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WatersEdge HotelvsBallymaloe House Hotel, an SLH Hotel
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 Hotel, an SLH Hotel
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
