Riverbank Restaurant in

20/04/2026: Ballymaloe is a magical place. We returned for the fifth time this Easter as part of a big family group. We stayed for three nights. Everything was perfect - the food, the service, the rooms, the grounds. So much goes on behind the scenes to make this place special, it is a truly wonderful experience. Farm to fork, the food here is top class. It’s hard to beat it. My favourite hotel in Ireland. Thank you to all the team in Ballymaloe for creating another special Easter!

21/03/2026: My mother and I treated ourselves to two nights here as we'd visited before and it looked fab. Although the dinner in the restaurant was lovely and the staff were pleasant, our room was another story. Multiple times through email and over the phone we requested twin beds but found of course just a double bed when we arrived. Not a huge problem and it was rectified fairly quickly. But the room itself was very basic and lacking in niceties. No tv (not a problem for me) but to my news addicted mother it was a letdown. Even with the radiator turned off and both windows open at night it was uncomfortably hot and stuffy to sleep in. No tea/coffee making facilities, the radio/sound box thing was broken. On the last morning we found that there was no toilet roll or shower gel left. Luxury hotel? far from it.