The Ardilaun Hotel Galway

In all our interactions with the Ardilaun Hotel in the run up to our wedding, it felt like ours was their only wedding being catered for. We never felt like just another client. They respected how invested and excited we were and they made us feel very special. Nothing was too much trouble, irrespective of which staff member we were speaking with.

I can not recommend The Ardilaun hotel enough if you are looking for the perfect venue for your special day. From the beautiful decor and gardens to the delicious food and welcoming staff we loved every minute of our wedding and all of our guests were blown away by the wonderful and friendly atmosphere in the hotel. Zara was so attentive and made sure our day went so smoothly. I wish we could do it all again tomorrow!

We had our wedding in the Ardilaun recently, and they looked after us so well. Guests are still talking about the food which came out piping hot and tasted delicious. There was no waiting around from one part of the day to the next, everything ran smoothly. The staff were just lovely to deal with and great craic! We even had our day 2 there and they kindly gave us the use of the restaurant. I can't fault them, the venue is lovely and welcoming, and we look forward to returning!

Zara was an absolute legend arranging our intimate wedding reception and all the staff are brilliant!

We had a super weekend in the Ardilaun, Zara was so helpful and very accommodating to our requests, the managers and staff were top class. We would be more than happy to recommend to our friends.

Amazing wedding venue with the most helpful staff. Couldn't do enough for us prior to the day and also on the day. Couldn't recommend the Ardilaun enough.

We got married in The Ardilaun in Feb 23 and it was magnificent. Our families and friends stayed for three nights and the service was perfect. Staff were friendly and everything went well from beginning to end. Could not have asked for more! Lovely family run hotel, delicious food and a really chilled weekend. Lovely photos in the garden too. Thanks a mill!

We had our wedding ceremony there on the 28th of October and there is not one thing we could fault. From start to finish it was just amazing. The food,venue and the bedrooms were all spectacular. A big thank you to Zara for all her help in organising the day there was no job to big for her. All the staff were so friendly and helpful as well.

We had the most amazing time for our wedding on August 13th 2022. From check in on the 12th, the level of service was first class. Luckily we had great weather which allowed for a drinks reception in the Ardilaun's lovely outdoor area.

Special thanks goes to our wedding coordinator Zara as well as Melissa in reservations. Big thanks also goes to the the management in charge on our wedding day including Conor, Mike, Eleanor.

We look forward to going back in the near future.

Our wedding at The Ardilaun was more than i expected. The service was great and the staff was very kind. I was very happy with the result. I will definitely recommend the place.

We had our wedding at the Ardilaun hotel . Zara was our wedding coordinator and she was just fantastic. She always got back to us asap and was most helpful in all aspect of our wedding to make it special. The venue was lovely and there was a lovely buzz about the place the weekend we were married. We would like to thank zara and all the team at the Ardilaun hotel for making our weekend memorable and special. All the staff were friendly and welcoming and made the weekend for us.

So happy with our decision to have our wedding day in the Ardilaun. Communication was excellent, their team is very professional and open to any ideas. We had an amazing day and everyone keep commenting about the delicious food we had!.

John, Maria, Catherine, Conor, Eleanor, Mike, Jason, Paddy, the amazing chefs and all the fabulous staff of the Ardilaun Hotel. I’m about to hop on a plane but I wanted to drop you a line to thank you so so much for delivering the wedding of our dreams this weekend, you went above and beyond and you exceeded all of our expectations. We are on such a high and that is in large down to the experience you gave us and our guests over the last four days. We have memories we will cherish forever and none of it would have been possible without you guys, the service was exceptional and attention to detail was exacting, I couldn’t believe it when my steak was presented exactly as I like it, Medium. The fact you guys remember that when I just mentioned it flippantly weeks ago really surprised me and certainly impressed me. Not surprisingly, everyone is raving about the food, you wouldn’t believe the amount of times it has been mentioned since. It was one of the best beef fillets we’ve ever eaten, cooked to perfection and our guests are likely to never forget it as it made such an impact, it was noted so much in our guest book, the chefs really nailed it.

