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WatersEdge Hotel vs Ballymaloe House

Both properties are highly recommended by expert reviewers. On balance, Ballymaloe House Hotel is preferred by most writers compared to WatersEdge Hotel. Ballymaloe House Hotel is ranked #1 in Cork with endorsements from 6 publications such as The Telegraph, Condé Nast Traveler and Frommer's.

WatersEdge Hotel
WatersEdge Hotel
7 / 10
Yacht Club Quay, Lower Road, Cobh
From $70 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Restaurant
  • Smoking Rooms
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The Telegraph The Telegraph
7.0
"The WatersEdge Hotel is in the Cork island suburb of Cobh, offering peaceful, ocean views in a historic location." Full review
Ballymaloe House
Ballymaloe House
9 / 10
Shanagarry
From $333 /night
  • Pet Friendly
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Free Breakfast
  • Laundry Service
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Fodor's Fodor's
"The fountainhead of New Irish cuisine... a bigger dose of country charm can be found in some guest rooms cocooned in floral wallpapers." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
"Spread across a 400-acre estate in rural eastern Cork, this seventeenth-century stone mansion earns a perfect score for "service that has to be experienced to be believed."" Full review
Hideaway Report Hideaway Report
91.0
"Gastronomic hotel in a charming country house with a vine-clad façade east of Cork near a lovely part of the coast." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"Combining a Georgian farmhouse facade with the tower of a 14th-century castle, this ivy-covered enclave of hospitality... is on a working farm, complete with grazing sheep and cows." Full review
The Telegraph The Telegraph
9.0
"Ballymaloe has been run as a hotel and restaurant by Myrtle Allen and her family since 1964, in conjunction with the famous Ballymaloe Cookery School founded by her daughter-in-law, Darina Allen." Full review
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