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Glenlo Abbey Review
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Glenlo Abbey
- Address: Bushy Park, Galway City, Co. Galway
- Phone: 091/526-666
- www.glenlo.com
- Price range: $$$$
- Location: Galway City
Fodor's Review:
With distant views of Lough Corrib and a golf course on its 138-acre estate, Glenlo Abbey is a rural hideaway just 5 km (2½ mi) from Galway. Built as a private home in 1740, it takes its name from the vast church built next door for the owner's ailing wife, who died before it was consecrated. Today, the church is used as a conference center and banquet room. The Abbey's lobby resembles a gentlemen's club, with parquet floors, chesterfields, and leather-bound books. Upstairs, official and correct Georgian-style furniture, brass lamps, and king-size beds fill the spacious bedrooms. Warming everything up, happily, is the genuinely friendly service. The delightfully unstuffy atmosphere is especially apparent in the Pullman Restaurant ($$$-$$$$), Glenlo's most popular feature. This is set in two Orient Express carriages installed on the grounds (and used in the famous Agatha Christie film of that name), offering a fun dining experience, complete with background click-clacks and train whistles. For more formal surroundings, repair to the classical River Room restaurant. Chandeliers hang from high stucco ceilings and tall windows framed by peach-color curtains overlook the river. The food, beautifully served, includes delights like marinated venison on a bed of braised red cabbage. Pros: exceptionally pleasant and friendly staff; pleasant views of distant lake. Cons: 2½ mi out of town; often hosts large weddings.
- Hotel Details: 38 rooms, 6 suites
- In-room: refrigerator, Wi-Fi.
- In-hotel: 2 restaurants, golf course, bar, Internet terminal, public Wi-Fi.
- Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V
Member Reviews & Ratings:
Just Fantastic
Posted by Paul1963 from Harrisburg, PA USA on 1/5/09
My wife and I stayed here this past September for two evenings while driving around Ireland. The Abbey is just a great place to stay. We didn't spend much time on the grounds or in the hotel but still the service was wonderful, the afternoon tea was quite pleasant and the overall atmosphere was relaxed. The shower/tub in the bathroom did have this weird half folding glass wall thing that didn't really work since I'm about 6'3" and around 240 lbs... water got everywhere in the bathroom...
Be sure to treat yourself to dinner in the Orient Express restaurant cars on the grounds... It was one of the best meals we had in Ireland.
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