We were pleasantly surprised and pleased by this large hotel a few paces from the heart of Galway. Thank goodness the hotel is smoke-free, since the streets of Galway are packed with second hand smoke. Rooms and meals were of high luxury - the personel were kind and helpful. One caveat - a large plant in the foyer was increasingly droopy during our stay, despite our pointing out the need for water - perhaps corporate rules forbid watering of plants on weekends or bank holidays. Otherwise, outstanding hotel.

Very convenient location on foot, and you won't get parked any more centrally in buzzing Galway. Very pleasant well-equipped room, good value booked on the net, and loved the leisure centre. Great fun steaming in the jaccuzzi outdoors overlooking Lough Atalia. Be warned restaurant books up quickly for dinner (it's excellent for a hotel restaurant). Buffet breakfasts offer an astonishing choice, well worth the price. Only one disappointment - we couldn't get the particular spa treatment we fancied, but it was short notice. Itching to go back for a spa weekend. We asked about the tariff for Glasgow Radisson on checking out - Glasgow was hugely more expensive.

Like another user below, I am surprised by some of the negative comments about this hotel in some of these reviews. We stayed in the Radisson in Galway for one night and really enjoyed our stay. I thought it was excellently placed - right beside the train station and one minute's walk from Eyre Square. The staff were all very pleasant and we loved the leisure facilities, making use of the pool, sauna and hot tub (which offers lovely views over Lough Atalia). Our room was a good size with decent-sized bathroom. Although lacking in aspect, I've no doubt that you could request a room overlooking the lake which would be lovely. We found the room to be spotless, and the breakfast plentiful and delicious. It's fairly pricey which is why I'm giving it 4 instead of 5, but I'd definitely stay there again.

We stayed at the Radisson for two nights during May 2005. Front desk upon arrival was understaffed and we were waiting a while to check in but girl was friendly. Room was adequate but a little cramped as there was a large all-in-one tv, minibar, iron etc unit which took up a lot of space at the end of the beds. Bathroom was lovely and was clean. Our main gripe was with the level of service - full of anticpation we happily made our way on the Saturday afternoon to the foyer bar/lounge only to be met with most of the tables requiring clearing and cleaning. I noticed another group actually clearing off the crockery from the previous partly themselves. Once we had sat down at our crumb-laden table no lounge staff seemed to be interested enough to take our order, we ended up going direct to the bar where a rather stressed looking barman exasperatedly took our order. It then took a further 30mins for the drinks to arrive. Another frustrated customer demanded to see the manager and after this a plethora of staff suddenly swooped out of nowhere to clear, clean and take orders. The breakfast was fantastic and the stay in general was very pleasant. It's just a pity that the level of service did not match the surroundings most of the time.