Culloden Estate and Spa

Pricey for an overnight stay but was luxury. Hotel was clean and modern in places. Spa was great and not crowded. Nice pool with sauna, steam room and whirlpool area. Drinks and food are available to buy at the pool area. There were no robes available at the pool area so we had get changed in our room and wear our robes down and walk through the reception and bar area. There are open changing rooms at the spa. Staff were friendly and helpful. Overall had a lovely stay but was expensive. 4 stars for the room as we had to change rooms due to poor view overlooking a roof.

From the moment we checked in at reception to the moment we left we were overwhelmed by the level of service we received. Friendly attentive staff, excellent accommodation and five star treatment throughout. Special mention to the night manager Nayeem Mohammed and his team for their total professionalism and enthusiastic service. Also Xyza Grafil and her team for the same. The food was fine dining at its best and the fine array of wines on offer was outstanding. Many thanks to all the management and staff for making our short break memorable. Will definitely be returning.

We had a five night stay for my husband’s 70th birthday. The staff were all extremely helpful and friendly, the meals delicious and the room very comfortable with a spectacular view over the Lough. The grounds are peaceful and well maintained. The art exhibition within the hotel and grounds was a delightful addition.

Travelers BEWARE! This is NOT a 5 star hotel. When one pays this price point there are certain minimum standards one expects. This establishment failed to live up to the very minimum standard of service. Do t get me wrong, the property is nice, the service was horrible. I’ve had far better service at chain hotels. Where do I start? No help with bags, even after scheduling the bell service, coffee machine leaked all over the floor, shower leaked all over the floor, key cards were deactivated after first day, even though we paid top price for a suite and a room, both cards locked us out. Reception desk phone is answered, even mid day. Shower controlled faulty, only scalding water, lots of excuses from staff for all these issues. Blatant overcharge (double) for laundry service, advertised one price and charged double. Fancy restaurant was closed for dinner for the entire stay. Second restaurant staffed by inexperienced serve tea and food was ok at best. Nothing about this place lives up to a 5 star experience. It’s a beautiful old building with crappy service, not enough staff and seems to me exorbitantly over priced for the lackluster service. I’ve literally had better service at a Holiday Inn. I do NOT recommend this stay to anyone and will certainly never stay in another Hastings Hotel again.

We had a group stay at the Culloden Estate during the British Open 2025. While the men went to The Open, we spent lots of time at this hotel and I have to say, I have nothing but amazing things to say about our stay! The hotel itself is beautiful, pretty views, amazingly immaculate grounds, and the lobby is gorgeous. The rooms are only slightly dated but extremely clean and still luxurious. My sister had a room on a higher floor and her room seemed to be more updated (maybe upgrades in the works?!) The breakfast buffet is well worth the extra cost, especially for a large group. The Cultra Inn food on site was good, the room service and Lough Bar menu was also great. Dinner at Vespars is a must! I highly recommend having a rental car for this location, but there is a train stop a 5 min walk which makes the rest of Belfast very accessible. We used it daily to go on adventures (shopping, Titanic Museum, W5, and Holywood). The spa is great, there’s an indoor pool with kids hours and our toddlers loved splashing every afternoon! What made this hotel amazing was the service. Every single waiter, front desk staff, housekeeping, concierge made us feel special, welcome and well-taken care of. The concierge, Jonathan, made our stay unbeatable. When our driver didn’t show up for a tour of The Giant’s Causeway, he stayed on the phone all morning arranging a new driver (awesome tour) and Johnathon even met us that morning with lunches and snacks packed up for our group because he knew we would be pressed for time as we were flying home that day. While none of the mishaps with our driver not showing up was his fault, he made it his mission to fix it without us even asking. I can’t begin to explain how much the staff here helped us at every turn with a smile. The waiter at the Lough Bar overheard us talking about having lunch in nearby Holywood, and he jumped on the phone to try and grab us a reservation without us even asking. The hotel rating I would give is 4.5/5 but the staff made this stay a 5/5. I have never had staff go so far above and beyond during a stay before. I would go back to this hotel for the staff alone. I highly recommend it. Everyone in our group can’t wait to come back for another stay in Northern Ireland at the Culloden Estate & Spa.

