Arklow Bay Hotel

Staff were exceptionally friendly. Room very comfortable. Bar food was really delicious and the carvery the best we've ever had. Nice vibe in the bar with live singers on Friday. Lovely nature walk right by the hotel and even saw male and female phesents outside our window. Water taps to fill jugs and bottles along the corridors as well.

Liked everything

I go there regularly. Just love everything about the hotel. Beside and outside. And the rooms are so lovely

Absolutely nothing

Location

Staff, price and location

Staff were great!

Room was small. Doors to enter hallway kept closed making it hard to get through with the wheelchair. Hallway in room very narrow. It was a hard time to have someone hold the door while getting a wheelchair into the room.

The size of the room was much smaller than l booked, very old equipments in the gym and swimming pool , l was really disappointed

Location

Steep stairs No lift No help with luggage

Bar leisure facilities

Toiilet , very little room between the toilet bowel and bath

Vriendelijk personeel + heel lekker restaurant

Iets uit het centrum gelegen

Great location, friendly and helpful staff and wonderful food in The Pottery restaurant

The room was tiny and why there have to be rooms at all right above the noisy bar and reception is inexplicable! The main business of using hotels is to sleep and the loud music went on until midnight. Also the leisure centre is in a separate building and one has to walk through the car park (in the downpours) to access it. There was no drinking water in the rooms either and the TV was old fashioned and had a tiny screen

Good location and staff are friendly

No fan or AC provided when asked and room was smelly

The Buffet breakfast was excellent with self service from the large amount of items. Dinner in The Pottery Room was excellent with a large number of choices for Starter, Main Course and Dessert- charges for 2 or 3 courses. The free parking was in closes proximity. From the Check-in to the dining facilities the staff were most friendly and helpful.

Not applicable

Dinner was gorgeous really enjoyed the Pottery Restaurant

Breakfast could have been a little better.

Located in a quiet location beside a wildlife reservation area and close to the sea. Comfortable bed. The first hotel that has adopted the use of cold filtered water dispensers located in the corridors (with carafes provided in the room for filling and in-room use). The use of Elemis soap was nice to enjoy but not sure if it is necessary in this price point of a hotel.

The evening meal - ordered potato skins which literally were that - no potato hardly on the skins. Whilst the rooms have radiators, there's no air conditioning, so on a hot balmy night, the only relief is to open the window (sometimes of no use when the sun is shining directly onto the window itself (even with the curtains closed).

Everything

Bathrooms dont have sliding doors water will be splashing all over

Staff were so friendly and helpful . Lesley on reception was so lovely along with the lovely Portuguese Maitre D in the restaurant and his French waitress

Comfy bed, great food, friendly staff

The spa is a little dated and needs some fixing here and there

Staff were very friendly and helpful with dietary requirements

A really great hotel with fabulous facilities. A very comfortable room. We ate in the bar the two nights we were there. Food is delicious. Really good singer on called Alvin. We went swimming in the pool which we really enjoyed.

Nothing

Hotel was spotless, so comfortable

Liked everthing

Facilities ie pool and sauna etc. Breakfast (the staff were very pleasant and helpful)

Shower Lack of shelf in shower for soap, shampoo etc But cramped

The leisure area was amazing

No AC or ventilation in the room

Staff food

Good location we really enjoyed our stay

Gezellig ouderwets (als in sfeer ) hotel met vriendelijk personeel.

Minder authentiek dan de foto's suggereerden. Bussen met groepen reizigers

Excellent place to stay fantastic location

Maybe aircon in the rooms

Room was clean. Slept well...very comfy. Liked the fact that there's a whole leisure facility in a building just 20 second walk away. Scenery was nice and offers a nice walk-around as its close to the beach.

Staff promised the function room (for a birthday party) and events would be a certain way. I ran this by the banquet manager TWICE...IN PERSON. They were not at all like that on the day. Drinks and good were very overpriced. Portions were just normal (for the price). Room had no air-con and weather was 25-29 outside. No problem...just open the window in the room....you can...just!...the window opened at the top about 5inches. Bathroom was very very basic. Expected more for the cost of the room. Party of 8 at one time....in the restaurant one day, we ordered food after drinks.....food took close to one hour to get it. Unfortunately, my credit card payment went through instantly and sufferred no such problems when they were taking my money!

Location was fabulous, so close to the bay with an amazing g coastal walk . Bedroom was bright , clean and very comfortable

Only disappointment was the food was just ok, we did only eat in the bar . Breakfast was nice .

