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4 out of 5
Black Boy Inn
Northgate Street, Caernarfon, Wales

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 724 out of 986 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 206 out of 986 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 38 out of 986 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 986 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 986 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jack

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Annette

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was perfect, rooms beyond expectation, staff were great and really friendly, food was fabulous and huge portions, handy location, couldn't fault in any way 👍
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Vicky on 18 Apr 2024
Thank you for the glowing review, we love to hear that you couldn't fault anything. Hope to welcome you back again soon.

8/10 Good

Thomas, La Jolla

Very nice property. Using the shower is a challenge as it’s a risky situation and not for the aging.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Vicky on 17 Apr 2024
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us, wonderful to hear that you liked the Inn. Sprry if you found using the shower to br an issue.

10/10 Excellent

JOANNA

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stylianos, Llanfoist , Abergavenny

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Vicky on 16 Apr 2024
Thank you for rating your stay a fabulous 5/5 stars, we hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Vicky on 4 Mar 2024
Fantastic to see that you have rated your stay an amazing 5/5 stars, we hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Couldn't have asked for a better stay. Staff were amazing, room was beautiful and the food was out of this world. Would highly recommend staying here.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marjorie Brooke

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay!
We loved our stay! The room was comfortable, and both meals we had in (dinner and breakfast) were very good. Live the history!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Paul

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Vicky on 4 Mar 2024
Thank you for taking the time to rate your stay with us, we do hope to welcome you back again soon,

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Nathan

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Jade

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed in the four poster room which was huge and a really stunning, comfortable room, it had everything we needed and the shower is amazing. The only downside was this room is located above the coach house, I had to call down the reception twice around 11:30pm as the music was booming through to the room I suspect due to it being an older building as it didn't seem overly loud inside the pub, but this was solved and turned off and they were very helpful on the phone. We also had a similar problem in the morning as everyone has their breakfast in the coach house so you can hear everything.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Vicky on 4 Dec 2023
Thank you for taking the time to reviewyour stay with us, room 30 is very popular indeed. I amsorry to hear that you had to call down to the reception to ask them to put the music off, it is normally on a timer so should had already gone off. We do hope that you'll try us again.

10/10 Excellent

Ravi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel, ideal location for Caernarfon for the castle or for climbing Snowdon
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Vicky on 4 Dec 2023
Thank you very much for the lovely review and for the 5/5 stars. We hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Joanna

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Vicky on 4 Dec 2023
Thank you for the glowing 10/10 stars, we hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Dawn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cute little inn just inside the medieval wall of the city of Caernarfon. Great food and atmosphere. Fair warning, on-site parking is limited though there is off-site parking nearby. Highly recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from JSE on 12 Nov 2023
Thank you

8/10 Good

Eduard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from JSE on 12 Nov 2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Sean

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from JSE on 12 Nov 2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from JSE on 12 Nov 2023
Thank you

2/10 Terrible

David

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from JSE on 12 Nov 2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Vicky on 27 Oct 2023
Thank you for rating your stay a glowing 10/10 stars, we hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely big room with nice surroundings
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Vicky on 27 Oct 2023
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us and for the lovely 5/5 stars. We do hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Darrell

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best meeting place!
Met up with friends and walked a few of the local big walls including Snowdon. Great few days and the blaxk boy is sure a great resting spot. Great staff, great food and comfortable rooms
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Vicky on 27 Oct 2023
Thankyou so much for the lovely review, fantastic to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us, we do hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Vicky on 27 Oct 2023
Thank you so much for rating your stay a fantastic 10/10, we hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

MR THOMAS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Vicky on 27 Oct 2023
Thank you very much for rating your stay a fantastic 10/10, we do hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Iwan

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Vicky on 27 Oct 2023
Thank you for rating your stay a fabulous 10/10, we hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Marion

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Loved the atmosphere in the 501 year old inn! Shower was awesome, bed was nice a comfy, and the meals very good. Really worth buying the breakfast option.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from JSE on 14 Oct 2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was within walking distance of several restaurants and shops. The parking was extremely accessible and the restaurant inside the hotel had a lot of really good food options.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from JSE on 14 Oct 2023
Thank you

8/10 Good

Valerie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I liked the fact that there was a heater that I could turn on whenever I liked and it wasn't just a room with a bed taking up most of the space; it was more like an apartment complete with coat hooks sitting area and 2 TVs, One for the bedroom and one for the sitting area. A very impressive- looking shower. I only have baths but it really looked the business. We didn't use the iron but it is a very considerate thing to have if your going to a party where appearances matter. The one and only problem we have was the beams. I booked this hotel on impulse without thinking it through as regards our height so the low beams were a bit of a problem. It was a problem especially for my husband. In truth, I would rather give the hotel 4.5 out of 5 cause everything else about it was luxury.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from JSE on 14 Oct 2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Emily

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic! A comfortable clean room, and the food served in the restaurant was delicious. Very happy with my stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023
Response from JSE on 14 Oct 2023
Thank you

6/10 Okay

Nicola

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is a lovely hotel but very overpriced for area. We were told by reception, when enquiring whether breakfast was included (i couldn't remember what was booked ). Her response was , 'it depends who you booked through'. She checked and when noting it was Hotels.com , asvised it wasn't! At £140 a night, out of season , you would expect breakfast. Also made a note of credit card number on booking stating 'becsuse you booked through 'expedia'' For £140 a night for an out of season stay in Caernarvon , would expect breakfast. Food was nice but again over priced and we told by various more frequent travellers there to go elsewhere.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Vicky on 30 Sept 2023
Thank you for reviewing your stay with us, we offer lots of different rates and some are with or without breakfast. When you book through an agent we don't have any details apart from your name and sometimes a telephone number, this is why we are for card details as do the majority of hotels, Inns and B&B's.

