Christmas Parties in Galway

the g is a glamorous wonderland of style and festive fun in the run up to Christmas. With no less than six beautifully decorated trees shining with thousands of twinkling lights, berry-strewn wreaths, glittering garlands and over 3,000 ornaments on ribbon-wrapped trees throughout the hotel, it is the perfect destination for your Christmas party this year.

Whether attending a festive lunch with colleagues, savouring the best Afternoon Tea in Galway or sipping on a pre-Christmas drink with  friends - add a little ‘g’ sparkle to your party and choosing the g Hotel & Spa for your festive celebrations.
 

A veritable gift box of delights, the g has a wide range of festive packages to help create the perfect Christmas party. The art deco g Suite is available for private hire up to 200 guests or the more intimate g suite bar is an ideal location for a private dining up to 30 guests. For guests wishing to join a larger party night, Thursday 15th December is still available at €50.00 per person including a cocktail reception with canapés on arrival, a 4 course meal, spot prizes, late bar and DJ.

Alternatively, Restaurant gigi's is very popular for festive lunches and evening parties. Offering two sittings to facilitate the large number of requests, there will be music in our Signature Lounges on Thursday, Friday and Saturday for guests to enjoy after their meal. Restaurant gigi's was awarded 'Best Hotel Restaurant in Galway' at the 2016 Irish Restaurant Awards and Head Chef, Jason O'Neill will be dishing up delicious menus packed with festive flavours and season produce.

Festive Lunch from €24.00 - Festive Dinner €39.00


To book your Christmas event at the g, contact our Christmas Elves on christmas@theg.ie or 091 865200.

Christmas in Galway

December is here and everyone is busy decorating trees, planning nights out with friends and time with family. Christmas really is a magical time of year with glittering fairy lights brightening up dark nights and cheerful tunes bringing a smile or two. In Galway we have welcomed back the Christmas Market on Eyre Square and now have a market at Spanish Arch with crafts on display and antique children's carousel. Storm Desmond has passed overhead and our festive spirit is out in force.

At the g Hotel & Spa our Christmas Party nights are being enjoyed to the full and the popoular Console Christmas Lunch is already booked for 2016. With 18 days to Christmas, the season really is in full swing. We hope to welcome you to the g Hotel this year, whether for Festive Afternoon Tea at just €44 for two guests and €14 per child or for coctails in our

Signature Lounges. We have seven Chritmas trees shining bright and covered in ribbons and baubles. Our team are in the Christmas spirit and don't surprise to hear a carol or two. In fact we have two very special choirs joining us for in the Grand Salon. Join our guest Christmas Carollers who will fill the Signature Lounges with songs of the season on the following dates:

• Saturday 12th December - 3pm to 4pm - Mervue Children's Choir
• Sunday 13th December - 3pm to 4pm - Something to Sing About Choir

Our Festive Afternoon Tea is the perfect Christmas present or perhaps an indulgent gift from the 2015 ESPA Christmas gift collection. Our team are on hand to assist you in selecting your Christmas gifts from spa vouchers to winter escapes. See our Christmas gift collection for more details.

Whether it’s gorgeous gourmet or gingerbread galore – we recommend that you book the Christmas Afternoon Tea at the g well in advance to ensure availability of your preferred date. To book email eat@theg.ie or call 091 865200.

Fabulously Festive at the g!

December is here and the countdown to Christmas has begun in earnest!

We are all starting to prepare – mixing the pudding, visiting the Christmas Market, braving the elements to buy presents, selecting the perfect tree and having a few hot chocolates or mulled wines along the way. Here at the g Hotel & Spa, our season has been underway for months. Our festive fairies have been planning our stunning Christmas trees and arranging a beautiful array of gifts for our guests to choose from.

ESPA at the g have every need catered for; from luxury ESPA skincare sets and home fragrance sets and candles that smell incredible to a wide selection of ESPA

treatments, you are sure to find the perfect gift. It wouldn’t feel like Christmas without boxes to unwrap and carefully selected presents to uncover. All ESPA gifts and g Hotel vouchers come beautifully presented, boxed and ribboned ensuring delight and happiness all round.

Choose from Afternoon Tea at €26 for 1/€42 for 2, Dinner & a Movie at just €29.50 per guest or Dinner in our 2 AA culinary rosette Restaurant gigi's with new chef, Cedric Bottarlini. We have Christmas all wrapped up with our perfect escapes from €190 or give the gift of choice and select a g Hotel monetary voucher for the loved one in your life.

Also available this year we have yummy foodie gifts including a traditional plum pudding complete with cooking instructions and sumptuous preserves; the strawberry and Prosecco jam will have you dreaming of summer whilst the ginger marmalade will elevate any breakfast table and the flavoursome raspberry preserve is the ideal topping for freshly baked scones. Simply gorgeous!

You can purchase g Hotel & Spa gifts from our pop up shop in the Eyre Square Centre in Galway, Thursday to Sunday throughout December or online at www.theghotel.ie

Collection time for COPE Galway

Last month, we organised a donation drop off week for COPE Galway, inviting the local community to donate to our COPE Galway donation booth in the g Hotel.

