Aspect Hotel

Pros
Good amount of parking
Very friendly staff
Good price for the breakfast $ 8 euros.
Food was good, buffet style. Lots of options. However, we didn’t find out til the end of our breakfast they do offer scramble eggs. You just have to request them. They put out sunny side up on the buffet.
Cons
The décor. Kind of dingy and does not have any energy.
Elevator had missing buttons.
Tea pot was dirty. Had not been cleaned out since the last person (s) that stayed.
Notes
Even though there is lots of parking, it’s hard to find the entrance. As we saw the hotel in the distance, the only one entrance IS at the shipping center that leads to a bunch of stores.

Certainly not an actual 5-​star establishment, but rather an exemplary budget hotel with a deceptive appearance.
The rooms are totally acceptable, certainly not anything particularly special, but totally comfortable, clean, quiet and friendly.
The best part would be the restaurant, which looks like an average chain hotel restaurant, but actually serves up food much better than what you’d expect to find in most restaurants.

As with anywhere in Ireland, the staff were friendly, patient with questions, happy to share advice on where to visit in the area, and welcoming to my visiting family. I respect the dedication to energy conservation, as you had to use your key to turn on lights in the sleeping space and in the bathroom. The room was clean and the beds were comfortable for the weary traveler.
It is about a 20 minute walk outside of town centre, and we definitely had trouble finding it, even with the directions that I copied straight from the website. It is off the beaten path in an industrial /​shopping section of town.
Other than the friendly staff, there was no energy or vibrancy to the location or to the hotel itself. It served its purpose of offering a solid place to sleep and bathe, but it lacked any other charm or energy. Given the number of B&Bs available, I am not sure I would choose a hotel again. That is not to say that the Aspect Hotel did anything really wrong. I do just prefer the personal nature of the B&B instead.

I think it was a redone days inn but they did a decent job. Still had a motelish feel but overall the staff made the stay great here in Kilkenny. A bit of a walk to town but we braved the cold and had a nice stroll to town. This was my first time visiting Ireland and the people at the hotel and the town made our stay great! Very welcoming. We did have a ghostly occurrence when we came back to our room the first night found the light fixture broken on the floor and when we informed the front desk the guy seemed creeped out which made us creeped out haha. Haunted perhaps?

Stay away!
Rotten stinking carpets and hooligans all over the place. In the bar area, partying at 4 in the morning, slamming doors, shouting, swearing and knocking every door trying to remember their rooms felt just like a dormitory. Location also in an industrial area. The bath /​shower is terrible and awfully small. Never never stay in this horrendous hotel. It’s very similar to a Days Inn property in the U.S. Only worse!

Not sure why anyone left a bad review. My friend and I got booked here through living social and the hotel people told us where to go out and have a fun night and were very helpful.
The room was nice and everything was clean.
There was a group of guys there who were on a bachelor party or stag party as they call it there and they were very nice. I noticed a comment below about racist remarks about an Asian… I’m asian and not once for the week i was there did I ever hear a single racist comment… I think i got more attention because of it to be honest.
Everyone we met in Kilkenny was extremely nice. Very cool party scene. Definitely the scene for 20 – 30’s although we saw people all ages out. We did not partake in the hotel breakfast since it wasn’t complimentary. We figured we would explore Kilkenny more and try breakfast there and I think that was the better choice.
Yes, you can hear some people being loud and rowdy but Kilkenny seems to be the Vegas of Ireland… and the Irish drink… A LOT. so i honestly think if anyone has a problem with this, you should either not travel to Ireland or find a hotel in a much quieter town.
Anywhere you travel, earplugs are the best thing you can bring with yourself because if it does get too loud, at least you can block all that out and not have to rely on the front desk to quiet down some drunk young people.
We left some important documents when we left and they tried to contact us all day (we didn’t have a roaming plan) they held on to it for us and faxed it over when we got to our next hotel. and held on to it for us till we could come and get it back. I thought it was a great experience.

Came here for a small meeting/​conference. Had breakfast in the pretty soulless restaurant in the lobby on arrival. Adequate and quickly forgotten. Meeting room was fine, the projector worked and the coffee/​tea were ok. We took soup and sandwiches over lunch in the room which was delivered, as was the coffee, briskly by the efficient housekeeping staff and was as good as expected. It’s a motel so expectations weren’t particularly high in the first place! It was also reasonably priced compared to similar offerings in Dublin. More than happy to recommend for that purpose. Overnight visitors seem to have had a more negative experience but this review refers to the conference facilities only.

Desperate place. Woken up at 3:20am by a bunch of loud obnoxious culchies pissed off their faces shouting and screaming. Following complaints we were subjected to threats and intimidation by the group and racist remarks were made towards my partner being asian. The night manager offered us a meaningless apology followed by an excuse on behalf of the group. Nothing was done about the anti social and racist behaviour and remarks and we spent the entire norning sat in reception nackered tired and unable to return to our room due to the group who had congregated in the room next to us who continued drinking and partying until daylight. We demanded a refund or partial refund and were refused. Wont be coming here again!!!

Touted by my tour company as being a quick walk to the heart of the city and it is if you consider 20 minutes at a brisk pace a quick walk. I had hopes of something better than your typical traffic circle hotel. Fairly bare bones with beds that seemed okay at first but proved uncomfortable. The corners of the bathroom were icky and there were odd stains and, um.. traces of the previous occupant. Cleanliness is something that can be achieved in even the most basic hotels.