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Abbey Hotel Donegal

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Hotel in Donegal City

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Includes essentialsInternet / Wifi, Balcony or Patio, TV and more

About this hotel

Located on the main square of the beautiful coastal town of Donegal, the 3-star Abbey Hotel is located right next to Donegal Castle. The hotel offers free WiFi throughout the hotel and a restaurant using fresh, Irish produce.

Amenities at Abbey Hotel Donegal

Internet / Wifi

Smoking allowed

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

TV

Wheelchair accessible

Family friendly

Map of Donegal City

city location on map

Nearby attractions

Glenveagh National Park

Glencar Waterfall

Marble Arch Caves

Assaranca Waterfall

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Top rated by guests

Most favorited

8.0Excellent

(1,947 Ratings)

"Lovely hotel right on the heart of everything.. staff very attentive"

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Don't miss out! Price and availability may change

$$$$

8.0 / 10.0

Excellent(1,947 Ratings)

Hotel in Donegal City

3-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

Well priced for this locationPriced under area average

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

Includes essentialsInternet / Wifi, Balcony or Patio, TV and more

Map of Donegal City

city location on map

Nearby attractions

Glenveagh National Park

Glencar Waterfall

Marble Arch Caves

Assaranca Waterfall

Available Rooms

About this hotel

Located on the main square of the beautiful coastal town of Donegal, the 3-star Abbey Hotel is located right next to Donegal Castle. The hotel offers free WiFi throughout the hotel and a restaurant using fresh, Irish produce.

Amenities

Internet / Wifi

Smoking allowed

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

TV

Wheelchair accessible

Family friendly

Things to know

Additional fees to expect

Cleaning & other feesWe include all stay related fees in the Cleaning Fee line, which may include cleaning, property manager, resort, tourism and other stay related fees. All Booking.com properties are professionally cleaned after each stay.

Booking feeNo booking fees, easy credit card payments.

Service feeThis helps Booking.com provide a safer and more secure booking experience.

TaxesTaxes on accommodation such as Occupancy Tax, VAT, or GST. May also include tourism fees.

Customer support

Customer support is handled by our partner Booking.com

Ratings and reviews

8.0 / 10.0

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10.0 / 10.0

Great few days away

Lovely hotel right on the heart of everything.. staff very attentive

Nothing

3.0 / 10.0

Very disappointed.

It wasn’t clean

6.0 / 10.0

Did the job but hotel is very dated.

Central, good downstairs bar.

Rooms are very dated. Elevator floor was sticky. Wallpapers peeling off walls in the corridor. Disco downstairs on our first night left the walls of our room shaking.

3.0 / 10.0

Cancelled Rooms :(

Our booking was cancelled when we arrived and they could not locate any of the booking information from booking.com and we did not stay at the hotel and had to find alternative accommodation was which totally unacceptable . The staff there apologised and where helpful but they said it was booking.com who where at fault, so there obviously is an issue with communications between both companies that need resolved as I wouldn't want this to happen to any other customers.

6.0 / 10.0

Great location

Great location in the middle of the town. Clean but basic. Bed not the most comfortable and the place is just dated. We were looking out at a load of fans in the wall.

7.0 / 10.0

Nice hotel, handy location

Bridie on reception was very helpful. Lovely bedroom and bathroom, seems to have been done up recently. The soup and brown bread in the bar was incredible

Housekeeping knocked on the door at 9.30am to clean the room and never bothered coming back later when we asked them to. Water pressure in the shower was very poor. Mattress on the bed wasn't great. They don't have their own carpark

10.0 / 10.0

Very good hotel

Very clean nice staff

Nothing

7.0 / 10.0

Good experience but very busy hotel. No real place to relax

The breakfast was superb. Freshly cooked

Went to see a group perform and had to queue for an hour. There were people constantly jumping the queue and despite the number of door attendants the people managed to fool the system. Not enough seats for tickets sold

6.0 / 10.0

Fine for an overnight stay

I found the place rather dark and gloomy. The room was all right - nothing special - but we were only there overnight. The music in the bar in the evening was fun. We ate out and I can't remember whether we had breakfast there but think probably not.

Brighten up the place particularly the reception area and the corridors etc. Could do with a make over throughout but I suspect it does well trading on its reputation and location and as a wedding and event location.

10.0 / 10.0

The staff was great and seemed to care about this historic old hotel and it’s history

Great location and old world charm, on premise restaurant and pub was great!

7.0 / 10.0

Central location for Donegal town

Central location in the busy marketplace. Lift to upper floors. Large room and bathroom allowing me to freely move about with my walker. Staff helpful and friendly.Good breakfast. Busy nightlife, live music in nearby bars.

Managed to park in the square, but little or no disabled parking. Main town car park too far and up a hill for me to walk.

10.0 / 10.0

Great staff and great atmosphere.

Beautiful breakfast

Enjoy staying there

10.0 / 10.0

One of my favorites in Ireland

Location! Shopping, music

Crowded, parking a pain due to off site & having to pay & display before 9am every morning

8.0 / 10.0

Adequate accommodation for a brief over night stay.

Very comfortable bed and our room overlooked the river.

Room was sparsely furnished -

9.0 / 10.0

Very handy for an overnight in Donegal.

The staff were very helpful and the location at the town Center was perfect. The rooms were fine and cozy.

It was not cheap although I wouldn’t complain about the price

5.0 / 10.0

Very sleepness night

Location was good

We got a front room and we never slept a wink

7.0 / 10.0

Loved Donegal town and the staff were very helpful .

Brilliant location central to everything

The smell in our room , toilet didn’t flush right . The hallway had a really bad smell .

9.0 / 10.0

Enjoyed

Location very central

Rebel songs in bar glorifying Ira murders

8.0 / 10.0

Convenient, comfortable, with a lively music session in the bar.

