but the bathroom door made weird noises and didn't fully close off the bathroom from the rest of the room.

The only thing I did not like about it was the glass door to the bathroom.

Also, door between bathroom and the rest of the room is intentionally not a tight fit--spaces high and low.

We had a "Do Not Disturb " sign on our door and housekeeping left a bag of fresh towels and toilet tissue by our door.

The only thing I didn’t like were the frosted glass doors on the bathrooms.

The door of the bathroom was a tainted/frosted glass which mightn't be to everyone's liking

One thing to note is that the bathroom door is made of glazed glass, so the privacy isn't perfect as you can still make out shadows.

I didn't care for the glass door to the bathroom which sounded like it was about to break off each time we opened or closed it.

but it felt unnerving at the start especially as the glass wall / door of the bathroom was facing the whole room rather than in the lobby area as is often the case.

however not a massive fan on the glass doors to bathroom!

although the glass door to the bathroom makes snapping noise when closing.

The only problem was the shower which had neither a curtain or door and so leaked out on bathroom floor.

My only issue (and a minor point) is the frosted glass door to the bathroom doesn't leave much to the imagination.

There's a glass door to bathroom, which is very noisy.

Since this was a trendy type hotel the bathroom door was frosted glass and there wasn't any lock on the door.

The glass door on the bathroom was a bit strange though.

The only criticism we had was the frosted glass door of the bathroom.

The shower door didn't close properly, causing much water to go on the bathroom floor.

A very modern, clean hotel with friendly, helpful staff.

Service ranged from frosty at reception to helpful and friendly in the restaurant.

A fabulous hotel, very well located, modern bedrooms and superb friendly staff.

The front desk employees were courteous, friendly and efficient.

Bartenders were super friendly and helpful!

Friendly staff and all major attractions in walking distance.

but never encountered such friendly, helpful, polite staff.

Front desk was very friendly and recommended an excellent restaurant for dinner (The SpitJack).

Excellent service ,staffs very friendly and helpful, food was very nice  , we got  a double superior room, rooms are big and spacious,we did enjoy our 4 night stay in ,prices was acceptable for size of the room.We would back stay in in the hotel again:)

I have to say everything was perfect from booking the room, the staff were all so pleasent, friendly and helpful.

Stayed here for second time in a year, lovely hotel just on way into city centre.lovely clean modern rooms with coffee machine in the room,rooms very clean and spacious.Had dinner in Harry's bar good choice and reasonable prices,food was of a good standard and went down well ,staff very welcoming and friendly.

All of the staff were very friendly and helpful, in particular Luka, the deputy manager, who was so kind, professional and accommodating.

Staff were very professional and friendly – they make the Absolute what it is.

All staff are friendly and welcoming, plenty of toiletries in bathroom and nespresso machine in bedroom, huge TV on wall and a very comfy bed.

Right from the moment you check in with the super efficient and friendly Chelsey, you know this is going to be good!

Staff were friendly and professional at all times.

All staff were stellar - friendly and helpful.

Nice place to stay with friendly reception staff

Harry's bar is a lovely place to relax with a good drinks selection, a nice atmosphere, scenic river views and friendly staff.

Great location and able to walk to many sites (St Mary's, King John's Castle, Treaty City Brewing).

The hotel is in a good location for exploring Limerick on foot.

The hotel has a good location set back a few minutes from the main street, it is relatively quiet, has great AC,

but your experience will depend on the location of the room.

The hotel is located right beside the river ten minute walk from city centre .Secure free car parking in hotel car park.Couldn’t recommend this hotel highly enough .

Good location, only a short ride from Limerick train station.

The accommodations were "absolutely" sparkling, and the location was "absolutely" close to every place we wanted to walk!

The location is an easy walking distance from many bars and restaurants, the castle, the river, etc.

Great location right on the river with easy walking distance to historic sites like King John’s Castle.

The rooms were very clean and loved the location on the River and very close to town center areas.

The hotel was a good location and not a far drive to the castle.

The location was great too, walking distance to the Hunt museum and a slightly longer one into the town!

Very good location for me, just 5 minutes form office.

The hotel is in a great location for seeing all the sights and I would definitely go back there.

