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Galway Bay Hotel
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The Promenade | Salthill, Galway, Ireland
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4.0 of 5 stars 110 reviews
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“Good family hotel”

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5 of 5 stars
Cultural-Weekenders 14 contributions
Dublin Ireland
Aug 27, 2007 | Trip type: Family

This is a good family orientated hotel. Your children are entertained from 10.00am in the morning to lunch time and then again from 5.30 to 11.30. The children’s high tea was a bit limited with the standard nuggets and chips type menu. The “adult” food in the hotel was very good. The family rooms are huge and we had a view of the sea in a standard family room. I could actually see the blue flag on the blue flag beach and could have watched the sun go down on Galway Bay (if the sun had made an appearance that is). We stayed in Dingle for 4 nights and the Galway bay for 3 and the Galway bay family room was twice the size of Dingle but the food was not as good as Dingle. Lots to do locally with a fun park next door (I would not have liked to have been on that side of the hotel!). Galway city is just an excellent tourist venue and there is so much to do, even in the rain. The pool in the hotel is a bit pathetic, but there is a huge fun park pool next door with water slides etc… I found out far too much about Joes love life when he and his partner stopped outside our hotel room to discuss it, at volume, at 5.30am. The hotel really needs to address noise from wedding guests returning to their rooms early in the morning, even if it was just a sign in the life lobby reminding them that they are not the only people in the hotel, but given the family orientation a porter in the lift lobby would be better.

  • Liked — Location and rooms
  • Disliked — Night time noise
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay August 2007
  • Visit was for Quality time with family
  • Traveled with Family with young children
  • Age group 35-49
  • Member since December 05, 2006
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, People with disabilities, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for Pet owners
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Beach / Sun, Theme / Amusement park, Shopping
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“brill break....”

Galway Bay Hotel

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5 of 5 stars
lass41 1 contribution
county down
Aug 12, 2007 | Trip type: Family
1/1 found this review helpful

just returned from 3 nites in galway bay hotel.... we found it to be brill.. nothing was to much trouble... felt very child friendly.. we travelled with 3 kids aged 9, 6 and nearly 2 .. also with my mum .. there are lots of lovely places to sit and relax,, and food is fantastic.. service was great...
kids enjoyed the kids club everyday.. only thing was nothing for 2 year old.. would be great if there was a play room for that age... i have suggested it so hopefully someone mite think it was good idea..
i would recommend this hotel to anyone... lovely,,.
will defo return..

  • Liked — family friendly
  • Disliked — nothing
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 4 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
  • Date of stay August 2007
  • Visit was for Quality time with family
  • Traveled with Family with young children
  • Age group 35-49
  • Member since August 12, 2007
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for Young singles, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for Pet owners
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“Wonderful place”

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5 of 5 stars
taewolf 13 contributions
Watertown, New York
Aug 8, 2007
1/1 found this review helpful

My tour group and I stayed at this hotel for two nights back in March. The rooms were bigger than we thought they would be and very clean. The beds where wonderful to sleep on. The bathroom was also very clean. The front desk was very helpful. The pub in the hotel was great and had live music most nights. If you are lucky enough to get a view of the bay it is amazing.
My only small complaints were the internet connection didn't work most of the time. The food was great, but the serves could have been better.

  • Liked — The beds and the view of the bay from the hotel room
  • Disliked — the dining room staff were rude
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay March 2007
  • Visit was for Quality time with friends
  • Traveled with Large group or tour
  • Age group 35-49
  • Member since August 07, 2007
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Great pool scene, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for Pet owners
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Other
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“loved it”

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5 of 5 stars
BelfastSue 5 contributions
Carrickfergus, United Kingdom
Jul 18, 2007 | Trip type: Couples
1/2 found this review helpful

Stayed at the Galway Bay Hotel for the Salthill airshow in June. It truly is an amazing hotel. The staff couldnt be better, from breakfast to room service nothing was too much trouble.We would definately be returning and recommending it to everyone!

  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay June 2007
  • Visit was for Romantic getaway
  • Traveled with Spouse / significant other
  • Age group 25-34
  • Member since July 18, 2007
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Families with young children, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for Young singles
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Beach / Sun, Sporting event
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“always a pleasure!”

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5 of 5 stars
honest reviewer 18 contributions
boston mass.
Jul 11, 2007 | Trip type: Couples
1/1 found this review helpful

Thank you again team at the Galway Bay! We have the luxury of staying at this hotel quite frequently and consider ourselves very fortunate. We had encountered a "small" mix-up with rooms upon check-in, and within a few hours, Donnache had rectified the entire situation for us. We travel quite frequently, and have always admired the consistent warmth and willingness put forth by the staff of this hotel. From the front desk, to the servers in the dining areas, onto housekeeping, this hotel continues to rate first class as far as we are concerned. The hotel itself is lovely, with beautifully relaxing common areas, and affords breathtaking views over the bay. We only look forward to our next stay, and many, many, thanks, once again!

  • Liked — first rate hotel
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
  • Date of stay June 2007
  • Visit was for Quality time with family
  • Traveled with Spouse / significant other
  • Age group 35-49
  • Member since August 20, 2005
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for Young singles
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Other
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The Promenade | Salthill, Galway, Ireland