Friar's LodgevsBallymaloe House
Both Ballymaloe House Hotel and Friar's Lodge are praised by professional reviewers. Overall, Ballymaloe House Hotel is the choice of most writers compared to Friar's Lodge. Ballymaloe House Hotel comes in at #2 in Cork with endorsements from 5 reviewers like Lonely Planet, Frommer's and Fodor's.
Friar's Lodge
Friar Street, Kinsale
From $174/night
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Free Parking
- Breakfast included
- Breakfast buffet
Fodor's
"A large Georgian town house has been tastefully converted into this cheerful guesthouse, with an array of amenities that would do a hotel proud." Full review
Ballymaloe House
Shanagarry
From $333/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Fodor's
"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
Condé Nast Traveler
"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
Hideaway Report
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
Frommer's
"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
The Telegraph
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
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"The rooms have been individually decorated with period furnishings and are a pleasing mass of different shapes and sizes." Full review