Dunbrody Country House Hotel

We stayed in the Steward’s Lodge at Dunbrody House for two nights and absolutely loved it and will definitely be coming back. It’s a quaint little cottage and feels like you are staying at the home of a loving grandmother. The food at the hotel is really good, especially dinner, however the breakfast menu is very limited. You wouldn’t see much in the way of fresh produce on the breakfast menu, but the dinners were lovely. There’s a pub onsite where you can get a rustic bowl of chowder and bring it back to the lodge which we did. We did the Puffin Magic package which included tickets on the ferry to see the puffins and a picnic basket with sandwiches and scones. It was the highlight of the trip. I would say that the place could use a bit more in the way of “personal touches” - we have stayed at other places in Ireland where you would get a pot of tea and slice of cake while checking in, or find a dessert or something similar in your room, etc. Harry, the manager, was very attentive and helpful though. I think it’s a really sweet little place in a very sunny and coastal part of Ireland and we will definitely be back

Disappointed that despite leaving my name and requesting a call back from the general manager I have heard nothing. The bath plug was broken and dispute the barman trying to fix it as no maintenance man available I didn’t get to have a bath that I was really looking forward to. We were asked did we wish to move rooms but because we were only there for one night it was too much effort. A call back would have been nice. Poor customer service for a venue with such a good name.

We had a voucher and so looked forward to our afternoon visit. We opterd for the Seafood bar. Well OMG probably the most disappointing dining experience ever. We ordered starters, prawn coctails, served warm and on a bed of lettuce leaf, butterhead, with some mary rose sauce. Doesnt take much to get this. Just so basic and uninteresting was this at a premium price all served on what looked like a very small soup dish !! When asked the waiter, at least thats what I tjought he was, were they atlantic prawns he just said they were not too big !! OK onwards and we both chose the fish pie, what an experience this was. Stuffed full of peas, very small amount of some white fish all finished off with a potato topping. Gross is what best described it. Both of us had the exact same opinion. Anyway we knew at this stage what our experience was, it didnt stop me ordering coffee, you guessed it, was so bad I just had one sip. The waitress was local and very nice but when my partner asked her what did the vegitables consist of she said a carrott but would go and check it with the kitchen !! We are not difficult to please and this review gives us no pleasure however the afternoon out was spoiled for us. We spent E140.00 off a E200.00 voucher leaving E 60.00 balance to our credit. Dont know if we will bother returning.

A fabulous couple of days relaxing and disconnected from the world. We ate at the three places, Harvest Restaurant, Seafood Bar and The Local Pub - all were excellent. Staff very attentive, especially Majella on the breakfast shift. Definitely do the coastal walk they recommend in their introductory notes - we did it during misty weather and again on a calm and clear day and gives you an opportunity to walk off the terrific meals.

We spent Sunday night here we were met by a lovely man who was friendly and helpful,room was spacious and had all we needed . Dinner was good night time staff were very nice . Breakfast was disappointing we both felt it was not value for money . My husband had very overdone rashers he thought the quality of produce was lacking , breakfast staff were not the friendliest didn’t interact much with anyone .