The Pillo Hotel and Spa

We got married in the Pillo Hotel in august 2024. Anything we asked for was never too much trouble. We dealt with Francesca from day 1 and she was fantastic. Any worries we had about the day, she settled immediately. Little things we weren’t sure of were sorted and they even threw in some surprises. On the day we had Richard and Catherine who were both also fantastic. If there was something we wanted, we got it. When we say I would 110% recommend the Pillo Hotel, we genuinely mean that. From the beautiful decor to the delicious food to the outstanding staff and team they have!! Everything was a dream and we can’t wait to go back again as this place holds a special place in our hearts. Thank you once again for making our day so magical. Emma & Geoff

We got married 29/12/23 had a fantastic wedding day , Francesca was excellent from planning our wedding to the final day she went above & beyond to make it so easy and no stress , I highly recommend anyone who is getting married get in touch with Francesca in the Pillo hotel , she is a lovely caring person can't do enough for you and the staff on our wedding day were excellent total pleasure to deal with them all , we actually felt spoilt ,, definitely will stay there again food is fab our meal tasting was excellent made us feel so special and the surprises at the meal on day & the piper , excellent

Myself and my husband got married in the Pillo Hotel, Ashbourne on Saturday 5th August 2023. Long story short we were meant to get married in 2020, postponed 3 times, change of hotel and finally got to have our day this month.

Francesca and the entire Pillo team were amazing from the get go. Francesca was phenomenal. She was so genuine and helpful any time we met with her in person and is fantastic at email correspondence. Any questions I had, big or small she had answered straight away. Honestly it made the wedding planning so smooth and took out a lot of stress.

Big thank you to the team that looked after us at our wedding tasting, the staff and food that evening were amazing. We were made feel very special.

The day itself was bliss. I had dropped all the decor out the week of the wedding and it was set up beautifully upon arrival. The hotel pulled out all the stops to make our day extra special - they knew we were a covid wedding and had so many disappointments so the surprises on the day like the bag piper and dinner performances made it extra special.

The food was amazing. All our guests loved our menu and were raving about the top quality of the food. All our guests who had food intolerances were well looked after which was such peace of mind. A special shout out the the team of brilliant, young serving staff for the meal. They were so polite, mannerly and tended to everyone's needs, thank you so much.

We honestly had the best day. Everything went so well. Brilliant hotel, staff and food. Would highly recommend.

Thanks again Francesca and the Pillo Team,

Niamh and Gary Deegan

Francesca in particular was simply amazing to work with, everything ran so smoothly & we had the best day

We had our wedding at the pillo Hotel in June. We can't recommend the pillo enough, from day one when we went to have a look to see what the room was like and go through everything involved. We knew our big day was in good hands. Francesca was just so easy to talk to and there wasn't anything she couldn't do for us. We were faced with life changing circumstances four months before our big day, my mam passed away. She was very much involved in all our planning and I felt I couldn't go ahead without her. We decided after a lot of taught that she would want us to have our wedding day, so we went ahead and I must say with Francescas help and all the staff at the pillo it was such a special day. They helped us still include my mam in beautiful ways that meant so much to us. It was all so stress free. We felt so looked after from start to finish and all of our guests commented on how beautiful everything about the day was. From the decor to the food, the service, all the special add on surprises for us. It was an absolutely fabulous day. So again we'd like to say a huge thank you to the staff at the pillo especially Francesca and Gareth. A day we will treasure forever xx

What can I say from start to finish the Pillo Hotel were absolutely amazing. I would highly recommend this hotel for your special day. Francesca the wedding organiser was only brilliant, and could not do enough for us, she was amazing on the day of our wedding and keeping in touch throughout the whole process of booking the wedding. Garrett who took care of us on the day walking into the wedding ceremony ect was brilliant too.
All the staff from the kitchen, bar and serving the food and drinks were amazing also and again nothing was too much trouble for them. My work colleague was also at a wedding in the Pillo Hotel just last week and she could not praise all the staff enough.

We had an amazing day. Francesca and the team were brilliant in the lead up and on the day.

From the first day we start planning till the very end everything was done so professional and everyone so helpful. Food was amazing. We couldn't ask for better day.

We had the best day of our lives and all the staff were superb we would highly recommend this hotel and can't wait to go back thank you for making our day so special people are still talking about how amazing the staff are at this hotel and the show they put on for our guests. Jean & Rodney McCreery. The hotel is fabulous.

I would really recommend the Pillo hotel for your wedding or any special occasion, the staff went above and beyond to help us create our dream wedding day,especially Francesca and Richard .