Location of the hotel is good with parking on site.

the hotel is in a fantastic location and everything was top notch!

This hotel had a good restaurant and bar that was lively.

The restaurant was nice and food was fantastic.

The food was great along with the service.

Had dinner here too which was delicious and they serve traditional cocktails.

I also ate at the restaurant a few times and enjoyed the food.

Even the restaurant in hotel has good food and fair prices.

The rooms are spacious and clean, the food was excellent, and the staff went above and beyond to help me and my family.

The staff were absolutely amazing  and the food was incredible.

Check in desk recommended we walk to city center for dinner,

Besides that the hotel is central with spacious rooms (very clean) and a restaurant with delicious food.

Food was excellent and everyone involved in the event ftom planning to execution was professional, courteous and good humoured.

It well maintained, the rooms are clean and haven't aged, the food is still very good.

The Pub was Outstanding , again with Great Service and fun atmosphere.

.my only fault with the hotel was the lifts seemed to be excruciatingly slow and no access to rooms by stairs except in case of emergency.

Service can be a little slow to take orders etc

Two small problems: bedside phone did not work to call reception and shower tray was slow to empty

so getting a drink after hours meant the night concierge had to get the drinks - slow service and not very comfortable.

but this is the third time I have stayed here and have found the breakfast service very slow each time.

Reception is a little slow, they need more personnel.

Staff very pleasant maybe slightly under pressure resulting in being a little slow on day

The service in the restaurant after 5 PM was very slow.

they seemed very understaffed and were slow to arrange tables and take orders.

My only minor criticism is, in keeping with a consistent theme across Ireland, the lifts (elevators) are very very slow, the only issue we found was Limerick appeared to be closed for business, there was nobody about 1 bar shut, 1 with a single customer and one where we were the only clients.

though it was busy, with several people in watching a match, the service wasn't too slow and the food - while not blowing my mind - was simple, well-done and tasty. Th

The one and only complaint I have is that our shower drained so slow that you had to stop halfway through bathing to let it drain to prevent an overflow.

Unfortunately couldn't get the internet to work in the room (on TV rather than wifi) and wifi access was only in the lobby and pretty slow going.

Lunch was very slow and long breaks between courses then to be asked to vacate table so it could be set up for dinner.

Very very slow, and it eats up a lot of euro coins.

One of the rooms we had smelled like cigarettes and had a large stain on the floor.

Someone from the European continent couldn't refrain from smoking.

but our carpet was a bit "tired" with icky spots.

Work out room had the locker room smell so we didn't end up using it

Our initial room reeked of bugspray, opening windows didn't help, so we were moved to another with no fuss at all.

Arrived and were shown our room by the manager, who immediately agreed it smelled of smoke.

Lastly and most importantly, the shower floor was disgusting.

The beds were comfy and we did not hear any noise once the door was closed despite being over the smoking area.

but was disappointed that there wasn't a drinking area away from the dining environment, it was a bit too close together,  smell of food all of the time.

I have to say the menu wasn't to my liking I felt the chef was a bit to adventurous with the dishes, tobacco onions!??

though the second room had an odor that may have been cigarette smoke, so we swapped rooms and were in a lovely room again.

As we unpacked we noticed that the carpets were damp & called reception.

There was abit of a strange smell in the lobby which was quickly covered up with someone walking around spraying air freshener which was a little bizare.

The food was very poor - I had the beef burger and it was dried out and burned, would have got better at McD's.

Having lived in Belgium for twenty years, my nose is tuned-in to the smell of drains and there was a faint whiff of drains from the .

I had to give 4 stars as the parking situation stinks.

I awoke on Friday morning, Dec. 6, 2013 about 3:00 am to use the toilet and noticed a smell of what I recognized as a nail polish remover smell, often Toluene.

We awoke in the middle of the night to the strongest and most unbearable smell of varnish.

Only two things, there was def a smell at some stage in reception, not pleasant

i nearly got sick, it was absolutely disgusting.

I addressed it with the front desk asking if maybe I could upgrade $ to something better

but did have an ice machine and chilled water dispenser in the corridor, which was very helpful.

but the same manager accompanied us down and talked to him the whole way it was the easiest elevator ride ever so again iad like to thank all the staff for making my reunion so special and enjoyable

The desk came with a coffee machine and fixings, a steam pot and plenty of outlets and lighting.

