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Ballymaloe HousevsClayton Hotel Cork City
Ballymaloe House Hotel and Clayton Hotel Cork City are both rated highly by travel writers. Overall, Ballymaloe House Hotel is preferred by most reviewers compared to Clayton Hotel Cork City. Ballymaloe House Hotel comes in at 92 with accolades from 6 publications such as Lonely Planet, Fodor's and The Telegraph.
Ballymaloe House
Fodor's
Condé Nast Traveler
Hideaway Report
Frommer's
The Telegraph
Lonely Planet
Shanagarry
From $333/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
"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
"Spread across a 400-acre estate in rural eastern Cork, this seventeenth-century stone mansion earns a perfect score for "service that has to be experienced to be believed."" Full review
91.0
"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
9.0
"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
Top choice
"The rooms have been individually decorated with period furnishings and are a pleasing mass of different shapes and sizes." Full review
Clayton Hotel Cork City
The Telegraph
Fodor's
Lapps Quay, Cork, Ireland
From $113/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
8.0
"Slick and modern in the heart of Cork’s commercial centre, the Clayton successfully combines business with pleasure." Full review
"It's kitty-corner across the river from City Hall, and a short walk from the shopping district. The stark and hard-edged rooms have stylish pale-wood trim" Full review