La’Mon House

We were at a wedding party at La Mon earlier on this year. It is a four star hotel and country club, and was thoroughly looking forward to going, as I had never been before.
The hotel was gorgeous and a prefect setting for the day, the staff spent a lot of time and effort making sure that the bridal party and guests were profesionally looked after throughout the day and night.
The food we had was the usual far you would expect at a wedding, chicken, potatoes, and veg, but it was of an exceptionally high standard and the silver service was extremely professional throughout. Vegetarians were also well catered for.
As part of the wedding party, we got a reduced rate for staying overnight, so decided to take advantage. Our room was modern and spacious with lots of natural light, and had all the usual amenities such as TV, hairdryer, ensuite, and working table. There is also free wifi.
We didn’t make full use of the country club, as we left quite early the next day, but they have a state of the art fitness suite, sauna, weights room, hair and beauty salon, tennis courts and pools. Wish I could have stayed longer!

La Mon is a very good local hotel that provides a lot of different services. Saying I am a local, I have never stayed in the rooms here, but I have used the gym and hotel conference facilities for attending wedding receptions here! The hotel was recently used as the host hotel for David Cameron’s visit to Northern Ireland to solidify his rubbish electoral pact with a certain party over here… This at least shows the levels of quality and professionalism shown here!
The staff are great here, really attentive and willing to do the best for you to make your visit as good as possible. I know a lot of people who work here, as it is almost a Ballygowan rite of passage that you will work here at some point! Whilst they say the managers here are found of the whip rather than the carrot, this never shows through in the service received, which is excellent at all times.
The Sunday carvery here is delicious and reasonably priced at £19 for adults for a starter, main and dessert, and you can fill your plate with as much food as you want! There is also entertainment for the kids here to keep them happy which is always a plus!
The gym facilities are top drawer here too with an excellent swimming pool and sauna, but it is very expensive, with a membership likely to sting you about 500 big ones, nice if you can afford it!

I have stayed in La Mon a number if times this year when attending work conferences and while it has been fine for that purpose, I don’t think I would book to stay there for the weekend. There is nothing I would actually complain about, it’s more that I like my hotel accommodation to be luxe all the way. La Mon is more of a traditional, functional place to stay than a luxury destination. Rooms are clean and perfectly adequate, just not the plush sort of accommodation I would prefer. The food too is perfectly fine but not fine dining if that makes sense.
The best part of the hotel is the Country Club, which is the gym and pool area. The pool really is lovely, quite Roman baths in style and there are also Jacuzzis, steam room and a sauna. I really enjoyed my visit there before dinner but couldn’t fully relax in case one of my colleagues joined me. Can you imagine making small talk in the Jacuzzi with your boss? Ultimate cringe factor.