Richard Steele
Richard Steele, Bank Lane, Carmarthen, SA31 1JR, United Kingdom- Memorial
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Charming Historic Property
Step back in time at Spilman Hotel, a charming historic property built in 1840. Nestled in the heart of Carmarthen, this family-run hotel offers free Wi-Fi and complimentary private parking for a stress-free stay.
Cozy Rooms with Modern Amenities
Each room at Spilman Hotel is thoughtfully designed for comfort, featuring a TV and tea/coffee making facilities. Enjoy a cozy retreat after exploring the town or attending business meetings.
Convenient Location for Exploring
Situated in the bustling market town of Carmarthen, our hotel provides easy access to local attractions and shops. Whether you're here for leisure or work, Spilman Hotel is the perfect base for your adventures.
Ready to experience the charm of Spilman Hotel? Book your stay now and create unforgettable memories in Carmarthen.
Check-in from
02:00 PM
Check-out by
11:00 AM
Parking
FREE
Children
Allowed
Pets
Not allowed
Sleeps
Up to 2 guests
2 adults
Beds
Double bed (131-150 cm wide)
Room details
14 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 3 guests
2 adults · 2 children
Beds
Double bed (131-150 cm wide), Queen bed (151-180 cm wide)
Room details
32 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 1 guests
1 adults
Beds
Double bed (131-150 cm wide)
Room details
12 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 4 guests
2 adults · 2 children
Beds
2 Twin bed (90-130 cm wide)
Room details
20 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 4 guests
2 adults · 2 children
Beds
Queen bed (151-180 cm wide), 2 Twin bed (90-130 cm wide)
Room details
40 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 1 guests
1 adults
Beds
Double bed (131-150 cm wide)
Room details
12 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 4 guests
2 adults · 2 children
Beds
2 Twin bed (90-130 cm wide), Extra-large double bed (Super-king size) (181-210 cm wide)
Room details
40 sqm
In-room amenities
Sleeps
Up to 2 guests
2 adults
Beds
Queen bed (151-180 cm wide)
Room details
40 sqm
In-room amenities
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Fijn hotel, vriendelijk personeel
The apartment was really large. Very well equipped. Very clean. Nice to have 2 toilets. Well situated for the shops and town. 2 bedrooms and bathroom with separate bath and shower. Comfy living room and very large kitchen dinner.
Bit scary getting the car into the carpark narrow opening.
Very friendly and helpful staff. Very comfortable room with several extra items that most hotels often forget or don't include. Excellent breakfast selection. Overall 10/10 excellent and highly recommended. Well done!
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Nice room convenient location
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Great location and very friendly people
The parking
Breakfast
No elevator.
Betten waren etwas durchgelegen Service hat Luft nach oben
Lovely hotel, modern, clean rooms, excellent location
Wonderful staff, excellent room.
Noisy road outside
Everything
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Location very central although Carmarthen seems very run down The hotel however lived up to expectation possibly exceeding Staff very friendly and helpful Delicious breakfast
Excellent location, lovely staff, very good english breakfast, good ginger restautent in 2 mins walk.
Only issue I can see is very hard to go to the car park as its very narrow and could be dangerous.
Very clean and friendly staff rooms and shower were updated and the rooms were comfortable. Breakfast was really good
Recently refurbished to a high standard. Spotlessly clean. Staff were friendly and very helpful. Breakfast buffet was good with cooked options available.
The bed was very uncomfortable. Mattress needs replacing. Access to the car park was through an extremely narrow archway. Would be helpful for use of other car parks to be part of the cost.
Clean, very spacious rooms and a great breakfast. The parking is fine as long as you stop in and get directions first on how to get into the parking lot.
Great location, superb breakfast!
Absolutely lovely place. Couldn't fault anything. Big clean room. Lovely breakfast. Staff all lovely and friendly.
Friendly staff
Challenging parking entrance
The staff were amazing. They were very warm, welcoming and attentive during our stay. The room was very comfortable and clean.
Hotel car park was difficult to get into. However, there is a car park across the road, which was handy. It does charge but we were happy with it.
Friendly staff, helpful and attentive.
Obviously unavoidable, but very narrow car park entrance was only concern.
Good size rooms with amenities
Hotel car park fits for small or mid soze car but not for wide body car/suv looe range rover. But reception (Ian) was very helpful to help park in alternate parking space (2 min walk) Having said that hotel communicated before tht car park entry is very tight.
Great location in centre of town Easy access with car park and special shed for bicycle Across road from excellent Indian restaurant Breakfast very good Staff friendly
Rooms are comfortable and spacious. Breakfast was excellent. The staff very friendly and helpful. Would definitely recommend.