Conor and Maria, thank you for the incredible welcome and for making us feel at home, it was so lovely to have a fellow islander oversee the proceedings and you were fantastic from start to finish, both JP and I are so grateful. Maria, thank you for making it all happen in the lead up, for the advice and for answering the many questions/queries over the last number of months. Thank you also for checking in with us on Thursday evening and for being so thorough to check everything one last time.

Michael and Jason, thank you so much for making the morning of our wedding so relaxing and memorable, the Garden room worked so well and the delivery of our breakfast items was so efficient and again when we ordered our breakfast to the room yesterday. Jason, it was so lovely to have you there throughout the weekend and to see you at one of our drinks stations on Friday, we’ve done a lot of weddings together and it was so special to have you and Mike there for our wedding.

A massive thank you to the lovely night porter who made the girls coffees on arrival and ran around for them on the morning, I’m so sorry I can’t remember your name but know your help and assistance was very much appreciated and we are so thankful to you. Michael a big thank you for getting the Honeynoon suite ready so we could move my bags and get ready, it was done with no fuss and so willingly which was very much appreciated.

Eleanor, you are a lady and made for the hospitality industry, you’re efficient, calm and it’s so evident you know what you’re doing. We were delighted to have you there on the evening and again yesterday, you were brilliant and your regular check ins with us was so lovely and showed just how much you cared.

Catherine, thank you for all of your help with our room reservations in the lead up to our wedding, and for the regular updates. Everybody was so happy with their accommodation. I know there was a lot of chopping and changing and you handled it like the professional you are.

Paddy, thank you for helping us with our many items on Thursday evening, my sisters really appreciated it, you were so pleasant to deal with and nothing was too much trouble.

Sadhbh and Rachel and the girls on reception, thank you for being so lovely to us and our guests, for the warm welcome and for making our checkout so easy!!!

William, you made the best cappuccinos in Salthill and nothing has changed, it was awesome, thank you!!

The attention to detail, quality of food and overall friendliness was fantastic. It is a family run hotel..

The Ardilaun was amazing! We couldn't have asked for any more from them. Would highly recommend The Ardilaun, Maureen and her staff to other couples looking to secure their wedding venue.

I really can't say more about the ardilaun, they were just so helpful from start to finish. If we were to do it all over again we wouldnt change a thing

It’s been about ten years since I lived in Ireland, but when I got engaged a few months after the equal marriage referendum in Ireland, my fiance and I knew we wanted to come home to get married.

We spent a week in Galway visiting venues but couldn’t find anything quite right. After a tip from a friend, we showed up to the Ardilaun on a whim, and asked to speak to the wedding planner, Maureen. As we sat down to talk, the first she did was quietly cross out “Bride” at the top of her form, and write in “Groom.”

That might seem like a small thing, but every other venue had given us a long sales pitch that was aimed at brides and grooms (which included a lot of perks for the bride, like discounts for dressmakers or make-up, or hen party packages). It wasn’t offensive, but it did start to feel silly that they weren’t bothering to tailor their spiel, given that there were two men standing in front of them.

When Maureen changed the form, she didn’t make a show of doing it, and probably didn’t realize we had noticed. But it gave us a sense that she was listening to our needs, and that she and the hotel had an attention to detail that would be present right through to the wedding day.

We weren’t disappointed. Maureen and her team worked so hard to make sure we had everything we needed, and were on hand during the months of preparation to answer our questions and offer advice on how best to put the day together. Our ceremony was a mix of Irish and Persian traditions -- including an elaborate Persian altar -- which the hotel went to great lengths to accommodate. The meal enjoyed by our guests was excellent, as was the service throughout the evening.

We had a perfect day, and could not have asked for anything more.

