From the moment I entered this hotel I knew I had probably made a mistake in booking it. It was overrun with people due to two weddings and a party, there was no parking available and the place was in general chaos. We checked in easily enough but I was not impressed by the general state of the reception or the threadbare carpet on the stairs. The rooms are very nice and have obviously been redecorated recently but the whole place smelled of what can only be described as boiled cabbage. We had booked in for dinner that night and were tired after a long journey so we figured we should give the hotel another chance. They were more than a little disorganised when we arrived but after some time we were seated with a menu in hand. The menu resembled nothing like the sample one on the website and was what I can only describe as basic. If you like beef you were fine as there were four varieties of this as a main course. Although the staff tried hard it was obvious they had received little training as we found out when we ordered wine to have it simply plonked on the table with no thought to a wine cooler.
Following on from this we were woken very early the next morning by staff shouting at each other down the corridor instructions on where needed to be hoovered - a relaxing break this was not!
We trooped off to breakfast tired and a little grumpy only to be informed that we needed to queue as they had no free tables. It was obvious that the restaurant simply could not cope with the number of guests so we and another 15 or so guests all waited patiently to be seated, again chaos seemed to be the order of the day. One guest likened the whole experience to staying at Fawlty Towers but I'm not sure that the service was ever that bad there!
The whole element of the customer and their experience seemed to be totally lost on this hotel so if you like being considered a bit of an inconvenience and don't mind a pretty second rate experience then this is the hotel for you. Personally I will never darken its doors again.

We stayed in the hotel with our 21 month old son in March and had a lovely weekend. Our room was nice and plenty of room for the cot they supplied. Slow service in the Bar on the friday night as there was a wedding on while we were there but I have to say their restaurant was excellent one of the best meals we had in a long time would really recommend the restaurant even if you not staying in the hotel. We used the pool on the friday evening with our son as they had a lovely kids pool but could not use it on saturday evening as it was booked out for lessons! there was also a lovely play ground about 5 minutes walk from the hotel

Just back from a 3 day break in the Park Hotel Dungarvan and had a great time. I had been very concerned when I saw the previous negative reviews but our stay was totally different - absolutely great. We were one couple and a single traveller and we were given new rooms in the recently built extension. Exceptionally comfortable beds in pleasant rooms. True there was damp damage on the wallpaper in the dining room but the wonderful menu and great staff more than made up for that. The dinners were as good as some 4-star hotels we've visited

During our stay there wasn't any hot water available for showers or baths in the room. We requested a non smoking room - but the room we got smelt of smoke. Some of the fixtures in the room were worn. A light shade at the right of the bed was burnt by the bulb and bath surround was decayed. Carpet on the main stairs of the hotel needs to be replaced and the wall paper in the corner of the dining room was falling off.