A lot of these reviews are outdated. This was one of my favorite hotels while in Ireland. Our room was huge with high ceilings and a terrace that overlooked cork. Overall very clean and staff was always very helpful. Con: the walls are thin and if you have noisy neighbors (we could hear someone's movie line for line) it can be annoying. I didn't mind walking the hills to and from the city, but be mindful they are step hills. read more

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It is now called the address hotel. And it seems their name changed but not their problems. Noisy floors. Loud patio extends into the rooms. Smell of smoke travels into the open windows of the room as it is the only source of ventilation. Only thing hood here was the restaurant and bar read more

Bad experience both nights at the Ambassador. The walls are paper thin and we called the front desk 3 times last night. The manager came up to the room who were partying 3x and just warned them 3x. They finally stopped at 3:40am. They ruined our last night here as we had a early train to catch. Contacting our tour company to tell them to not send and guests here because of several reason Update : after many calls to our tour company they were in contact with The Ambassador hotel who fully refunded our two night stay. I still would never stay there again until they do a complete remodel. read more

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It's a beautiful place to stay with a pleasant personnel. Great customer service. Sea Chowder is the most delicious food I've had. Room was spacious, bed was comfortable. Location is great. read more

Ambassador Hotel - Hotels Near Me - Cork, Colorado

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Where to begin? I have been traveling through Ireland for 6 nights now, which has been superb, and this is by far the worst and most disgusting hotel I have stayed at (side note: I have stayed at the motel 6 in Las Vegas, Nevada and it was cleaner than this place). The staff has been the most unfriendly people I have come across in Ireland. The hotel smells like a grotesque mixture of formaldehyde, mildew, a desolate animal pound over run with feral cats and dogs, and the reminiscence of garbage left in a sealed up room during a smoldering hot summer day. I highly recommend finding somewhere else to stay unless you like dodging cobwebs and being lullabied by a sink that takes "leaking" to a whole new level! The only thing saving the hotel is the fact that we checked in at 11pm and had no where else to go! read more

Ambassador Hotel - Hotels Near Me - Cork, Colorado

I stayed here two nights. The lack of sound proofing really killed the experience. The first night we could hear the slamming doors and conversarions of every single person passing our room. The second night was even worse. The hotel was hosting an event and we could hear the lyrics of every song being played into the wee hours of the night. Parking is attrociously difficult to find. Our hotel room, albeit large, had a musty smell. Im surprised this hotel got 4 stars, the only ammenities are a restaurant and an outdated gym. I would give this place at most a 2 star rating. Definitely the worst hotel we stayed at on our trip to ireland. read more

Let this be a cautionary tale for the rest of you folks! I loathe this place! Stick to a local Bed & Breakfast. Why? Read on... First of all, this hotel has, well, a history and not the typical sort that one would expect. In 1879, the hotel building was originally a home for Protestant people who were suffering from incurable diseases. Each wing of the hotel looks just like a film set of a psychiatric ward, complete with the high ceilings, open spaces and constant double doors. It could be very cool but instead, it feels chilly and eerie. On to the bad! There is absolutely NO way to adjust the temperature of your room and they like to keep these rooms HOT! How hot? Well, if you intended on hatching baby chicks, this would be the place to be! My wife and I couldn't believe the intensity of the room's heat. It was like a sauna! I promptly went downstairs to the front desk where the hotel's manager explained to me that all of the heaters are connected to one another. There is NO way to adjust the temperature without affecting every room on the floor. How is it possible that a hotel this costly and with a such a deep albeit odd history doesn't have a better management of temperature controls? It's totally unacceptable! Again, my wife and I were forced to open windows to vent out the heat. One of our windows opened onto the neighboring room's balcony. I couldn't believe it! Anyone on that floor could get into our room and vice versa. It should be taken into account that if they were smoking, it would float into our room. The neighbors were also very noisy on their balcony so that made it increasingly difficult to sleep at night. Unacceptable! The water temperature flowing through the hotel's pipes were not only inconsistent but also DANGEROUS, especially for elderly and small children! About every 30 seconds or so, the temperature would suddenly change from mild to SCORCHING! There was no way to know exactly when the temperature change would occur and no way to avoid it once it had occurred. For any elderly individual or small child, this could spell disaster as they would be burned quite badly very quickly. This problem was brought to hotel staff upon checkout but they didn't appear too concerned of the matter. On a side note, if you have any work to do, don't rely on the hotel's wifi. A 56K connection would surely be faster. At 7 AM, crew of two men and a boom truck began their work on the hotel outside our room. at 715, I drew the curtain to find the basket and one of the crewmen staring right at me. Not very private if you ask me and I can't imagine any woman would like that sort of thing occurring outside her window. I've included a picture of this event, just after they crewmen began lowering their platform. The crewmen were also very loud, barking orders at each other around 6 AM as they were initially setting up for their work. As my wife and I were leaving the hotel, the crewmen had the front and left side entrance sealed off with tape. Guests were routed to the right, DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH the crewmen working above. I went around the tape and looked up to see the crewmen spraying and painting the outside of the building with some sort of chemical. Whatever it was, they had put down a drop cloth over the sidewalk. If what they were working with was bad enough to keep off the pavement, why force guests to walk underneath them and risk the possibility of being splashed with their chemicals? Our experience with this hotel was the low point of our adventures for the day. Folks, skip this place and look for a local Bed & Breakfast. Not only are they much nicer, quieter and better managed, but proceeds stay in the country, as opposed to global hotel chains. Keep it in Ireland. read more

