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Best Hotel for Fine Dining?

  • 14-04-2014 4:04pm
    #1
    PLL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭


    We are moving to Galway in September and as a chef my oh would like to know which hotel has the best food in terms of restaurant fine dining from the list below:

    Glenlo abbey (5 star)
    g hotel (5 star)

    As those are the only 5 stars, good 4 stars he has heard about:

    Radisson (4 star)
    Park House (4 star)

    If anyone could rank them, describe experience or give any comments, critique it would be much appreciated.

    Also if there is any other hotel that someone feels a mention for its food please do tell!

    Many thanks :-)


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  • #2
    Birroc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,070 ✭✭✭Birroc


    The food in Park House is a bit "old fashioned" for my liking but if you like that, they cook it well.

    I think the G is over-rated on many levels.

    I do like the Radisson.


  • #3
    zarquon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,734 ✭✭✭zarquon


    The G and Glenlo are very overated. Radisson is decent enough as is the park house and i'd prefer either of these to their "5-star counterparts"


  • #4
    irishlady29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 468 ✭✭irishlady29


    Salthill Hotel is pretty good aswell, think its a 4 star


  • #5
    gordongekko
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    Any particular reason you are limiting your choice to hotel restaurants. There are some beautiful restaurants around that would probably rate higher for food than the hotels you mentioned.


  • #6
    ?Cee?view
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    I don't really think that there are any hotels in Galway that would qualify as "fine dining". At best, they're mediocre.

    Eating generally in Galway is less formal and to an extent, less pretentious, than elsewhere. Having said that it would be nice to have somewhere where the whole silver service style with quality food was available, as an option.

    What Galway excels at is casual high quality fare. Try Ard Bia, Oscars, Kai, Aniar amongst others. Skip the hotels.

    Don't expect to find anything like the Merrion or the Cliff House. If your OH is into that style he might want to look elsewhere.


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  • #7
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    As far as food in Galway goes, the Restaurant scene has more places you could call fine dining than the hotel scene.


  • #8
    El_Dangeroso
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    Hotels in Galway are not paragons of fine dining as a rule, but I've eaten in the radisson twice, granted both times in a banquet style situation, and I can categorically state it was some of the worst food I've had the misfortune to be served.

    The Twelve in Barna has the best food by a mile for a hotel.


  • #9
    beardybrewer
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    We had a very pleasant evening in The Twelve once but then both got food poisoning the next day. Never again.


  • #10
    vkid
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    irishlady29 wrote: »
    Salthill Hotel is pretty good aswell, think its a 4 star

    Never understood how this place is rated so highly in Galway. Stay here with work every now and again, and its not the best imo. Not by a long shot.


  • #11
    zarquon
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    vkid wrote: »
    Never understood how this place is rated so highly in Galway. Stay here with work every now and again, and its not the best imo. Not by a long shot.

    Agreed on the food front. Eat their twice and was not impressed either time. Found the quality poor tbh.

    As stated above you will not really get fine dining experience in Galway hotels. Plenty of restaurants about that offer superior experience so my advise is to not be fixated on 4-Star and 5-Star nonsense and find a nice standalone restaurant instead.


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  • #12
    Paddyfield
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 509 ✭✭✭Paddyfield


    The Ardilaun Hotel is surely worth a shot? I've had Sunday lunch there a few times and it is excellent.

    The Twelve is meh.

    'Tis a pity you are limiting yourself to hotels.


  • #13
    gordongekko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    Paddyfield wrote: »
    The Ardilaun Hotel is surely worth a shot? I've had Sunday lunch there a few times and it is excellent.

    The Twelve is meh.

    'Tis a pity you are limiting yourself to hotels.

    Ardilaun is deffo hit and miss.


  • #14
    Red Pepper
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    gordongekko wrote: »
    Ardilaun is deffo hit and miss.

    Hit for me. My favourite hotel in Galway.


  • #15
    sentient_6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭sentient_6


    The twelve is great for everything but desert. Popping candy and marshmallows on EVERYTHING.


  • #16
    Red Pepper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭Red Pepper


    vkid wrote: »
    Never understood how this place is rated so highly in Galway. Stay here with work every now and again, and its not the best imo. Not by a long shot.

    Yeah agree with this (Salthill Hotel). It might be a popular large wedding hotel but I have never been impressed. And it as so much potential location wise.


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