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Reviews of Abbeyglen Castle Hotel

4 out of 5
Abbeyglen Castle Hotel
Sky Road, Clifden, Galway

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

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9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The owner greeting the guests during dinner and providing a history of the resort and surrounding area which would be of interest to those from USA.

10/10 Excellent

Dane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A wonderful time in a beautiful castle.
Ronan and the crew at the Abbeyglen couldnt have been more fun, attentive, and welcoming. I felt more welcome there than i do in family member's homes. The grounds were beautiful and the 6:30 champagne toast with the story of Clifden was worth the trip alone. Anytime I am in Ireland, I will definitely be making a stop here. You absolutely have to try the Homemade Berry Meringue Roulade.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Taylor

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had an amazing time visiting the Abbeyglen Castle! Everyone there was very helpful and went above and beyond to help make our stay even better. The story time in bar and live music were a lot of fun and the dinner was delicious. Couldn’t recommend this place more, would definitely come back!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kayla

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

james

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing, great time, easy to get to, dinner was awesome!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Outstanding food and hospitality!
We had a wonderful time and really enjoyed our stay and the hospitality. The food was outstanding as well!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Una

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely lovely stay at the Abneyglen Castle. Service was amazing and the rooms gorgeous. Highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Lori

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
We found staying at the castle very exciting. We were treated very well by staff. We stayed on a Friday night and our room was above the outdoor smoking area so we could hear peoples voices right up to 2 am. The breakfast the next morning was ok. Eggs Benedict had over cooked eggs and a drizzle of hollandaise sauce. My husband enjoyed his kipper. Be ready to fill up with cereal and fruit.

10/10 Excellent

Bartosz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard, Indialantic

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Candice

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unique Experience
The hotel was a bit hard to get to with luggage and no taxi service but once we arrived there were no complaints. The staff was friendly and check in was very quick. The room was great, the food superb and the complimentary champagne and history lesson was very interesting and much appreciated.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marta L.

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel and grounds are gorgeous and very well maintained. Our room was large and very well-appointed. Enjoyed the champagne welcome and the top notch dining experience.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert, Louisville

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great craic!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amanda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a fabulous experience! Beautiful castle with a wonderful sunrise view. Service was fantastic and Brian went out of his way to make us feel welcomed and comfortable. Highly recommend and will definitely visit again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sydney

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay with friendly staff.

10/10 Excellent

Tony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An amazing stay in the most beautiful,friendly and charming hotel
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

marilyn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Terrific property with very hospitable host. Huge lovely room. Short on amenities - no bath soap/body wash, tissues, robes, slippers. Unfortunately, noisy guests partying until after 1am. Early start meant no breakfast available
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Amanda

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

william

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Beverly

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful place. Great breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

kurt, Ballwin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The best hospitality of any place I have ever been , the owner gives out photos of each guest that he takes himself. The nightly story of the history of Abbeyglen is not to be missed 🙏
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Doug

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Becky

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My new favorite stay in Ireland!
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

ROBERT P, HAPPY VALLEY

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely property!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jaime

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everyone at this hotel and in the town of Clifden is so welcoming and friendly. We felt right at home from the minute we arrived until the minute we checked out. The meals are outstanding, and the staff really do go out of their way to make you feel special. Wonderful visit!! Highly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfection!
We loved our one night stay! Wish we could have stayed longer, but the airport was calling us! The whole experience was amazing… From the super sweet welcome at the front desk, to the complimentary champagne welcome party, and breakfast in the morning. The view from our room was magical and the sounds of water and birds was so relaxing. If we ever come back to this part of Ireland we will most definitely revisit this location! Well done!! Also noticed it was child friendly, and what kid doesn’t want to run around a castle?!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic property and the staff were the best we experienced in the country. We are so pleased with this property, we are planning our next trip already and making sure we stay a bit here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

sylvia

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Amanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Fabulous Building. Amazing Location.
Fabulous historical building and great location. Amazing staff. Entertaining host/owner and overall a great ambiance. Highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

4/10 Poor

GERRY

Travelled with family
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very welcoming and fun hosts. Beautiful facility and warm, friendly staff. Will definitely come back and would recommend this hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Our stay was very pleasant, although during the Pandemic, we felt unsafe a couple of times. Some guests gathered in group in bar area. Some staff didn't wear masks. Dinner tables were a little too close.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020
Response from Abbeyglen Castle on 17 Dec 2020
We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your stay but sorry to hear that you felt unsafe. Since the hotel reopened we have not been selling our full allocation of our rooms. The most we have allocated is 60% of our bed stock or less. We also have several signs at the gate and at the front door of the hotel stating that the hotel is for residents only. We are no longer taking any more outside guests for dinner, lunch or breakfast. We also provide a room service facility where guests may eat breakfast or dinner in their room. Also we have 14 different sanitising stations throughout the hotel. We provide a remote check in and check out service for all our guests. We have perspex screens on our reception and bar counters. We provide a locking system for all our public toilets meaning anybody who wishes to use the public bathrooms will have the area to themselves. We also encourage guests to use the toilet facility in their own bedrooms. All staff have undergone formal COVID Training which was sanctioned both by Peninsula and Failte Ireland. We are signed up to the Failte Ireland Safety Charter. We provide a contactless payment facility for all our guests. We have installed additional outdoor seating at the front of the hotel and around the fountain area. We have installed a one way system in our bar, restaurant and elevator. We have staff on duty every day constantly disinfecting door handles, hand rails etc. . We have produced a laminated menu for both dinner and breakfast which can be sanitised easily . We have introduced a QR code where guests can access all our menus on their phone or ipad. We have implemented a series of cleaning checks and rosters throughout the hotel. We also use a logging and traceability system for all staff. We check and log the temperature of all our staff on a twice daily basis. We have also eliminated our iconic breakfast and dessert buffet and now run a breakfast and dinner menu instead. Brian Hughes Abbeyglen Castle Hotel

8/10 Good

Gail, Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely big room, friendly staff with welcome drink and nibbles - fantastic! Great food.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was like stepping back in time. The staff was so lovely.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Abbeyglen is a lovely old world hotel, in a beautiful area of Clifden.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Liked the friendly staff but they had a busy weekend and you could see they were stretched. Room was clean and all amenities provided. However it was too warm at night and no air con. Asked to book restaurant on check in and was informed no need to book they will accomodate you. When we arrived fown to the bar we were told not a hope if getting a table they were too busy. Joke!! Not impressed. Roger the barman was very helpful and recommended a lovely restaurant in the town. Would have expected porridge to be made to order instead of in a heated pot. Breakfast food was not very hot. At check out there was only one receptionist at peak check out times. Wouldnt be in a rush to go back.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Pieter

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had an amazing time. Amazing place
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic welcoming staff throughout stay. Could not fault their service. So friendly. Lovely atmosphere
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Marie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Xmas break
Really friendly hotel loved everything about it
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
New yr 3020
Lovely hotel... walking distance from clifden breakfast was lovely and dinner was fab...great selection for desserts!!! lovely staff very professional in reception area... lovely grounds
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
perfect on every way ..there was even a porter who came to the car to take innour bags!!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Customer service was second to none. From check in to check out it was first class.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019