Comfortable, clean hotel - ideal for a winter midweek break driving around the Galway area.
Staff are very helpful and we found the restaurant excellent, both for breakfast (the porridge is super) and for dinner.
We had a room overlooking the bay but were warm and cosy despite the howling gale outside.
The swimming pool is adequate but no more, an updated leisure area would be a big plus.
Value for money is excellent especially if you book one of the hotel's mid-week packages.
Recommended for a west coast break, can't wait to return.

Stayed here for a wedding. View is gorgeous. Overlooks Galway Bay. Staff is friendly. Room is tiny, but comfortable. Very clean. Traditional Irish Breakfast was included and was hot and delicious.

Great for a romantic get away or honeymoon. I would stay here again.

Myself and my Wife just returned from a three night stay in the Galway Bay Hotel in Salthill, County Galway. The Hotel is one of contrasts, With many positives that just outway the negatives,
Firstly we booked the hotel trough the hotel web site and booked a midweek special break which consisted of three night B&B and two dinners for 360euro which was excellent value. The rooms are a decent size and the bed was perhaps the most comfortable I have ever slept in. The hotel must be commended for it's food served in the Lobster Pot Restaurant, We were on a set four course menu and the selection of dishes were super and varied each day from kangaroo to beef to the excellent local fish, and for a supplement of 16euro for lobster termidor, all fantastic. The bar in the hotel was a proper Irish pub warm and inviting, like the staff all through the hotel were super friendly and efficient really helpful and could not be faulted..
Now to the negatives the leisure center / swimming pool are tiny and are very uninviting, the pool though clean is very drab. Similar story with the Lobster Pot Restaurant drab and unimaginative a huge cold room with no character, It really is a shame about these two areas as the remainder of the hotel looks and feels very much like a 4/5 star hotel.
Salthill like a previous reviewer commented has seen better days but the Bay more than makes up for the tacky arcades that have sprung up.
Galway City itself is about a twenty minute walk from the hotel and is a energetic and bustling plave to shop, drink and dine,(taxi fare from the hotel is about 7/8 euro and reception will happily call a cab.)

This is a very old fashioned hotel- everything is a little tatty. Myself and my boyfriend stayed for a weekend but found it to cater very much for the older generation. The restaruant has a lovely view but has very outdated decor, the breakfast is a buffet style and the 'warm' food was quite cold. The rooms are functional - and what you would expect to find anywhere in a three star, but by no means how you would expect for the high prices!. The leisure facilities are small, the swimming pool looks out onto the car park so you feel on show a bit. Ignore the photos, the hotel is accross the street from the promenade which is nice but most of salthill is run down and there's not much to do in the evening. I would rate Galway very highly for a break and have previosly stayed in the four star in the centre- which is a real 4 star! The Galway Bay is below average, tatty and a little bit grubby!