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Kilford Arms Hotel

3.0 star property

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Reception
In-room safe, desk, laptop workspace, iron/ironing board
Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; Irish cuisine
Interior
3 bars/lounges

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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John Street, Kilkenny, Kilkenny
  • Kilkenny Castle
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • St. Canice's Cathedral
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • The Hub
    ‪4 min drive‬

Room options

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In-room safe, desk, laptop workspace, iron/ironing board

Twin Room

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(14 reviews)
  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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In-room safe, desk, laptop workspace, iron/ironing board

Double Room, 1 Double Bed

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(28 reviews)
  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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In-room safe, desk, laptop workspace, iron/ironing board

Family Room

  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 3 Twin Beds

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In-room safe, desk, laptop workspace, iron/ironing board

Single Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(27 reviews)
  • 14 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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In-room safe, desk, laptop workspace, iron/ironing board

Triple Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Beds

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About the area

Kilkenny

A stay at Kilford Arms Hotel places you in the heart of Kilkenny, within a 10-minute walk of Kilkenny Castle and John Street. .This hotel is 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from St. John the Evangelist Church and 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from St John's Church.

What's nearby

  • Kilkenny Castle - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Butler House - 7 min walk - 0.7 km
  • St. Canice's Cathedral - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • St. Lukes General Hospital - 3 min drive - 1.8 km
  • The Hub - 4 min drive - 3.5 km

Getting around

  • Kilkenny Station - 4 min walk
  • Dublin Airport (DUB) - 90 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Matt The Millers Bar & Restaurant - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Sullivan's Brewing Company Taproom - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Langton's Bar & Restaurant - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Billy Byrne's Bar - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Arán Artisan Bakery & Bistro - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Kilford Arms Hotel

Hotel with a nightclub, a short walk to Kilkenny Castle
Kilford Arms Hotel offers 60 accommodations with safes and complimentary bottled water. 20-inch Smart televisions come with cable channels and Netflix. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Stay in one of 60 guestrooms featuring Smart televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Bathrooms have bathtubs or showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as a nightclub or take in the view from a terrace. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, an arcade/game room, and a ballroom.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at White Oak Restaurant, a restaurant which specializes in Irish cuisine, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Need to unwind? Take a break with a tasty beverage at one of the 3 bars/lounges. Full breakfasts are available daily from 7 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a computer station, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and a 24-hour front desk. This hotel has 3 meeting rooms available for events. Limited parking is available onsite.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10:30 AM.
White Oak Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in Irish cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Electric car charging station on site
  • Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

  • Daily full breakfast available 7 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee: EUR 12 for adults and EUR 10 for children
  • 3 bars/lounges
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • White Oak Restaurant

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Nightclub

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • 3 meeting rooms
  • Computer station

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • Lift

More

  • Ballroom
  • Banquet hall
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 20-inch smart TV with cable channels
  • Netflix
  • Streaming services

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open Monday - Saturday (10:00 AM - 1:00 PM)
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 10 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
The credit card used to book the reservation must be presented by the cardholder at check-in along with matching photo identification. Debit cards are not accepted.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Breakage deposit: EUR 100 per stay
  • A damage deposit of EUR 100 will be collected before check-in.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately EUR 12 for adults and EUR 10 for children
  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

National rating

Rating provided by Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority of Ireland, source of official star ratings for accommodation.

Property is also known as

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Kilford Arms Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 305 out of 723 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 264 out of 723 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 99 out of 723 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 37 out of 723 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 18 out of 723 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Andrea

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Old building so the room was dated but also very clean overall so no complaints there. That said, the mattress basically needs to be replaced. It completely caved in the middle and was hard to sleep in. Also, no AC is fine but having a fan to circulate the air would have been a nice addition. There’s a bar below so it was quite noisy late into the night but I brought ear plugs so it was fine. If you don’t though, you may be frustrated. All staff I interacted with were incredibly helpful and nice! Breakfast was quite good!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Kevin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Room was over the Beer Garden and Bar/Night Club - on a warm evening windows open and people outside. Could here people and music loudly until gone 1.30am; then barman/cellerman started moving empty beer kegs outside just before 7am! Mentioned all this to Reception in morning and was told "what do you expect?, we are a city centre hotel and it's the weekend"! - certainly not that and for that price. Breakfast pretty ordinary, and few choices available.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Road trip 2025

Lovely, quirky hotel, built around remains of old church. Very friendly, helpful, staff throughout. Lovely food. Amazing cacophony of rooms, many bars, breakfast room, massive dance halls, night club, and many more.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Ernestine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Spacious room with comfortable bed. Paid for the buffet breakfast, lots of selection. Convenient location, about 5 min walk from bus station and to old town. There was a step inside my room right after opening door. Tripped over it once. Should put yellow masking tape on the carpet step.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice, clean hotel with friendly staff right in the middle of town. Easy walk to everything.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Thoroughly enjoyed our stay there no complaints whatsoever 🙂
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Carlo

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Des

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good basic hotel, breakfast was pretty good for a buffet style Friendly staff at the desk Can't say much more as we just used it as a base for a couple of days
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Pam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Amazing stay close to everything

The Kilford Arms was an amazing quaint hotel. Was very central and close to many pubs and walkable sites. Hotel was clean and everyone was helpful and accommodating. Was a very nice touch that parking was behind the hotel and was free
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Central and good value. Staff excellent. There was some creaky floorboards, but other than that it was perfect.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fun decor
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Lisa

Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great convenient hotel close to the train station and easy walking distance to the Kilkenny Castle, thw Medieval Mile, and Smithwicks brewery. The included daily breakfasts in the restaurant had a wide variety of choices and were very tasty. There are plenty of pubs nearby for dinners and the other thing that we found very useful was the nearby Brett's laundrette where you can get a good-sized load of clothes washed, dried and folded for 20 Euros.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Francois-Xavier

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Plenty of bars and pubs nearby. Close to all the city's highlights. Free parking. Atmosphere is lively in the hotel bars, with live musicians. However, located on a busy road so it gets quite noisy late at night and early in the morning. No AC so need to keep windows open despite the noise...
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

MICHAEL

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Steven R

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nora, Layton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
People were very nice and accommodating.Will stay again
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Katherine

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel is has the feeling of being in a castle, but is located right along a main street in Kilkenny with easy walking to dining, pubs, and shopping, as well as the Kilkenny Castle. We only stayed one night, but it was a great stopover as we traveled from Dublin to Cork.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Paul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
If you like a party this is the hotel .lively and a party mood .
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Daniel

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Return visit

A return visit to this hotel for a one night business trip. Nice hotel. Very clean with good staff and in a good location. Third visit here and would stay again. Good value for money.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025