The Quay House
There’s personality aplenty at this family-run B&B ‘stuffed with antiques and curios’ in a former Georgian harbourmaster’s house and three of its neighbours, overlooking Owenglin estuary. More
Good Hotel Guide Review
There’s personality aplenty at this family-run B&B ‘stuffed with antiques and curios’ in a former Georgian harbourmaster’s house and three of its neighbours, overlooking Owenglin estuary. You will find clocks, working and broken, here a Buddha, there a Cupid, portraits in gilt frames, bovine horns, antlers, ‘family photos everywhere’. The family in question are the Foyles: Julia and Paddy, who make warm, outgoing hosts, while son Toby runs sister property Blue Quay Rooms. Elegant bedrooms with gilt-framed mirrors and sometimes a four-poster or half-tester have a harbour view, perhaps a Juliet balcony or terrace. ‘It’s all very homely and casual without being sloppy’; housekeeping is rigorous. ‘After we left, my wife and I discovered we had both gone round our large and very comfortable room trying to find dust, and couldn’t,’ writes a reader this year. Everyone has a tale of some little extra kindness; Julia is a fount of local knowledge while the breakfasts are first rate. ‘Large top-class resort hotels can do a bigger spread, but there was ample choice and everything was outstandingly good. We intend to go back.’ (Richard Hall)
Hotel details
Address
Beach Road
Clifden
Co. Galway
H71X F76
Ireland
Telephone
00 353 95 21369
Bedrooms
16. 3 on ground floor, 1 suitable for disabled, 7 studios (6 with kitchenette) in annexe.
Open
end Mar–end Oct.
Facilities
2 sitting rooms, breakfast conservatory, in-room TV (Freeview), small garden, fishing, sailing, golf, riding nearby, breakfast room and public areas wheelchair accessible.
Background music
none.
Children
all ages welcomed.
Dogs
not allowed.
Credit cards
MC, Visa.
Prices
per room B&B single €100–€120, double €170–€185. 1-night bookings may be refused bank holiday weekends.
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