Fitzgerald's Woodlands House Hotel, Adare

Advantages: Good food, high quality service
Disadvantages: Adare, although picturesque, is a bit 'touristy'

...Adare is a picture postcard village 6 or 7 miles South of Limerick, picturesque thatched cottages mostly now antique shops and high quality restaurant. The Dunraven Arms is right in the heart of the village. A rambling 2 storey hotel with and 'olde worlde' pub and Egon Ronay approved restaurant at its centre. Facilities are good with a superbly kitted out health centre and some high quality shops within the hotel. The hotel caters for small business conferences and events with a very reasonable day delegate rate. Accommodation is excellent, our room had a 4 poster bed and acres of space (nice old/substantial furniture). The shower was stunning (almost literally) and the bathroom was bigger than some hotel rooms I've stayed in. In the morning a huge Irish breakfast set us up for the day. The hotel is close to the golf course. I... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic safe town, with a abundance of countryside
Disadvantages: Fashion affected residents

...the road to exit the Park, but to see it at its most breathtaking I recommend the Sandpit Lane route. A word of warning, the house I mentioned in question is the Marsh Home, this is where the notorious Jodie Marsh lives and frequently cars speed in and out of this location without any warning. Having walked along Sandpit Lane for about 5 minutes you'll see the entrance to the Park. As you enter the park, you have to travel down a quite steep slope, but the views here are breathtaking. All you can see for miles around is Parkland, there are various benches along this top part to allow you top saver the views. The walk consists of woodland, there is an amazing French Farmhouse just off centre, yes I did say French; you can pick up traditional French produce here. Just off the farmhouse is miles of Canadian Pine Trees, and they are by far... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: nicely decorated, excellent high quality food, good service
Disadvantages: expensive drinks, expensive rooms

...I like the village where I live – it takes about ten minutes to drive into Leeds, and about five minutes in the opposite direction to get to the motorway. Gildersome itself is very green, and quiet, yet still manages to have lots of different takeaway places and local shops. Recently, Gildersome has even acquired its own high class hotel and restaurant, Woodlands. Most people round here remember when it was a nursing home, but hopefully the sumptuous décor and fantastic food will soon make them all forget its past. I haven’t spent a night at Woodlands, because I live less than a mile away, but I have seen the rooms, and researched the prices. Consequently the hotel section of this review is not as long as the restaurant part, and for this I apologise in advance. Location Woodlands is situated on the A62, which links Huddersfield... Read review

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