As stated by many, the hotel has the perfect location in the centre of town. Stayed for 3 nights with Caledonian. I had a huge comfortable room with most things I like in a hotel. No iron though and strangely no tissues in the bathroom or guide to the tv channels. There were 3 German channels but unusually no Sky t.v. Also only one power point. When the hotel offers free wifi I needed more to charge iphone , ipad, use straighteners etc and I was alone . Two occupants would have had to fight for the socket. Even with the January cold outside and my window wide open with the radiator turned off my room was too warm. Not sure how this happened. I was in room 243 . The noise from the music in the bar didn't bother me but it could be clearly heard in my room. As a non egg eating vegetarian my breakfast was restricted to cereal and toast or tomato ,as others tucked into generous portions of Irish bacon and sausages. Usually I can get mushrooms and some form of potatoes even a veggie sausage on occasion. Or if that isn't an option then there are usually cheeses, yoghurts , fruits etc. Nothing like that here. Coffee was hard to order as it was so busy but I didn't like to see one member of staff regularly running with hot tea and coffee pots on each morning.There were three nice choices of vegetarian meals on the a la carte dinner menu, none of which appeared on the printed coach tour menu. Each evening a meal was allocated to me without being asked if I wanted it and no option given, Food was ok but my preferred option never appeared. A general complaint was the meal was rather rushed. You daren't put your fork down as the rather fierce Maitre D watched her staff like a hawk . Three courses were served up and completed in well under an hour. Not great for digestion or relaxation . I didn't finish any of my mains in order not to hold others up.One gentleman on our table confessed he felt the same and didn't come down on the last evening. On the first night I was 10 minutes after the 7.00pm dinner time advised , mainly because I wandered into the wrong restaurant by mistake. and I was told rather curtly that they like people to be punctual. I know they are used to dealing with rowdy stag and hen parties but it is not easy walking alone into a restaurant full of people you don't know so I think she could have been a little more circumspect with her reprimand . I actually didn't find the staff as friendly as most of the reviews state but hey ho it was a wet , cold midweek in January and I know they work long , hard hours. I could not mark this hotel down as poor. Even with a 50% single supplement the deal I got was exceptional but in all honesty I have taken many similar trips in many locations in Ireland and have had much better experiences so it was a bit disappointing . However it is a lovely town with wecoming locals and well worth a visit.

My Boyfriend booked this hotel for two nights for my Birthday when we arrived we were given room 319 I must say I never been in a room like that before it was stunning,relaxing and so comfortable even the bathroom was out of this world with a Jacuzzi bath and then a separate shower.. we ate in the bar the first night it was gorgeous and not expensive the second night our meal was in the restaurant which was included in our package and again absolutely wonderful we ordered room service the following morning and the waitress was at our room door at the exact time we ordered it for. We both loved our stay in this hotel and we agreed we will definitely be here for two night for Valentine's. I can't wait.. Thank yous so much the abbey.

I stayed here in November, for a family members birthday. We had dinner included in our rate, which was very reasonably priced. The food in the restaurant was ok. There was about 25-30 of us, I didn't like anything on the menu so the waitress offered me another choice, that was helpful though the curry was very bland. I would have ordered the steak but at a €10 supp, I thought this was a bit steep as you could only get it cooked rare, medium or well, there was no in-between allowed, chef's orders!! I think if you are paying an extra supplement you should be able to have your steak cooked the way you like it. I have never come across this ever, and I have been out in many a large group when dinning. Breakfast in them morning was lovely and quick service.

The rooms are grand, it was super hot when we got in, so no complaints there. The bathroom looked newly done up, and was very clean. The mattress in the room was a bit lumpy.

All in all, it was a grand stay, if your out in Donegal town to sample all the nightlife.