Reviews of The exchange buildings

The location was very central but the disco, party and nightclub noise was horrendous. Lots of people on the streets till after 2 am. Just wished for the rain to clear the streets of footballer type chanting together.

Double/ triple glazing. When we arrived there were earplugs on our pillow rather than a chocolate!

Great location clean room lovely decor original features

There was no breakfast

Could have had better facilities

Very Dirty...we canceled with the owner and he said he would refund us but that was 5 or 6 days ago! The beds where nasty not clean. The room smelled bed. It was on the 5th floor, we did not ever take our lauage in. Real bad.

It was dirty & smelly. Cancaled with the ower. Sent images to the owner.

the location..this is not the ritz but we knew that before have as we booked it for the location

the stairs.. as the wife has diffaculty climbing stairs... mabey next time we will ask for room 1 on the lower floor

Quirky

Noisy

The place needs a huge renovation. The window cannot stay open. There is moisture everywhere. The shower drain is clogged. The stairs are horrible.

The location in terms of being in the center of the city of Cork was great. Had an excellent fresh fish restaurant across the street (which is closed to traffic). Walkable from the train station and the back to the bus station. No breakfast at the Exchange but Lab 82 near the train station was excellent!

The noisy aspect of the stay came from a building on the next block, also upstairs that played "dance music" with mostly very loud drumming! Stopped around midnight. Up until 9 pm it was quiet and pleasant in the room. The complimentary ear plugs were appreciated. It is a bit tricky to find the actual entrance and you must wait for an email to explain how to access the unit. Once in all was okay.

Unique

Location

Ceiling light showing bare wiring / no toilet roll/ tv didn't work / tea and coffee facilities minimal / staples nails sticking out of floorboards which i managed to find " OUCH " Wouldn't stay a

Ex location, No issues at all.

Nothing

Untidy , looks like a mess

Location was great! The room had character and was quiet. I loved the view of the rooftops. The hosts were nice.

The walls could be painted to cover staining and scrapes. It made the bathroom feel dirty.

Greatexperience

The bed was very comfortable

There was a horrible damp mouldy smell from the bathroom that spread into the bedroom, I couldn't sleep with the smell and couldn't face having a shower with the smell. There was no lift so going up to the 3rd floor was hard with a suitcase. The arrangement was a little weird, you had to look up booking.com for a message to give you a video to get the keys to get in, the entrance door was v dusty grimy which coupled with this strange arrangement was concerning initially, however I was happy with the bedroom generally and there was a kettle and coffee which was great. It was in a v loud street so they also provided ear plugs which was good too. I liked the old furniture and wooden floor. The bed was the best but as it was very comfortable.

Great for the price Nice clean towels Fancy coffee machine Bed was very clean mattress had no stains Very nice culturally important building

No mini uht milks for coffee

The pros are that this property is in Cork City Centre and its available at a reasonable price. I arrived a little earlier than the check in time of 3pm and luckily the key was ready for collection and I could access my room, the owner was responsive in the chat and very friendly when I had questions. The bed was fine and my room had a nice view of the street below. Also I liked the old look of the building, felt very historical. Now if you are in Cork for the nightlife this might be a pro in that they have live music playing in the bar outside. I was there for a Thursday night so it played until about 10.30 and then switched over to Rave/Dance music which went on until about 1 or 2am. I not then see my negatives below;

So it started out great, I checked in and then went off to a work event. Things started going amiss when I returned that evening. Firstly it was pitch dark with no lights on when I returned so going to my room was a bit like walking through a haunted house lol. So if you are there for work or just coming back to relax for the evening this might be a huge negative but there's load music playing outside all night until about 1 or 2am. The owner does leave some earplugs on the bed so if a heavy sleeper or don't mind sitting up late then you'll be ok. I went to have a shower and it looked fairly new and modern but after 30 seconds I saw the water wasn't draining away so I had to be very quick otherwise it was going to overflow onto the floor. Assuming that is fixed then shower was fine with ok pressure. Took some time to get the temperature right, controls were fairly fiddly.

Its right in the centre of Cork. Location is the best thing.

Everything else is below average. Its is very very dated and old furniture. The bed is not very comfortable or even long. My feet were rubbing the bottom board It could do with a refresh.