Mount Falcon

We had a very enjoyable stay in Mount Falcon. Jordan had a warm welcome for us on arrival. Our room was really nice with a huge bathroom, robes and slippers. We enjoyed the food in the restaurant. Marcus and the staff in the leisure centre and spa were really friendly and helpful. Breakfast was really good with plenty of choice. We would recommend a stay here in this beautiful hotel

All round pleasant experience - the bedroom was spacious, well furnished with comfortable bed. The bathroom was user friendly. The public rooms were comfortable and varied. A strong point is the swimming pool and small spa (did not try treatments). The dinner in the restaurant was very good with wide menu and wine list. Staff were universally friendly and professional. We would definitely return for an autumn or spring break.

Beautiful, beautiful hotel, the ground were majestic! the room was like stepping back in time, it's well done with period pieces, bathroom was perfect, clean and very very accommodating with all essentials needed. There was a huge fireplace in the front foyer and it smelled lt was wonderful, the linens could definitely use updating, it is my understanding from our tour guide that the hotel is for sale and I think the upkeep is a little off, but I'd go back.

We stayed here for a couple of days to take a break from our travels around Ireland. This is a lovely hotel with a very nice spa and various activities available locally. We enjoyed walking down by the river and through the grounds.|The restaurant was very good and we had some excellent meals during our visit.

We were here for a wedding and the food was excellent. They even brought out a falcon that the guests could hold. Later on they brought out two owls as well. The quality of the building amenities are really good too, I can now say I've taken a picture of the inside of a toilet, haha. The only thing I would advise people on is that there is only one taxi driver in the evening for this part of Mayo. This means there is a really high demand over an event like a wedding for that one driver to drop people to their accommodation. So you will have to be super patient with their service as they drop every single person back over the course of the night.

The building and grounds are lovely but the overall experience is lacklustre. Breakfast is just ok with overcooked rashers, tasteless eggs and an empty fruit bowl on both mornings (though the servers were very nice and the room is beautiful). Dinner was fine but a touch rushed and expensive given the quality.|The reception staff were not friendly and were not terribly helpful. An issue with our sink was quickly sorted, so that was a positive note. But I was reprimanded when checking out for relying on what I was told when making the reservation. We left with a sour taste. Definitely not what you would expect from a four star hotel. Have to say that we would not go back.

Compliments to Management and staff who greatly added to our stay in the West |Particular mention for reception Manager who sorted voucher issue|Also Clodagh who is just a fantastic therapist in the spa. |Spa manager needed to make a better effort to leave message re a change of appointment due to staff issue ||Grounds staff/Gardeners do an exceptional job!||Bar and Resturant staff are so friendly |Breakfast was super!|(Staff were slow to remove used dishes and offer fresh tea/coffee)|Full joint of ham on breakfast |options was a lovely touch

Beautiful place. Very quiet estate. Daniel, the falconeer, is very nice and knowledgeable about his birds. We had a great time with him and his assistant. The ladies at the bar, Keeley and Sophia, are outstanding. We had great chats with both ladies while having drinks. Sophia, we enjoyed the Portugese lessons! Hope to see you again!

This hotel is billed as the most romantic hotel in Ireland, but our view overlooked the garbage and recycle bin area. And the person at the front desk assured me no collection trucks would wake us up the next morning with their backup beeping. But that wasn't true. There were some fans going outside the window nonstop also; I don't know if it was a generator, or a refrigeration unit, or what. But so far I would call it the least romantic place I've ever stayed. That said, it's a beautiful old place with wonderfully renovated bathrooms and gorgeous grounds. But still...

Let's break this down... We went for a wedding, and for such an event this place was perfect. 5 star - catered food. Let's face it, if the food is great then everyone is happy! I had the salmon and my partner had the beef. One of the best steaks he's had. Ever. The manor restaurant is highly decorated and worth a visit if you're looking for something special. 5 star- location. Well manicured lawns, beautiful exterior and entrance hall, lovely grounds and nice attention to detail all throughout the property. 4 star- room. We had a superior suite and while the room was large, and pretty well appointed, it certainly comes at top dollar for what it is. Check in at 3 and out by 11am is quite short for the price. 2.5 star - service/attitude. Considering this is an events venue, service with a smile is not the approach adopted here. Don't expect any accomodations for any disappointments or lack or change requests here. I suppose if you're that busy and booked up there's no need to be all that friendly. Steer clear of Valerie, the manager as, even partial refunds for services booked but not rendered go in the tough luck pile. Even though it would have made no difference to the activity, her attitude left a sour taste to an otherwise nice experience. At check in and by the front bar, the attitude is simply cold. Perhaps they've had their fill of events for one season, which is a shame. The friendliest encounter was during the breakfast service, which was lovely. All in all, decent... Great for food and photos, enough said.