It was brilliant breakfast was good
Breakfast with more varieties
Twin room with two beds in each room I stayed with my husband and 9 years old son was exceptionally good in terms of location space , practically , spacious bathroom all in god working condition , cleanliness , sound proof , comfortable bedding , little fridge with tea coffee making facility inside the room . free parking inside the hotel next to the building , breakfast included and was worth each penny . Co-op is just across the road . I would love to stay there again when I visit Wales next time .
I liked everything.
I have not given a review score as I did not stay in the hotel, when I was planning our trip to wales, I booked this hotel as it stated it was only 12 miles from Bangor, this suited us perfectly as we were travelling home from Holyhead the next day.it was only when we were travelling to bangor that we noticed the hotel was 4.5hrs away from Bangor, both the hotel and booking.com was very misleading with the location as it states that the hotel was only 12 miles from bangor.. tried to cancel but was too late, contacted the hotel but they could/would not help... had to book another hotel... unfortunately got NO offer of partial or full refund.
The bed was super comfy and the shower was a delight. The staff was lovely and welcoming and couldn’t do enough for you.
Quite a narrow car park if you have a wide car.
El personal encantador, como Michelle en recepcion, las habitaciones son grandes, y divididas en 2 edificios, buen desayuno a elegir en carta, y mucha atencion personal. hotel en el centro de la ciudad, con parking vigilado.
Everything was exceptional definitely recommended it. Room was spacious good parking space also Ev charging was available absolutely great
Hmmm nothing much it's the time of locking gate we actually wanted to go put around 5 am but the gate was locked unfortunately until 7 am from 11pm .
Room was spacious, bathroom was modern. Lots of storage. Bed was comfortable. Breakfast was lovely and the ladies working were very attentive in ensuring we had plenty of toast! Car park is locked at night which was an added bonus for extra security. Parking was quite limited but we got a space.
The entrance to the car park is very narrow. This wasn’t a problem for us but a van would be more difficult to manoeuvre in.
No negatives just a very pleasant stay with very pleasant staff
We liked the location
No phone in the room and very warm with small fan
Comfortable, clean with friendly staff and really convenient to the venue I was aiming for
N/A
Beautiful hotel and lovely suite
Opposite a very noisy pub
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Spacious room. Comfortable bed. Good breakfast. Friendly staff. Highly recommended
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My room was lovely bigger than expected
The driveway into the car park - very narrow and this was not mentioned
The breakfast choice and quality was excellent, with plenty of choice of continental and full cooked options
There was nothing I disliked
Large comfortable room huge bed and very clean.
Nothing
A great return to the Spilman, always a warm welcome and service.
Not applicable.
it's hard to describe, the entire vibe was happy, good energy if you know what I mean. The hotel was old, but you can tell it was loved. That translated into things like proper china tea pots for an endless cup of tea at breakfast to breakfast cooked to order. The town was easily walkable, but it was hilly in places so bring a walking pole if you need one. Lots of alley ways to explore and the view from the castle over the river was nice. The light from the sunrise made for great photography too...
I cannot say there was anything I disliked. It was hot and humid, but that's not anyone's fault other than the weather gods decided that it was going to be so...
Good breakfast , comfortable room, pleasant staff.
Good and freshly made
Getting into the car park.
Suited our needs perfectly
Nothing
I have not given a review score as I did not stay in the hotel, when I was planning our trip to wales, I booked this hotel as it stated it was only 12 miles from Bangor, this suited us perfectly as we were travelling home from Holyhead the next day.it was only when we were travelling to bangor that we noticed the hotel was 4.5hrs away from Bangor, both the hotel and booking.com was very misleading with the location as it states that the hotel was only 12 miles from bangor.. tried to cancel but was too late, contacted the hotel but they could/would not help... had to book another hotel... unfortunately got NO offer of partial or full refund.
Excellent breakfast, cooked to order. Lots of choice. Good quality ingredients.
Everything was great
Clean, friendly staff. Good breakfast
The duvet was 13.5 tog ‘designed for cold winter months’ (AI). Caused me to have an uncomfortable night sleep
Everything
N/a
Wonderful hotel, great breakfast, lovely staff, comfortable beds
Nothing
My room was easy to find right by the entrance. Was lovely and comfortable
Enjoyed my stay
The location.
