You can’t beat the location for how central it is to everything to do in Kilkenny. That being said, it comes with the price of some noise. The pub downstairs was not an issue at all for noise, but in the warmer months when you need to leave the windows open, there are a lot of happy Irishmen (and tourists I’m sure) singing and laughing until the wee hours (about 4am in our case). My husband is a heavy sleeper and was fine, but I needed earplugs. Space is also quite small, but everything was clean and you get a good value for the price. Would recommend, just bring earplugs.