The Best Hotels Near Portrush Adelphi, by the Record
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Steps from Royal Portrush Golf Club on the Northern Irish coast, this old-school hotel has been around forever and wears it well: tartan fabrics, dark wood, maritime paintings, and a deep green and blue palette that nods to the Atlantic outside. The Red Sail Room, a bar and restaurant inside, goes velvet banquettes and glowing lamps, which is a different mood entirely. Retro bicycles are on hand for anyone who didn't come just to golf.
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Royal Portrush's fourth fairway runs past the window, which sets the tone: this woodland hotel takes golf seriously, with club storage, a putting green, and transfers to the course sorted before you ask. Nine acres of ancient forest shape everything else, from the wood-furnished, forest-hued rooms to a spa using locally gathered ingredients. The Vault downstairs stocks small-batch Bushmills whiskeys for guests who know what they're after.
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A hire property on the River Bann in County Antrim, Moore Lodge takes the whole-house model seriously: eight ensuite bedrooms in the main house, three converted stable cottages for bigger parties, and a River View Orangery for private dinners that look straight onto the water. Between sessions there's a withdrawing room with an open fire, a snug with a wood stove, and a Thermal Terrace running a hot tub, sauna, and bathhouse.
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A golf and spa resort spread across 163 acres of parkland in County Antrim, with the River Maine threading through it. The Thermal Village Spa draws people up from Belfast for its riverside soaking tubs, saunas, and a snow cabin for anyone who enjoys the ritual shock of cold after heat. Rooms lean cozy and contemporary, with plaid accents that make sense given the landscape. The golf here is serious, and several links courses sit within easy reach.
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The draw here is the Machrie Links, a windswept old course on Islay that golfers treat as a kind of pilgrimage. The hotel wraps around that obsession without being consumed by it: rooms are quietly luxurious, the spa is extensive, and the restaurant looks out over the sea with locally sourced food that suits the surroundings. Non-golfers find plenty of excuse to stay, mostly involving dramatic Hebridean scenery and not leaving the spa.
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A different hand-painted rabbit hides in every room of this 33-room boutique hotel outside Belfast, which tells you a lot about the tone. Wrought iron beds, Belfast-designed wallpaper, and a lakeside spa where the music competes with prosecco-fueled laughter. Wood-fired bathtubs and neon signage keep things firmly on the grown-up playground side of country inn, and nobody here seems bothered by the disco ball above the Roman bath.