Stayed last July and felt that this is an excellent location but had too many kids running riot. I believe that the deal was kid stay and eat for free. Not what you expect from a five star hotel! I do business in the area and stayed again last week. I went to the pool only to be given a tight fitting swimming hat and when I stayed that the last time a stayed I had not had to wear one, I was told that it is a new policy and itnwas compulsory. There was a sign at the reception stating that swimming hats must be worn and and picture on the door from the changing room to the pool. To make matters worse the pool was half roped off because swimming lessons were taking place. I have never stayed in any five star hotel that insists its guest wear swimming hats. This hotel needs to decide wether it wants to attract five star guests because it is definitely not a five star service. Whoever regulates the star rating in Ireland needs to inform this hotel what a 5 star experience is and that if Druids resort do not want to deliver it they should have one or two star removed. I note that there was an AA five star plaque on the front gate but when I tried to search AA five star hotel in Ireland this hotel was not listed. I am not surprised!

Visited Druids Glen for the first time just for a short stay and was very pleased with the whole experience. It was very quiet, only a few guests on a Tuesday night, but that suited us fine. (I believe the weekends get booked out well ahead of time.) We received a warm welcome and that set the tone for the exceptional friendliness of all the staff. Ken and Anthony
in the bar went out of their way for us. We ate in the bar because the dining room was so quiet that we decided there would be more atmosphere in the smaller venue. The food was fine, and the orange scones we had with afternoon tea were out of this world.
Our room was lovely, with a nice view over the golf course and beyond. The walks around the hotel are great. As it is only a short drive, just the ticket for a break from the manic pace of Dublin city!

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I was away for a night with some girls friends - great stay - staff very friendly with out being overbearing. Food was also great. Couldn't recommend it highly enough in terms of value for money service & location !

We had a lovely relaxing weekend break at this hotel.

Liked:
Staff: The friendliest and most accommodating staff I've ever come across in an Irish hotel
Bedroom: Lovely spacious bedroom with balcony, comfy bed, elemis toiletries in ensuite, robes and slippers to wear to leisure center, liked having climate control in room
Leisure Centre: small but appealing leisure center - nice that it stays open so late (Fri: until 10pm, Sat: until 8pm)
Spa: Spa treatment was excellent (I got the druids glen signature treatment).
Food: great breakfast (fresh squeezed orange juice, smoked salmon, fresh baked treats: orange scones, pain au chocolat etc, delicious hot food options incl omlettes made to order), nice dinner
Free use of hotel bicycles: we didn't use these but it's a nice touch!
Free hot chocolate with marshmallows in lobby :)

Minor Dislikes:
Paying 3.10 for a watery coffee from the bar. Bad coffee is a pet hate of mine, especially when it's overpriced.
Tea served at breakfast wasn't great. Would prefer if teabags were provided to make own tea (that way you can make it to your own taste strength-wise).
Chilensis cabernet sauvignon - drinkable but 25.00 a bottle is too much for such an average wine. With dinner we opted to pay 4.00 extra and go for the Don David Malbec (29.00) which was absolutely gorgeous.