2nd of sept got married it was the best day ever... The staff was so nice and especially Richard he could have not done enough for us... I would recommend this hotel to get married in..... 10 out of 10 x

Couldn't have asked to get married anywhere else. Everything went to plan the staff were outstanding. Richard and Francesca did everything in their power to make it an amazing day and they did just that.

We cant say enough about the pilo hotel and staff. Nothing was a problem. Food rooms gardens and staff were brilliant particularly Richard who's support and enthusiasm was amazing.

The staff were so friendly and professional they done everything we asked of them .would highly recommend anyone getting married to check out the pillo hotel

It was the best wedding in our live my partner and I just loved it !! We met in Ashbourne so we got married in Ashbourne !! We highly recommend Pilo Hotel to any who's planning to get married in a quiet and a small city like Ashbourne!!

I found the team wonderful to deal with.

the minute myself and now Hubby walked into the hotel we knew that this was the one. It had a warm feeling to it.we were shown the room were our reception would be held and we fell in love with it.. From then on the staff were amazing..from food tasting to chair covers they had it all sorted.. Our table arrangements were out of this world and our candy table that they arranged was fab.. I had so many things that I wanted done in my head,I brought it all to them and they nailed it 1000 time more then I could have imagined.. It's been nearly a year to the day and everyone is still talking about it.. Amazing place with amazing staff.. 1000 thank you's xx

?Right from the onset the staff were brilliant. Great communication with the events manager with no problems at all. On the day its self everything was perfect the staff were great food was perfect and the events manager on the day couldn't have done enough for us. Thanks for everything.?

?We just want to say a big thank you for all your help leading up to the wedding and on the day. We were very pleased with the hotel and the food was out of this world, we had two butchers at the wedding and both said how fantastic the meat was. We looked at a lot of hotels in Dublin and the Northeast area but pound for pound your hotel was the best and delivered on all your promises. Thank you from the both of us.?

?Ted & I had an absolutely fantastic day with yourselves, it was brilliant from start to finish. Every thing was planned to a T and took place just as we had hoped. The hotel & staff pulled out all the stops for us. The room was decorated fabulously and the service was second to none, not to mention the food. All our guests commented on the service and food they experienced over the two days we were with you. Everything was so smooth Ted & I didn't need to worry about anything. We were truly appreciative of the support Ciara & Georgina and team provided to us in the run up to the wedding. Every request from us was entertained and delivered on where possible. A large number of our guests chose to stay for two nights and they were all very impressed with the hotel and all its facilities. The staff at the hotel made it the day we had hoped for and one we will never forget.?

?I can't praise the hotel enough. Our day was a dream come true. The team was so helpful and our day went perfectly. The food and service was exceptional. Many thanks to all of you for doing such a great job. I would highly recommend the hotel to anyone.?

?My experience with the hotel from booking to the big day was very hassle free and extremely professional, We cannot compliment the staff enough for their help and effort they put into our special day

It is over a year now since we held our wedding party at the Pilio Hotel formally the Marriott Ashbourne. We did it slightly different than the traditional Irish wedding. We got married abroad on the 12th May, we did not have any family or friends with us, so we wanted to mark the occasion on our return with them. We thought we would have a low key party with few guests but once planning started and the guest list was made the small low key function was quickly changed!! But it all worked out fantastic and we also got the best day weather wise of the whole summer.
On the lead up to it before we travelled abroad I had a few meetings with Ciara. I explained to Ciara what we wanted, I really wasn't sure how the whole thing would work out as I had never been to a wedding party before but Ciara was most helpful in the planning process and it all was very simple and so easy to plan. Anything I wanted or was worried about Ciara sorted it there and then or would phone me later on with an answer.
We had our guests arriving at 6pm on 3rd June 2011 to the drinks reception. This was held in the bar area right outside the function room. The sparkling wine was flowing and it was a chance for James and I to meet and greet all our guests. Then we were all called into the function room for food at 7.30. The function room looked great with all the tables set up. We had about 150 guests so we had the full room, it was a great size. Georgina was the manager on duty that evening and she was brilliant, so efficient and helpful. We were having a buffet meal. I was concerned there would not be enough food to go around but that certainly was not the case, some guests went up 3 times for food! So needless to say the food was fantastic, we had 2 hot dishes and salads. We had a selection of mini desserts and wedding cake for dessert. We did not have speeches so once food was finished it was time for the DJ to start. The whole night went so well everyone enjoyed it greatly. We had great feedback from all our guests on the party and the hotel. So we both would highly recommend the Pillo Hotel for weddings.