The front desk staff were pleasant and helpful.

Heard a rather unpleasant conversation when approaching front desk .but the small blonde young lady apologised .other than that lovely stay the rooms are beautiful.spacious .clean.lovly and quiet .parking was great too and free to guests hotel was hard to locate tho

The breakfast was great with excellent service The reception staff were lovely and efficient.

We enjoyed daily hot breakfast and staff very attentive to all the details.

The rooms are spacious and quiet, the staff is excellent and the restaurant/bar is casual

Receptionist at check out was very apologetic.

Would stay here more than one night next visit

I don’t often travel or visit family due to my son being on the spectrum and he finds leaving home extremely difficult.

We visited Ireland this August and stayed at Absolute Hotel in Limerick.

It is worth visiting to experience its design, welcome and professionalism.

We visited King Johns Castle, Bunratty and Lahinch Beach.

Myself and my boyfriend decided to visit this hotel as it looked great in pictures and we weren’t disappointed.

There was plenty to do whether it was shopping in the city, visiting the castle,  and it was only a short journey to the wild Atlantic way with any amount of attractions and beaches.

Would highly recommend this hotel and we look forward to the next opportunity we get to visit again
Paul & Val

Can't wait for my next visit, thanks again to all the staff for such a great stay. Amanda

Already looking forward to our next visit!! !

As the title suggests this visit wasn’t my first and if you return somewhere then there’s good reasons- here are some -the Absolute hotel is modern friendly and clean.

The bedrooms in the hotel are also the best I have seen in any Irish hotel visited, they are modern with a king size bed in all rooms.

Just returned from our second visit to this hotel and we were very reassured with the safety procedures and social distancing measures in place throughout the hotel while at the same time all staff being being friendly and respectful of guests.

We went on a visit to Hunt Museum on the 19th and it was well worth a visit.

I am looking forward to a return visit soon!

We were very happy with our stay and recommend this hotel to everyone who plans to visit Limerick.

We wanted to visit a number of sights in southern Irekand, and Limerick seemed a good base point for day trips.

Just returned from a great visit to the Treaty city and found my base for any future visits.

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Also the steam room was closed and I wasn't advised of this in advance.

After a long day yesterday I met my partner here and as it was a Tuesday night the restaurant was closed.

That there is actually a wedding party due to stay in the hotel that weekend and that the restaurant isn't closed - its open for them!

Kitchen closed at 4pm so we had to go down town for dinner,  a good ten minute walk away, disappointing to say the least.

We spent 3 nights here over Christmas and it's a shame we had to move to another hotel as they closed for the holiday.

The restaurant is closed on Monday nights so didn't get to sample their fare,

Did not eat dinner in the restaurant as it was closed on the Sunday night - not to worry

The sash window was not closed properly next to the bed and to close it involved standing on the window whilst simultaneously pushing up the upper frame and down the lower frame, only then would the latch close.

Unfortunately the Brasserie was closed (Monday)

But we knew in advance from the website that it closed on Mondays so we ate in town instead that night.

The only thing of note, apparently, besides the art museum, is the Castle, and it was closed for construction.

Only quibble would be that the spa and restaurant are closed on a Monday and restaurant is closed early on Sundays, which is a pity.

Much of the approach into the city is punctuated by boarded up windows, closed businesses, peeling paint.

but a few of the restaurants suggested by them were closed on the Sunday night - thats not their fault though and they were quick to suggest and book another option which was very enjoyable.

We stayed on a Monday and were disappointed the restaurant was closed,

Those that we did find were closed on the Sunday night of the Bank Holiday weekend, surprising given the amount of visitors in the city that weekend for 3 marathon events taking place.

She did so a few minutes later to say that the spa was closed for the day!

4 The windows only opened in a slant allowing a smallish opening at the top, not the best height for bringing in cold air.

although my wife's fruit had been chilled and was too cold to eat.

Minor criticisms, new bar area a bit cold with a draft , food orders slow and spa not top notch compared to others I've been to.

Now onto my daughters tier of food, she had what's called the 'princess tea'she got a ham sandwich which she couldn't eat it was deplorable, the bread was hard and cold, again out of a fridge, she also got a Nutella sandwich which she didn't try as it was on the same bread as the ham sandwich.

