O'Shea's Hotel Restaurant, Waterford

Advantages: Great dining, warm and friendly atmosphere, Genuine Irish hospitality
Disadvantages: Expensive

...in the fields behind Ballygunner estate! There was uproar! This could not happen to a sleepy little village. Almost everyone was opposed to the idea and petitions were signed and nothing else was talked about in the local pub. I remember all this because i lived in the sleepy little village since i was born and this hotel would be virtually in my back yard! How very dare they! However, 2 years later( we had relocated to England by then) the hotel was indeed built. And the villagers who swore they would never go in there were soon lured inside by the delicious smell of the brasserie wafting over the fields... The Woodland hotel and leisure centre in a 46 bedroom hotel. It is classed as 3 star but definitley feels like more. It is a big, cream stone building and is very easily accessible from all main routes into Waterford. The bar and restaurant... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, leisure club, friendly staff
Disadvantages: located on hill, tough walk home from pub

...steep on several pints of the black stuff! The restaurant did a reasonable breakfast but only did a set four course meal in the evening for EURO25, which was very nice but you had to like the options provided. Staff were all Eastern Europeans and despite being pretty and charming they lacked knowledge of the town and their poor English made it difficult to get information from. Taxis to/from the town were EURO8.00 and took around 5 minutes, except at morning and evening rush hours when crossing the only road bridge to the North side could take anything up to 40 minutes. In all this is a good hotel if price is your driver, but for me the better hotels for a business stay are on the North bank. Waterford is a lovely town and its people are very friendly, but not the drivers who will not let a motorist out of a side road for love nor money... Read review

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Advantages: Beautiful historic old city. Generally good weather
Disadvantages: Not a lot.

...Morrison in 1849. ~ ~ Waterford may be an old and ancient city, but it is populated by a young and vigorous population, as indeed is most of Ireland. The Regional Technical College means that there are always plenty of students about the town, and they are well catered for with a wide selection of bars, restaurants and nightclubs. The town is well noted for its music scene, and the variety is endless. As well as many traditional music venues, there is now an annual “Waterford Festival”, when the town is over run for a week each year by classical music buffs from all over Ireland and overseas. There is a modern shopping mall on Georges Street, which along with the older merchants and shops in the town, offers the visitor a wide choice of clothing, jewellery, and food shops. One shop in particular not to miss is a whole food shop... Read review

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