We stayed in the Park House Hotel for just a couple of nights and picked it because of its central location and the excellent reviews on Trip Advisor.
In some ways, its a typical Irish Hotel; not brash or slick, but homely in a very friendly sort of way. In other aspects, its far from typical. Its efficient, spotless and very well looked after. The staff are a mixture of Eastern European and Irish with a smattering of students from the University of Galway. Whoever trains them in customer service deserves a medal. Every single one of them was kind and anxious to make our stay a pleasure.
I've stayed in an awful lot of seedy, run down, hotels in Ireland (and especially Dublin). The Park House Hotel is the glorious exception to all these experiences. If you go to Galway then don't think of staying anywhere else.