The management/owners of this place seem intent upon destroying its reputation through understaffing. We used to drop in there regularly for dinner. It was good food. In the past two years service has got much worse. The service during our last number of visits has been unworthy of a hotel as classy as this. It has included, waiting up to 90 minutes for food, and when the food came out it was either not hot enough or was not what we ordered. It is commercial suicide to have such appalling service.

Yesterday we were there for a function and from start to finish the service was dreadful. The wait between dinner and coffee was almost an hour. And this was after they annoyed the host by not giving food that they had agreed beforehand, and which was consequently on the menu which Clontarf Castle printed. The function was also for somebody with an Irish name. Do you think the staff had the basic cop-on to keep the fadaí on the name which they had been given? No. Small things, basic things. I don't think the person who paid for all this is going to go back in a hurry.

This problem of terrible service is one created entirely by the management/owners who clearly are deliberately understaffing the place. It is a pity because Clontarf Castle used to be a nice place to go to for dinner on an evening (when it didn't have soccer blaring on the tvs in every corner of the room) after walking on Dollymount Strand.

Being a regular traveller, it is nice to find a hotel where you feel at home. Clontarf Castle has all the amenities and home comforts needed when away, the staff are always friendly, helpful and accomodating the rooms are spacious and comfortable and the food is always excellent.

Loved this place. It was a unique place to stay. Very beautiful in the inside, staff was AMAZING and very friendly. Clean rooms with great beds. Would absolutely recommend this place and go back! It is a little far from downtown Dublin so you need to ride a bus to get to where the fun stuff happens but if you are looking for a place that is quiet but still a reasonable distance from the city it is a good place to stay.

Stayed 1 night with my wife, lovely reception, staff friendly, large modern room on gound floor, bar very nice, good bar food, expensive restaurant, very good buffet breakast, close to centre Dublin, enjoyed this short relaxing break.
Would recommend staying here, short drive/bus to centre Dublin.