Name: Ballymaloe House
Address: Shanagarry Cloyne Cork, Cloyne, 00000, IE

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jul 2026

Simon

Beautiful, quiet and serene. Super friendly staff, and the food was excellent, especially the tasting menu. Had a fantastic if brief weekend trip, was very well looked after, including by Robert, our fantastic taxi driver, who was available as needed and super helpful. Will definitely recommend

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2026

Daniel

Very worth the visit time and time again!

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2026

Jo Ellen

The food was amazing and the breakfast was the best I had during my whole trip. The poached eggs were cooked perfectly! The grounds are beautiful.

10/10

Exceptional

27 Oct 2025

Andrew

As always our stay was amazing. It's such a treat to get away and feel like you are in the middle on nowhere. The peace and tranquility is fantastic.

It's so nice to wonder around the shop there and the food is second to none. We had a lovely light lunch when we arrived as we wanted to save our appetite for our evening meal which did not disappoint.

The rooms are so cozy and the bed was so comfortable. We had a great night sleep and all set for a beautiful breakfast in the morning which again was amazing.

All in all it was a fabulous overnight and we are looking forward to going back again soon.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2025

Kerry

Upscale ancient hotel with amazing restaurant, grounds & accomodations, would stay longer next time. Gift & cafe is amazing.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Aug 2025

Verified traveler

Overpriced

I stayed at Castlemyrtle Resort before moving over to Ballymaloe House Hotel. I expected comparable comfort—especially since I’m paying more here—but key amenities like air conditioning and a TV were missing.

Dinner was, frankly, disappointing for the price. The food lacked creativity and flavor, and the service fell short. Trainees were serving and couldn’t explain the dishes or answer basic questions about the food. Really? When you’re paying over $100 per person for a meal, you expect servers who are at least knowledgeable. The staff were friendly, but the lack of expertise was noticeable.

Outside of the beautiful setting, everything else felt mediocre.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2025

Eugene

Wonderful peaceful break . Particularly the stay in the coach room.
Lovely to meet Fern . Thank you

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jun 2025

Kathleen

Lovely hotel and property

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jun 2025

Jonathan

Wonderful

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2025

Susan

LOVE

We had an amazing stay at Ballymaloe, new family favorite. Staff is wonderful, food is incredible. We will be back again!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2025

John

Absolutely! Here’s a shorter version for Google Reviews:
A truly special place. Ballymaloe House Hotel combines elegant charm with warm, genuine hospitality. The rooms are beautiful, the food is outstanding—fresh, seasonal, and mostly from their own gardens—and the whole experience feels peaceful and personal. The dessert trolley is so decident, a perfect countryside escape. Can't wait to come back!

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

20 Dec 2024

carol

I enjoyed the dinner.
I felt front of house were just ok
The staff in the resteraunt were top class
When we arrived we were just left standing there while 3 staff members attended one man ??
I had to ask for more info re room n hotel n key etc. I have had better service in other hotels. We were told there was no cake left on our arrival??

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2024

Carolyn

Beautiful family owned business with a fantastic restaurant and amazing food, staff and design

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2024

Andy

Absolutely stunning place with some of the best staff I've experienced!

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

08 May 2024

Verified traveler

Mixed Bag

Our stay at Ballymaloe House was a bit of a mixed bag. The house, grounds, and dining were all excellent, but the staff (less the waitresses and bartenders) were the low point of our trip. We had several interactions where, at best, we were made to feel like an inconvenience, and at worst like we were lesser. Basic requests like ordering room service for dinner were met with obvious annoyance from the front desk. So much so that we actually dragged ourselves to dinner after a terrible day of travel because it seemed like such a burden for them. On our final morning we showed up to breakfast as it was opening because we needed to get an early start. The hostess seemed aggravated and treated us like we had showed up an hour early. While none of these interactions were hugely problematic we left feeling like we needed to apologize for showing up in the first place.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Dec 2023

Philomena

Wonderful stay!

Fabulous and always enjoyable!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2023

Donald

Ireland’s best boutique hotel

Hands down the best experience we could’ve ever imagined. Comfortable, spacious accommodations. Kind, thoughtful, professional management and staff. World class food. Top marks.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Sep 2023

D. Kerry

Historic propert well maintained

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 Aug 2023

Charles

A fabulous stay!

Can’t speak highly enough of this hotel. A really incredible establishment, a magnificent building and grounds with really lovely and friendly staff. Fantastic experience - would definitely recommend.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Aug 2023

Vincent

Best stay of my trip to Ireland!

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2022

Jennifer

Magical

Such a special place! Service, food, accommodations, staff...excellent.

Magical in everyway!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Aug 2022

Erin

Gorgeous little B&B

Lovely, out of the way setting. Nice pool, tennis court, walking paths. Our rooms were nice and the bathroom was modern. Service for tea and in the dining room was fantastic. We enjoyed the 5-course dinner well into the night. No self-serve laundry whoch put a cramp in our plans but not a huge deal. The desk staff was super accomodating

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2022

Sasha

Ballymaloe House is located in a beautiful country estate setting with lots of greenery around the property. The locally sourced food is exquisite. I would like to go back and spend more time there.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Mar 2022

Jamie

Ballymaloe House is a beautiful property and the everyone there was so kind and helpful. The 5 course dinner was incredible and such a treat! We will visit this special place again one day.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Dec 2021

Aoife

Another beautiful stay at Ballymaloe

Beautiful stay, comfortable calming room and food was divine as always

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Sep 2021

Mary

Wonderful Food, friendly helpful staff

Wonderful staff & service. Food as good as anticipated, everything home or locally grown, flavourful and fresh.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

Highly Recommended!

Great food, amazing service. Highly recommended

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

Absolutely loved the local feel! We were the only \"tourists\". Even had someone come in and play music after dinner. Just lovely!

10/10

Exceptional

19 Feb 2020

Eileen

Ballymaloe Stay

Fabulous. Staff very friendly. Room was superb as was the dining experience and breakfast. Would highly recommend and will definitely visit again.
Thank you

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Nov 2019

Mike

Fantastic weekend away

Absolutely super stay. So relaxed and peaceful. Will be back soon. Dinner was amazing. 10/10

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Great staff, amazing accommodation. Lovely respite and get away

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Oct 2019

SanfordCook

An absolutely wonderful place! Will definitely stay again when we return to Ireland.
All the staff were great and the accommodations beautiful.
Also spent time walking the gardens...

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

13 Sep 2019

Francis

Beautiful setting. Lovely old house.
Great gardens. Lots of interesting products

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Excellent Accommodation!

It was an amazing accommodation & experience - would recommend it to everyone!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

A gentle elegant country house, resplendent in the sunshine. Individually named comfortable well appointed sunny rooms. Comfortable bed for good nights sleep. Excellent breakfast.

Friends_and_family Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2019

Amina

Dream come true

I’ve been dreaming of visiting Ballymaloe for years. The visit definitely far outreached my imagination. The staff was stellar. The rooms were amply-sized and the property was stunning.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

This is the most beautiful hotel that we have ever stayed in. It’s like a story book. The staff is absolutely amazing. We came for the Ironman race. The staff brought breakfast to our room the night before since we would be gone before breakfast and the chefs made special hot chocolate for recovery afterwards. Patrick gave us directions everywhere we needed to go since a lot of roads were closed. He was wonderful. Everyone was so nice and accommodating. I highly recommend this hotel. We can’t wait to return next year. Thank you for such a memorable experience!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 May 2019

David

The staff at Ballymaloe House are fantastic! The service was phenomenal! And the location is great for relaxing.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Mar 2019

Aine

Lovely place to stay. The food was excellent. Staff were lovely & friendly. Probably the nicest breakfast we’ve ever had. Lovely location. Wonderful experience.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Aug 2018

Phil

Ballymaloe lived up to its amazing reputation. Stunning location, beautiful food and friendly staff.
Could not ask for more.

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jul 2018

Mark

Ballymaloe is Magical!

Ballymaloe is magical. Incredible food and gracious hospitality, set in a beautiful area. Luxury without being pretentious.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2018

Verified traveler

Lovely stay

Absolutely stunning property. The grounds were gorgeous and the house was charming and beautifully kept. Highly recommend dinner at the onsite restaurant. Delicious!

Family

6/10

Pleasant

02 Jun 2018

LB

The beauty is the old world charm, but the rooms could use some updating... Dining staff was not the best and the food was good, not great. Ladies at the front desk were very helpful. Go to Kinsale for a charming town, skip Cobh.

10/10

Exceptional

18 May 2018

Verified traveler

This was a gift for my dad. My mum & dad thoroughly enjoyed their stay from beginning to end & cannot rate Ballymaloe highly enough.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

Beautiful small hotel and fantastic restaurant

Delightful hotel. Wonderful staff. Comfortable rooms. And amazing food at both dinner and breakfast

6/10

Pleasant

21 Sep 2017

Denise

Used to be nice but a bit jaded

Room was dated, needing refurbishment. It was have been nice to have a kettle in the room.

10/10

Exceptional

23 Aug 2017

Verified traveler

It was a lovely experience for my family and me. The grounds, the staff, the food, the rooms were all top notch. Would definitely go back for another experience of Irish countryside!

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2017

Clint

End of School Year Trip to Ireland

We stayed on the 6th night of an 8 day trip around Ireland. We had seen a profile about Ballymaloe house on CBS Sunday Morning and we were not disappointed. The grounds are great, the rooms classic with great comfort and the staff is wonderful. The meals were absolutely top notch, and we got a private look at the wine cellar, and my wife learned how to bake Irish Soda Bread in their kitchen. I highly recommend anyone going to Ireland to experience this great property.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Sep 2016

Ron

Out of the way gem that takes you back in time

Great history to this wonderful inn that dates back to the Norman period. No TV in the room adds to the charm and forced relaxation by just enjoying the beautiful location in southwest Ireland. Will return.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Sep 2016

JV

Quiet, restful, great food and great staff

We were tired and hungry, traveling with our two small dogs. The staff was so kind and prepared food for us even though the kitchen wasn't open yet, and gave us scraps for our dogs.

Family