I paid 135 euro to stay here for two nights. The room was frezen floor bord heating no such thing . And towls were filty . Yous have false advertising on your webpage. The stay was terrible i slept with my jumper on it was that cold and couldnt have a shower there was no hot water . When i... More

I followed the sign to reception UPSTAIRS only to see another sign telling me to go the bar DOWNSTAIRS to book in and then return UPSTAIRS again - I needed to connect to wifi (free) but there was no phone in my room so I had to go DOWNSTAIRS again to get instructions and back UPSTAIRS again with staff member.... More

Was expecting great things from Shines but, alas, I was to be disappointed. First impressions were good - I was travelling alone but had a room with two double beds. However, on walking into the bathroom the stench that hit my nose was revolting! It was a mix of dead animals and blocked drains. A staff member came up to... More

We stayed at Shines Guesthouse in late July 2012. It's a sweet little hotel, not the fanciest and some of the decor is a bit faded but clean, tidy, and looked after. We often have trouble finding places to stay that don't require us to rent two separate rooms (and thereby blow our budget) to accommodate the two adults and... More

As noted elsewhere, the Guesthouse is above the Shines pub; enter at the back of the building. Warning: entry is by an outside staircase to the first floor reception, i.e. no one is waiting to help with luggage. The guestrooms are spacious and comfortable; the bathrooms well equipped and quite large. The rooms at the back (low numbers) have no... More

Stayed here for one night. Room was rough around the edges with doors appearing to be unpainted, a few cobwebs and a clothes rail in place of a wardrobe. Quite a lot of road noise from the front rooms. Breakfast okay, but nothing special.

If you base your view of Shines Guesthouse on the outside, you likely won't go in, and will miss out on a very nice stay. The guesthouse is on the upper floors of a lively pub, a kebab shop and some minor retail, so we expected (from past experience!) either a noisy or noisome accommodation. We were pleased that was... More

Stayed here for 1 night for Irish Olympics last Augst. I would highly recommend as Sue is a fab hostess. Rooms are top class and excellent breakfast. Hopefully we will be back again this year.