Excellent gym, bar, car-parking. The room we stayed in was dated and smelled it, the mattress was clearly older than the tv and the bed had some serious roll-together issues which resulted in a ropey first night's sleep. They swapped the mattress for one which sagged across-ways instead of longways which was marginally better.

The 3DBB mid-week deal for 179 euro is good value, though I don't think i'd pay 35 euro for the dinner if it wasn't included.

I was on a hen party for the weekend just gone and we stayed in the Brandon Hotel. There were 37 girls. The hotel was nice, the reception area was inviting and there was a big bar. We got amazing value for money. For a total cost of €100 per head we got two nights bed and breakfast and one dinner. We were late back both nights and the residents bar stayed open until about 4am. There was a lovely porter called Sean who was very obliging at the early hour making us chicken sanwiches and allowing us to order breakfast in bed. The rooms were average, clean. Overall this was brilliant value for money above all.

Please do not worry if you have booked to stay at Brandon Hotel and are now reading the reviews and thinking. What have I done????
It is what I did and can tell you I need not worry.
The hotel is going through a slow refurb at the moment. We booked 3 rooms (1 had already been refurbished and the others hadn't. The refurbed room was absolutely lovely and had a coffee facilites, lovely decor and new bathroom. The rooms that had not been refurbed were not the most desirable but adequate and comfotable. (These do not come with coffee facilities.

The staff was very friendly and helped you at any time of the day, including 3 in the morning.

Hotel has a large car park that you can use for free and a leisure centre that is also free to guests.

Overall very impressed with the hotel and would just advise to ask for a refuebished room if you can.

We booked into the Brandon after checking their web site and expected a pleasant stay in comfortable rooms. 4 other members of our extended family also booked in for 3 days. (total people 15). We were greeted by an unfriendly and unhelpful receptionist, our room was not ready and the phones were not working. Paint was falling off the side of the bath, the carpets were filthy in the bedrooms as were the ones in the corridors and lifts. We have a two year son whom upon arriving in the room stood on his bed and opened his window we were on the first floor and no keys could be found to lock the windows. We checked out immediatley as did all other family members. The photographs on their web site is very misleading. I will never stay there again.