We stayed two nights at Somerton House in May. The B&B is located in a quiet residential area just north of Belfast, an easy drive into the city. It’s not walking distance to anything interesting, but we liked being away from the downtown area. There are two parking spots in front of the B&B and lots of parking on the street, so we had no trouble with parking. The public spaces in the B&B are pleasant. The owners provide a computer with free internet in the common room, which is a nice perk. There are also newspapers and books provided for reading.

Our room was fairly large, with a comfortable bed, small television and a writing desk. It was quiet at night- no noise from the street or other rooms. However, we really didn’t care for the very tiny bathroom. Not only was it too small to be terribly functional, but everything in it seemed a little old and not in the best of shape. The water pressure in the shower was very low and barely conducive to getting clean. On our second day, the shower stopped working in the middle of my husband’s shower. He ended up having to go down the hall to a public shower to get the shampoo out of his hair, which wasn’t the most fun experience. To their credit, the B&B owners were apologetic about the incident, but the showers really should work better than this.

Breakfast was a traditional Irish breakfast and pleasant enough. The owners are welcoming and nice. I think we would rate our experience here as fine, not great. I hope they’ll fix up their bathrooms, because if they’d been in better shape we wouldn’t really have had any complaints about our experience here.

We stayed here on the night we got married and although it was short stay, we enjoyed it. They were very good to us, especially considering we arrived at 1am with no room key! The owner got up and sorted a room for us.

i loved the hotel, it was a lovley friendly run hotel, with lovley rooms. the Accommodation owners were very helpful with anything we need. We travelled there last year and i am at present trying to find a e-mail address for them so i can book again for this year.