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Reviews of Liss Ard Estate

4 out of 5
Liss Ard Estate
Castletownshend Road, Skibbereen, Cork

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 49 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 69 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Dean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Anna Guest Relations Manager on 21 Oct 2023
Thank you Dean

10/10 Excellent

Megan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved it here. Everyone was delightful. Could not recommend the Sky Garden Walk and experience more- it should be mandatory! Paul was the perfect guide on this walk. He understands how nature is in line with life and explains the artist’s intentions with Sky Garden’s breathtaking view.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Anna Guest Relations Manager on 21 Oct 2023
Thank you Megan, Paul loves showing our guests around. We are delighted you enjoyed and thank you for the review.

10/10 Excellent

Susanne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful manor house with surrounding gardens, lake, Irish Sky Garden and more.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Anna Guest Relations Manager on 24 Sept 2023
Thank you Susanne. We are delighted you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Michele

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely room and lovely grounds at Liss Ard. Will stay again!!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Anna Guest Relations Manager on 4 Oct 2023
Lovely to hear,Thank you Michele

8/10 Good

jeffrey

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Anna Guest Relations Manager on 24 Sept 2023
Thank you Jeffrey.

10/10 Excellent

mark

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Truly the best place we stayed in Ireland.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Anna Marron Guest Relations Manager on 24 Sept 2023
WOW!! We can't ask for a better review than this! Thank you Mark

8/10 Good

Annemarie, Dublin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Only whinge was no BBC so couldn’t look at Wimbledon in the evening
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Alice

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lake house - beautiful setting- spacious room -very comfortable- with free transport between lake house & main house on request
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from LAE on 7 Jul 2023
Thank you for taking the time to rate Liss Ard Estate. We are very pleased to see you liked our EstAnna,Guest Relations Manager.

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommended - A west Cork Gem
We had a fantastic stay @ Liss Ard. The staff went out of their way to ensure we had every thing we needed and more. We spent a day at the private lake with our 7 yr old son, fishing, paddle boards, swimming in the refreshing water after the lake side sauna. The food and service was excellent from breakfast to dinner ! We loved the walks in the estate and the amazing sky garden. A real gem in west cork…
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Anna on 29 Jun 2023
Thank you Nigel, we are delighted you to read this review and happy memories for your 7yr old son fishing with his parents! All the staff loved reading your review.Hope to see you again soon - plenty of fish in the lake!AnnaGuest Relations Manager

10/10 Excellent

Kathleen

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely Manor House and gardens ..
We spent a lovely night in the lodge attached to the Manor House which was a beautiful building .. great breakfast and fabulous garden walks ! Highly recommend for anyone passing through Skibereen
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from LAE on 11 Jun 2023
Thank you Kathleen for your recommendation. We are delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again in the not too distant future.AnnaGuest Relations Manager

10/10 Excellent

Gail

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We loved our stay. The property was just beautiful and so relaxing. All of the staff were accommodating and very friendly. Highly suggest!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from LAE on 11 Jun 2023
Thank you Gail. We are delighted you enjoyed and relaxed during your stay.AnnaGuest Relations Manager

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A wonderful stay in idyllic setting.
Lovely stay at this beautiful estate. I was unable to get full use of the beautiful grounds due to limited time but I will certainly return to do so. All staff were very professional, warm and friendly - thank you to MaryRose in particular and also the lovely barman (Malaysian man - I've forgotten name unfortunately) for providing such a lovely welcome and great service. Thank you also for the room upgrade which was a lovely surprise. The lounging areas are beautiful and I really enjoyed sitting by the fire after dinner. Breakfast before check out was nice - nice options on menu & freshly squeezed juice. It was noticeable that there was only one person on the breakfast shift - it seemed there should have been atleast 2 more members of staff on at this time as it was very busy and as a result there were some mishaps (coffee pot was brought but no cup to drink it in as cup that had been on table when I was brought to my seat had coffee in from person before me but when this was taken it was not replaced, fruit was not topped up while I was in breakfast area so I could not have any, I asked for hollendaise sauce to be on the side instead of poured over eggs as I find it to be sickly sometimes but it was served on the eggs) - I did not point out these things as I was in a rush for work &I could see that the girl on breakfast duty was extremely busy & doing her absolute best to attend to the many guests. All in all, I had a wonderful stay, highly recommend, & can't wait to return.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

John

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Could be a Special Place
This place has amazing potential. Sadly it does not live up to it. We were put in a "cozy" room," and were told these rooms were for their cost conscious (cheap/poor?) visitors. The next room up was not much more expensive, but unavailable. There was barely room to move around the bed. There was a kettle and coffee machine that had no outlet near them, and no surface large enough to place them to plug them in, and the coffee machine had a continental European plug in any case. The food was bad. My partner's breakfast omelette was crusty on the outside, with a slab of molten, chewy cheese on the inside. We won't even talk about lunch. It was inedible. My partner, who feels disloyal to his dead mother when he leaves anything on his plate, sent back a near full lamb dish. When we had an issue and said something, we were made to feel it was our fault for not appreciating this place. That's a weird flex for a service industry. On the plus side, the staff were generally extremely helpful and pleasant, and seemed to enjoy their jobs. The land is spectacular. The sky garden, which is on the estate, is stunning. It is looking a bit worn though, the browning grass and divots up the side. There is a wonderful set up by the lake with exercise rooms, a pay-per-visit sauna, stand up paddle boards, and a small boat. Great drinks and a skilled bartender. This hotel could be really special, but there is just something not coming together.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Chris

