Expected more of this 4* hotel. Although cost was good, the overall experience was not! The car park is pot-holed and uneven, although the outside of the hotel well presented. Inside, things are a little different. My bedroom which was at the back of the hotel was spacious but dated and with a stained carpet. The room had a kettle with cups, tea and coffee, etc., but no biscuits. Information about the hotel was provided on a single laminated sheet and included a grammatical error! The en-suite bathroom was dated and showed various efforts to fix tiles and re-plaster cracks, etc. Toiletries were minimal. The TV was small and had 8 channels including 2 which had no signal. 6 working channels in a 4* hotel is a new standard certainly! The view from my bedroom was into a field with a large security light pointed towards the hotel, Colditz style! However, the bedroom was warm and room service visited each day!
Food wise, the hotel dinner menu was fairly limited and repetitive. The breakfast menu became increasingly limited, day by day, with only one hot option on the last day (Friday). However, the portions were sufficient, and the dining room staff attentive. In contrast to a fairly stable dinner menu, the breakfast menu changed each day but for the Full Irish breakfast, items were not freshly cooked but instead pre-cooked and so included rubbery eggs, etc. Dinner was available in a bar setting which was chilly, or the dining room where a rodent trap lay behind the bay window radiator. Contents unknown!
This 4* hotel has no spa or pool, but the lady who checked me in assured me it had 'one' walk around the property. Fortunately, Donerail deer park is a few km away and affords many more scenic walk options. I presume the adjoining stables are popular with locals which would explain the frequent traffic outside my bedroom window during the day.
So, Springfort Hall is well located, inexpensive and has a 4* rating. It is obviously under pressure in these Covid-19 times, as are many hotels, and it remains to be seen if it survives. The facilities are limited, the interior decoration very dated but it is popular with its loyal clientele. I will not be returning and would not recommend Springfort Hall to anyone that I like.