The Lodge at Ashford Castle

Such a wonderful place to stay. This is our 4th visit. We're always sad to leave. Peter and the team as a staff group are wonderful. Everyone is so professional and so helpful. The food is gorgeous. The breakfast in particular is probably the best anywhere. We have our little poodle with us and she gets great attention too. She loves the home made treats. All in all the verdict is that it's a wonderful place. Thank you all so much.

A small family group of 18 people, we celebrated a recent 50th Birthday at The Lodge at Ashford Castle. (Saturday evening 15/11/2025) The young & the not-so-young amongst us were all treated like V.I.P.'s and most especially, one family member who is a wheelchair user. This is an historic old lady of a building but very suitable for wheelchair users. Having pre-booked and providing all relevant extra-ordinary needs / details of various guests to Cora ( the wonderful event manager at The Lodge ) the Reception Staff & Front Door Porters were SO professional, respectful & welcoming to guests at the front door. ( Think Irish Contemporary Hospitality X Downton Abbey!) - instantly setting the scene for a treat and beautiful memorable occasion. Porters laid out the entrance with a ramp, luggage pick-up and parked the car swiftly & efficiently. Pre-dinner drinks downstairs in the Quay Bar, perfect. Artwork on the walls includes spunky, contemporary unexpected pieces among the more traditional hunting scene prints, super cool. Cannonball Ireland were holding a large party downstairs the same evening, the staff were really busy but had time for everyone in the house that night. Elevator access to Wilde's Restaurant upstairs was easy. ( The accessible toilet is downstairs, none upstairs, but the journey between restaurant & W.C. was reasonably manageable. ) The original historic layout of rooms upstairs make up the restaurant so we had a lovely dining room to ourselves. Again, the service was wonderful, the staff had considered the space carefully, laid out the room perfectly, including the cake & champagne table. The food was really good & enjoyed by all. Peter, our Wilde's Restaurant Manager on the night ( 15/ 11 /25 ) was an expert at 'reading the room' & conducting the occasion, shout out also to young Fionn who was quietly, quickly, vanishing away delft, glassware, cutlery etc. between courses without a bother! And taking pics for us! A Massive Thank You to Nathaniel at Reception for going above and beyond his normal duties in helping me with 'The Cake' (....an actual work of art by local lady @cakelicious_by_veronica ) Masses of helium balloons & all the prior preparatory bits and pieces on the day!! Not easy. Thank you also to the lovely, respectful porter working the front door on that night (15/11/25) who's name I don't have, but he was originally from Transylvania, moving to Ireland & sported a cute little 'man bun' atop the head!

This is a really lovely place. The restaurant is great. The staff are so nice and helpful. I highly recommend. We were later than expected checking in and were scheduled for a boat ride on the lake. The woman at the desk took care of getting the suitcases to the room and got us a ride to the lake right away. We were there for our reservation on time. When we returned there was prosecco chilled in the suite. Our suite was a rock n roll theme with bright red leatherette /vinyl headboard and Andy Warhol prints of Mick Jagger and Marilyn Monroe. I hadn't expected this in a country estate, but it was so fun! The view of the lake was tremendous, the suite was huge, and the decor was cool. We had a glass of prosecco, enjoyed the view, and then dressed for dinner. Wilde's is really a great restaurant. I look forward to dining here again.

We had a really lovely stay for 2 nights. Staff were so friendly, special mention to jessica who served us in both the bar and breakfast making us feel so welcome and taken care of. We will be coming back

Stayed here for our wedding anniversary,it was our 1st time here. Room 107 was allocated to us by Christina at reception. Room 107 is a very nice room but we encountered a strange droning noise that we and the staff couldnt stop.2.30am and we had no sleep so a lovely girl called Theresa arrived,heard the noise,eventually at 3.30am moved us to a room to enable us to get some sleep. Next afternoon the staff told us we would be moving to room 103.Anyway, we were treated with so much kindness by all staff concerned and room 103 was a beautiful room. The porter told us the noise may have been the Ghost...he could be right!! The food in Wildes is amazing.The service is wonderful especially the lovely Aoife and Katelyn who were chatty and friendly. The grounds are just beautiful and we encountered red squirrels,a pheasant and a crane. Mrs T's has the most delicious cakes and hot chocolate and I was able to do a bit of early Christmas shopping in the craft section. Overall we had the best few days,very relaxing,great food. The best bit for us was how we were treated by every member of staff. John at the gatelodge, Aoife,Katelyn and Abdul in Wildes at breakfast and dinner.Theresa and Christina at reception and everyone else that we encountered but do not have their names.The Lodge should be so proud of their brilliant team of staff. I worked in travel for over 50 years,have stayed in lovely hotels but The Lodge at Ashford is really up there with the very best. Thank you to everybody for your craic and kindness.