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Reviews of Hotel Doolin 4 stars

Rivervale, Doolin, Ireland

#5 of 11 hotels in Doolin

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 232 hotel reviews

9.3

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    9.6

  • Comfort

    9.6

  • Location

    9.7

  • Facilities

    9.4

  • Staff

    9.8

  • Value for money

    9.2

  • Free WiFi

    8.5

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  • Reviewed: 7 April 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    The whole place was stunning, great dinner at the attached pub with live music. Wish we could have stayed longer

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 5 April 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing everything was great!

    The hotel was just fantastic from start to finish! The staff were amazing and very friendly, the bedroom was one of the nicest I’ve ever stayed in! I loved the little brownies in the room upon check in and then the lovely gift of fresh soda bread upon checkout! The food in Fitz bar was delicious and the trad music was great! We had an amazing stay and can’t wait to return on our next trip home from Australia.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 1 April 2025

    10
    Wonderful stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The staff were so kind, some of the best we’ve encountered as we’ve travelled Ireland. The venue is lovely with a great meal at Fitz’s pub, a great vibe with the music and the breakfast the next day was a great addition!

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 31 March 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast is delicious, amazing choice, and such good quality and quantity. Front bar, music every night. Plenty seating areas and cosy snugs to rest in the hotel on down-time

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 29 March 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Lovely newer hotel. Great restaurant and pub with fantastic music. Great staff!

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 26 March 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    So far this is the best place I have stayed in. The value for money was wonderful. Breakfast was delicious. Staff excellent and they also did a load of laundry at no extra cost. And as we left we were given a parting gift. Wild highly recommend this place

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 19 March 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    We had a 3 year old with us and since there are no safety chains or similar on the inside of the room doors he was able to open the doors to the hallway, to prevent him opening them we put the armchairs against them which is also a safety issue in an emergency.

    Location, cleanliness, guest relations, breakfast will recommend to friends and family

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 17 March 2025

    10
    Made feel very welcome, delicious food, staff seemed to be very happy working there, location excel.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The staff attention and the welcoming atmosphere was so noteworthy, also we were given a gift of the delicious brown bread from the hotel as we were checking out. A nice treat.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 14 March 2025

    10
    Amazing Hotel!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Hotel Doolin' is such a BEAUTIFUL Hotel! The lobby, the rooms, the restaurant, the courtyard, even the little pub are all so beautiful!! Not only that, it's connected to another restaurant and Fitz's pub so you can walk to all of them from inside if it's raining. 😁 The food at the restaurant is so good and coffee is delicious! The most impressive thing though are the people and the kindness they show. I've stayed so many places and Hotel Doolin has some of the kindest people working there, in every space, that I have ever encountered. They did so much for us, for our anniversary, it made me cry. We are already planning our trip back! Doolin is one of the most special places in all of Ireland and now I know there is a hotel that lives up to that and leaves you feeling absolutely wonderful after your visit! 💚 Thank you for being so grand! 💚💚

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 11 March 2025

    10
    Our stay was excellent and I would happily return as well as recommend to friends.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Dinner at the pub was a bit underwhelming.

    The location was perfect! The complex was beautiful. We had wonderful weather, but it's nice the breakfast room and pub are connected to the hotel. Rooms were surprisingly spacious. Breakfast was excellent!

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 9 March 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    For non-Irish tourists, it would be nice to have USB or continental AC outlets in the room. However, the reception staff were able to help us with this.

    Large room, beautiful decor. I arrived in low season, so there were fewer people, but the room was very quiet, without any noise. Great location of the hotel, about 10 minutes drive from the Cliffs of Moher. The reception staff were very kind and friendly. Breakfast is not buffet style, you get some dry pastries, coffee, milk etc and then choose an Irish breakfast option. We chose eggs Benedict with hollandaise sauce and it was delicious.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 7 March 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Everything was perfect

    Excellent food beautiful bedrooms wonderful staff, probably the best hotel in Ireland

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 23 February 2025

    10
    It is a hidden gem , and so accessible to all in Ireland, and we can’t wait for our next visit
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    I couldn’t find anything to fault the property

    The friendly staff , the little extras , glasses of local Doolin beer the bread when leaving. You actually get a small Doolin brown bread to go home with. And it’s fabulous. The best thing for me was the breakfast best one I have ever had ,the 3 tier granola compotes , smoothies and pastries absolutely amazing ❤️and you still get to order a cooked breakfast from menu.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 19 February 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Staff were friendly

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 14 February 2025

    10
    A lovely experience beautiful hotel, gorgeous food especially the breakfast and great music in the bar
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing

    Everything

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 11 January 2025

    10
    A lovely stay in a clean, new Doolin hotel
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Track/trail from "downtown" Doolin to Cliffs of Moher was muddy and not passible at this time of year about 1.5 km along from Doolin. Not the hotel's fault - winter weather on Atlantic Coast!

    The breakfast had a fantastic selection, from Full Irish breakfast to a choice of vegetarian or vegan items per plate. Parking was right outside the hotel. The location was fabulous and within walking distance of the Cliffs of Moher. Staff wonderfully friendly, hotel new and clean, great pub restaurant with live music most nights. Hotel was new, clean and nice smelling. There were warm gas fireplaces to sitt by downstairs. Would return to this hotel and area for hiking in the future.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 10 January 2025

    10
    Great Craic with family with two teenagers
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It was all wonderful

    Great location, food and music. Water pressure in showers and baths AMAZING

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 7 January 2025

    9.0
    Nice central location in Doolin
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very nice room in a central location in Doolin. Just a few minutes walk to 3 other pubs. We enjoyed the music in Fitz's pub.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 2 January 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Everyone contributed to a relaxed atmosphere. We visited in the quiet winter time and enjoyed great music at the pub.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 16 December 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Business trip
    • People with friends
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The staff were so lovely. Plenty of tips about the locality. We even received some brown bread to take home with us. The food in Glas and Fitz bar was excellent.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 December 2024

    10
    I look forward to returning.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Excellent, a huge choice of very good food for breakfast, very pleasant and helpful staff, entertainment every night, a present when leaving.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 2 December 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    It is quite expensive but the quality is high. Staff were all lovely.

    Breakfast was lovely

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 November 2024

    9.0
    The dubs
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    All staff very welcoming and helpful, hotel in great location,food good and great entertainment in pub

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: 13 November 2024

    9.0
    Just a lovely experience
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Wonderful reception from Andreea, including an escort to our room. The room was just lovely, big and beautifully decorated. Bathroom was big too. Simply delicious breakfast. Everyone was so nice. A great experience!

    Stayed in November 2024

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