Ardgort Country House

When we walked up to Ardgort, we were greeted by the sweetest good girl Tulley, a black lab. Once inside, John, the host/owner/operator greeted us with a warm smile! After a tour of the large, traditionally decorated house, we settled into our room. It was a lovely room that reminded me of a simpler time. Clean, cozy and comfortable. The town pretty much closes down on a Monday, but we were able to pick up some food at the market close by. We settled in to a cozy lounge room while John stoked the fireplace to keep the chill away. There’s a well stocked bar on site and John was a very accommodating bar tender! Breakfast the next morning was fabulous! Made to our order and ready on time! When we left, there were hugs all around! We felt like family. I would definitely stay again.

Large en-suite room, good wi-fi, very comfy bed. Everything fine though the heating should have been on earlier, as it took a long while for the room to warm up. Good breakfast, cooked to order. Garden is being re-landscaped at the moment, should be rather splendid once complete. Main thing that made the stay really special was the entirely natural hospitality of host John.

I really enjoyed my night at the Ardgort house, the rooms were comfortable and spacious, with great views. Although at first they were quite cold, they warmed up and were pleasant to stay in. Breakfast was very nice, and we had a welcoming and warm host. All in all, a lovely stay!

We loved it all! From the moment we arrived we felt very welcome. John greeted us and brought us to our room, he made sure we had everything we needed and even gave recommendations for going to Derry city. The room its self was clean, especially the fresh white linens and had everything we needed, we loved the classical style of the home. We had a great sleep and the bed was comfortable. We had a double room with a bath and had access to a shared balcony. Room was a nice temperature, not cold or damp. Breakfast had lots of options, unlimited cereals, fruits, toast etc. I ordered scrambled eggs and they were great, my husband is gluten free and John even threw on more when he heard so he would have a bigger breakfast - very generous. Beautiful, friendly dog Tilly out the front if you wish to hang out but if your not a dog person, don't worry she stays outside :) We were very happy with our stay and would definitely come back!! 10/10

I stayed for one night as had a local business meeting. I travel overnight most weeks and at accustomed to the usual often soulless chain hotels. John is a great host who can’t do enough for you. It’s worth being aware that some sites state there is an a la carte restaurant. This is currently not the case. The town’s restaurants I understand are all closed for good. John drove into the town while I unpacked, to let me know what food was available. There is fish and chips or a pizza place. You can’t really eat this food in your room though, so just be aware of this. Breakfast is cooked to order, much nicer than a buffet. There weren’t many guests when I stayed which made it peaceful. It’s a very different kind of stay. If you want a warm welcome and a quirky hotel, this is for you. I would stay again but maybe not for a long time as would like to have a restaurant and a bar.

Booked for 3 nights. Had to leave after 2 nights. Room was damp, no heat, mould on walls, no working lock on outside of bedroom door. Bar/lounge not opened for guest use. No heat in communal areas or lightning. Unsafe for young family to stay to go near. Had to ask owner for Heat to be put on in our damp room on two nights in a row. We where the only guests in accommodation. Bar lounge was not functioning and had no lightning or heat in any area. Breakfast was awful, tasteless hot food, kids cereal was 6 months out of date. One elderly man running the whole place on his own with no support staff. Place is a health hazard and not somewhere where people can relax and enjoy there stay. Place smells of dampness from lack if heating in guest house. Place feels like it has been abandoned many years ago. Cigarette smoke smell throughout corridors and rooms. Owner didn't have bar opened on nights of our stay, let alone put heat or lights on for kids to enjoy the area when he decided fit to open it. Tables and chairs where stacked up, cover was on pool table, no music or TV on for kids. We where confined to our cold damp room. Bed linen had Stains, and where cold and damp on arrival. Damp patches on walls and Duct tape on floor holding carpet down. Our balcony was flooded with water and unsafe to use, it also had no lighting at night time. Gates of accommodation where closed over at night and we had to open them ourselves to exit property on both mornings. We decided on Friday evening when we came back from our day out to a cold room, that we could not stay another night in this dungeon of a place, we kindly asked owner to refund our final night stay on the Saturday morning. He blatantly refused to issue us a refund for cancellation of our final night. We told him our problems and he started stated he had "done everything" so we decided to leave that morning. We booked through *********** and asked them to refund us, but obviously the owner refused to acknowledge our request about the awful conditions we had to endure during our stay here. Would definitely not recommend this place to anyone.

Room and breakfast excellent. Spotlessly clean, spacious room and en suite and very comfortable, with an outside terrace and seating. John was a wonderful host, very helpful and friendly, and his recommendations for two local restaurants were spot on.

Stayed for one night and the owner made us most welcome, he went way above and beyond for us. Room was excellent (one of the best we've stayed in for a while). We spent a lovely evening in the bar with plenty of stories of the good old days from all concerned. We will be back next time we are down that way. PAul and Ash