Culloden Estate & Spa

We are getting married on 29/4/26 and our reception is at the Culloden. Ailie is our Events Coordinator and has been amazing from our first visit. So professional and equally friendly and approachable. Today we had our menu tasting and Se and his staff were equally fabulous. The food was amazing. The Thai fish cake was so tasty. Daube of beef also excellent and the lemon tart worthy of Dame Mary Berry! Thank you sooo much. Roll on the wedding meal 🤓

My husband & I enjoyed a beautiful Sunday lunch in Vespers restaurant. Every bite was delicious. We’ve been a few times this past year because it has been so good. We will definitely be back. Pricey?….not at all because the food is worth it. The many staff are friendly and helpful and remember you from previous visits. The reception areas and lounge are always warm , peaceful and relaxing. We stayed on after for a drink and enjoyed the views across Belfast Lough.

I spent two nights here for the new year. Lovely atmosphere, great location for coastal walks. Breakfast was 1st class. Loved the spa. Enjoyed dinner in the gate lodge and a nice pint in front of the fire. Booked the stay using Hilton Honour points part of the SLH deal, was disappointed to find the hotel also charged my credit card for the full stay. They did refund this but it was luck on my behalf that I saw this 3 weeks later.

Location is approximately 9km outside Belfast. The plethora of armchairs lend an "old-folks homish" atmosphere, especially in the main bar ( which closes on Saturday night, with no resident bar concession). Rooms were a shock....After travelling the world, I had never seen a waste bin full from previous occupants. One of the bath robes was dirty. After raising with a nonchalent reception, the bin was eventually changed, but not the bath robe. Meals were, sorry to say, quite awful...no in-house baked bread, breakfast meats- omlettes- eggs / dinner steaks seemed prepared with the same oil, which deemed the food inedible ( as witnessed by the food remnants left on plates- do the kitchen check returns?) Service on Sunday morning breakfast was limited, it seemed like severe staff shortages. Best staff were doorman Jonathan, and wait staff Shay and Leah, who were exceptionally nice under testing circumstances. This family weekend cost way too much for such an experience, which we expected would be top notch for a special occasion. No Culloden return is planned. The floor 3 clean staff capped all ...when asked was checkout time 11am, she replied snarkily " yes 11....and it's 10 minutes past 11 now".

We enjoyed every second of this experience, the food was superb the service was professional and the spa was great