Dunboyne Castle Hotel & Spa

Pretty luxurious hotel. Not far from the town and only 20 minutes from Dublin. Doesn’t really look like a castle though. and their food is not the greatest. And you have to be 16 to use the pool? What the heck. Other than that, it’s a pretty nice place to stay at.

Spontaneous lunch to escape noise of the car festival with my new baby. A good choice! Asked the waiter what he recommended and I went with his suggestion of the steak sandwich on a ciabatta with a side of fries. Steak was delicious without any fatty wiggly bits. I did have to ask them to cook it slightly more as I ordered medium rare and a couple slices were very rare. They quickly brought it back with a new hot side of fries… A nice surprise! Bloody Mary was also good. I asked waiter to make sure it was spicy for me. When he brought it, he waited to make sure it wasn’t too hot.
Service was excellent, polite and attentive
Atmosphere fab. And comfortable big couch for breastfeeding too
Only improvements to take to 5*
1.Have grated horseradish for Bloody Mary and also steak sandwich
2. Fries were the frozen kind. Homemade rough cut ones would have take it to another level

Enjoyed a bit of lunch with my other half while on holidays, salmon was absolutely delicious, I’ve been to this hotel several times, beautiful hotel in a beautiful location.
This hotel is perfect for a romantic stay, their SPA is amazing! Especially that Jacuzzi outside!

A nice castle type hotel, with a modern interior. If you don’t want to stay directly in Dublin I would recommend this hotel, it’s about a 20 min drive ot the city, or you can walk for 5 – 10 minutes into the town and hop on a bus that will take you right into Dublin so that you can drink as much as you want without having to worry about driving and still have a quiet place to come back to at the end. We took a cool double decker bus.

A minimum requirement for a hotel is to have a bed and shower. Well the bed was great but what a comedic experience with the shower. It would only be extremely hot or ice cold. When I called the reception I was asked to turn the faucet on in the sink and then the shower! Must have tried it for 15 minutes before I gave up as I couldn’t get the timing exactly right. Must be a skill I don’t have.

I wish I could go back… This place spoiled me and now I wish I was staying here my entire trip to this lovely country.
Service: amazing. We flew in and landed early, got to the hotel at 10, had some breakfast (which was delicious, buffet style), and they checked us in early. They normally don’t check in anyone that early so it was wonderful.
Room: we checked into our room and it was perfectly sized: not too big, not too small. The bed wasn’t too comfortable but it worked just fine. The bathroom was lovely, and they had provided me with extra toiletries as I had requested. A nice welcome message was placed on my television and private wifi for my room. After napping from jet lag, reception came to visit with a chocolate plate and hand written note. Every morning we woke up to a beautiful view on our deck. We had trees blocking our view but I know that’s not for everyone.
Food: fantastic! I do wish they offered traditional Irish dinners but that’s just my personal preference. I had the mushroom risotto: delicious! My boyfriend had pizza, the pizza had different cheeses on it, not the typical American mozzarella-​only style. The breakfast is buffet – continental and Irish.
Bars and spa: they have 3 different bar areas 2 of which were closed when we finally had the energy to get out of our room. Bartenders were nice, and poured our Guinness just right. We hadn’t had the chance to dine in anywhere or try the spa, we only stayed one night.
Overall a wonderful experience, and lovely way to start our stay in Ireland.

The hotel is a bit Las Vegas, but it is lovely and they have all the amenities. Roy was brilliantly helpful and couldn’t do enough to make our stay comfortable. We got beautiful directions to a local Indian restaurant and all the extra comforts we asked for. Lovely Staff. Fernando was also wonderful and helpful. I would definitely go back The grounds are lovely and the town is darling. Good place.

Dunboyne Castle was the last castle we checked into during our castle tour in Ireland and to be honest, it really doesn’t look like a castle at all, maybe it’s just the name that it’s considered a «castle» but it’s just like a regular hotel with old rooms and gloomy hallways. It actually reminds me of the inns i stay at in the U.S. under Choice Hotels. No biggie but i was expecting better when it comes to the ambiance. I ordered room service since we’re so tired we couldn’t drive anymore, the guy who delivered the food was just ok, makes me feel like he’s thinking «ugh, ok i need to get out of this room.» kinna thing. Hubby said the tuna sandwich was great though, plus the cheesecake. The reception area looked fancy though, and the staff who checked us in was helpful and pleasant. We were only there for one night so we really didn’t enjoy the services they offer like the sauna and spa. I am still willing to come back if it’s part of a tour package but hopefully i see some changes with the hotel decors and lighting.

Fabulous hotel and spa. So peaceful, staff were so lovely and kind. Very clean room but very warm at night. Only complaint was one women working in the restaurant was not very friendly. Wifi was so fast and each room had it’s own personal wifi. Very pleased with out stay. Would definitely recommend to family and friends.