Parking
Had a lovely 2 night stay in this hotel .my room was perfect for me .lovely comfy bed ,breakfast on both days was lovely. Nice friendly staff thank you
It was nice stay
Very clean and beautiful room, fan was a massive bonus, did struggle to connect my phone to the wifi, needed to put a vpn on and then it worked, lovely staff and breakfast was lovely
Cleanliness
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Very spacious, clean and well modernised. They had provided fans because of the heatwave. It might have been more cost-effective for the hotel to fit blinds on the skylights but we were comfortable enough.
The only slight room for improvement would be fresh pastries for breakfast rather than packeted ones. The cooked breakfasts were very good both in quality and choice.
We scratched our car coming into the narrow way to the car park for the first time very annoying
Vielen Dank für das tolle Upgrade ins Penthouse, das war spitze! Es war alles da, was man sich für einen entspannten Urlaub wünschen kann. Auch der Parkplatz im Innenhof war fein, aber gut, dass unser Berlingo gerade noch so durch die schmale Einfahrt passte. ;-)
Clean bright and easy to find right in the heart of Carmarthen with a delicious breakfast
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I was really pleasantly surprised by this hotel. It was booked for a work trip and so I didn’t really have much information on the hotel (and our booking platform is usually more miss than hit!). Warm welcome, large comfortable room with a great bathroom. Staff asked about food allergies when I checked in and the following morning I had soya milk provided for breakfast and the waitress also ran through what I could eat. Great breakfast. Really can’t fault the place and if I’m back in Carmarthen I will happily stay again.
Its excellent location in the centre of the town near to the restaurants and pubs. Short walk to the train station too
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Chambre très confortable et grande. Accueil très gentil. C'était parfait
What a find, found the hotel when looking for somewhere to stay overnight. Booked, didn't check the reviews (don't tend to as we like to form our own opinion) On arrival, the details for parking were spot on and we have no issues entering the car park which is free of charge and they're in the town centre. We arrived at reception to check in and were greeted with a nice clean fresh hotel. We were advised we had been upgraded to the apartment from executive and it didn't disappoint. How lovely to have a lounge and all the extra facilities it brought. Lots of little extras to make your stay more pleasant. We ate out at the local Italian a 2 minute walk away and grabbed some goodies from the Coop opposite. We had a wonderful night's sleep in a very comfortable bed. Now came breakfast, wow better than some of the best hotels we have stayed at. Cooked to perfection, good quality and in addition all the extras you would expect. Latte can I say perfect,hot and a perfect blend. I also had a takeaway for my own ward journey. This really is a must and a bargain price.0
Tout inclus dont parking et Petit déjeuner Personnel agréable
Rideaux laissant passer la lumière la nuit et le matin sans parler de la chaleur. Ventilateur trop petit. Besoin d un masque pour dormir sur le matin
Good location. Clean spacious room. Lovely tasty breakfast
Room rather warm but fan helped
The room was brilliant except, because of the Heatwave it was almost unbearable, to be fair they had 2 large fans on the go all the time I stayed sfor 5 nights I also took a fan with me and 3 fans just circulated hot air about. The breakfast was top notch and the staff were brilliant.
I travelled by train and expected the taxis to take to the hotel, however because it is only a short distance about 3/4 mile they refuse to take you, that would be okay but the hotel is at the top of a very steep hill. I am 83 and have experience one heart attack, therefore lugging 2 siutcase in a heatwave I thought I was in for another. I will report the situation to the local council, they should lay on some sort of shuttle service. I will nwver stay in Carmarthen again
Room was nice, clean, well maintained and had a private entrance/exit. Very good location. Staff were very responsive and friendly. Good at accommodating disabilities. Breakfast was good value.
Excellent service during check in and breakfast. So nice to be served by staff who care and are clearly very good at their job. Accommodation was lovely and clean.
Great staff, very comfortable room. The bath was niiiiice. Good breakfast and the location was very convenient for going out into the town. Quite a hill to get up from the train station, but it was easy going back down!
The room was quite warm during the current heatwave. A fan was provided but didn’t help a lot.
This hotel is at a great location in Carmarthen. The market and the river is very close by and easily accessible through a short walk. There's a co-op grocery store right across the street. There are so many restaurants and coffee places for your breakfast and meals. We lived in the apartment and it was one of the best places I have ever stayed. 10/10
The only minor issue with this hotel was the ingress to parking. It was very narrow but once you do it a couple of times you are good. Nonetheless, this was a great place to stay.
Comfortable rooms close to the center of Carmarthen without excessive street noise. The staff was kind and knowledgeable.