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What can I say about this hotel?? *Thud Thud from the neighbour knocking on the wall* I better whisper so I don't vibrate the cardboard wall! Such a let down! From the looks of it it's awesome, the room was the shizziness if only the walls between rooms were thick enough to stop the sound of normal level conversations from travelling into the next room! Not a bother apart from that but it puts a damper on your night when the neighbours are calling reception to complain about your too loud tv thats not even one quarter of the way turned up. tut tut neighbours tut tut But the hotel itself is good, breakfast was nice, bed was comfy and the place was impeccably clean! Bit of a trek to get to from the city but if I can do it, so can any other average Joe! read more

I was in the area and this was the place that was booked for our stay. From the outside the place looked great, and the rooms served their purpose and looked comfortable, the only few issues that I had was that the room keys did not work & had to go back to reception to have it sorted out, got back to the room and still the key did not work, on the third attempt I got the receptionist to open the door for us. I did expect Irish food, maybe I was naive to have thought that, but was offered curry instead by the server. We only managed less than an hours kip when all the noise started, there was a party next door in the other room, and we didn't even get an invite this went on till around 5am when security (two guys ) turned up at the party and everything went silent. We turned up late for breakfast and gave that the thumbs down, the rest of the guests that we where with said that we missed nothing. read more

The Hotel was absolutely spectacular for our three night stay! The staff was amazing including all front desk, Toni and Katie the servers were the best, Brian the bartender was amazing. We flew in and had no luggage for the first two days, the hotel offered to wash and dry our clothes free of charge. When our bags finally showed Brian (bartender) brought up all the ladies bags. Unfortunately I was out for the night being the bags were delivered at 10 pm. They have a 24 hr phone to call a taxi if late night and no one is around. Beautiful restaurant, hotel, so clean. Absolutely made the horrible start to our trip 100% better. We had three room for the six of us. Stupidly one of the gals blew there electric adapter(we are from America) and the hotel staff let us borrow an adapter for the three days. read more

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There was a wedding going on at the hotel the night we stayed here and a bunch of the guests were hanging out in the parking lot outside of our room talking very loudly, laughing, etc. Even with the window closed tight, we could still hear everything. We complained to the manager who basically told us that the wedding reception ends at 12:30 am, so the noise should die down after that. When it was still going at 12:45 we had to complain again at which time it appears that someone on staff developed some balls and asked them to quiet down. Then at about 1:30 I was awoken again by the sound of the staff cleaning up having a loud conversation outside in the same area. Terrible customer service, terrible beds, terrible pillows and linens. Don't waste your money here. read more

