Originally Posted by
LindaTerrill
Interesting you mention The Cliff Town House. I'm planning to stop in and see it in August. I've heard it's a good option for moderate budgets. I'm staying at its sister property in Ardmore earlier that week, which I really like--extraordinary views! They run a tight ship at The Cliff House in Ardmore; perhaps it will be the same at The Cliff Town House. A drink at the first floor bar you mention will give me an excuse to enjoy the views, or is it the other way around?
I'd regard the cliff townhouse as a work in progress.I've not stayed but had a meal there which was only so-so.Thats never a good sign.
The cliffhouse in Ardmore is absolutely superb though!Great service,great rooms in a tiny rural village by the sea and of course a michelin star restaurant.It sounds like you have been there already,so you'll know that.
I'm staying 2 nights at the Ritz Carlton Powerscourt as an 89th birthday present to my mother who loves gardens, golf and the countryside. So she'll get her gardens and we'll still be able to get into Dublin for some good dinners with friends. This will be my first stay at the RC Powerscourt. I'll post a TR afterwards. The Virtuoso amenities are pretty generous there. I'm anxious to see how the property blends in to the countryside. The GM is a great guy and top notch manager, so I'm assuming he's operating the hotel at the highest standards that he operated other RC's. I love the whole "ladies and gentlemen of the Ritz-Carlton" culture. From bygone days when manners and courtesies mattered.
To be honest,I think this one is up there with the best of the R-C's [and there are a fair share of relatively bad ones].
Your mum will love the gardens by the way,the powerscourt gardens are next door,not on the property itself but they may as well be as the hotel is in a wooded area joining them with a super view out over the wicklow mountains.
I have to say if you were there on Christmas week 2010 with close to 2 feet of snow all around,you would be wowed by the beauty of it all.
The same applies in high summer unless it's raining.
Enjoy and looking forward to the trip report.
Incidently,theres very good value in flights on aer lingus premier (j) at the moment with flat bed seats,avod, and for airline cuisine,good food and service.