Always a comfortable and pleasant stay
Nothing not to like
A lovely stay at a super hotel, staff very friendly and helpful. Room was lovely and big, room 2,bed was comfortable. Great breakfast. Have already recommended to people.
The staff were friendly and helpful and nothing was too much trouble. The choice for breakfast was far more than we expected and was prepared once you had sat at your table so was freshly cooked and very tasty. The room was well presented, and clean. The bed was very comfortable and the ablutions were very efficient.
There was nothing negative about our stay whatsoever
Breakfast
An excellent stay at a classy hotel. Lovely room. Lovely service and breakfast. Everyone there was great. I will say Michelle was excellent. She is a diamond and was an absolute pleasure. Thank you and see you next time.
Beautiful and clean rooms, friendly staff and excellent breakfast.
Small point, we didn't work out that the towel rail was on hot until halfway through the night!! Boiling hot summer evening too. Could also have done with 4 pillows instead of 2 (2 of us).
Clean tidy and quiet. Friendly staff. Great breakfast.
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Everything
There was nothing I disliked.
All the staff were lovely but particularly the lady on reception, who was welcoming and beyond helpful.
Lovely breakfast with every conceivable option. The sausage was odd.
Squeaky clean and fresh. Splendid breakfast Very nice staff throughout our visit Secure cycle store
Staff were brilliant, both at check in and breakfast. My room was perfect for my stay - quiet, clean and felt freshly decorated, cool (a fan provided), all the amenities I needed.
Staff very friendly,nice big room and clean,great breakfast
Everything. Couldn't fault it. A huge effort has obviously been made to make this as good as it is
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Alles neu renoviert, Personal sehr freundlich.
Excellent cooked breakfast 10 teabags in the room Several music channels on the tv
Nothing
Everything, very clean room and lush breakfast
Very narrow entrance from the road but this was made clear in other reviews
Lovely staff . Excellent vegan breakfast
Nothing really
Excellent breakfast, good choice of options & all freshly cooked for each person.
Very central and comfortable
Lovely, friendly, clean excellent service. Comfortable bed and amazing shower
This was my second time at Spilman Hotel. Received a warm welcome, and it really felt like coming home. The staff go to extreme lengths to ensure everything is the best it can possibly be. They are courteous and welcoming. They obviously take great pride in their work because the rooms and public areas are immaculately clean. Breakfasts are freshly cooked to order and plentiful. Perfect location. I travel by train and the station is a 6minute walk from the hotel. Buses from Aberystwyth and the coast stop right outside the hotel. I would have no hesitation in recommending this hotel.
Honestly, there is nothing to dislike.
Due to the extreme heat wave, I was pleasantly surprised that not only was the room had an electric fan, but also a small glass fronted Chiller. The Chiller was a bonus and I used it daily.
Access for a X Type was tricky, but did not affect my stay, only my nerves. I'm glad to say no scratches to my body work.
Very nice accommodation nice location with shops and eating places within walking distance. Fridge in room was a lovely bonus especially as weather was hot. Staff friendly and lovely breakfast.
The room was great - very spacious, comfortable, well-appointed and quiet. We were able to park right outside, and the hotel's Reception, bar and breakfast room were only just across the courtyard. The staff were lovely - very attentive and helpful. It was no distance to walk into the heart of Carmarthen, which is a historic town and a great base for touring. The hotel's breakfast is highly recommended!
Everything exceeded our expectations
All good 👍🏼.
No complaints 👍🏼
Clean spacious room in the centre of Carmarthen
Someone started making banging noise at 6:30, so I couldn't get anymore sleep.
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Cleanliness
9.6/10Repeatedly described as very clean, bright and well maintained in multiple reviews.
Service
9.8/10Staff repeatedly praised as lovely, responsive and excellent at check-in and breakfast service.
Location
9.3/10Central location in the town, short walk to train station; some reviewers noted a steep hill to reach the hotel.
Room Quality
8.6/10Rooms described as spacious, comfortable and well equipped with private entrances for some; several guests reported rooms being rather warm during a heatwave despite fans.
Amenities
8.9/10Amenities include breakfast, parking, fans and private entrances; fans were appreciated but sometimes inadequate and skylight blinds were noted as missing.
Value for Money
9.1/10Guests noted good value (breakfast included, parking included for many), with overall positive remarks on accommodation versus cost.
Food and Beverage
9/10Breakfast described as lovely/top notch with good choice; minor criticism about packaged pastries rather than fresh pastries.
Overall Experience
9.3/10Most guests recommended the hotel and would stay again, citing excellent staff, cleanliness and location; a minority cited heatwave discomfort and local taxi access issues.