Sheraton Athlone Hotel

Just back from a fantastic stay.. great staff, wonderful service. My 9 year old daughter was delighted with the great pool. I will be returning.

The staff were lovely, genuinely nice people which is great to be greeted by. Room - toilet reservoir was still filling an hour after a flush because the valve was still open allowing water to flow/trickle wastefully away. Bit of jigging with the tap and the flush and it stopped. Annoying when you're trying to do work late at night. The bloody fitted desk in the room! The sockets at the desk are the same height as the table as in the live & neutral socket spaces are flush with the top of the table! Great design because you can't use them! I had a look at the intruder slider/lock on the door. It looks very sturdy but it's fitted so it doesn't match up! Small things to some but that night they were important to me. Probably other rooms are in better nick. Still had a great peaceful sleep.

Room was made in so much hurry that rather plastic cover for shoe shine cloth was thrown in the toilet pot. No inner liner for bin, no replacement of nearly used toiletries. The receptionist at checkout as a courtesy asked how was the stay but was not even interested to hear and wait till I answer. The Gym is already congested for hotel guests and still open to public.....rather squeezed. In fact for that booking and even next one (unfortunately non-refundable) I called to request a room with a better/ideally water view......but the reservation lady, in both instances was more keen to fetch extra EUR 20 than upgrade on request as courtesy (being a SPG member), if available, which is norm in many SPG hotels. Will be visiting Athlone for 3-4 nights every week over next 2 years but regretfully.......won't be staying at Sheraton.

Excellent choice. Central and convenient. Staff friendly and efficient. Lovely food.

Hotel staff were very helpful and friendly. The only thing we didn’t like was the public access to the pool and gym facility. Also, I think guests should receive complimentary swim caps (as most guests from N.America aren’t obligated to wear swim caps in public pools). Breakfast was amazing as were the restaurant staff!!