The Lakeside Hotel & Leisure Centre

Great service with super friendly hand helpful staff. Amazing views overlooking the Shannon / Lough Derg. Good breakfast cooked fresh. ROom was very spacious and they give us an upgrade wihich we were very grateful for. They were a little dated but absolutely fine overall. Amazing value for money, thank you.

Beautiful hotel,great food and great location. Ideal family room with great space and great pool, kids love it.

We had a wonderful lunch in O'Hara's bar yesterday. The atmosphere was lovely and relaxed, the food was excellent and the staff were wonderful. It was so nice. And the views were fabulous. I particularly liked that you could get anything from a toasted sandwich to a full 3 course meal. All I was craving after Christmas was a nice toasted sambo and that is exactly what I got yesterday. We look forward to returning soon.

The room exceeded my expectation in terms of location of hotel, The view from the window was breathtaking, and the temperature control worked perfectly

Beautiful hotel and quite location with no atmosphere but comfortable for one night stay, but bathroom nightmare, toilet taking 4hrs to refill to flush again so not the best when a couple staying and no hot water , this was the bridle suite not a standard room so you would expect the best but no..... would I return I don't think so

Great location on the waterside. Our room was very nice. Spacious and with a nice writing desk area. A wander around the gardens revealed some interesting tree carvings / wooden sculptures in the grounds and a walkway down to the waterside where small boats can be moored. There are interesting historical bits and pieces to see and read displayed around the hotel. Maureen O’Hara and her husband Captain Charles Blair of flying boat fame used to stay in the hotel and are remembered in the name of the Maureen O’Hara bar and a collection of photographs in the bar and dining room. The twin towns of Killaloe and Ballina either side of the Shannon River at Lough Derg are just a couple hundred metres walk from the hotel with nice pubs to enjoy. Killaloe is in County Clare and Ballina in County Tipperary. We enjoyed walking across the old bridge to Ballina and just wandering around the streets. A historic information poster reminded us that Killaloo was the birthplace of Brian Boru. Killaloe was considered the capital of Ireland while Brian Boru was High King in the early 11th century and he lived in Killaloe. Breakfast was excellent with vegetarian and gluten free menus to choose from. Food was cooked quickly and really nice. A highlight for me was the waterslide in the hotel pool. The pool attendant was really encouraging of my giving it a go. My first slide down was holding the sides of the slide all the way down inch by inch and the pool attendant wondering if I was never going to emerge again. I climbed the steps again and again and progressed quickly through less touching of the slide sides to whooshing down. I really enjoyed it - 16 times. 😀. I went back the next morning before breakfast for 10 more slides to consolidate my progress. 😂😇 We hope to return to the Lakeside Hotel again next summer and take a boat trip and visit more of the local and wider area which is rich in history and beautiful scenery and maybe do some fishing.