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Bracken Court Hotel

4.0 star property

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Exterior
Beach
Serves lunch and dinner
Superior Double Room
Indoor wedding

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk

Explore the area

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Bridge Street, Balbriggan, Dublin
  • Place, Balbriggan Golf Club
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Place, Ardgillan Castle
    ‪8 min drive‬
  • Place, Skerries Mills
    ‪11 min drive‬
  • Airport, Dublin (DUB)
    ‪19 min drive‬

Room options

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Standard Twin Room

Standard Twin Room

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(10 reviews)
  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Superior Double Room

Superior Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Premium bedding, in-room safe, desk, blackout curtains

Standard Double Room Single Use

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Double Bed

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Family Triple Room

Family Triple Room

7.4 out of 10
Good
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Superior Twin Room

Superior Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Large Twin Beds

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Family Quadruple Room

Family Quadruple Room

  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Premium bedding, in-room safe, desk, blackout curtains

Standard Double Room

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(62 reviews)
  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Balbriggan

Located in Balbriggan, Bracken Court Hotel is in the historical district, a 2-minute drive from Balbriggan Golf Club and 8 minutes from Ardgillan Castle. .This beach hotel is 4.8 mi (7.7 km) from Skerries Mills and 10.2 mi (16.4 km) from Boyne River Valley.

What's nearby

  • Balbriggan Golf Club - 2 min drive - 2.0 km
  • Ardgillan Castle - 8 min drive - 5.8 km
  • Skerries Mills - 11 min drive - 8.5 km
  • Ardgillan Demesne - 13 min drive - 6.4 km
  • Malahide Castle - 23 min drive - 27.0 km

Getting around

  • Balbriggan Station - 4 min walk
  • Dublin Airport (DUB) - 24 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Supermac's - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Balrothery Inn - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Pizza Hut - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Thai Gourment - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Bracken Court Hotel

Beach hotel near Balbriggan Golf Club
Bracken Court Hotel offers 66 accommodations with safes and hair dryers. Beds feature premium bedding. 32-inch flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Stay in one of 66 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access, wedding services, and a banquet hall.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at the hotel's restaurant, The Bracken Grill, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Full breakfasts are served on weekdays from 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM and on weekends from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Free self parking is available onsite.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM and on weekends between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
The Bracken Grill - This steakhouse serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Reservations are required.
Jack Doyles - This bar serves lunch and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free covered self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM on weekdays and 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM on weekends; EUR 15.95 to 19.95 for adults and EUR 10 to 15 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Jack Doyles
  • The Bracken Grill

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • High-pile carpet in room
  • Low-height counter and sink
  • No lift
  • Wheelchair accessibility

More

  • 4 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Electric kettle
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: EUR 25
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 35.0 per day

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately EUR 15.95 to 19.95 for adults, and EUR 10 to 15 for children
  • Late check-out fee: EUR 25 (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: EUR 35.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

National rating

Rating provided by Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority of Ireland, source of official star ratings for accommodation.

Property is also known as

Bracken Court
Bracken Court Balbriggan
Bracken Court Hotel
Bracken Court Hotel Balbriggan
Bracken Hotel
Best Western Balbriggan
Bracken Court Hotel Balbriggan, Ireland - County Dublin
Bracken Court Hotel Hotel
Bracken Court Hotel Balbriggan
Bracken Court Hotel Hotel Balbriggan

Bracken Court Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 525 out of 1015 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 340 out of 1015 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 99 out of 1015 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 34 out of 1015 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 1015 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Joseph

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall a lovely experience. Would stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was excellent, very modern and clean with very polite staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

paula

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Room was lovely and staff friendly but there was no hot water for a shower at 9am
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Michele