Everything

No ramp from hotel down to the leisure centre.

Brilliant place to stay, lovely relaxing place.

The only thing that I am going to criticise on all future reviews, is the lact of Irish hotels with no air con. This is not just in the rooms, giving the increase in July temperatures over the last five years, this needs to be addressed.

The staff was very attentive and personable. We also had a comfortable bed.

The room was exceptionally small. New York City small! There wasn’t enough floor space to set up a luggage rack.

We enjoyed our stay from the first moment. Check-in was smooth, our room, 410, was very nice and clean, the bed so comfortable. Staff were polite and helpful. We enjoyed the swimming pool, as well.

Great location and nice pool and leisure facilities. Massive thank you to Dave and his jump leads!

The staff were exceptional. The hotel was clean. The breakfast was very good. Plenty of choices.

The rooms were the smallest we have ever stayed in. No aircon and windows did not open enough to let air in. We were given a fan which was useless. Our two single beds were very hard and uncomfortable. We asked for a bed topper but hotel did not have any. Bar food was not good. We were at a wedding and that food was excellent.

Excellent

Convenient, clean and good facilities.

Nothing

The leisure facility was great and the breakfast was excellent.. Staff really made it. Then there is the location which is lovely.

Room needs Aircon.

Nice staff good bed

Awful steak main course that was €15 supplement! Smell of urine and lots of missing tiles in fitness centre

locastion great

Nature walk & close to town

Rooms are very comfortable, food in the lounge was great and the service ..nice little beer garden outside for s sit in sun ..

The breakfast room ,breakfast was cold completely tasteless i had a full irish...the area is self service help yourself...otherwise everything else was great plenty of coffee juices ...

All of it, staff really friendly

The town, the location of the hotel, the accommodation, the staff... just the food in the lounge wasn't what we expected!!

My partner in the adventure wasn't 100% with the food; it was a bit cold for her liking!!!!

Good

Music was cancelled and hotel never notified us

Awful!! A wedding in the premises was aloud to take over the whole hotel. No parking!! No overflow. Had to park 20 minutes away and walk in the rain with our bags. Issue raised with receptionist, “yeah that’s unfortunate”!! Absolutely awful response. Please, please do not stay at this hotel if they’re hosting a wedding! The hotel allow the wedding to take over the whole reception area and the bar area, you will not be allowed to enjoy anything outside of your room. But the rooms are amazing. The restaurant is fantastic! Food wow… staff so attentive. It’s such a shame that the reception staff won’t care about you! A wedding can take over all be it that most of them aren’t paying guests. The bad outweighs the good

Restaurant and the personal that work there

Comfortable room & bed. Staff very friendly

Everything

Would have loved later pool opening hours

Clean comfortable hotel. Nice food, Friendly Staff... Will visit again

The food from the restaurant wasn't very good!

Good location with comfortable lounges, bar and garden.

Quite noisy at night when there was a wedding. Our room faced the car park on ground floor and was also quite noisy at night.

Needs to be refreshed

Everything was absolutely fine. Travelled with my father for a wedding and his room was placed alongside mine which was thoughtful (it doesn't always happen). Mine was a perfectly adequate double and his was an enormous family room (so if you book one of those, you'll have room for a jog). Didn't have much time to spend in the hotel itself but it had a lively bar area and I did squeeze in a visit to the swimming pool next morning (very busy but a beautiful spot). Breakfast was very good and staff were again thoughtful, asking if my father needed help with the stairs or a tray. Car parking was plentiful at the hotel. Overall, it had a nice mix of happy sounding guests!

Not a criticism but perhaps place the tea/coffee facilities on a table rather than in a deep drawer given I had just assumed I didn't have any until my father pointed out his had been hidden.

Location, good food, lovely staff

Amabilidad y limpieza

Esta bien

Comfortable and clean . Great location. Breakfast was excellent. Friendly staff.

The dinner menu did not match its description. Had a chicken dish but it was tough. Did mention to manager of restaurant. Also bar food lacking. Salad was spinach leaves with onion. Need to do better.

There was ample parking, reception was excellent, room was clean, staff were very helpful and friendly.

There was only one lift, breakfast was basic with not a large variety and no choice of eggs.

Gutes Haus mit freundlichem Personal und sehr guter Küche

Schwimmbad und Sauna

All

Nothing

location

strange but true: coffee in the dining room at breakfast was simply awful. i am not a gourmet coffee taster but how can you not serve a decent cup in this day and age?