Where to Party/Stay in Sligo Town

Cionn

I am involved in organising a trip to Sligo town for a friends Stag night and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to where to stay. We are looking for a reasonable hotel in the city centre. Nothing too fancy but no hell holes either. Suggestions for places to have a brink or a meal would be welcome too.
At the moment we are considering the Sligo Southern Hotel and the Sligo Park Hotel should we include anywhere else ?

Thanks in advance

Cionn

Basq

For drinking, i guess: The Left Bank, McHugh's, Fiddler's Creek are the popular haunts.

Hotels: The Southern is a bit of a shi*hole and expensive enough too, Sligo Park is pretty pricey but nice. Try The Tower Hotel.. it's renamed now though to ... i forgot.. Quayside Hotel possibly.

Cionn

Thanks Basquille for that. Is the Park hotel much of a walk from the town centre I am thinking especially after a big night out.

Cionn

3greenrizla's

why sligo?

havnt been there in a few years but dont remember it as anywhere special!

the clarence hotel had a decent club (gay, but decent)

but that was about 6 years ago.

Tar.Aldarion

Sligo park maybe...

Basquille got the pubs right.

envy(shudder) and toffs are the clubs...if I can recall!


clarence shut down, it was the only metal place there was.

3greenrizla's

what was the club that had a room called the Garden? i had some good nights there! it had a take away in there too!

oh, i do remember, Equinox.

Cionn

3greenrizla's wrote:

why sligo?

havnt been there in a few years but dont remember it as anywhere special!

the clarence hotel had a decent club (gay, but decent)

but that was about 6 years ago.

Well we had to pick somewhere to go and some of us want to do some surfing lessons while others want to get a bit of golf in. Also for those stuck for time you can fly there for 78euro which I think is good value compared to the train which I presume is in the region of 50euro. I was there about 18 months ago (with misses and kid to be fair) and the place looked ok I was in a bar on Strandhill and was itching to get a few pints in however my 6 month old daughter decided it wasn't for her and I had to make do with only one pint of the black stuff. So there is a possibility to go on the lash in strand hill in the afternoon followed by some seriouse pints in the town later on.

C

Basq

Cionn wrote:

Is the Park hotel much of a walk from the town centre I am thinking especially after a big night out.

Parks pretty much on your way outta the town but not far of a walk.. basically a pretty long walk (especially if drunk) up the main road (Pearse Road).

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

envy(shudder) and toffs are the clubs...if I can recall!

Tip for the two clubsa: Envy = Like em really young? Toffs = Like em old and frigid?

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

clarence shut down, it was the only metal place there was.

Possibly for health reasons.. the smell of sick was ever evident walking in the door of the place.. kip!

3greenrizla's

Cionn wrote:

Well we had to pick somewhere to go and some of us want to do some surfing lessons while others want to get a bit of golf in. Also for those stuck for time you can fly there for 78euro which I think is good value compared to the train which I presume is in the region of 50euro. I was there about 18 months ago (with misses and kid to be fair) and the place looked ok I was in a bar on Strandhill and was itching to get a few pints in however my 6 month old daughter decided it wasn't for her and I had to make do with only one pint of the black stuff. So there is a possibility to go on the lash in strand hill in the afternoon followed by some seriouse pints in the town later on.
C

sounds like a plan.

hope all goes well for you.

Culchie

basquille wrote:

For drinking, i guess: The Left Bank, McHugh's, Fiddler's Creek are the popular haunts.

Hotels: The Southern is a bit of a shi*hole and expensive enough too, Sligo Park is pretty pricey but nice. Try The Tower Hotel.. it's renamed now though to ... i forgot.. Quayside Hotel possibly.

I think the Southern has been refurbished completely as well.

ST*

Cionn wrote:

At the moment we are considering the Sligo Southern Hotel and the Sligo Park Hotel should we include anywhere else ?

I was in the Great Southern a while back. lovely hotel, make sure you get one of the newer rooms though. With a few drinks on board its not easy to open the doors for the older rooms - if you are in a hurry..
for the toilet that is :rolleyes:

thelordofcheese

There is the Raddison and the Clarion, very nice hotels, but they aren't really walking distance [the road to the radison is lethal, and TBH you'd need to know where you are going]. Taxi's to both shouldn't be more than 7Euro, tops*.

Also likely to be a bit pricey

As for pubs, erm.... maybe the belfry to add to the list. There are plenty of pubs in sligo, just not many good ones [or suitable for a stag do]




* subject to taxi drivers ripping you off

Basq

thelordofcheese wrote:

As for pubs, erm.... maybe the belfry to add to the list.

Very true.. can't believe i forgot that!

Regarding which of the pubs to use for a stag.. best bit would be The Belfry or The Left Bank. The Belfry would probably be the better of the two as i've seen quite a few Hen's (not the animal obviously) in there over the last few months.

McHugh's and Fiddler's really wouldn't be suited to that sorta thing.. just my opinion on the subject anyways!

Cionn

Thanks for the tips the Belfry sounds like it is the pub to go to in town. I shall give as many pubs as possible a look in on the way. Although since the young ones have arrived on the scene the number of pubs on a pub crawl seems to be getting smaller and smaller just like the oportunities to go on pub crawls.
Cionn

JohnCleary

You could just rent a house/apartment in Yeats Village www.yeatsvillage.ie

It's the student accomodation for the Sligo IT crowd. I live in the apartments, theyre new, clean etc. Not too cheap though. You can rent them nightly/weekly ... Just a thought, might be better craic than a hotel

Cailindenscoth

i would not Recommend the Sligo Park hotel we stayed there in september its not much of a 4 star so id stay clear of that and its pricey!

admiralofthefleet

hargodans is a great pub as is the pub in the glasshouse.

when i stayed there last year we rented one of the houses in yeats village up just off clarion road. it was very good value

El Weirdo

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