Ireland has two hotels in the top ranking as Michelin Guide introduces its new One, Two, and Three Key distinctions for top hotels in Britain and Ireland based on excellence in hospitality and guest experience.
Ballyfin and Adare Manor won the distinction in the launch edition of the guide. Ireland has won four two-key awards and nine one-key awards in the guide.
The guide has undergone a significant refresh over four years, now featuring over 5,000 hotels worldwide, with each hotel evaluated on architecture, service quality, character, value, and contribution to the guest experience.
The Three Key hotels in England include iconic names in London like The Savoy and Claridge’s. The 2024 selection includes 14 Three Key hotels, 37 Two Key hotels, and 72 One Key hotels, celebrating the best accommodations across various locations including major cities and the countryside.
Three Key Hotels:
- Adare Manor,
- Ballyfin Demesne,
Two Key Hotels:
- Cashel Palace,
- Sheen Falls Lodge,
- The Merrion, Dublin,
- Dromoland Castle, Newmarket on Fergus,
One Key Hotels:
- Gregans Castle Hotel, Ballyvaughan,
- Cliff House Hotel, Ardmore,
- Castlemartyr Resort, Castlemartyr,
- Dylan, Dublin,
- Wilder Townhouse Dublin,
- The Killarney Park, Killarney,
- The Victoria, Killarney,
- No. 1 Pery Square, Limerick,
- Dromoland Castle, Newmarket on Fergus
Other Three Key Hotels:
- England: Bruton: The Newt in Somerset; Colerne: Lucknam Park; Great Milton: Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, A Belmond Hotel, Oxfordshire; London: Bvlgari Hotel London; London: Claridge’s; London: Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane; London: Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park; London: Raffles London at The OWO; London: The Connaught; London: The Peninsula London; London: The Savoy;
- Scotland:; Auchterarder: The Gleneagles Hotel;
Other Two Key Hotels
- England: Ascot: Coworth Park, Dorchester Collection; Bath: The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa; Chagford: Gidleigh Park; East Grinstead: Gravetye Manor; Exmouth: Lympstone Manor; Hampton-in-Arden: Hampton Manor; Heckfield: Heckfield Place; Leatherhead: Beaverbrook Surrey; Lechlade: Thyme; London: 45 Park Lane, Dorchester Collection; London: Brown’s Hotel, a Rocco Forte Hotel; London: Corinthia Hotel London; London: Covent Garden Hotel, Firmdale Hotels; London: Ham Yard Hotel, Firmdale Hotels; London: Haymarket Hotel, Firmdale Hotels; London: Hotel Café Royal; London: Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London; London: Rosewood London; London: The Beaumont Hotel; London: The Berkeley; London: The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, London; London: The Dorchester, Dorchester Collection; London: The Langham, London; London: The Twenty Two; Lyndhurst: Lime Wood Hotel; Malmesbury: Whatley Manor Hotel and Spa; New Milton: Chewton Glen Hotel; Ripon: Grantley Hall; Rutland: Hambleton Hall; Taplow: Cliveden House; Windermere: Gilpin Hotel & Lake House; Windermere: The Samling Hotel;
- Scotland: Braemar: The Fife Arms; Edinburg: The Balmoral;
Other One Key Hotels:
- Channel Islands; Saint Helier (Jersey): Longueville Manor;
- England: Amberley: Amberley Castle; Bath: Bath Priory; Bath: Homewood; Bath: The Gainsborough Bath Spa; Bath: The Queensberry Hotel; Bath: The Yard, Bath; Bideford: The Collective at Woolsery; Brampton: Farlam Hall Hotel & Restaurant; Brighton: Artist Residence Brighton; Bristol: Artist Residence Bristol; Bristol: Number 38 Clifton; Camber: The Gallivant; Cheltenham: Cowley Manor Experimental; Cowes (Isle of Wight): Foresters Hall; Grasmere: Forest Side Hotel; Hampshire: Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire; Hastings: The Old Rectory; Langham: The Harper Langham; London: 1 Hotel Mayfair; London: Artist Residence London; London: Baglioni Hotel London; London: Beaverbrook Town House; London: Broadwick Soho; London: Charlotte Street Hotel, Firmdale Hotels; London: Chiltern Firehouse; London: COMO The Halkin; London: Flemings Mayfair; London: Four Seasons Hotel London; London: Knightsbridge Hotel, Firmdale Hotels; London: L’oscar London; London: NoMad London; London: Number Sixteen, Firmdale Hotels; London: One Aldwych; London: Redchurch Townhouse; London: Shangri-La The Shard London; London: Sofitel London St James; London: The Emory; London: The Soho Hotel, Firmdale Hotels; Newbury: The Vineyard Hotel & Spa; North Leigh: Estelle Manor; Oxford: Artist Residence Oxfordshire; Southwold: The Swan Southwold; St Mawes: The Idle Rocks; St. Mawes: Hotel Tresanton; Thornbury: Thornbury Castle; West Cornwall: Artist Residence Cornwall; Windermere: Linthwaite House Hotel;
- Scotland:; Ballantrae: Glenapp Castle; Cumnock: Dumfries House Lodge; Dornoch: Links House at Royal Dornoch; Edinburgh: 100 Princes Street; Edinburgh: Gleneagles Townhouse; Edinburgh: Prestonfield Edinburgh; Foyers: Foyers Lodge Loch Ness; Grandtully: The Grandtully Hotel by Ballintaggart; Isle of Skye – Sleat: Kinloch Lodge; Kinbuck: Cromlix Hotel; Resolis: Newhall Mains Dingwall; Tain: Glenmorangie House;
- Wales: Bala: Palé Hall; Dolgellau: Penmaenuchaf; Narberth: The Grove – Narberth;
