Stayed here on a hen weekend. All staff were very friendly and accomodating. There was 25 of staying and on one of the nights we ate in the restaurant. The food and service was excellent. Thouroughly enjoyed our stay and will be back again. more

spent two nights in rafterdempsey food was good value and very tasty rooms clean and comfortable and very clean i will be back more

Excellent city centre locationin the best and friendliest city in Ireland......great bar,great food and the staff are excellent.......I wish we could have stayed longer, because we really enjoyed our stay. more

Stayed here for one nite as part of a friends stag in August 2009. Firstly, 3 of us stayed in a tiny dingy room, with one single bed and one double...and were charged €65 each...€195 for the room...I would put this as the worst value i have ever encountered for any accomodationa anywhere in the world...in these times, this is... more

Hen party of about 25. booked in friday night and others on sat night. rooms tiny with basic facilities, actually think i got bitten by bed bug...uugh we had dinner at the 'resteraunt' which was not great, starter of brie and garlic chicken salad was missing the brie and the garlic and contained just a small few pieces of dried... more

We stayed in Rafter Dempseys on a stag night and paid 65 Euros per person. It's in a good location but the rooms are tiny , dirty and generally of a very poor standard. Dont expect hot water for a shower unless you have it in the morning as one of the lads found out to his cost ! We... more

I tagged along with some friends on a trip in Kilkenny who really hadn't booked a room. We were referred here by another B&B that was full. We walked in on a Saturday night at about 2200. The four of us requested 2 rooms. It was 60 Euro per person which I thought was ridiculously high, but just went along... more

We stayed in Rafter Demspeys in October 07 and it was a total nightmare. I have stayed in some bad places in my time but never so bad that i felt the need to write a review! First off, our room was directly above the bar (i do understand that its a busy pub) the noise was deafening, we had... more

We stayed here and loved it (maybe things have improved from older posts). Location is awesome... right in the heart of Kilkenny! Our room was very large (don't know what other poster was talking about)... we were given a double and twin bed in our large room, which was around 80 euros (November). The bathrooms were nice enough... clean. The... more