We like a nice hotel occasionally for our morning coffee and scones, and this is now one of them. Sumptuous in its decor and setting with a wonderful display of sculpture on the front lawn. The hotel oozes comfort. Two teas, three cappuccinos, and two scones £40 approximately, but with that came two hours of relaxation in a beautiful lounge/bar. P.s. Take a look at the bar menu prices, and if you're not a millionaire you'll get a giggle. Lol

I stayed June. I must say service was very poor. |The unfortunate part, came from the reception team who did not seem to communicate with each other at all. This became a serious issue as I did miss key parts of my cousin's wedding due to a basic lack of communication. |I stayed two night, I was put in the Mull on the seventh floor with my mum who has medical needs (along with using a walking stick). I paid for the Saturday night to have an extra bed as another family member who was coming to stay with us. Now for some reason they had the bed already set up on the Friday, they also did not have any notes regarding this extra bed (I paid everything on check in). |Now during the night, we were next to the exterior fan system for the events room, now it was not until around 23.00 that we noticed the level of sound was quite extreme and we did expect to sleep. So we had to ask to move rooms meaning we had to pack our stuff back up. Now the first room we were offered, had us walking across the bar area with a lot people watching us. Only for the room to be too small, as they could not fit the additional bed, which I had to mention as they forgot about us needing that.||Then they found a room on the seventh floor, now I did ask what would happen with the bed. They said they would sort it no need to worry, this unfortunate was not true. |As the following morning, I checked again about the bed was told no need to worry they would sort it out. |It was not until around 20.00 as I had to drop something off to my room that the bed was still not in our room. So, I had to go down again, to ask where is the bed. They said it was not on the notes, I did say I had requested one. Their response "there would be no extra coast this time", to which I had to say, but you already took the money already. they said they would set it up. I checked at 9ish no bed, rang down only to be told it was my fault the bed had not been set up, (I believe Pamela or something along those line was there name) can I ask how it was my fault? You should my room number on the account. Especially when you said you'd sort it.||The bed finally got set up at around 21.30, in my view the bed would not have been set up to all, if not for my own ability for having to ask repeatedly for this bed that I paid for. All because someone has not been reading the notes correctly. Please do also note I ended up missing the cake cutting and the tea at the end due to this issue. Even then no apology was given. |It was not until, I was checking out that I was told the extra bed and late checkout was on the booking notes. She was the only one who said sorry. |The staff who work in service bring food and serving drinks, are wonderful. Along with the one woman who was working on check outs.

We had a good stay at Culloden. The grounds are lovely as are the common areas. Our room, which was a garden room, was a bit dated and the furniture was in fair condition. The bathroom was also tight in terms of space. The staff were helpful and friendly when checking in and when we asked questions of them.

Lovely grounds right on the water but this is not a 5 star experience. The rooms are dated, and inconsistent. One person in our group didn't have a phone in their room (to which the front desk just looked puzzled but never actually provided a phone), another had an old / dated bathroom from the 90s. The service for drinks / food is pretty slow - you'll need to flag someone down if anything is needed. Lastly, we had a pretty horrendous dinner experience at the "pub" (cultra inn) on the property. When we finally got up to pay the bill, the other guests in front of us were complaining of similar issues / bad service. Lots of potential with this property, just not a 5 star hotel. We enjoyed the breakfast that was included.

I discovered my favorite hotel experience in the world at Culloden Estate and Spa. Every aspect of our stay was exceptional. Let me break it down for you - this is the place to stay. The grounds are gorgeous with sculptures places throughout and lovely gardens. The building itself is stunning inside and out. Every design detail is thoughtfully placed. We met Jenny at the front desk on arrival and she perfectly represents the exceptional property itself. She was friendly, helpful and went the extra mile at every opportunity. She had a refrigerator brought to our room for medication, made our dinner and breakfast reservations for us and somehow got us appointments at the spa ( which we really needed). Every staff member we encountered exemplified "hospitality" at its best. Every room is lovely and if you cannot tell this is a 10 star review. If you have the opportunity, please give yourself the gift of staying here and be sure to utilize the spa with sauna, steam room and even a nap room for after your massage.