Another excellent meal in another sweet castle. This one with a helipad. I love Ireland. Obviously, our hosts are showing us the finer parts of the Ballina area. But this house is simply spectacular. I believe a recently redone exterior - nearly new looking - and a restored interior, with immaculate grounds and aforementioned helipad. The dining rooms for the restaurant were really elegant. I believe there's also a hotel in the house, but we're not staying there. Seems like it might be frightfully expensive. Also, you kind of wander in to the house a bit before you find the restaurant, just a warning. Food was as good as the night before at Belleek Castle, but I think with a little more of a foodie/foo-foo twist to it. Presentations were more elegant, ingredients a little more creative, but with roughly the same general results. The amouse bouche was a sort of deconstructed/miniature nicoise salad, with green beans, tomato, and shaved smoked lamb. I don't care about anything else on the plate, the lamb was stunning. Can I get about 5 pounds of that? Beyond the complimentary course, I started with a scallop and black pudding dish, after having been told that if I wanted to try black pudding, I should do so at Mount Falcon. And i was well rewarded. Very flavorful scallops with a nice sear crust and a nice piece of black pudding, which I think was panfried with a little crust on the outside and a very tender inside. The scallops were quite good in a little squash puree, and the black pudding was delicious. I didn't know if I would like it, since I'm not a huge fan of food that tastes heavy in iron (like liver), but it was very good and I'm glad I ordered it. My entree was hake, served with a crabmeat ravioli. This fell down a bit - while the fish was moist, it was not really very flavorful. The crabmeat ravioli tasted excellent, but had several large pieces of shell in it. I know that can be a risk, but it's also something that I've never had happen before. Still tasty, but...I would definitely ordered something else next time. Four of the six of us ordered lamb chops, which looked like a better selection, in retrospect. Dessert was a cheese plate, since they listed four cheeses local to the area, I think all from County Mayo. However, they fail to mention on the menu that the cheese plate really should be for the table - the portion I got would have done all six of us just fine...and two of us at the table ordered it. In the words of my project manager, "If cheese before bedtime causes nightmares...then I'm gonna be freakin' out." Anyway, an absolutely delicious blue, rather sharp hard cheese, reminiscent of a Parmesan, a very mild semi-soft, and some good Camembert, with hearty crackers and a spiced apple chutney. It was great, but I couldn't begin to finish it. And on top of that, they also brought out little lemon curd cups, chocolate bites, and a sort of powered sugar and (I think) lavender biscuit, which was the last thing I ate and a great way to end the meal. Service was good, prices a bit higher than Belleek but still not stupid considering the food. I'd certainly return if I had a guest to impress or wanted a special evening.

Disappointing and tasteless. I went to Mount Falcon for a massage in their Spa and then went for afternoon tea with my mother. The back massage that I had was very good, short lived but good. But that's where the goodness stops. My mother and I went to the main part of the hotel for afternoon tea, which was very disappointing. We got our Tea served to us first and by the time our food arrived our tea was cold. The food was below average and the bread was stale. I mentioned it to the waiter and he sounded shocked as they make their own bread. No discount was offered. Aside from the stale bread the fillings were boring and tasteless, the desserts were also disappointing and tasteless. I would not recommend this again.

We went to Mount Falcon on Mothers day for Dinner with family on 30th March 2014, the Meal was 27 euro 50 cent per person, The starter and the dessert were beautiful and the staff were very good but the main meals were lacking flavour and taste we had the Lamb it was very fatty and the Beef was overcooked and rubbery the Carrots/ Parsnips and roast spuds were undercooked all in all was very disappointing, a glass of wine was also very expensive at 7 euro a glass. would not go back again

I went to Mount Falcon with my daughter, son-in-law, and their 3 children. We stayed in one of the cottages, but ate all our meals at the great house. I thought the food was delicious, the service friendly, and the pool with its windows on one side, a place for relaxing and socializing at the same time. But what I loved most was the grounds: the little lake stocked with trout, the ducks and ducklings swimming and fighting for territory, the curious but cowardly cows who stampeded away when the children flung grass at them, the beautiful horses running in the distance. Best of all though was the day when my daughter and son-in-law were golfing at Enniscrone and the children and I saw the barn owl. He sat ramrod straight on the arm of the falconer and we were immediately enamored, especially since we were allowed to pet him--with only one light finger. The children and I took a tour of the aviary and saw hawks and ferrets and an exquisite brown dog with curls on his head and body. Very educational! Then we played hide and seek in the woods, which seemed enchanted since spring had arrived and the ground was covered in green--garlic plants we were told, and bright green ivy wrapped itself around the trees while tiny new leaves sparkled in the sun. This was the path we took to track down an old well, a grave yard, and even a megalithic tomb. Maybe the fact my father's parents came from Mayo a century ago prejudiced me, or maybe I felt them watching over their future generations, or maybe Mount Falcon has the touch of enchantment if you only surrender to its charms.

Astonishingly wonderful. Everything. Food, service, accommodations. I would LOVE to stay there again.