Bush Hotel - Carrick on Shannon

Lovely hotel with friendly staff. Excellent location within the town with large car park to the rear. Nice quiet room at back of hotel with lovely comfy bed.|My only complaint would be the breakfast, ordered the full irish which stated 2 sausages and 2 bacon and the usual items..|We got only 1 of each, sausage and bacon which left us both still a bit hungry but it was piping hot and fresh and we could have pointed it out to staff but we didn't! Also orange juice was clearly diluted orange..Maybe they ran short of items, would still stay again as its good value for money and has alot of character to it..

Stayed here as we had a wedding in another hotel so location was great. But for the price we paid I was seriously disappointed with the lack of upkeep in this hotel. The place needs a good refurb over all. Our room alone needed a ceiling repair from a leak, painting, new taps and shower door etc. Really didn’t like all the news articles and picture frames nailed to the bedroom wall and the picture frames all split from the nail. So weird. Nobody needs to see faces like this trying to sleep. Was creepy. The hotel needs more attention to detail to be charging that money. We were charged 4star hotel resort prices and this was more faulty towers. What’s worse is the staff. The house keepers sitting on bedroom windows on their phones when guest check out to all the stairs and no lift to our room. Should have been told this is advance. Would have overlooked the disrepair of this hotel if I paid half the price

This is a terrific hotel with beautiful rooms and the bistro served great food. The only let down for me and was the Breakfast as in non cooked was very límited. The cooked breakfast looked wonderful just not for me. The staff were brilliant. Will return when in Carrick on Shannon

My experience staying in the Bush Hotel was unsatisfactory. 3pm check in but the room wasn’t ready until 3:30pm. When I walked into the room after finally checking in, the door handle was hanging off on the inside. The room was very basic and terribly dated. The bottle of water was a glass bottle filled with tap water and when I left down my suitcase flat on the floor I couldn’t walk around the bed. The bathroom was also “compact “ and basic. The headboard was a sheet of plywood with holes from wall plugs and scratches all over it. I was charged €179 for the night without breakfast included. The staff were flustered and stressed out at the reception desk and one member was quite rude to another member of staff who was hoovering the stairs. To get to the car park provided by the hotel I had to drive around town and it took over 10 minutes to just park the car in busy weekend traffic. The location was central and within walking distance of most amenities and despite the decor of the bedroom it was clean. I felt the price did not reflect the cost. I wouldn’t be rushing back to the Bush Hotel.

I'm a local, but hadn't eaten at The Bush Hotel since before Lockdown. I went to meet a friend there for lunch last Friday at 12.45pm. I ordered one of that day's special options: hake. It was tasteless with the edges of the fish burnt dry to the plate. Vegetables were work-a-day, especially for a special option: overcooked green beans, also tasteless, with mashed carrots & turnips, & mashed potatoes. We had 4 servers at least throughout our meal, but yet & all my friend had to ask one of them to clear our plates away. The servers were all disinterested, none of them asked how our meal was &, in fact, one had to go & ask what the vegetables were on the special, all very lackadaisical. I have no problem spending money on a good meal, but the total for my meal alone came to €38 which was disproportionate for what I received (& didn't finish, which no one queried). I would've liked to have had time to speak to the manager, but I was on a tight schedule so that didn't happen. Both my friend & I tip generously when we eat out, but we left nothing this time. A huge dining disappointment altogether. The only plus was that the dining room has disabled access, which I need. Other than that, diner beware!

Basically identical review to Acoustichead below! Nice hotel, good location, good quality sleep ! Food tasty but also had the curious issue of a single sausage and piece of bacon ! Perhaps you have to specify if you want two …regardless of menu ? Would def stay again notwithstanding

Had a booking made from 27.07 to 31.07 but unfortunately due to a medical emergency was not able to attend last night. Was told rather abruptly by a Liam non refundable and would be charging for the entire stay. Then a lovely woman called Eve called me back and said she would only charge for last night and wished us a speedy recovery after surgery. Thank you Eve for showing some understanding and compassion. Will be delighted to stay in the Bush Hotel in the future with genuine kind staff like her working there

Really nice hotel in carrick on Shannon, we stayed in the apartment, which was very spacious and comfortable. Lovely old world bar. Had the salmon and scrambled egg, aswell as the avacado and bacon dishes for breakfast, both were very tasty, and the menu had plenty of options. Lovely fresh bread, and nice attentive staff from the reception, night porter, and waitresses. Great hotel