This «castle» hotel was located pretty far from Dublin so beware. While the facilities were fine, nothing was super impressive. The receptionist was nice and friendly but no one assisted us with our bags up the steps or explained the facilities.
Our room was clean but quite small. The beds were very firm and not plush or luxurious. The shower and bath were pretty nice but the toilet seat was actually off-​kilter.
The bars were confusing as two were located downstairs and another on the main floor but I couldn’t find any hours posted. The breakfast was tasty and the staff were attentive with tea and coffee. Nothing available made to order (complementary) such as an omelette station, but what was on Buffet was good.
When I checked out, I accidentally forgot my (nice) razor. When I called to inquire they told me they would call the following day when someone was in to find out but I didn’t hear back from them. Compared to other castle hotels we stayed in, this one wasn’t too impressive, but also didn’t make me miserable. For the price, meh.

My second time in the Dunboyne castle hotel.
A lovely place to stay, comfortable, modern & friendly.
The only drawback with the room was there was no eater left in the room. It’s a small point, but I think if you’re paying that for a room, the least they could do is leave some water in the room.
That’s the only reason this isn’t a five star review.

Not quite Faulty Towers, not quite Cinderella Castle…
A group of us decided to forego the traditional Christmas home cook-​up and giant clean-​up for a fancy slap up Chrimbo meal with all the trimmings in a lovely Irish festive castle.
Now I’m the first to admit I had my doubts about giving up Mammy’s cooking for a meal out, but I went with it anyway, looking forward to the festive atmosphere of Dunboyne and the luxury of being served Christmas dinner with no clean up! (€ 95 for four courses, it’d want to be a luxury!)
Unfortunately, the reality really didn’t quite live up to expectations… Dunboyne Castle itself is a fabulous venue, excellently renovated to very high standards. I do however feel that it is a little over-​modernised which is a bit of a shame — it really has lost a lot of it’s castle-​like charm. The other gripe for me is the fact that many of the various ‘chilling’ /​drinking areas are very corridor-​like. I guess I just expected something a little cosier…
The staff here are also exceptional — all extremely friendly and accommodating. One server forgot to bring our change back and was extremely apologetic when we queried her, giving us a free drink. The major issue however, stems with management, or lack thereof. In an extremely busy room with lots of large tables being served together, there seemed to be no one overseeing staff and the room. There was no Maitre D to greet or seat us.
The main issue, however, was the food. My blue cheese tartlet starter was extremely dry with no blue cheese in site, and no garnish or dressing. I ordered breast of duck for the main which was so under-​cooked and rubbery, I couldn’t even get my knife through it. Others in my party had the classic turkey and ham which came with shop-​bought stuffing and more rubbery brussel sprouts, and over-​cooked dry potatoes.
Honestly, if I had paid € 30 for the entire meal, I would still have thought it mightily below-​par, but for the princely sum of € 95, I felt mightily peed-​off.
I’ll stick to Rubber Duckies of the bath toy division from now on…

Lovely hotel although we had a junior suite (upgraded for free) the views at the back looked over a new housing estate. that being said the staff are great, the food is good and the value is well worth it.

I bought a voucher on citydeal to surprise my better half with a night away and the deal I got was pretty good — A deluxe room for two, with breakfast the following morning and full use of the spa at Dunboyne Castle.
First my lovely BF gave out for booking something just 5 mins up the road (apparently it does not count as a weekend away if its just next to your house) but he changed his mind pretty quickly (you cant beat female persuasion ;-)).
The staff at the reception was very friendly and the check in went smoothly. The rooms were surprisingly spacious, very modern with big comfy beds, deliciously soft sheets and a decent size flat screen, the bathroom was huge — with bath tube and shower, wifi was free and ground floor room we were in overlooked the surrounding garden.
The room was that nice that it took me some tough love to get the BF out of bed to explore the hotel and especially the Spa area.
He’s actually still thanking me for dragging him out of bed that evening (the spa & leisure area is open till 8pm). What a hidden treasure this little spa is: nice size swimming pool, brilliant hot outdoors jacuzzi overlooking the castle grounds, 2 steam rooms, a wonderful finnish sauna with lovely cedar wood seats (oval shaped benches made out of thick logs with high, impressive back rests molded to perfection to suit your body shape), a chill out room mimicking a beach, chill out areas & a fruit juice bar supplying visitors with water and fruit juices.
We made our rounds multiple times — sauna’s, pool, jacuzzi, steam room and back to the sauna, jacuzzi, pool… =-)
After hours of blissful rejuvenation we made our way to the bar where we relaxed for the rest of the night before falling sound asleep in an incredible quiet bedroom hiding under heavenly soft bed sheets.
Overall an incredible night away (even if it’s just up the road you still feel like you had a weekend away) with the luxury of a full spa and leisure landscape that can even be used on its own (and hell yeah I’ll be back).