I stayed here back in April of '09 and it was roughly 80 euros a night. I had booked it via hotels.com for 109 USD. The hotel is nice, spacious with elegant bathroom fixtures, heated towel racks for towels. It was a total steal! The location isn't THAT bad, it's roughly 3 miles from downtown. You can't walk it so drive or hire a cab. Highly Recommended. read more

Where to begin with this hotel...(we are still here while writing this review) My family and I have had such a wonderful experience in Ireland so far. And staying here has completely smeared our experience. We checked in smoothly but there was no one to help us with our luggage at all. We have some people in our group who aren't able to lift their luggage well. The lobby is beautiful but it's completely a facade to what the rest of the hotel looks like. The hotel halls feel like the movie the Shining and are downright creepy. All of our beds (we were in a triple) had stains on the duvets, sheets, mattress pads, and mattresses themselves. People in our party had hairs on their bathroom walls, mouth prints on their glasses, raw sewage smells in their rooms. All in all, 5 parties in our group had to be moved because of horrible conditions. Absolutely NOTHING is close to this hotel either. You will definitely need a taxi to get around. And to make matters worse, the staff here is terrible. They all have attitudes and could really care less about the complaints. (especially one of the waitresses in the hotel restaurant) We are checking out early we are so unhappy with this hotel. I swear some of these reviews are fake...because nothing has been great about our stay. read more

Just spent two days in this hotel. If I will go to Cork in the future I don't think that Ambassador will be the place I'd stay. Stains on the sheets, hole in the wall, dirty windows, spider nets in the corner of the room, thick layer of dust on the lamp shades... Gym equipment is "Sorry, out of order", dirty glasses in the hotel's restaurant, very poor, even boring menu.. Does it all sounds like a 4 star hotel to you? But staff is really cool, helped us a lot as it was our first time in Cork. Big thank you to Martha (receptionist)! read more

Fantastic, elegant, wonderful, quiet, quaint, awesome, etc etc. wonderful place to stay and where we will continue to stay when we go to Cork. It's a bit far from Patrick's Street and City Centre however a great hotel with many amenities and a fantastic view. Definitely give this place a shot. It's worth it! read more

This place put the ass in ambassador. The manager Brendan was the only bright spot at this hellhole. Our first room the toilet wouldn't flush. We switched to our next room and almost drown when the shower wouldn't drain. The B.O. in the hallway would have gagged a mountain goat. Thankfully the rooms smelled slightly better. Staff at the front desk was hit or miss on friendliness. Apparently dessert is buy 2 get 1 not free since they tried to charge us twice on the 1 dessert we bought at the restaurant in the hotel. We had to prop the window open with a pillow to keep the room cool. It was fitting upon leaving that the elevator was broken and I had to lug our gargantuan suitcase down a flight of stairs. Stay elsewhere if you can! Rest of the hotels we stayed at were were nice. read more

Stayed April 2015: "Gorgeous Views of Cork City" We parked in the lot in front of the hotel, walked up small flight of stairs to the next tier of the parking lot, and then up the stairs leading to the entrance of the hotel. The lobby was exquisite. The marble flooring was a checkboard pattern. There's the concierge desk to the right while a small seating area. To the left, through another door was the restaurant. In front of you were the lifts, and next to it was the bathrooms and stairwells. The bathroom was to the right of the hotel door. It had a green motif in the title floor and walls. There was a tub and shower curtain, another pedestal sink, and a small toilet. To the left of the door, that wall had the wardrobe and desk. Our room overlooked the city of Cork. There were two chairs framing the large Victoria windows, and there was a small table between them. There was another window, small, next to the twin beds that looked onto a balcony. The other bed was a double and the beds were separated by a small night stand. The décor was minimal, and were pictures of trees. read more

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The cheese plate was just fantastic! Great local place for Corkonians and visitors alike!!! read more