The location was excellent and the staff were friendly.

The bathroom was short of towels—easily remedied by staff. The grout was not clean though—moldy on a section of shower floor, and the water pressure for the shower was fine for cold but disappointing for warm water.

8.0 / 10.0

Good location but could do better

Location

Dispute over an evening meal. Not enough glasses/ water containers in the room - double bed quite small

5.0 / 10.0

had someone trying to get into our room while we were in it at 3am, also someone shouting out in the hall or in room nex

central

shower didnt really work properly

7.0 / 10.0

Very decent experience for the cost.

The staff were fantastic. The bed and pillow was so comfy and I had a great nights sleep.

The decor in the accommodation areas felt very dated - old carpets; shabby furniture in the corridors. In our room, there was mildew on the shower curtain and the curtain rod holding up the netting was held up by a screw and fell if you tried to move that layer of the drapes. Some members of our travelling group were deeply unimpressed with the food service; but again, the floor staff went out of their way to try and resolve the issue - I suspect the issue was in the kitchen and certainly not with the wait staff.

6.0 / 10.0

Hotel was fine but not the place to stay if you want a late drink with a group of friends.

Location

Were told last orders from the bar at 10.40pm on Sunday night. We were told to go out to front foyer at 11.00pm to finish drinks. We were then told if we wanted a late drink to go over to McCafferty's Bar. At 11.30pm we were told to vacate the front foyer so the next stop was bed ;(

10.0 / 10.0

Right in the centre for everything in Donegal

We loved it, my husband has a mobility scooter and we always request the same room by the elevator Staff lovely food excellent… location couldn’t be better 10/10

Leaving

3.0 / 10.0

Over priced for the service provided.

Good location

Room are very basic for the price you pay. 2nd floor room in a maze of a layout to get to with no air flowing as window doesn’t let any air in. TBF- fan was provided after asking at front desk. Shower was not great with absolutely no water pressure

4.0 / 10.0

Abbey not great tbh

The location was good.

Most Staff were overwhelmed. And not friendily. A lot of.young staff doing bar operations with no leadership on what may have been the busiest day in year so far.for the hotel..? We were given green wristbands but really not sure why. There was no visible benefits. Bouncers were pleasant and nice enough. I do recommend that space should have been reserved for residents to watch match that were staying...we have stayed here often but very disappointed this time. Went to reception and queried why breakfast wasn't included in our price as another couple we met paid same but had breakfast included. I was told that it was because I booked on booking.com! We ate our breakfast at blueberry and it was fabulous and excellent customer service.

6.0 / 10.0

Sleep not guaranteed

Location very central

Big function and event hotel was awake most of the night with noise. The hotel did move our room the following night however had people making noise in corridors. Stayed at the weekend

3.0 / 10.0

Great location, Run down/dirty hotel

Location is excellent

Old, dirty, sever lack of water pressure

5.0 / 10.0

Good location, friendly staff but basic and tired bedrooms

Location was good

Really tired, bedroom out of the late 80’s. Needs an overhaul. Staff really good

4.0 / 10.0

Disappointed

The location was excellent and staff were lovely

my bedroom was very old and dated and not Luke the ones I seen when booking .The mattr ss was hard and the double bed was small so we used both beds disappointed tbh

10.0 / 10.0

Delicious food people very friendly and rooms very tidy and comfortable

Very clean and tidy and rooms were spacious big beds

Nothing really was happy with all things

9.0 / 10.0

A great stay in the centre of town, so walk anywhere, but come back to a quiet room.

A great location, right in the middle of town but quiet. The staff were always very helpful and our room had a window overlooking the square.

5.0 / 10.0

Hotel needs to be updated

The location

It’s very run down

6.0 / 10.0

Disappointing. We cut short our stay after just one day.

The welcome from Reception when we checked in was warm and friendly.

Almost every aspect of our stay failed to meet expectations. The hotel is well-presented from the outside, but was poorly lit on the inside. Our room looked over the inner core of the hotel giving a view of the rooftops and noisy air conditioning and heating vents. There was a pervasive unpleasant smell in the room during our stay. The beds were unstable and uncomfortable. Our evening meal was far short of expectations, and the menu choice very limited. The quality of ingredients offered at breakfast was poor.

10.0 / 10.0

Great stay apart from breakfast

It was central to everything

The breakfast wasn’t that great scrambled egg was cold my husband fried was like rubber . The breakfast selection wasn’t that appetising

6.0 / 10.0

Great location with excellent bar, no AC.

The location was perfect - right in middle of Donegal and close to shops and castle. The hotel bar staff and food were fantastic, even close to closing they were welcoming and the food was excellent with lots of options.

The street noise made it loud and windows open was helpful as no AC so those two things were a down side. The old fashioned key for room wasn’t super easy to use and the beds were pretty hard.

4.0 / 10.0

Location is good but it's more like a hostel then hotel.

Very noisy, room was located right beside emergency exit, door slammed all night. Not a good location for a room. Window is out onto town square so noise either side.

Noise! Got literally no sleep. Maybe another room located at a quieter part of the hotel might have been better. No water in room. Extremely basic!

3.0 / 10.0

Very overpriced for what you get, and very dated rooms that need updating

It's in a very central location. Parking we managed easily enough 5 mins walk down the road.

The rooms were dated, no pictures on the wall and so basic. The TV's are too small for the room. The hotel is very busy, the lobby is so dark it wasn't a pleasant place to hang out. And very overpriced for what you got. Bit disappointing really.

6.0 / 10.0

Circumstances change and I feel this should be taken into account

Location

No refund as I was alone and charged 30 euro for 2 breakfast which I thought was included in price.and felt as a good will gesture as I was paying for two but only one using the room they could have left the extra paid for breakfast