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Overview
The Glenroyal Hotel & Leisure Club in Maynooth combines modern luxury with a rich Irish heritage. With 154 refurbished rooms, complete with plush bedding, Rituals toiletries, and complimentary Wi-Fi, the hotel provides a welcoming and relaxing environment. Guests enjoy attentive service from our team, ensuring an unforgettable stay, whether for business or leisure.
For dining, Executive Head Chef Bernard McGuane brings his Michelin-starred expertise to The Enclosure Restaurant, Arkle Bar, and Shoda Market Café, offering menus featuring seasonal, locally sourced ingredients. Guests can enjoy a range of culinary experiences, from sophisticated dishes to casual meals, all crafted with creativity and skill.
Our newly renovated Business Centre caters to meetings of 5 to 450 delegates, offering modern conference rooms and ballrooms with natural daylight, air conditioning, and advanced audio-visual equipment. With tailored menus for refreshments and meals, the Glenroyal stands out as one of Kildare’s premier conference venues.
Conveniently located, the Glenroyal is just a short walk from Maynooth Train Station, providing a commuter service to Dublin City and connections to Galway. A major bus hub across the street adds ease of transport throughout the country. Our recently upgraded Leisure Club includes two 20-metre heated swimming pools, a fully equipped gym, and NOA Spa.
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The Glenroyal Hotel is the central heartbeat of the busy university town of Maynooth and offers a popular meeting and dining destination of choice. The Glenroyal offers visitors 3 different dining options: The Enclosure at Arkle Bar, Arkle Bar and Shoda Market Café. The choice of dining options makes the Glenroyal the location of choice for business meetings, casual dining and family occasions.
The choice of dining options makes the Glenroyal the location of choice for business meetings, casual dining and family occasions.
The Enclosure Restaurant at Arkle Bar is the newest dining option at the Glenroyal Hotel, offering a sophisticated dining experience. The Enclosure is an elevated area off the Arkle Bar.
The stylish interior design is luxurious with oak timber finishes, velvet finishes, and brass decorative lighting is a firm nod to the world of the thoroughbred racing industry.
The style of menu and service at the Enclosure matches the luxurious atmosphere of the restaurant. The a la carte menu designed by Michelin star experienced Executive Chef Bernard McGuane is a showcase of the best local and seasonal ingredients available. Diners can identify the provenance of the ingredients which are proudly name-checked on a map of Ireland on the reverse of the restaurant menu.
The day we visited, the chef prepared a fresh crab starter paired with a salad of shaved cucumber, avocado puree, apple and fresh micro leaves. Following this, the chef cooked a simple main course of Roast Supreme of Irish free-range chicken presented on a bed of pea, broad bean and chervil and garnished with a parmesan and hazelnut brittle, perfection!
The menu features innovative and house specialties including a seafood sharing platter and prime dry aged beef cut fresh to your liking and cooked on a charcoal griddle and presented on a board platter.
The Enclosure Restaurant serves lunch on Sundays 1pm – 3pm. The Enclosure Restaurant is open for dinner daily from 5pm – 9pm. Bookings are essential. To place a booking please call 01 6209 0909 or email [email protected].
Rooms & Facilities
The style and décor that is an impressive first impression when you arrive at the Glenroyal Hotel, continue through the accommodation facilities. The rooms are spacious and very comfortable.
A comfortable stay is guaranteed at the Glenroyal Hotel. The 154 guest bedrooms available have had a recent investment program bringing the facilities on offer to a very high 4-star standard.
The in-room amenities include tea & coffee making facilities, iron & ironing board, a flat-screen smart TV and complimentary WiFi. All rooms have spacious bathrooms with excellent shower facilities.
The bedrooms are set out on two upper floors and are serviced by a lift and a central staircase.
There is a comprehensive range of bedrooms to meet all visitor requirements at the Glenroyal Hotel, including superior classic rooms, classic double & twin rooms, superior & classic family rooms, deluxe double & twin rooms and executive double & twin rooms. Their junior suite has been recently renovated and now includes a cosy fireplace & TV, SMEG fridge, his & hers velvet chaise loungers, a spacious walk-in shower and a comfy king-size bed.
The Glenroyal Hotel offers a room service from 3pm – 9pm and a small 24-hour room service menu.
Sustainability
The team at the Glenroyal Hotel are committed to responsible governance in terms of sustainability and have a number of practices in place to ensure this.
There is a full waste minimisation and recycling management system in place. Furthermore, all bedrooms are stocked with complimentary water bottles packaged in compostable containers. All bedroom single-use mini toiletries have been eliminated and replaced with a dispenser bottle reducing the impact of waste to landfills and use of single-use plastics.
The Glenroyal also make sourcing local food a priority while disposable products and takeaway containers are fully compostable.
The hotel is fitted with LED light fittings, reducing energy consumption. Moreover, the energy used by the Glenroyal Hotel includes a mains supply of natural gas and recently installed solar panels.
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