Pure and utter 5 star treatment.
On pulling up at the entrance we were greeted by a valet who parked our car and brought our bags through.
Reception was a bright mirrored affair. Very friendly staff. Our Bags were brought on up the the room while we were treated to a tour of the lobbies, bar and restaurant. These were all individually decorated. They were bright and had a wonderland feel to them.

We were then escorted up to our room where we found our bags waiting for us as well as a large kingsize bed.
There was a little welcome gift of two pink iced buns, very tasty and a nice welcome touch. Pink seemed to be a theme of this hotel.
There was pink umberrellas on offer to guests to battle the rain!

The food was delicious and prompt.

A visit to the spa is a must for any guest of this hotel, even if you are not booking a treatment, it is nice to relax in the pool and loungers in the spa.

A lovely treat for anyone!!!

Stayed in the G for the GMIT Graduations for 2 nights & had a wonderful stay. Staff were exceptional & food for breakfast & dinner were very nice. All staff very friendly & welcoming with a "nothing is too much trouble attitude"Gillian in the spa is suberb at her job, I had a half day spa treatment and she worked wonders, Isabella in reservation couldn't do enough she arranged eveything I needed including beatiful flowers in the room prior to our arrival. All in all it is a fab hotel with great staff, good location & nice food I can't wait to go back again

We stayed here in late October.

Whilst the hotel was fine, one did wonder how on earth it achieved 5 star status.

The location of this hotel is awful. To the back there is a horrible grey shopping/business park and to the front a very busy main road, which is difficult to cross as there are no proper crossings and the walk into Galway city seems much further than the 0.9km quoted.

While the staff were helpful, they should be at these prices, the whole ambience was one of being very pleased with themselves - in other words smug. Professional, but not warm.

In its website the G goes on an on about Philip Treacy and the hotel design, but when you get the swirly carpet shown in its photos is only 1 small rug, which looks like it has seen better days.

The G, is definitely new Ireland - i.e. Ryanair Ireland - if it moves put a price on it; a constant sales pitch and 30 Euro for access to its facilities is a bit cheeky.

Also, I didn't want or need to know I could buy the umbrella, the dressing gown or the laundry bag. The small laundry bag (at 49 Euro) looked like something my sister made in home economics when she was 14.

Next time in Galway I will be staying somewhere else.

On a positive note the breakfast was good, but then it was 25 Euro - a bit steep?.

The g hotel is situated just at Joyce Roundabout and it is a 15 minute leisurely walk to Eyre Square.

Check in for 5 of us was a little irritating, Sign the printout, then initial the nightly rate, then each person had to sign the room card envelope in case we charged anything. That’s fine, but although we did charge 3 items to the room we were never asked for the signed card as proof. Silly. The valet parking is a nice touch, and parking in the underground car park is complimentary.

However once the administration was out of the way we got to our rooms.
The accommodation corridors are very elegant but they are a little dark and very low lighting does not help navigation. I feel they should increase the light levels here just a tad. Our room overlooking the nearby business park was very nice, stylish, not huge but had everything we needed except Tea/Coffee making facilities which I think are pretty standard now even in the lowliest 2 star B&B.

Some annoyances that should not be found in a 5* hotel were: A number of human hairs and food crumbs in the Hotel Directory services booklet. The bath plug was defective and only opened very slightly. It took a long time to drain. To shut the bathroom door, it had to be slammed.

We had booked a second room for three people and it was substantial and well appointed. There are nice touches in both rooms, bathrobes, large bath towels, and lots of little personal accessories to keep one amused. Not to mention the complimentary Iced lemon cakes in the evening which were delicious. A nice treat.

The public areas on the ground floor are superbly designed and while the décor might not be to everyones taste I must say it was to mine. The design is very different, colourful and engaging. Lots of talking points there and I would have liked to explore a little more.

There is a very decent business centre there with an internet PC and it also has all the other office equipment you might need. Access to the internet PC here is complimentary it’s just a pity there is only one.

The staff are all very pleasant, the service gentle and staff appear to be extremely proud of their hotel.

After dinner (not eaten at the hotel) we relaxed in the cocktail bar with 5 cocktails at €57. Expensive, yes, but it was a special treat and we enjoyed the experience very much. The service there was certainly 5 star.

The bed was fabulously comfortable and wow – those pillows, I think they were manufactured at the cumulus cloud factory! We enjoyed a most relaxing sleep.

Next morning we ate freshly baked scones and drank hot chocolate in the lounge, it was very good and described as “savage” by the younger ones with us. “Savage” in their lingo of course meaning exemplary!

12pm is check out time and when we did this it was efficient and polite.

Finally, we had a small problem when there but once explained to the manager it was dealt with in a 5 star professional manner.