
The bar served quite nice food and although i didn’t order any my sister ordered a set menu and chose Bbq chicken wings which were enough to feed half her family and Chicken curry and rice which came with chips and again were enjoyed by all!
The bedrooms i thought a bit dated albeit quite large and comfortable. The tv remote control was broken with batteries hanging out and no back so everytime i had to change the channel i had to search through the bedsheets.
The beds were comfortable although the mattresses were a bit sunken. Probably by all the guests that lay in them.
The cost for the night was € 89 for the room for myself and my two children one of which was a teenager and breakfast was included. Breakfast was adequate and staff again were polite, helpful and when i asked for poached eggs i got them quickly and just the way i wanted them. The only negative about the breakfast was that there was not a great choice in pastries or healthy options such as fruit and yogurts but the full Irish was ok. When we asked at 9.30 if there were any more pastries we were told there were none.
All in all it was a nice hotel if not a bit lacking in the little extras.
Carlow town is not far from the hotel on the Portlaois road and if you drive about 10 minutes you will find the Brownhill Dolmen which has been around for 4000 years.

This Hotel is really fabulous the décor is to die for, it’s very modern and up to date the facilities are excellent and always available and the staff are very helpful and punctual to cater to your needs.

We did a family get together here and it was nice. The countryside is grand. It was all inclusive and the meals were nice. My kids loved the indoor pool