10/10 Excellent

Nicola

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Vicky on 24 Sept 2023
Thank you for rating your stay with us, fantastic to see that you've ated us a fabulous 5/5. Please do come back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Theresa

Travelled with group
We stayed for 2 nights and from check in to check out the staff were friendly and fantastic. The food was of good quality and quantity the selection of food was very good. The bedroom was lovely very big and very clean, there was a hostess tray which had a good selection of tea and coffee with biscuits too. The hotel is positioned in the an ideal location within the town and also to get to other attractions. I would definitely recommend The Black Boy Inn and will definitely be returning.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Vicky on 24 Sept 2023
Thank you so much for the lovely review, fantastic comments to read about the lovely Inn and the hard working staff. We do hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Alexandra

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Vicky on 24 Sept 2023
Thank you for rating your stay a fabulous 10/10, we hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Kirk

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Vicky on 24 Sept 2023
Thank you for rating your stay a fantastic 10/10, please do return again soon.

8/10 Good

Jackie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Vicky on 24 Sept 2023
Thank you for rating your stay with us, we do hope to see you again soon.

8/10 Good

Lavinia

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Vicky on 15 Sept 2023
Thank you for rating your stay with us, we do hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Vicky on 10 Sept 2023
Thank you for rating your stay a glowing 10/10 stars. We do hope to see you again soon.

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I just love this place. Now if only they also offered shampoo....
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Vicky on 15 Sept 2023
Lovely to hear that you love it here, we do have shampoo/shower gel dispensers in the rooms. We do hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Nancy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Historic. Wonderful food.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Vicky on 15 Sept 2023
Thank you for rating your stay a glowing 5/5 stars, lovely to hear that you enjoyed your meals too.

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Vicky on 24 Sept 2023
Fantastic to see that you've rated your stay a fabulous 5/5 stars. We hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Unique history of the place. It was clean and tidy, food was good pub food and staff were all very helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Vicky on 24 Sept 2023
Thank you for rating the time to review your stay with us, what lovely comments to read. We hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

neil

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Vicky on 24 Sept 2023
Thank you for rating your stay a perfect 10/10, we hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Evelyn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a very last minute booking - went for a day out, stopped at Black Boy for something to eat (which was delicious!!!!!) and decided to book a room!! Checked in, settled in. Had a lovely relaxing hot bath - and flooded the bathroom!!! There was a plumbing issue. Went to reception, where we were upgraded immediately, complimentary drinks brought to our new room, and a free nights stay when we choose. Staff were so so friendly. Breakfast was amazing!! In fact there is absolutely NOTHING we can fault. Xxx
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Vicky on 24 Sept 2023
Thank you for the glowing review, so sorry again for the plumbing issues but glad to see that we were able to settle you into another room quickly. Our staff work very hard indeed, we are lucky to have them. We do hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Jo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I like the accommodation the character of the place. The staff are warm and friendly but not intrusive . The room was comfortable and very clean and the bathroom was brill. I hope Caernafon carries on being an interesting place the Castle,harbour and Marina areas are very attractive. Like most towns the high st area is run down a little but its the sign of the times. Keep up the excellent work. Xx
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Vicky on 24 Sept 2023
Thank you for your lovely review, we are very lucky to have such wonderful staff. Lovely to hear that you liked the character of the Inn, there aren't many places like this left. We do hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Mr P

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 10 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Vicky on 19 Aug 2023
Thank you for rating your stay a fabulous 10/10. We hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

julie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Short break
This was a stop over from a journey from anglesey, i wish we had made this the main trip,everyone at the black boy were top people, couldn't do enough for you,food was excellent, room astar ,we will be back.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from JSE on 15 Aug 2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleasant Holel/ Inn
Very pleased with our short stay . Staff very friendly the food very tasty and room was very clean. Enjoyed our stay and looking forward to returning one day.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from JSE on 15 Aug 2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was an amazing expéiance right inside the city walls and the staff were all fabulous and went out of their way to make our vacation truly spectacular
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Vicky on 26 Jul 2023
Thank you for your glowing review, fantastic to hear that our staff went above and beyond to make sure everything was spectacular. We are very lucky indeed.

10/10 Excellent

Luka

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Vicky on 26 Jul 2023
Thank you for taking the time to rate your stay, a fantastic 10/10. We do hope to welcome you back again soon.