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Reviews of The Strand Hotel

2 out of 5
The Strand Hotel
Ballyliffin, Inishowen, Ballyliffin, County Donegal

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 51 out of 100 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 34 out of 100 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 100 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 100 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 100 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Geraldine

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Helen

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Garry

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Maryanne, Barrhead

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
10 min walk to the beach. Easy to find. 15 min drive to small castle ruins. 35 min drive to malin head.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Samuel paul

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful spot guys Donegal for Sam
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

TOM

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Norma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel
A friendly comfortable hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from JK on 15 Nov 2021
Thank you we are delighted that you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really nice stay, staff were excellent and very friendly. I had breakfast and found it really nice and fresh. Will be staying again
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021
Response from JK on 26 Oct 2021
Thank you. We are delighted that you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Ballyliffin, a place to visit for sure
A clean comfortable hotel but does need some modernisation. Staff were very friendly and accommodating. A beautiful location close to the beach and golf.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021
Response from JK on 26 Oct 2021
Thank you for your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Gina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021
Response from JK on 13 Oct 2021
Thank you

6/10 Okay

Joan

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Response from JK on 16 Sept 2021
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff and very helpful
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021
Response from JK on 14 Sept 2021
Thank you for your feedback. Much appreciated.

8/10 Good

Sharon

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Bernard

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from JK on 6 Sept 2021
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

DOUGLAS F

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Place near Ballyliffin Golf
We were playing Ballyliffin Golf which was next door and this was the best near by accommodation.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from JK on 6 Sept 2021
Thank you. Delighted that you enjoyed the stay

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from JK on 6 Sept 2021
Thank you

8/10 Good

Pat

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from JK on 13 Oct 2021
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from JK on 6 Sept 2021
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Dawn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will definitely visit again
Lovely relaxing atmosphere. The staff were friendly and very helpful. The food was amazing. The hotel is a short walk to a clean beach with beautiful views.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from JK on 9 Aug 2021
Thank you for your time in review. We appreciate the feedback.

8/10 Good

Donna

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Joanne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from JK on 13 Jul 2021
Thank you

8/10 Good

Benny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good experience
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from JK on 13 Jul 2021
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
P + M
Amazing stay could not fault Food nice Comfortable Staff friendly and nice personal touch from owner Great location Will definitely stay again
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from JK on 8 Jul 2021
Thank you. We are delighted that you enjoyed your stay with us. Thank you for the kind words and feedback.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from JK on 23 Sept 2020
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Maryellen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful place
Beautiful hotel close to all the sights
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Response from JK on 23 Sept 2020
Thank you so much.

6/10 Okay

Kamila

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Service at the reception was very poor
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from JK on 23 Sept 2020
Thank you. We are disappointed to hear that.

8/10 Good

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from JK on 1 Sept 2020
Thank you

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from JK on 1 Sept 2020
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

AnnM, Donegal

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fab hotel, v clean. Staff v helpful. Location ideal.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from JK on 22 Aug 2020
Thank you so much. We truly appreciate the feedback.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very worn down hotel, basic rooms, beds not the most comfortable. It's too expensive for what you get. Don't eat there, trust me and find another place for food, it simply is food with no taste.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from JK on 15 Aug 2020
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay. We are very disappointed to read your review. Unfortunately as you have remained Anonymous we are unable to trace your stay. The Strand Hotel is a family run traditional style hotel which is a bit tired in places. We would not deny that. We are very disappointed that you feel that your palate should dictate where our future guests should eat. That in our opinion is out of order. We get great feedback on our food, service and value for money. Indeed we are happy to have a satisfaction rating of 8.6 with Hotels.com. We appreciate that we can never keep everyone happy but if guests were that unhappy why not bring that to our attention while here? Surely allowing us to respond while you are here and recompense if need be is better for both parties? Unless it is more about the review?!!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Lovely hotel.
Nice stay, hotel a little outdated needs some modernisation. Staff very friendly and helpful. Good location.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020
Response from JK on 27 Jul 2020
Thank you so much.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020
Response from JK on 27 Jul 2020
Thank you.

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020
Response from JK on 16 Jul 2020
Thank you.

2/10 Terrible

Eimear

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Response from jk on 20 Mar 2020
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from JK on 27 Jan 2020
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Séamus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This was a return visit to the hotel we spent our honeymoon in 40years ago. Excellent break. Staff could not be praised highly enough
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019
Response from jk on 3 Jan 2020
Thank you so much. Delighted that you enjoyed your stay..

10/10 Excellent

Shaun

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bargain!!!
Class staff, down to earth and value for Money!!!Night porter was a great guy!!!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from JK on 11 Dec 2019
Thank you for feedback. We appreciate that.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The staff were lovely but could do with up date to decor
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from JK on 25 Nov 2019
Thank you for your time in review. We do appreciate your feedback.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The hallways and rooms need a makeover, some fresh paint, paintings and lampshades that are not cracked. A bathroom light above sink without annoying noisy air conditioner. Needs a bit of personality in the rooms, a few prints, a few decorative cushions... The staff were nice people though.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from JK on 12 Nov 2019
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay. We appreciate your honesty. We have a full facelift planned for Spring 2020 so hopefully these areas will all be tackled.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
very friendly staff lovely food nice atmosphere very relaxing stay handy for the beach and a good location
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from JK on 29 Oct 2019
Thank you. We appreciate your time in review and are delighted that you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from JK on 18 Sept 2019
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from JK on 19 Aug 2019
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from JK on 14 Aug 2019
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Laura on 31 Jul 2019
Thank you for your review. Best wishes