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

David

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Room sold as a room for three is in fact a cupboard
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Maurice

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ann-Marie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Byron

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Denis

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Our favorite place in West Cork.
We loved being at Liss Ard. The room was gorgeous, the grounds magnificent and the food fabulous.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Superb
Absolutely fantastic experience
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Fergal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
New Favorite Destination
Fantastic staff, Dylan and Mark were outstanding servers at dinner and in the bar. The scenic walks, lake house and picnic were fantastic and the sky garden a little drop of peace in West Cork.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The place was lovely and the staff were nice but there were serious issues with the food and service. I understand the pressure of Covid and only having reopened
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

EMER

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A piece of heaven
A glorious place and the staff were super friendly. Things were a little bumpy due to the fact that the place was only open a week after the Covid lockdown. However the sheer good will shone through Breakfast in the garden looking out over the hills a high point.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Pauline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a lovely stay here, the reception staff were genuinely friendly and the food was delicious ( daily breakfast and dinner one evening)
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Emmet

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel
Great find, will certainly be back
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2020

8/10 Good

Margaret

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

6/10 Okay

kathleen

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Deirdre

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
1 of our favorite places in Ireland not to missed
Amazing staff and exquisite meals. The grounds are well worth the visit alone. We also love the more modern furnishings and relaxed environment
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel, grounds are so nice for a walk and they made us and our dogs feel welcome. Great base for exploring west Cork. Restaurant is really good.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Terry

Wonderful find with amazing views!
The property was amazingly beautiful with lots of places to enjoy a walk and fresh air with wonderful scenery. The rooms were somewhat small however lovely and functional. Breakfast was included and excellent made to order food with a buffet also. Beds were comfortable and it was quiet. We’d like to give a huge shout out to Anna who’s hospitality was unrivaled. Her generosity and compassion after my dad told her our reasons for traveling were heartwarming and we were deeply moved. Overall an extraordinary stay!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great house & gardens. Noisy room. Basic breakfast considering the quality of the accommodation.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gorgeous, unique experience in a city I’ve visited dozens of time. The grounds and gardens (particularly the Irish sky garden) are out of this world. Great spot to retreat to if you are looking for a less busy area than downtown. Would have loved to have more time to explore the grounds. You can swim in the lake and there is a boat as well. There are 8+ walking/light hiking trails. They even provide jackets and Wellies (ie walking boots). Full transparency, WiFi is spotty so this is a true escape in all sense of the word!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Brendan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Period country house in extensive grounds
The hotel is in a period 19th century house in extensive grounds. We did not have time for anything more than a brief exploration which was a pity. The conversion to a modern hotel is quirky in places, but overall it works well. We had a very pleasant welcome. We stayed in the garden wing - fairly basic room, but comfortable. We had an excellent dinner and breakfast with very good service.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very peaceful. Lovely breakfast. Beautiful surroundings. However Was disappointed no 24 h room service for food. We arrived late with 2 small children who were passed bedtimes and so we had to forgo the dining room.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic stay
Lovely stay, staff (especially Mags) were all super friendly. Amazing grounds, the sky garden was so nice and relaxing. We had our puppy with us and they were all so friendly and accommodating. Will definitely return.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Christie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel with beautiful views
The staff is very nice. The views are gorgeous. The sky garden is a very interesting structure.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Patricia J.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous!
The Ali's Ard. Staff were wonderful! We were made to feel welcome and all our needs were met. My only regret was that we only had one nit booked . After having stayed there , we would have liked to have more time to experience fully what the Lis Ard Estate has to offer.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Richard, Ulster

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stylish country hotel
I enjoyed my 2 night stay in this fabulous location. Enjoyed dinner in the restaurant the first evening. Food was very good and home grown vegetables from the garden were a nice compliment to the meal. Desserts were not 100%. Whilst I enjoyed the local cheeses my friend ordered a chocolate dessert and was dismayed to receive three piped dollops of chocolate mousse decorated with some flowers & sauce. Hardly worth the price asked. Rooms were furnished in Japanese style with sliding doors to bath & toilet. Toilet was very restricted with minimal space for tall persons when seated. The raised level of bathrooms was a night time hazard. This aspect could be improved to cater for elderly or disabled persons. Overall impressions of this hotel were good but with some room for improvement at this price level.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A World of its own
Most enjoyable
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

4/10 Poor

Marie

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointed.
Thought it was very overpriced (€310 for 2 nights) for what we got. Our room was meant to have a Lake view - could barely see the lake by straining to look out the side of the window. We had a 10 minute walk to get our breakfast in the morning. Would be very inconvenient if it had been raining. Wifi very poor and had no phone signal from room.

10/10 Excellent

Kathy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet Getsway
Beautiful and quiet. The restaurant and service was lovely. The grounds have many beautiful acres to walk.

10/10 Excellent

Liz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort