The Dunloe Hotel & Gardens , Beaufort, County Kerry V93 E029

"The hotel is clean, traditional but modern as well. The outside is great with different atmospheres. The restaurant in my opinion doesn’t reflect the quality of the hotel."

"Giving 5stars here due to the location, views and facilities, Service is slow in restaurant, I must clarify- its not due to lack of staff or them not been present just a long lead to ordering and receiving food, could of been the fact a large wedding was been catered for? Otherwise this hotel is a gem, the facilities loads to do, the views amazing all staff we engaged with were excellent and very chatty at dinner and breakfast. Would 100% book again, just maybe dine out next time :/ Photos are 1 from the walk on hotel grounds and 2nd from room balcony in morning (red sky)."

"I stayed for 2 nights with some friends and loved it. The rooms are large and comfortable with a generous balcony and the views are gorgeous. The staff are welcoming and helpful. The bar and lobby areas are comfortable and there are lovely terraces to enjoy better weather. The grounds are stunning. We played tennis on the indoor court and had hoped to go out on the ponies but the weather was against us. Lovely pool also. As the hotel is a little outside of town we dined in the hotel both evenings. While the dining room is perfect for breakfast in that it is big and bright, it is overly big and bright for evening time and the experience is impacted by this. The food however is very good and one of the chef's kindly made a generous portion of his excellent wasabi mayo for one my friends to take with her, she was delighted! Overall, a fantastic few days, we would love to have stayed on and we will definitely return."

"We stayed at the hotel which was very nice however I’m giving my star based on our experience with bringing a dog with us. When we arrived at the hotel we were greeted outside and I entered the hotel while my wife was escorted across a field to the dog entrance with our dog. Once we entered the hotel the doggy shower was conveniently located beside the entrance but the included cleaning products supplied was Fairy liquid. The hairdryer plug was not working either unfortunately. On the second day we got locked outside the dog entrance as the keycard reader works by NFC but out cards we’re not set up to be read by this reader - our cards had a chip. The doggy shower was also full of flower clipping from a wedding this day. On the third day we went to the front desk to see if there was a second entrance to bring our dog out as the night before there was a thunder storm and the field we had to walk across was soaked. At reception we were greeted by the general manager who offered little help except advised us to wait for the field to dry. Unfortunately this hotel is not a 5 star experience if you bring a dog with you."

"We stayed recently and had a wonderful time. The staff were excellent from start to finish!! The rooms were a little outdated but clean and comfortable. Dinner was excellent and portions were great. The quality of the food and the service staff are second to none. Breakfast was also great, lots of choice and very tasty, one of the staff gave us some take away boxes to take pastries with us as we were driving to a different location that day. The setting is really nice and relaxing. We opted out of using the pool as it was pretty busy with kids but understand that it was a weekend. We will definitely stay again."