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WatersEdge HotelvsBallymaloe House
Both properties are highly recommended by expert reviewers. On balance, Ballymaloe House Hotel is preferred by most writers compared to WatersEdge Hotel. Ballymaloe House Hotel is ranked #1 in Cork with endorsements from 6 publications such as The Telegraph, Condé Nast Traveler and Frommer's.
WatersEdge Hotel
The Telegraph
Oyster
Yacht Club Quay, Lower Road, Cobh
From $70/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Restaurant
- Smoking Rooms
The Telegraph7.0
"The WatersEdge Hotel is in the Cork island suburb of Cobh, offering peaceful, ocean views in a historic location." Full review
OysterMid-Range
"The three-pearl WatersEdge Hotel Cobh is a waterfront hotel with homey interiors, right next to the Cobh Train Station" 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