Visited to view the annual outdoor sculpture exhibition. Extremely enjoyable day out walking throughout the hotel and beautiful grounds. Only drawback was that the Bolly Bus didn't open on time - staff seemed to be running late, however we did eventually manage to get drinks once it opened. Was an extremely entertaining day out.

From the minute we drove into the driveway we knew that we were going to experience something really special. A beautiful building, amazing grounds, and then you walk inside. We walked up a grand staircase to our room - of course we could have taken the elevator. We did not use the spa, but it looked incredible and very well used as there were virtually no appointments available. We had high tea and the view was magnificent. If I had one suggestion to the hotel I would serve food in the bar later than 7 pm. I could not understand that one bit...... But to the acting General Manger - James and to the front desk staff you were incredible.

This was a beautiful hotel in a beautiful location with beautiful grounds. The rooms were spacious and well-appointed. The rooms were clean and quiet. This was a very comfortable hotel and I was happy that this was one of the locations where we stayed for 2 nights. Unlike a lot of hotels in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland, this hotel DID have air conditioning. For Americans touring Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland, it's important to mention that most hotels don't have air conditioning and that you need to open the windows in order to moderate the temperature. We stayed at this hotel as part of a 15-day tour of Ireland and Scotland with CIE Tours. This hotel was selected by CIE and was one of 9 hotels we stayed in during our 2-week tour. We had 31 people in our group and typically occupied 16 rooms at each hotel we visited. Each hotel provided a full buffet breakfast every morning and typically we had dinner at least once at each hotel. We were at this hotel for 2 nights We had 1 dinner and 2 breakfasts at this hotel. The breakfast buffet was a traditional Irish breakfast (eggs, ham, sausage, baked beans, grilled tomatoes, sautéed mushrooms and a nice assortment of pastries and cereal).

Aaron was an excellent concierge and gave us a full tour of the establishment. Garrett, the general manager, stopped by to say hello to us. Everyone was always pleasant and accommodating. We went out on the town and arrived too late to order food from the pub. However, they made some menu changes to serve our request. That made my wife very happy (we would have ordered whatever but they said they would do what they could since the pub was closed). Amazing views. Artwork all around the hotel to walk around and look at. Only downside is there is not much around here to do. It's in its own section of Belfast that's a bit on the higher end side (a 5-star hotel in the nice part of town, I know. I know.).

I worked here as a house keeper around 2016 and it's one of the most luxurious hotel I've ever worked at the grounds and Building is gorgeous with private apartment at the entrance over looking the sea. The rooms and suites are plush with nice furnishings Christmas is the best time of the year at cullodeon and party's and weddings here is sheer opulence and staff here are happy and hardworking

Simply a luxurious hotel with high standards and quality shining throughout. I stayed in one of their suites on the 7th floor and really enjoyed my stay. The hotel setting and grounds are lovely too.

Stayed here with my mum. My neighbour always goes up north shopping and recommend it to us. I loved it. I'm a girl who loves luxury so it was right down my street. We ate in the restaurant one evening and the food was delicious and tip top quality. Breakfast the following morning was also delicious. My mum is a huge bushmilles fan so when she went up to get some porridge and saw bushmilles and an available topping option she was sold. We will be returning here every time we head up north A+ from me and mum I'll attach all my lovely pics for ya'll to see the pleasant stay we had

Nice setting. Lush gardens. Have been to events here and used the spa. Spa is good. All amenities are close to each other. Which is great for ease of use. So good to have the Zest car have fruit in water that is free also fruit to take for free. Love the Greek statues. The steam room could do with a bit of a tidy up. Staff are helpful.

We attended a family friends daughters wedding reception party yesterday at this first class venue. On arrival there was a drinks reception and canapés. After a short while the married couple entered and all 250 guests found their seats for an amazing four course Indian feast provided by Nu Delhi. After entertainment by some talented dancers there was a DJ who played into the night. A great evening had by all in a superb venue and excellent staff.

