The rooms are clean and of an average size. Most of the staff are helpful. The bar was classy and very well manged. The hotel gym and pool are good but averge. The resteraunt is classy and breakfast is good. Overall a good stay.

Stayed here on business in mid July 2006.

It's in a nice sea-front setting at Salthill, Galway's resort neighbour.

Rooms are very spacious and well decorated / appointed, with especially large bathrooms.

Excellent buffet breakfast.

Good leisure facilities, and of course the beach is just across the road too.

The only downside was the heat due to lack of air-conditioining, but it was in the middle of an unusual heatwave.

All-in-all, a pleasant stay in a good hotel in a nice part of the world.

We stayed at the Galway Bay for four nights. We arrived at 2:30 a.m. and were greated by a friendly host and got sandwiches and help with our bags immediately. The service is wonderful. The rooms are clean, decent sized and comfortable. We had a room facing the patio and the noise from two ongoing weddings wasn't too bad. It happened to be a hot few days and there is no air conditioning, so our windows remained open.

The breakfast choices were good and again the service was great.

It is a 5 minute, 6 Euro cab ride into town.

I would definately stay here again.

We stayed 2 nights at the Galway Bay Hotel. The rooms were standard, by no means a 4 star hotel. The bathroom bordered on unacceptable to me. Tiles were loose and the bathroom itself was tiny. There was no iron in the room. Our room was situated on the first floor, overlooking a park type area with benches which people hung out in all hours of the night making tons of noise. The hotel has no air conditioning and the week we were in Ireland, the temps were warm. The windows were the only means of fresh air which was polluted during sleep time with the noise from the all nighters! The breakfast buffet in the Lobster Pot Restaurant was good, with nice views of Galway Bay while you eat. There is also a nice sitting area just outside the restaurant with beautiful views.

Overall, I probably would not go back to Galway Bay. This hotel is 3 stars at best...