We were delighted to have received such a huge positive response to our appeal. We were blown away by the generous donations made by our own hotel staff, suppliers and the general public in Galway, who all dropped in items COPE were in need of in the run up to Christmas.

COPE Galway is one of our chosen charities this year, an organisation whose vision is an improved quality of

life, in a home of your own for people affected by homelessness, women and children experiencing domestic violence and older people. The items that you kindly donated will go directly to the services operated by COPE Galway including the Fairgreen Hostel, Osterley Lodge Hostel, Waterside House Day Care Centre and their resettlement and tenancy support.

A sincere THANK YOU to everyone that supported this initiative. You can continue to help those in need by donating directly to COPE Galway. Please see all details below:

Warm regards,

Triona Gannon
General Manager
The g Hotel & Spa


What can I donate?

• Books/ Home-ware/ crockery
• Good quality clean clothing and shoes.
• DVD’s and books/ Games for children
• Dry foods and unperishable items (i.e. tinned food, pasta, tea, coffee, sugar, etc.)
• Toys: good quality children’s toys (stuffed toys must be new, with tags) (no toys requiring batteries, please)
• Toiletries: new and unopened toiletries, (ie. cosmetics, toothpaste, toothbrushes, body wash, shampoo)
• Towels (clean and in good condition)
• Vouchers (Dunne’s, Smyth’s, Lidl, Aldi, etc.)
• Bed Linen (clean and usable single sheets/duvets and duvet covers]

COPE Galway – what they do…
COPE Galway has been providing Social Services in Galway since the 1970s. Originally called Galway Social Service Council, the organisation was established by the Galway Diocese. In 1996 the organisation became a limited company and the name changed to Galway Social Services Limited. In 2000 the name was changed to COPE and in 2008 the organisation was re-launched under the name COPE Galway, to signify that all the services are provided in Galway city and county. COPE Galway employs over 100 people in a wide variety of roles including social care professionals, childcare workers, community support workers, chefs, cleaners and administrative support staff. Our employees are supported in their work by a committed team of over 150 volunteers. We could not deliver the full range of services without the generous support of these volunteers. Together their dedicated team work towards COPE Galway’s vision of improving the quality of life in a home of your own for people affected by homelessness, women and children experiencing domestic violence, and older people.

Turkey to go this Christmas from the g Hotel & Spa, Galway

Do you feel like hassle free cooking for family and friends at home this Christmas? 

We have just the solution! The 5 star g Hotel & Spa in Galway have launched a Turkey-to-go Christmas dinner home dining experience created by talented Head Chef Cedric Bottarlini and his culinary team. 

From December 24^th, take away your complete Christmas dinner with all the traditional trimmings for just €20.00 per person with a minimum order for six people required.

  

Menu:

Traditional Whole Roast Turkey

Stuffed with slow cooked Ham hocks, Chestnut and apricot stuffing

Served with its own gravy

Accompanied by: Roast Potatoes, Carrot and Parsnip Glacé, Buttered Brussels sprouts with bacon and cranberry sauce

Collection: 

Up to 5pm on Christmas Eve from the g Hotel & Spa.Your Christmas dinner will be packaged, ready for collection with cooking instructions ready to go. 

Contact the g to place your order by telephoning 091 865 200 or email Sinead Cassidy on scassidy@theghotel.ie

For the ultimate present, a g Hotel and Spa gift voucher is a stylish choice. The hotel is also launching an exclusive range of beautifully wrapped Christmas Puddings and Prosecco Jams - a truly tasteful gift – with prices starting from E19.95.

Console and the g Hotel team up for a Christmas Afternoon

As the festive season approaches, the g Hotel & Spa is proud to be hosting an afternoon of goodwill and gourmet food on Sunday 7^th December with proceeds from the event going one of its select charities of choice for 2014, Console. Console, a National Organisation based in Galway, supports people in Suicidal Crisis and those bereaved by suicide through professional counselling, support and helpline services.

Guests can look forward to a festive drinks reception from 3pm followed by a delicious four course meal served in the g Suite, prepared by Head Chef Cedric Bottarlini and his culinary team. Lively after dinner music will be provided by Marc Robert’s and friends, as you eat, drink and be merry with plenty of festive cheer and a host of impressive giveaways. 

All monies raised from this event will go directly to support the counselling services, provided free of charge by Console. “Christmas can be an exceptionally difficult time for people suffering with depression or for people who have lost a loved one through suicide. This event that we are organising with the help of the g Hotel is a wonderful opportunity to generate awareness of our services and will help raise much needed funding for our services located in Renmore, Galway, while enjoying an afternoon of festive entertainment and delectable dining” says Margaret Tierney of Console. 

Speaking of the event Triona Gannon, General Manager of the g Hotel said “This is our third year running working with Margaret Tierney and Console. It’s a charity that we’re very much committed to helping and are passionate about. The work carried out by Console is literally lifesaving and the g Hotel is thrilled to support these services in any way possible. This year’s event by all accounts will be a sell out so book your tickets fast to avoid disappointment as its always a fantastic day”.

The Console Festive Christmas Event at the g Hotel is the perfect Christmas get-together with family or friends with tickets costing only €50 per person. Tickets can be purchased directly from Margaret Tierney in Console by calling 087-950 0380. Credit card bookings available.