Hi Maureen,
I can't find the words, but to put it simply and directly...You are truly AMAZING!!! and we are so grateful to you..Our first correspondence via email, you said you would ensure we had a very special, perfect day and we did..I'm overwhelmed by it all to be honest..
From the bottom of my heart Maureen, thank you, thank you, thank you..xxxx

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My husband and I got married at The Ardilaun on Friday 30th November 2018 and all we can say is WOW!! We had the most fantastic wedding. Maureen Walsh, the dedicated Wedding Planner at The Ardilaun was just the best ever. Maureen was super professional helpful, kind, made great suggestions that all worked out, replied to my 60000 emails with every question under the sun that we had. We could have not done it without her. All of the staff at the Ardilaun were so friendly and kind and were genuinely so caring and every single one of them wished us well on our big day ?
The function room for our civil ceremony was decorated beautifully with fabulous flower arrangements and because it was almost Christmas the hotel had its fabulous decorations up and even had a brand new carpet in the foyer the week before the wedding.
The food was absolutely delicious, I’m normally not a huge fan of Wedding food but the meal that we had at The Ardilaun was unreal. The soup was piping hot, starter was so tasty and they carved the roast beef table side so it was piping hot. Every guest complemented us on the food and service. The evening food was also delicious! Maureen ensured that we had the honeymoon suite for our two nights stay at The Ardilaun and gave us champagne and truffles and a fruit plate. Our families and friends were so impressed with their rooms, quality of service and the whole event. We are delighted that we choose The Ardilaun for our Wedding, it really was the best day of our lives and we would sincerely like to thank everybody there for making it such. We would highly recommend to anybody thinking about having their wedding in Galway to meet with Maureen at The Ardilaun and we promise you won’t be disappointed. Enjoy

I can’t recommend the Ardilaun Hotel and it’s staff enough esp their wonderful wedding planner Maureen.
Maureen was an absolute pleasure to deal with and made the whole process stress free and simple and was extremely responsive to all my questions with was great as I was planninh out wedding from Sydney.

All of guest spoke about the delicious food and friendly staff and thoroughly enjoyer themselves.

I wouldnt hesitate to recommend the Ardilaun Hotel to anyone looking for a beautiful hotel to host the most special day of their life.

Maureen the wedding planner was excellent, so helpful in planning the wedding day. The venue was beautiful and the food was lovely.

Maureen the wedding planner and all the staff were fantastic from day one. They were very welcoming, friendly and so helpful throughout. They made our day so special and unique. We had an incredible day that we will never forget.

Maureen and her team were excellent on the day we couldn't fault the food the service or the attentiveness of the staff to our guests. We had one issue in the whole process in that we were not informed that rooms were selling out and that no more would be available to our guests despite requesting the hotel to let us know we resolved the issue eventually but it was an issue. Everything else from the planning tasting etc was in my opinion faultless we were very happy with the hotel and food and service we received. the room is beautiful and very comfortable and was beautifully decorated for the Christmas season.

From the very start of our planning Maureen was absolutely fantastic. Very professional, very helpful with advice about meals and very quick to respond to and questions we had.
On the day of the wedding every thing ran very smoothly. We couldn’t have been happier.

Maureen was very helpful every step of the way.

Could not recommend Maureen and the Ardilaun hotel highly enough. Our planning and the day itself went so smoothly and was everything we could have wished for.

Very helpful, Maureen Breathnach the wedding coordinator was exceptional great to us. Anything we need she was only a phone call away. The hotel and staff on the day was amazing. Can't praise the hotel and staff high enough.

The Ardilaun was the perfect venue for a summer wedding. Maureen in the Ardilaun was a splendid wedding co-ordinator, a true professional and was helpful from day one. The Ardilaun held a fantastic Bubbly Brunch Wedding Planning Day that was informative & fun. Head Chef, David was creative and flexible in his approach and catered for a gluten free dining experience for almost 300 guests where nobody felt short changed. The gardens of the Ardilaun were the ideal spot for our next day BBQ. I couldn't recommend the team at the Ardilaun highly enough for their individual approach and quality of service.