Glenlo Abbey Hotel & Estate

The experience from the drive into the Hotel and the amazing views to the opulence of the whole afternoon tea experience. Thoroughly enjoyable experience; a great way to spend an afternoon with my two adult daughters. We even encountered an Irish celebrity actress (who will remain unnamed!) in the reception room while awaiting our table. Our server Timmy was eloquent and quite charming as he explained all the different tea selections - never appreciated the variety of teas before. The selection of dainty sandwiches, scones and desserts were delicious . And the doorman on our exit was quite charming. It was teaming rain and someone even went to the car park and drove our car over to the entrance for us; made us feel very special.

The service at Glenlo Abbey was exceptional all around! Ed at the pro shop was very hospitable and helped me out greatly with some belongings that were left behind! Thank you all for a great experience.

Antonio was outstanding! Not only did he provide 1st class service at breakfast and afternoon tea, he went above & beyond for us as we were delayed getting into our room, due to an unexpected power outage. While he has only been employed by the property for 6 weeks, his extreme care and professionalism showed years of hospitality service. His talents could be utilized in a much more senior management role at Glenlo Abbey. We have stayed at 5 star resorts throughout Europe & the US, Antonio is the best we have encountered

While the hotel itself is beautiful, my post-stay experience was very disappointing. I checked out on May 22, 2026 and emailed and called immediately (nearly 30 minutes after checking out) to report a forgotten item, a black Alo puffer jacket. No response. I followed up again on May 25 and still heard nothing. On May 29, I called again and spoke with a staff member named Peter, who apologized and said he would check lost and found and call me back. He did not call back. I called again, spoke to another staff member who said they would check, and later received an email stating the jacket could not be found. No responses for a week, two ignored follow-ups, and my jacket was taken. I would not recommend this hotel.

Attended a family wedding and overall wasn’t impressed with what’s supposed to be a 5 star hotel. We arrived with two young kids for check in at the lodges at 4pm, we were told it wasn’t ready yet and they would call us when it was. Straight away that just not acceptable for the price we were paying. If check in is 4pm then it should be ready at that time. We didn’t get into our lodge until 5:15pm which was just pure stress with two young kids. When we got into the lodge I can’t understand what was taking so long because it certainly wasn’t clean. The floors were absolutely filthy, the kids socks were black after only an hour walking around. Over all the staff were friendly and food was nice but the lodge was a big let down