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Choua

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

kendra

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Hotel was very friendly clean and the people was very nice
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was one of our favorite lodging experiences on a 17-day trip to Ireland and Scotland. The hotel is a lovely historic property in a lovely town convenient to Dublin. Our rooms were clean and updated. Although the food at the hotel restaurant is quite good (better than typical, in my experience), we were particularly pleased to "discover" Dempsey's, a traditional, local pub just up the street. Do yourself a favor and spend a day (or half day) in the nearby (10 minutes drive) coastal town of Skerries. It was recommended to us by a local as a more convenient alternative to Dun Laoghaire south of Dublin. Skerries didn't disappoint. It's a wonderful town! Overall, we were extremely pleased both with the Bracken Court Hotel, and with Balbriggan and the surrounding area!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Classic old but well- maintained hotel. Great walking location to train. Nice restaurant. Very firm bed
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marcy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was very large - even by American standards! My local in laws needed to come take a tour! The food was also delicious!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Winifred

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Jennifer

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness
Driving through the Main Street towards the hotel and it had a lot of abandoned properties. We were quite worried about he rooms as the hotel itself looked very old and in a bad area of town. We were able to walk to the beach but the side road was closed for construction. Not a great beach anyways. Nothing to do in the area either. Room was VERY spacious and nice but no wifi signal in our room 210. Great signal in dining room and bar. Good free breakfast options. Free parking.
View from room 210
Chicken goujons
Roasted turkey
Dessert- pear and almond
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Monique

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Gareth

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great room though too warm
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Aaron

Travelled with family
Food was very disappointing and it took way too long to be served,way too expensive for all that is on your plate. Room wasn't made up.Breakfast on the other hand was excellent and the waitresses first class. Bar staff were nice and friendly
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Rebecca

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness
We stayed here for 1 night. Check-in was very easy, staff were very friendly. Car parking was available on sight to the right of the door. The room however was dated, there were cracks in the bathroom tiling and hair was present in the bath/shower from previous guests. They did however offer a good range of amenities. The hairdryer was broken in the room and dated. The bed however was very comfy though we were woken up around 3 in the morning by a scratching noise which we originally thought was someone trying to get into the room. The noise eventually stopped but happened again around 8.30 the next morning numerous times so we thought it may be a rodent of some kind though there was no evidence of this in the room
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Josephine

Travelled with group
Liked: Amenities
WONDERFUL STAFF AND ROOM. RESTAURANT WAS EXCELLENT. FOOD WAS DELICIOUS. NEVER MET SUCH HELPFUL OR FRIENDLY STAFF ANYWHERE BEFORE. THE HOTEL SHOULD BE IMMENSELY PROUD OF THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE. THE BRACKEN COURT IS A CREDIT TO IRELAND . WE SHALL BE SINGING ITS PRAISES FOREVER. THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR FIRST VISIT SO DELIGHTFUL. MAURICE AND JOSIE MARDON EXETER DEVON ENGLAND.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Denise

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely loved this hotel!! Staff is wonderful and the facility is cozy and stately. I’ll be back for sure.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Sandra

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very appropiblr
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Marie

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had originally booked this hotel for two nights. When we got to our room all we could smell was cigarette smoke. We went to the front desk and asked if they had another room available as I am asthmatic but they could not provide us with another room. I was very worried staying there for the one night due to my breathing but had no choice as there was no other vacancies around. Due to it being a health situation we were able to book another hotel for the second night. We spoke to Maria at the desk to get a refund for the second night and had a representative from Expedia speak with Maria confirming that they would refund us. Looks like Maria was deceiving us as we received an update from Expedia saying the hotel would not refund us. This was a health concern this hotel is clearly not rated right as I always check the rating prior to booking due to health concerns. I would rate this hotel and their staff at a 2. We were very disappointed in Maria, the hotel and Expedia.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Big clean rooms, center of the village and a short walk to the beach. Train to the city takes 45 minutes - and only a 20 minute drive to the airport. Value for money - cheaper than Dublin city centre!
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Colin

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Simon

Business traveller
Disliked: Room comfort

Hot and noisy

My room on the fourth floor was way too hot and didn't have a fan. Opening the window was noisy due to traffic and a pedestrian crossing. There was free onsite parking.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025