"The atmospheric Ashley Hotel is snuggled
in a convenient corner of the city one block from MacCurtain St, but
it's the warm-hearted, welcoming staff that make this little
butter-yellow B&B-style place one of Cork's gems.
These 27 unpretentious rooms are so cosy,
and their location so central, that you could easily find yourself
staying days longer than planned. Raised beds are draped in heavy-weave
cotton, rooms are filled with solid timber furniture (and telephones
and TVs too), and the en suites are spotless and spacious.
A full Irish breakfast of eggs, sausages,
bacon and blood pudding (or baked beans for vegetarians) plus hot
drinks, fruit, juices, cereals and fresh-from-the-oven homemade brown
bread is included. If you're remotely hungry later in the day, the
hotel's red-glowing Coffee Dock bar at street level does tiptop
pub-grub-like sirloin. The central heating is set a tad too high, but
this being Ireland it beats the alternative, to be sure."
