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Abbeygate Townhouse

3.0 star property
3-star guest house near Galway Cathedral

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City Double Room
Front of property
Hallway
Comfort Double Room | Bathroom
Reception

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Free WiFi

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3 Newtownsmith, Galway, Galway, H91 PX06
  • Place, Galway Cathedral
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Quay Street
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Place, Eyre Square
    ‪5 min walk‬

Room options

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Comfort Double Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(14 reviews)
  • 14 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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City Double Room

City Double Room

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(21 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Triple Room

Triple Room

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Grand Triple Room

Grand Triple Room

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(7 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Junior Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

About the area

Galway

Galway City Centre stay.At this Galway City Centre guesthouse, you'll be within a 5-minute walk of Galway Cathedral and University of Galway. Quay Street and Eyre Square are also within half a mile (1 km).
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What's nearby

  • Galway Cathedral - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Quay Street - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Eyre Square - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Galway Harbour - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Spanish Arch - 8 min walk - 0.7 km

Getting around

  • Galway Station - 7 min walk
  • Shannon Airport (SNN) - 71 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Garavan's Bar - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Brasserie On The Corner - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Sally Long's - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪McSwiggan's Bar & Restaurant - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Butlers Chocolate Café - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Abbeygate Townhouse

3-star guest house near Galway Cathedral
As a guest of Abbeygate Townhouse, you'll find express check-in and an elevator. The front desk is open around the clock.

This 3-star Galway guesthouse is smoke free.

  • 21 guestrooms or units
  • Express check-in
  • Elevator
  • No smoking on site
Abbeygate Townhouse offers 21 accommodations with espresso makers and irons/ironing boards. 32-inch Smart televisions come with Netflix.

Bathrooms include showers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided on request.

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator (39 inch wide door)
  • Roll-in shower (47 inches wide)
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Tile flooring in room
  • Visual alarms in hallways
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • 32-inch smart TV
  • Netflix
  • Streaming services

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Heated bathroom floor
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Espresso maker

More

  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 AM
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 20

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours will receive an email with check-in instructions; access will be through a private entrance
A virtual front desk provides assistance to guests
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Private entrance

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. No onsite parking is available. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, and debit cards. Cash is not accepted. Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed.

National rating

This property does not have a Ireland Tourist Board rating. For the benefit of our customers, we have provided a rating based on our rating system.

Property is also known as

Abbeygate Townhouse Galway
Abbeygate Townhouse Guesthouse
Abbeygate Townhouse Guesthouse Galway

Reviews

Abbeygate Townhouse Reviews

8.4

Very good

9.4/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 93 out of 202 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 57 out of 202 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 39 out of 202 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 202 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 202 reviews

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Veronick

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service

Great location, nice decor

Nice, basic hotel that is close to everything. For my taste, the bed and pillow were too hard and sleep was not uncomfortable. The room is nicely decorated, but there is very limited space for anything. The bathroom has no shelf and just a small sink- so nowhere to put basic toiletries.The room had a strong sewer odor upon check-in. I called their emergency line and they were very responsive. My bigger concern is that they charge hotel rates, but offer no service. The facility is completely unstaffed. When there is a concern, there is no one to call, except their emergency line. We stayed three nights, and the ceramic coffee cups and drinking glasses were never changed. There is no mechanism to clean them, so they were most unpleasant by the third day. I didn’t feel it was worthy of a phone call to the “emergency“ line. Next time, for the same cost, I will stay at a hotel with service or a less expensive AirBnB.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Robert

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
A different experience with no staff on property. Rooms were spotless, walkable to the bar/restaurant area. It was good for what we needed. Rooms are small.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The property itself is conveniently located and clean. The principal downside is that it faces some kind of bar or other location where people
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Scott, St. Petersburg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location & lovely room. The cafe & staff downstairs were fantastic.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kathryne

