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Walter Raleigh HotelvsBallymaloe House
Both properties are rated highly by reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Ballymaloe House Hotel is preferred by most writers compared to Walter Raleigh Hotel. Ballymaloe House Hotel is ranked #1 in Cork with approval from 6 reviews like Condé Nast Traveler, Frommer's and Fodor's.
Walter Raleigh Hotel
The Telegraph
O'Brien's Place, Youghal
From $120/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
- Restaurant
The Telegraph7.0
"The Walter Raleigh Hotel is adjacent to Youghal Strand, an enclosed park, and a picturesque lighthouse." Full review
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
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 Report91.0
"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 Telegraph9.0
"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 PlanetTop choice
"The rooms have been individually decorated with period furnishings and are a pleasing mass of different shapes and sizes." Full review
