Galway Guest House

The owners are fantastic breakfast was lovely . David and Lyn made us both welcome.

Dismal, small, cold room. Curtains and bed linen badly need renewing. Steep stairs. Breakfast room freezing. Breakfast poor. No choice of fruit, yoghurt or cereals. Just poorly cooked breakfast with raw poached eggs. When sent back, were returned after cremation in microwave! £100 for cramped, sad, small room with breakfast included, was too expensive. Only redeeming feature were the friendly hosts.

A family of 4; arrived earlier than check in and my 4 year old needed the toilet, and the owner kindly let him in to use it. Was told to park in any side road (which took about an hour to find somewhere to park) until the room was ready, and then it was free parking round the back. It was approximately 10 mins walk away from the shops, restaurants, and the beach down hill, which was a bonus. And there's a friendly family pub 2 mins walk away on the same road in the opposite direction with darts, pool etc. The guest house itself; we had very mixed reviews. Breakfast was brilliant, and I could not fault it. Maybe an option of black pudding, a choice of type of cooked egg, and an offer of a refill of orange juice, if any. The guest house itself is very old fashioned and dated. Bit creaky, old and could do with an uplift. The owners; pleasant enough but didn't feel any great vibes/connection, which is a big bonus when we stay in places. The room; we had room 1 and the kids had castle bunk beds, which they were excited/happy about. However for the adults; the room is tiny and feels quite claustrophobic (I.e not enough storage to put your bits in the bathroom&ended up having to put things on the floor when you want them out on display so a shelf would have been helpful. The room, no drawers to put your clothes in, just open shelves,and the walk in shower/toilet was not ideal at all. The bathroom door didn't shut properly and there is no lock. I could not find a hair dryer (so bring your own). The TV was so small so we didn't bother turning it on. Personally nescafe is a favourite of ours so we preferred our coffee in our room compared to the breakfast coffee. I would have liked more of an idea on what was on to do/explore from the owners. I asked and was told there was fireworks the previous day (and was only on on a Monday) so that was not really helpful. Overall 3/5. Chose this guest house based on reviews, but unfortunately it did not live up to expectations - especially at the price we paid! (Nearly £400 for 3 nights)