Lord Bagenal Inn

What an amazing stay we had. We attended for a friend's wedding for the weekend. The room was stunning, hotel is gorgeous, food was amazing and the staff are so friendly. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and it was in a quirky little village. Will definitely recommend this place.

Had daughters wedding on Saturday .can not say enough about lord bagnel .superb service .brill room .the whole hotel was spotless .bar and waiting staff were superb and of the highest standard .with so many other venues hiring agency staff for these events and do be lost in a new premises .hotel highly recommended .breakfast was brill .thank you again

We have been coming here for years. The room was fine but we were looking out on the flat and rusty tin rooves with a lot of air conditioning units for as far as we could see. It was a very expensive room for that view. Mentioned it to reception and they said they were full so no move. Our friends were on a different floor with the same outlook. Really disappointed. On a positive note the breakfast staff have been here for a long time and are superb.

Loved our night in the Lord Bagenal..lovely staff, great food in a very atmospheric bar , room was great too, clean and comfortable with very nice en suite ..to cap it all had a grest breakfast before we left. Will definitely come back.......

The restaurant menu is very overpriced and limited. We went previously over lockdown and thought it was better that time than what it is now. My wife asked for some coleslaw to go with her lasagne, a standard accompaniment with lasagne in most places, and she received a large bowl of it with which no cost was mentioned, until we received our bill to discover that we were charged €5 for it, outrageous. My chicken kung po was €25 and I must say that a Chinese takeaway would have been a better and much cheaper option.

This is, as far as I know, the only hotel in Leighlinbridge. Others are in nearby towns or villages. If I ever return, I will check those out, as I don't want to stay at the Lord Bagenal again. The town is small and sweet, I would love to walk along the river from Carlow to Leighlinbridge or some other point, as the trail goes for over a hundred miles. I stayed at the Lord Baganal Inn for two nights, taken in by the nice photos and reviews I saw online from 5,000 miles away. It's a weird place, obviously added onto at different times. My room was a basic American motel room. Several "wings" of the hotel require going up and down stairs after taking the elevator/lift to your floor. When I discovered that mine was one of these, I returned to the desk to request a room on the same level as the lift, and got one. The whole hotel smelled unpleasantly of fried fish one of the afternoons. It is a bit cavernous in the entry. My view was of various rooftops of the hotel. Very nice big bathroom with large tub. The food: I didn't try the 'carvery" since I tend towards the more vegetarian foods. Ordered "Caesar's salad" once -- big mistake. Here, as elsewhere in Ireland (so I'm told by friends back home who laughed) consists of a largish bowl of chopped iceberg lettuce mixed with mayonnaise. I had asked for the salad with chicken - there were pieces of fried chicken nuggets around the edge of the bowl. I ate the chicken, only the first bite of the "Caesar's salad." Dinner was edible but not great. The breakfast here is better than lunch or dinner. If I had had more time and knew about other eating and lodging places in town, I'd have gone there. I was on a "family history"pilgrimage," limited time. I should have done more research, but this seemed like the only game in town. Since many reviews here are very positive, one can only conclude that people's experience and expectations vary considerably. I don't go for the posh multi-star hotels, I usually like just a modest, clean and comfortable place. The *staff* here are very nice and friendly and helpful.