Dan Black

Review of Talbot Hotel Carlow

Checked in today for the first night of a two nigh...

Checked in today for the first night of a two night stay. Although the hotel seems to have adequate covid signage and sanitizer points etc., it also appears to be totally overbooked. The latest booking available for breakfast we could get was 07:45 and the pool was fully booked for the day by the time we had checked in. We are here until Wednesday, but the pool is also fully booked until 2pm on Wednesday at the time of writing. Checkout is 11am. The tables in the reception were all full of families with drinks from the bar and also the seating area on the first floor. Kids are running wild around the hotel, with little parental intervention. First impressions count for a lot and I'm sorry to say this will be my first and last stay here. Only for the fact I couldn't book another hotel within reasonable distance, I wouldnt have stayed at all.