Arkle House - B&B

What a lovely place to stay. So friendly and great facilities and breakfast. Great for visiting Derry as bus service close by, takes 20 minutes and relatively frequent. Lovely welcome and very comfortable stay, really made to feel at home. Has a little kitchen for guests and breakfast was extensive and great for us vegetarians. Highly recommend if you want to be close to Derry but away from city centre.

We were very happy with our stay at Arkle House. There’s parking on the property and it’s a short drive into Derry. There was a small issue upon arrival when we were greeted by Sally. Terry wasn’t home and on check-in Sally saw that there were four of us, for two rooms. She didn’t say that she was expecting two people for one room and showed us to room 1- a very nice, large room with a double and twin bed, seating area, nice bathroom, and room 5- a very small room with two twin beds, overlooking the driveway. When she left and I checked our reservation, I went to find her and asked if room 5 was considered a superior room and showed her my confirmation for two superior rooms. She quickly moved us to room 2- a room similar to room 1 and we were quite relieved. Room 5 is very, very basic. Something to be aware of is that they require cash payment. Yes, the deposit is done with a credit card but they will not allow use of a credit card to pay the balance. I could not find this information anywhere in my correspondence with them, or in my confirmation. Fortunately Sally told us this the day before our departure, and told us to “find a bank” if we didn’t have the cash. I don’t know why they don’t make this clear ahead of time. The breakfasts were included and were very good with made to order hot items. All in all, a nice, quiet place to stay for anyone with a car.

Lovely place to stay...Sally Terry and staff were friendly and accommodating would definitely recommend this small boutique hotel.