"The fountainhead of New Irish cuisine... a bigger dose of country charm can be found in some guest rooms cocooned in floral wallpapers." Full review

"Gastronomic hotel in a charming country house with a vine-clad façade east of Cork near a lovely part of the coast." Full review

"Combining a Georgian farmhouse facade with the tower of a 14th-century castle, this ivy-covered enclave of hospitality... is on a working farm, complete with grazing sheep and cows." Full review

"Ballymaloe has been run as a hotel and restaurant by Myrtle Allen and her family since 1964, in conjunction with the famous Ballymaloe Cookery School founded by her daughter-in-law, Darina Allen." Full review

"The rooms have been individually decorated with period furnishings and are a pleasing mass of different shapes and sizes." Full review