Ambassador Hotel - Hotels Near Me - Cork, Colorado

I was surprised when I walked into the modern lobby of the Ambassador Hotel. The downstairs area is stunning, and McGettigan's pub is a dressed up bar to sit in for a cocktail or dinner. We opted for soup to fight off the chill from the drive. My seafood chowder had more seafood than I have ever seen in a chowder - salmon, haddock, mussels piled high. The rooms are simple enough, with views down to Cork city, and spotty wi-fi on the third floor. We appreciated the parking outside, but the location was a bit disappointing. It was a good 20 min walk (with hills) into town. We would likely stay closer to the action next time. read more

It was a tad difficult to get around this hotel (definitely laid out like a maze), but the room was large and the bed was comfortable. The temperature was a bit hot in the room. I'm glad I had my sleep mask with me because there was s smoke detector with a flashing red light RIGHT above my bed. They really should replace those. read more

Had not realised we had accidentally booked Fawlty Towers without the humour or wit. Breakfast was woeful, dinner was edible. Room was warm, bathroom was freezing, lift was a death trap, layout of hotel was just weird, location was not great. read more

Upon arrival we were informed that the lifts were being replaced and were unavailable. This was a big problem as we were traveling with my mom and she cannot climb the many flights of stairs and long halls in this place. The front desk staff came up with a solution by moving our room and giving us access to the service lift. This required traveling through a part of the kitchen and through an outdoor area but did give us wheelchair access to the place. The staff was very friendly and helpful, really made the difference between a bad experience and a pleasant one! The restaurant was fun and the food was quite good, again the staff was really pleasant. The building is on a hillside so parking is problematic and walking around to see Cork was not possible with a wheelchair. We had relatively easy access to Blarney Castle and with my mom staying behind to watch tv, my wife and I walked to shopping in Cork. Enjoyed staying here. read more

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Just spent 2 lovely nights in this hotel. Olde worlde charm but impeccably clean. Staff are amazingly friendly. Absolutely nothing is too much trouble for them. The food in the restaurant was fantastic. Next time I visit cork I will be staying here again read more

This was a disappointing experience. I find it difficult to understand how this is a four star hotel. The hotel itself is very old and in need of a major facelift. They really need to update the lifts also. Our room was quite small for what we were expecting. Our television constantly had poor reception. The restaurant is decorated well and is much more modern than the rest of the hotel. It was a grill house but was slightly above what you would pay in a similar restaurant, yet the food quality was disappointing. Finally the bar is a small section of the restaurant with almost no available tables if it is any way slightly busy. Even though I was staying at the hotel, and there was no clear division between the 'bar' and 'restaurant' I was told I could not sit in the empty 'restaurant' tables. This was despite that food service had stopped an hour before hand. It's a strange concept to have people crammed into one end of a room with tables empty throughout the rest of it. I would not be in a hurry to stay here again. At least the staff were very pleasant. read more

This place is awesome. Their customer service is 5 star. We spent 3 nights, airlines lost our luggage and they couldn't have been more helpful and accommodating. Airline didn't find our luggage until our last night stay. The hotel washed our clothes for us even though that isn't a service they provide. I will be staying here again and recommend to anyone. Rooms are large and spacious. Good times were had by all in our party of 6. read more

Spent two weeks at this hotel may 2013. Service was friendly at desk but extremely slow at the restaurant. Hot water only half of the nights and warmish the rest. Only seven channels or so but wifi was great. Pillows were flat and very uncomfortable. Gorgeous views atop the city and a nice walk down town but, take a taxi back to hotel from city centre for 5. read more

First of all I'll start with saying this place is laid out like a maze. To get to our 2nd floor room, we had to take 2 separate elevators, take one to floor 1 and then walk down hall and take another to get to floor 2. very very confusing. The room was very hot and when I tried to open the window the handle was broken off, they wouldn't fix it or change our room. Then we noticed blood stains on the mattress.The bed is stiff and you can feel the springs. The shower in the bathroom isn't separated so basically when you showers you get the entire bathroom floor wet because there is no enclosed shower, you could pretty much sit on the toilet and shower at the same time. This is definitely not 4 star hotel, it feels more like a bad motel 8 we have in america. Definitely do not recommend staying here. None of the staff seemed to care when we complained because they didn't do anything about our requests. I wish they would refund us but service just sucks here. read more