Name: Townsend House Guest House
Address: Townsend Street, Birr, Birr, Birr, R42TK88, Ireland
Rating: 9

Smoke-free property

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Bridal suite

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Interconnecting rooms available

Family room

Cable TV

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Diet menu (on request)

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Townsend House Guest House

Birr

child-bed

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external-private-bathroom

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limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

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ocean-front

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oceanside

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park-view

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partial-sea-view

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pool-view

river-view

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with-view

annex

basement

main-building

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

This is a very popular, busy B&B, but for good reason, it's outstanding. Martin, Lorraine and all the staff do an amazing job of making their guests comfortable and looked after. On the first night we explored the amazing garden to the back of the house, and ended up having dinner al fresco. Nothing was too much trouble. The tapas style restaurant works brilliantly, providing innovative, smaller meals beautifully prepared.

Great B&B in the centre of Birr.

Booked a single room at The Townsend BnB and I was extremely impressed by the stunning Georgian Townhouse with period decor and furniture that was spotlessly clean, very central and extremely comfortable. Lorraine and Martin where incredibly welcoming and chilled making for a relaxed a pleasant stay. Whilst my trip was for work I would return for a relaxing stay in the lovely town of Birr with it's Georgian architecture and stunning castle and grounds. Breakfast was fresh, varied, great selection, proper ground coffee and very tasty. Only wee tip would be pack ear plugs because it is on a roadway access into Birr.

Wonderful BnB very reasonably priced and central

Ideally placed for attending a local wedding and exploring the Georgian town centre.  I could not fault anything including the breakfasts that were good quality and substantial.  The owners were very friendly and helpful.

Central location with an excellent breakfast

Found this gem of a spot in birr. Beautiful, spotless, full of character townhouse.  Lovely welcome from martin, we had the most beautiful food in there restaurant & wine bar. and the place was packed, lots of staff and all lovely  on the ball. The rooms were so cosy,clean and comfortable,  the bed linen was so comfortable and smelt like heaven 😍 couldn't recommend this beautiful townhouse enough 
Thanks to the team 🙌 

Beautiful cosy stay

Stayed here overnight as attending wedding locally. lovely room and friendly helpful staff. 
Excellent breakfast choice. 
Hassle free arrival and departure. 
On street parking. 
Would highly recommend. 

Overnight for wedding

Everything about this place was perfect. The rooms are very comfortable, clean and cosy. Staff very friendly and if I go to Birr again I will definitely stay here. Would really recommend.  Also there’s a great selection for dinner. 

Great, clean, perfect 

Stayed overnight in this lovely guest house in a Georgian building recently. Comfortable rooms and a great & varied breakfast menu.
We didn't eat in their busy famous Tapas Bar, but had a "night cap" there later in the evening.
The owners and staff were very friendly and helpful.

Excellent Guesthouse & Restaurant

I booked Townshend house as we were having a family get together in town and we have stayed there before. My mother and I were to stay there and my mother is physically disabled so has problems with stairs. I booked through a booking app, but (admittedly) did not put on the app that I needed a downstairs room. I did however ring the property directly 2 months ahead of the event to confirm that the downstairs room be available and spoke to a woman who confirmed that it hadn't been reserved by anyone else and they would reserve it for us. 

However when I arrived on the day, the room was not available and instead of being apologetic or trying to help us in our predicament, the manager proceeded to tell me that it was my fault for not adding a note to the booking app reservation and basically insinuated that I was a liar when I told him that I didn't need to do that as I rang the establishment directly. I said that I could prove that I rang from the call log in my phone and he said 'Well anyone can ring and hang up'. 

I'm not one to leave bad review but this customer service was so appallingly bad that I felt the need to leave one. 

The management should look at how they deal with these situations as even a apology would have went a long way, in this situation. My poor mother was very upset by the whole thing.  

Would leave no stars if I could

There is no parking on the premises as advertised and we were directed to street parking.
Our small room was crowded with very nice antique furniture—no way to open two suitcases in the room at the same time however.
There is no air conditioning so the window must be open for a bit of air— as our room was directly on the Main Street we had quite a bit of street noise especially Saturday night.
WiFi was inadequate with a very weak signal sometimes and none at others.  It took us over an hour to get connected—frustrating when we learned there was a different password not mentioned in the Guest Book.
No soap for the shower.  Empty Kleenex box.
Although there were a number of small lamps in our room none of them gave off sufficient light to read by. Reading is ONLY by the window in broad daylight.
TAPAS Restaurant is attached to and part of the Townsend House.  This is a wonderful find and quite busy on Saturday night.  Excellent food, reasonably priced, in typical tapas-style smaller portions, which was a very nice change from a few weeks of Pub food.


Comfortable B&B with Tapas Restaurant attached.

Stayed for a night with friends in a gorgeous family room. Spotlessly clean & comfortable. Booked dinner in the Tapas restaurant, super food, fabulous wine list. Martin, family & staff could not have been more welcoming & accommodating. So friendly, nothing was too much trouble. Can’t wait to return!!!

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