Alcantra B&B, Kilkenny

Advantages: One of the best old fashioned Irish bars in the city.
Disadvantages: Smell of disinfectant in the mornings!!!

...mood, or want a bit of privacy to nurse the previous night’s hangover, you can slip into one of these. ~ ~ The back bar is called the snug, but in fact is far too large to live up to that description. It has a large window right in the middle of the high ceiling, so it is always very bright and airy. The bar is festooned in all sorts of antique memorabilia, from old whiskey bottles and casks, copper serving jugs for ale, and a delightful “His Master’s Voice” type wind up gramophone. The mirrors throughout are the original engraved variety, again copied by souvenir shops the world over, and advertising such reminders of a bygone age as “Power’s Pure Pot Still Whiskey”. The beers on sale include the obligatory Guinness, it’s Cork counterpart Murphy’s, and Kilkenny. Incidentally, it has... Read review

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Advantages: Central, beautiful building and grounds
Disadvantages: None

...This Bed & Breakfast is located in Clydesdale, Pretoria. It is close and convenient to the City, Hatfield (restaurant and bar area), Loftus sports stadium, Universities and schools. Many of these can be reached on foot within a few minutes. Pretoria will be one of the cities hosting the 2010 Football World Cup and this B&B will be perfectly situated as it is close enough to the stadium to walk there within a few minutes, but far enough away to avoid much of the anticipated congestion. Breakfast are good and once again, you notice the personal touch The B&B is set in lovely gardens and beautifully furnished with a personal touch, but I believe it has recently been refurbished and expanded. The service and ambience is friendly and good.... Read review

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...A lovely pub with good beer and food but watch out for the B&B! We recently stayed there and were given no information about breakfast, checkout times or when they LOCKED THE DOORS. We were simply told that when returning to the B&B to come through the back door and then enter the key code given. On returning from an evening out we found ourselves locked out! After half an hour knocking on the door in the freezing cold we were finally let in by a grumpy owner to be told we were late! Had we known this was a B&B with values stolen from the dark ages we would have booked elswhere! The owners were unapologetic, argumentative and adament that this was our own fault. How silly of us to book a room and expect to access it whenever we wanted! Lovely pub but B&B run by amateurs.... Read review

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