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very convenient to city centre . Clean and comfortable. Mildew smell in bathroom, but very clean. No way to secure door to prevent toddler egress
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Kevin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Look good in the pictures

Room has strong smell like dirty gym Sock, or dirty mop water. Shower doesn’t drain water. Impossible to shower mover than 2-3 minutes before it overflows. Took about 1/2 hour for the water to disappear. Bed was nice. Other than the awful smell. The room looked nice. Left windows open with fan. It incredibly load at night with the windows open. They leave 2 packages of air plugs in the room.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Veronique

Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Alexandra

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The room was very hot and had a window air conditioner that didn’t work/was missing pieces. The shower was scalding hot and we couldn’t adjust the temperature. The room itself was as described. The area was quiet, safe, and walkable. There was a convenient parking lot across the street but the city meter did not work.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great Location!

Great location just north of Quay Street and the Latin Quarter. City parking lot right across the street.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Darrel

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
In Galway for 3 days during a two week trip. Clean, convenient, just a little small when traveling with any luggage for a long trip
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Jena

Disliked: Amenities
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Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

McKenzie

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Paige

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Would give 0 stars if I could

With the walls being so thin, we could hear every door slam open and closed, all night long, every 5-10 minutes.This slamming was loud enough for it to make our door and walls shake consistently. No front desk service meant that a rowdy person started screaming and yelling around 23:00, and the police had to come drag him out shrieking almost an hour later. It was very hot, and while the hotel did provide two fans for use, only one worked. We could not open the window due to the screaming happening on the streets. Between the near constant door slamming and the late night disturbance and consequent arrest, we did not sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Allyson

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
property was centrally located and clean self check-in was easy fan was broken and it was warm in the room no direct parking with property
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Cassidy

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kathryn

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We had booked two separate nights over a weekend in early July. The keyless access is terrible. The guesthouse did not send the correct date's confirmation code and we could not access. I emailed and it took them 3 hours to get back to us. They refused to refund the nights' accommodation though I had to book another hotel and was very lucky to get a room at the last minute. I'm all for efficiency but not when you cannot address an issue and nobody answers the emergency number!!!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joanne

Travelled with group
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautifully appointed room close to restaurants and bars. Very clean and very comfortable. Would highly recommend it as the place to stay. Wish we stayed longer.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We absolutely loved this property - so convenient to everything in Galway - easy walk to Latin Quarter and Shop Street, Eyre Square and the West End! Only wish there was a small mini-fridge - otherwise a perfect room, beautifully decorated and a fantastic shower with the best water pressure in Ireland!!
The museum - definitely worth a visit
The museum with the Spanish arch to the right
West end - across the street from Galway Bay Tattoo
Fantastic place for organic soaps etc.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Keri, Glencoe

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
The stay was okay. We were clear that this was a basic hotel stay, but they really mean, basic. The kitchenette is only a kettle and coffee machine with a limited amount of coffee/tea/milk. The building and room were clean with a few minor areas that were dirtier than the norm (beside the toilet, the side table had chips out of the material etc…). There are a few hangers for clothing, no knobs or hooks in the bathroom though. The area is relatively quiet until the middle of the night when the parties are returning home from the pubs. To be expected anywhere! But it felt dingy and dirty and unsafe. We would not have gone out at night to have to return there. It was about a six to eight minute walk to the square or bus/train and other happening areas.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Denice

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quick self check in. Walkable area.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Gilbert

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
L'hôtel est bien situé, près de la gare de train et de bus a pied. La chambre est belle et neuve, mais une odeur sortait de la salle de bain, c'est malheureux parce que le reste était bien. Pas d'air climatisé, une chance que la fenêtre ouvrait.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great location and value for Galway.

Check in was easy. Very convenient location just off the busy streets. Easy to walk to main tourist attractions. There was a portable AC unit which was nice but it wasn’t installed properly and which was funny. Still, glad to have it, made us much more comfortable. Bathroom had a funky smell but looked clean so maybe the smell was from outside, coming in through the window.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025