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The River Lee Hotel

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3 euro Denotes genuine Irish food culture, ie special Irish food products/companies/producers, and highlights the best places to shop for regional and artisan foods; the selection excludes obvious 'non-Irish' elements regardless of quality, eg ethnic restaurants and specialists in coffee, wine and other drinks, unless relevant to local production or history. Eat & Stay establishments are chosen for their commitment to showcasing local produce and Irish hospitality. Previous Georgina Campbell Guides Award Winner

The River Lee Hotel

Following complete redevelopment of their original riverside site on Western Road, The River Lee Hotel regained its place as one of the most popular Cork hotels, especially perhaps for business guests.
Conferences/Banqueting (150); business centre, secretarial services, video conferencing, laptop sized safes in bedrooms. Rooms 182 (4 wheelchair friendly). Room rate (2 adults) from about €135. Children welcome (under 12s free in parents' room, cot available free of charge, baby sitting arranged. Laundry/dry cleaning. Lift, 24 hr room service. Free wifi. Weir Rooms: Breakfast Mon-Fri 6.30-10.30, Sat & Sun 7am-11am; brunch daily 8am-3pm, D 6-9.30, a la carte. Bar food daily. Wine from €25. Leisure centre (pool, fitness room, jacuzzi, sauna); Spa (massage, treatments, beauty salon); tennis. Open all year. Amex, MasterCard, Visa. abbreviations

Following complete redevelopment of their original riverside site on Western Road, The River Lee Hotel regained its place as one of the most popular Cork hotels, especially perhaps for business guests.


Well-located, it is beside the university and within comfortable walking distance of the city centre in good weather, and also handy for those who wish to make a neat exit westwards on leaving the city.


Although it may not have the wow factor of some of the showier new hotels, it is imaginatively designed to make the very most of its waterside location, with all the main public areas having balconies as well as acres of glass - and the relatively low key decor is designed to last.


Terrace on the Weir, which also takes full advantage of the riverside setting and has a large deck, enjoys a reputation of being a lively bar. The River Lee Hotel is also renowned as a business hotel, and fills that niche particularly well.


The underground carpark (accessed by lift from the foyer) is extremely convenient and the business facilities offered include a range of meeting rooms and a dedicated executive floor and lounge on the penthouse floor; executive extras include complimentary continental breakfast and drinks and canapés in the evening as well as turndown service, daily newspapers and business magazines.


All bedrooms have been finished to a high specification, however, with air conditioning, 25" LCD TV, work desk, laptop safe, 'fair price minibar' as standard, and smart bathrooms all have separate bath and power shower and classy toiletries. Here again, good design is a feature that makes this hotel stand out – without being at all showy, rooms have many thoughtful details incorporated which make for a very comfortable stay, and the same applies to the bathrooms.


Leisure facilities include an 18m swimming pool, sauna, spa bath and a day spa, more recently opened.


The Weir Rooms


Informal dining is available in the Weir Rooms, an attractively bright and airy room at the end of the hotel with a surprisingly away-from-it all feeling that belies its position just a river-hop away from the busy Western Road; where else in the city centre could you watch a man out fishing with his dog, just yards from your table? And, as elsewhere in the hotel, this is a place where anyone expecting standard hotel fare may have a very pleasant surprise in store.


Friendly and obliging staff give out all the right vibes from the outset, as Head Chef Shane O'Sullivan’s menu, which begins encouragingly with a sourcing statement and promises simplicity. So far so very good indeed, and happily the promise is kept in fresh, appetising modern classic cooking.


Well-made starters such as beef carpaccio with wild rocket, parmesan and truffle aioli or seared tuna with wasabi and crème fraiche are sure to please, and main courses offering perhaps 50% fish and seafood, will also include local meats – Macroom rack of lamb, perhaps, with baby zucchini and Kalamata olive crumb or saddle of rabbit with Serrano ham and shitake mushrooms.


Small details give side dishes a fresh slant (citrus salt with the French fries, for example), and the dessert menu includes a range of Cork cheeses (served with homemade chutney).


Interested staff have the companionable touch that makes a business hotel feel homely, and the same warmth and quality are evident at breakfast, which should be another pleasant experience and is served in the same room.


*This enterprising team devised an appealing menu to celebrate The Gathering in 2013.

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2013 Award Winners Business Hotel Of The Year 2013
Last Updated: 08-03-2018
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