It is not practical to use the jar to mix hot and cold water.

Some facilities problems we had with the room were that the heat wasn't working properly (two attempts to fix were made, and then after that heard nothing back), the shower was cold in the morning and also the tv seems to be on its last legs with the picture and sound out of sequence.

The bathroom sink had a hot tab and a cold tab making it impossible to wash one's face with warm water together.

The spa facilities were adequate with the exception of the steam room which did not appear to be working  and the twin foot spas that have a cold tap to one and a hot tap to the other and a jug to mix hot and cold from one to the other.

Small thing - it's a listed building so no double glazing and there was a bit of traffic noise and it was cold in the bathroom in the morning 
Limerick has a number of great bars  and restaurants do go and stay here

but coming! The thermal suite isn't much to write home about, a sauna and a steam room (which was cold!)

My husband had the creme brûlée and it was cold obviously just taken from the fridge and served, the biscuit that was served with it was set into it, I prefer my creme brûlée caramelised just before it's served up!

It just wasn't regular at all and kept changing between hot and cold right the way through.

The brown bread was cold and seemed defrosted.

It was still as cold as it was earlier so we didn’t delay.

Anyway, we ordered a bottle of white wine which was not quite cold enough

You don't feel like you have  to leave the hotel,  on Saturday we sat in the drawing room reading and we had a delicious cheese and cold meats board.

We had to reschedule at short notice in March due to Covid and they were extremely understanding and flexible.

however we felt the room was too warm and we were unable to open the windows due to the noise from what we believe to be aircon units right outside the room.

1 Pery Square because, due to a combination of circumstances, my wife and I were in possession of both Blue Book and One4All vouchers and the hotel accepts both.

Although the breakfasts were different to normal, again due to covid

The reason I didn't give the full 5/5 was due to the breakfast service.

My friends and I, due to our geographic locations of Mayo, Galway and Kerry, use No 1 Pery Square as our twice yearly meet up hotel.

We had a band in the bar due to the size of the bar we choose a three piece band which was fine and left room for a dance floor.

Due to a venue pulling out last minute I had to find a new venue for a very small wedding afters party a day before the event.

but due to a family members illness we had to cancel our holiday at short notice.

Unfortunately, we were running very late arriving to Limerick due to traffic on the way back from a Ring of Kerry tour.

So after a lack of sleep due to noise and disturbances we eventually came to breakfast, which is not served until 09:00 on a Sunday.

Due to changes in our trip, we only stayed 1 night.

This we feel was due to the high quality orthopaedic beds in each room which staff informed us  were made in County Limerick.

On our second night the clocks were due to go back.

though they were very busy on the Saturday and we could only eat after 20:30 due to the match they managed to squeeze us in.

It was a limited menu due to the fact it was part of a super value break

Perhaps the period rooms may not be suitable for people who have walking difficulties as due to the hotel being a 'listed' building there is no lift to these rooms.

We didn't get a chance to take advantage of the spa at all, due to the short duration of our stay,

Two of my party ordered a fish pie that was nearly inedible due to the grease it was swimming in.

The rooms have names rather than numbers (ours was Yeats) and the voice in the elevator sounded suspiciously like Cary Grant.

A possible downside is that there is no elevator to get up to the period rooms; we were happy to only have small bags with us.

Our hands were forced to lift bottles as the Black stuff ran out.

We were accommodated in one of the rooms in the newer part of the building which is serviced by a lift.

*No elevator means lots of stairs and if no one is available, schlepping your luggage up and/or down.

We paid extra for a "period" room - what we got was old, smelly, and up three flights of stairs - with no elevator.

It wouldn't suit everyone maybe as it was on the fifth floor with no lift -

There was no lift up to the rooms in the older part of the hotel,

The only downsides are the lack of a lift (we were on the 4th floor

However, we did not know in advance that it would be at the top of the hotel, up four or five flights of stairs with no lift.

To get one of the old rooms, you have to brave the long stairs and absence of lifts that go with large period houses.

There is no lift and the staircases are long.

The staff was so friendly and welcoming, the ambiance was the perfect blend of old classic charm & modern.

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