Auburn Lodge Hotel Ennis

Excellent value for bed and breakfast and the leisure centre and swimming pool was a great bonus. Very friendly staff.

The room was above standard for an hotel of this age. Service fine and staff competent and friendly. Would stay again. A traditional Irish breakfast is not for everyone - so could improve variety of food options.

Stayed in the wheelchair accessible room for 1 nights B&B. Room was nice, good size bathroom with wheel-in shower. Disabled room located beside leisure centre which is at the end of a very long corridor with many heavy doors to go through and a steep ramp. Assistance definitely needed to get from reception area to room.

We stayed in the Auburn lodge on a cold, wet weekend in February. We were greeted with a warm friendly welcome and our room was ready even though we were there early. The central heating was working efficiently and the fire near reception added to the cheery atmosphere. Our room was clean with a comfortable bed, tv and complimentary tea/coffee. The swimming pool was an added bonus. Our included breakfast was fine with sufficient choice. We also bought dinner (roast lamb) in the bar which again was fine for the price. Overall we were very satisfied with our stay here, with dinner, bed and breakfast costing less than €80 for the two of us. Ideal for people on a budget during a recession! JT

I dont know what has happened to this lodge/hotel. We stayed here a couple of years ago and found it to be good and clean. This stay however was marked by damp/musty smelling rooms. Worse than that, we got the feeling that the rooms were not being cleaned correctly. When we arrived we were given a room that was totally unacceptable so we complained and to the hotels defence they moved us in a reasonable timeframe. We were upgraded to a "delux" which as far as I could tell was somewhat a par with the "standard" standard of other hotels. To our dismay this room also smelled a little musty and unclean but in this case not enough so to just pack up and leave. To be quite honnest, I wish I had and will if something like this ever happens again in future. If a hotel cannoy afford to clean their rooms correctly or keep enough heat on to stop dampness then they may as well shut up. To the hotels defence, most of the staff had a nice way about them.

Thank goodness I only booked for one night. The staff are the worst I have ever come across in terms of lack of engagement, let alone friendliness. On checking in, I handed over my voucher,which was duly processed and then I was thrust a paper to sign. That was it! No directions to the room, which was very awkward to get to, through a labyrinth and up stairs, through doors etc and no offer of help. I was not given info about breakfast times or even where it was. I went for the bar food - absolutely dreadful and way over-priced - €10.95 for 'Bangers and Mash' which was horrible. I put the sign for requesting breakfast in my room on the door handle as duly instructed. When it did not arrive at the time I had requested, I had a look and the sign was still there! It had not been collected - this meant I was running late and I dashed down to get the breakfast - which was mediocre - greasy, poor quality food. On checking out,it was as if I was invisible - I handed over the room key card to a girl who was chatting to her colleague - with her large handbag on the counter - and she took it and turned away again. Not one word of 'thanks' or 'did you enjoy your stay?' etc. I travel all over the country and I am in hotels regularly and this has been the worst. The room itself was just about ok.