I was taken to Clonard House for my recent hen party, from the moment we arrived we were extremely well looked after, the staff were amazing, anything we needed they were on it straight away, they were extremely helpful and incredibly fun.
There was 21 of us in attendance, we took a step back in time to the downtown abbey era.
On arrival, we all dressed as servants to do some of the household chores around the house. The chores consisted of preparing a dessert, this was an apple cake. The cake was amazing, it came with custard, caramel sauce, fresh fruit coulis and vanilla ice-cream. We also had a chamber pot race, all the chores were under the watchful eye of the butler Andy (who has the best beard ever!) Andy was incredible, he was so funny and fantastic at getting us into character.
After we completed the chores, we had a servant banquet outside in the sunshine, we had the opportunity to have some of our own drinks (as its BYOB) outside, here they provided our starter option, which was delicious broth. We then moved into the dressing room (which had the best collection of vintage costumes and accessories I have ever seen) here everyone changes attire to become lords and ladies before moving downstairs to the dining room where we had our dinner a choice of old-fashioned pepperpot beef with champ potatoes or roast supreme of chicken, herb stuffing wrapped in bacon with red wine jus served with roast vegetables and baby new potatoes. Then it was into the drawing room for some parlour games, a traditional dance.
You have two options here, afternoon tea or the dinner event...I had the best time doing this activity. The staff were just amazing, I don't think I've laughed so much before. I highly recommend this activity for any hen, birthday or team building occasion. Best laugh ever! Thank you again read more