Castle Dargan Hotel

Consistently praised for spacious, cozy rooms with comfortable beds and friendly, efficient staff. Beautiful, close-to-Sligo location with stunning views. Guests love the high-quality, varied breakfast.

Stayed here on Saturday with my 2 sisters and my mum. We booked the spa for 1pm - so we arrived at 12 in hope to grab some food beforehand. But there was no food available only a scone, breakfast was over and lunch wasn't available till 12.30. We went to the spa, all the staff were welcoming and friendly. We had a back massage and facial booked, my sisters and mum throughly enjoyed their massage with the other therapists, very relaxing and flowed nicely. But my own experience, during the massage he constantly broke contact - going back and forth, it felt very rushed. Same with the facial, no flow to it, rubbing the face with very little product which made it very unpleasant. The hot tub was grubby and water very discoloured, steam room wasn't working, sauna was like a warm room and the heated lounges were cold. It was advertised to get light lunch at the spa , which we purchased. But told we had to get dressed and eat out at the bar. We had light lunch in the bar, presentation was very good. But food has zero flavour to it bar the chips. Rooms were lovely - very spacious and comfortable, well stocked up with water, tea, coffee, towels etc and the beds were very comfortable. Met some of the house keeping staff, they were very friendly and the standard of the rooms were very impressive. We arrived down for dinner at 7pm, starters were lovely and came out quiet quickly, but we waited nearly an hour to receive our mains. And then quickly received our deserts. Good food especially the seafood dishes but the service was very sloppy. We sat in for the music at the bar, which was very good and enjoyable. Lovely atmosphere. Next morning for breakfast, food was very good, the service was brillant. The hotel though was very misleading regarding it as a castle, as there is just ruins of a castle there, the hotel itself is a new built and it did have a house estate on site aswell. But I wouldn't be recommending this hotel to be honest , we paid just under €900 for the one night and it wasn't at all a 4* experiences.