Best hotel you've stayed in, in Ireland

Waterford Castle. Absolute heaven on earth. You take a ferry over to the island on which the castle is built. Wonderful accommodation, brilliant restaurant, fantastic staff. Just love it.

kilashee house hotel in naas as long as you get the rooms in the new wing. lovely grounds top restaurant the breakfast is great

Slattsy wrote: »

I was looking at this place.
Is it very 'run down' though?? I know its an old castle and all that, and it has the charm, but how were the bedrooms? Showers etc?

Bedrooms were beautiful. Roll top baths in the huge bathroom with fantastic shower over head. Sounds weird but the wc and washbasin had flowers painted on them ( you have to see it to appreciate it ) wc has the cistern up high so you pull a chain to flush. Beautiful lead windows set in stone. Not a bit run down just fantastic olde worlde charm. Hugh fire place in reception area. If you want to feel like royalty, this is the place. Can you tell I am a fan

I hope you do try it out and meet the wild deer that wander around the island and are fantastic to see first thing in the morning.

Harveys Point in Donegal,the deluxe rooms are so stunning, excellent food and friendly staff. Loved it!

Stayed in Dromoland last weekend,totally did not live up to the hype, hotel itself is stunning but our room was teeny!

other honoury mentions! - Castle Leslie -lovely stayed in main hotel, comes a close second to Harveys Point

Fota- lovely but a different type of hotel, hasn't some character of others mentioned above

Aghadoe Heights in Killarney.

Castlemartyr Resort. Thought it was just the mutts nuts.

Agree with above Castle Martyr is divine but still ranks below harveys point in terms of staff and food

Rathmullan House in Donegal.
http://www.rathmullanhouse.com/

Unbelievable from start to finish.
This is not a celtic tiger hotel. Its a small family hotel that has been in existance for decades and has grown a little in the meantime but is still a small homely atmosphere. The rooms are modern but classic. Everything is in top nick. Service brilliant and they cant do enough for you. They want you to have a good stay, and obviously that will keep them in a job with return business.
Simple, but so many hotels are inept to this fact and then wonder why they cannot survive.
The food there is exquisite but not overly fancy at the same time.
The breakfast is definitely the best Ive had, and I am ridiculously fussy.
Theres nice well maintained gardens on site and the hotel overlooks the Bay and is a 2 min walk to the sandy beach that runs for miles.

We were there on a special of 210per double room per night incl brekkie which is multiples of what I normally like to pay (and christ I love my deals!) but I have to say that it was worth it.
I'd say they wouldnt be able to look after the place as well as they do without charging as much so its more than justified.
Even at that price the place is so good that it does a savage business, so good that they dont accept weddings except off season in Early spring or late autumn.

Castlmartyr was excellent I thought. Also loved the Merchant in Belfast and the Ice house in mayo. Another favourite a very reasonably priced is the step house in carlow, lovely rooms, great dinner and brekkie.

The Ritz Carlton hotel in Powerscourt is something else.

Set in gorgeous grounds surrounded by the Sugar Loaf mountains, it's stunning 5-star luxury.

The rooms are big and luxurious, with mini-bar, large flatscreen tv and there's even a tv inset into the bathroom mirror! Talking of the bathrooms, they have amazing rainforest showers and a sunken jet-spa bath - you wouldn't want to get out of them! You also get the bathrobe and slippers and bvulgari toiletries (which smell divine!)

If you want to eat in, there's the hotel's Gordon Ramsey restaurant, but we couldn't afford that, so we stuck to the bar food, which is restaurant quality in itself. Still to this day, the best fish & chips I've ever eaten. The fillet steak was also amazing. They will also deliver dinner to your room, which is lovely.
There's also a gorgeous pool and spa.

Honestly, it's the best hotel I've ever stayed in.

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/Powerscourt/Default.htm

traineeacc wrote: »

Harveys Point in Donegal,the deluxe rooms are so stunning, excellent food and friendly staff. Loved it!

Stayed in Dromoland last weekend,totally did not live up to the hype, hotel itself is stunning but our room was teeny!

other honoury mentions! - Castle Leslie -lovely stayed in main hotel, comes a close second to Harveys Point

Fota- lovely but a different type of hotel, hasn't some character of others mentioned above

This was going to be my suggestion, the lodge is lovely too and reasonable enough to boot.

For a less expensive stay i liked both the Killeshin and the Heritage in Portlaoise (I'm absolutely puzzled now as to why i was in Portlaise for the weekend, and TWICE)