Oh, I love the Culloden. Over the last few years I have been to black tie dinners, a wedding reception and have stayed at the hotel several times and have loved every moment. The interior of the hotel is all about opulence - huge heavy drapes, ornate furniture and giant lamps. There is an air of subdued elegance but you can still really let your hair down or take your children with you. If you're staying at the hotel you'll have the use of the Elysium health spa which is beautiful - a pool, Jacuzzi, steam room and sauna and really luxe changing room. The rooms in the hotel are top notch - well this is a 5 star joint. Mind you, I do have a story to report about the standard of the rooms. The last time we took the children to stay for the weekend at the Culloden, we were given a room which was just plain disappointing. Nothing major, but in a 5 star hotel with 5 star prices, stained carpets, ripped bed covers and a broken phone just doesn't cut it. The husband cringed while I got straight on the one working phone to reception and made my feelings clear. The result? 5 minutes later the manager escorted us to the biggest suite in the hotel, apologising profusely. The suite was palatial and we had to wait until the staff had left the room to scream in delight and jump on the massive bed. Then the children told us to calm down. Seriously though, a bad start was quickly rectified and we went on to have a fab weekend. Dinner in the restaurant is always a treat, a is breakfast the next morning when the staff go out of their way to make sure the children have something they like. The Culloden is everything you expect from a 5 star and a little bit more.

Hotel is in a lovely area and nice enough. But details like how often linens are changed and the fact that someone appears to have died on the mattress are an issue to me. Also 16£ for a continental breakfast, come on.

Being from Bangor I have frequented the Culloden for many different occasions, mainly being functions, work dinners and weddings. As the Culloden is a large hotel with many function rooms I am always surprised at how good the service is. The food surpasses expectations, trying to stray away from the typical function dinners slopped on your plate. Every effort is made to decorate the rooms to a high standard and ensure that deals can be made to suit all party sizes and budgets. We also stayed here on the night of our wedding, having got married across the road. The hotel upgraded us to a sea view suite free of charge and left kind messages and treats for us which was a really nice touch when stumbling in at 1am. The room was really the epitome of luxury, with a giant bed, lounge and dining areas. Would have been good if we were staying another night but we jetted off on honeymoon. Don't be off put by strangers judging you piling your plate high at breakfast, the selection is too good to be polite. Haven't yet tried the spa so if anyone would like to get me vouchers I will follow up with another review...

This place was the first hotel in NI to get a 5star rating and you can't really argue with that. It is plush, flashy, opulent and the service and setting are all top class. I'm just not that big a fan of all this kind of stuff. I prefer my hotels and the like with a bit of character and this kind of 5-star place just isn't my cup of tea. I've been here for wedding receptions and the like and never really felt quite at home. The bar prices reflect the 5-star rating and for me that puts this place out of the reach of the average punter. This is a bit of a pity because the location, grounds and setting are really lovely. Its just a pity this isn't my kind of place. But that being said, I'm sure most people won't be too disappointed with the service and experience here.

5 star hotel with excellent health club and spa

I stayed in the Culloden recently as an overnight treat at Easter and was left decidely underwhelmed. The room was nice, but in spite of the hotel being half empty we were given a room with a view of the carpark instead of the seaview. (I would have complained but bf was paying and didn't want to make a fuss / seem an ingrate!) We didn't eat our dinner in the restaurant (had nice fish 'n' chips in Bangor instead!) but returned in time to use the spa. This was the bit that blew my mind for all the wrong reasons. There were three staff in the place, all clearly itching to be elsewhere, and the women's changing room looked like a tornado had gone through it. I was genuinely disgusted with the mess - abandoned towels everywhere, empty glasses lying round, showers not working - most definitely not 5 star! I would have been more understanding if it had been really busy and understaffed - but the place was empty and the three staff were pleasant but not in any hurry to clear up! I would have given the hotel 2 stars, but for the lovely breakfast. We won't be going back - I've been in much nicer 4 stars!

Although this isn't far from where I live we thought it would be a nice venue to head overnight to celebrate our wedding anniversary - my husband actually booked it as a surprise for me, which was lovely, and I didn't even drop any hints believe it or not! The service was excellent, we really felt we were treated very well, the room was lovely and we had dinner in the restaurant that night, and really felt very spoiled. I also treated myself to a massage in the spa which was just so so relaxing and decadent. I know we were only a few miles from home, but the Culloden Estate and grounds are so beautiful that we really felt we were a million miles away from it all.

Wouldn't stay here don't see what the hype is about. Seriously the food is not 5 star quality. Try the Merchant now that is class!