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Reviews of Mc Carthy's Lodge & Bar

2 out of 5
Mc Carthy's Lodge & Bar
Quay Street, Westport, Ireland

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 28 out of 50 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 17 out of 50 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 50 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 50 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 50 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Kristyn

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
STAY AWAY. This is by the far one of the worst stays I've ever had in all of my times traveling around the world. The listing stated their was a front desk with limited hours and a full Irish breakfast. When I called the number listed on the Expedia listing (which is a woman's personal cell phone), I asked about the breakfast and was blatantly lied to. I was told "We haven't had breakfast since COVID." The reviews on Expedia and Google show this is simply untrue. They were still serving breakfast during the pandemic and coincidentally after I mentioned this, it was taken down from the listing (good thing I have a screenshot). Need to check in? Go next door to the pub. Oh and if they're not there? Try to call those cell phone numbers listed on the front door and if no one answers? You're out of luck. I thought I was staying in a traditional Irish bed and breakfast and was excited to support a small business, but this couldn't be farther from the truth. There's no vents in the rooms and the windows are locked so it's literally stagnant air. I could go on, but suffice to say, I couldn't wait to leave. It was truly uncomfortable on every level and the sad thing is I paid hotel prices. To say I was scammed is an understatement. If the other hotels nearby weren't booked, I would have left instantly.

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I don’t have anything negative to say….our 3 days there were fantastic and memorable. 3 bedrooms and 3 baths with living area and kitchen( all large) and price can’t be beat. My next time in Westport I’ll be staying at McCarthys!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carly

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay
A lovely, homely and welcoming place to stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Geraldine on 16 Jun 2022
Thank for your excellent review. . You were a pleasure to host .. Hope to see you again ...Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Letitia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2022
Response from Geraldine on 14 Apr 2022
Lovely having you stay .

8/10 Good

Bernadette

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Geraldine was great and looked after us well, lovely breakfast. Super close to the centre
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021
Response from Geraldine on 20 Oct 2021
Bernadette , Thanks for your nice review. Delighted you enjoyed your stay .

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A really friendly pub and guesthouse
Great place to stay right in the centre of town. Perfect Irish breakfast cooked to order.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021
Response from Geraldine on 17 Sept 2021
Thanking you for your excellent review . It was lovely to have you stay .

10/10 Excellent

aidan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very good
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021
Response from Geraldine on 3 Sept 2021
Lovely to have you stay. Geraldine

8/10 Good

Edward

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Room was clean and comfortable and in a good location in centre of town
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Geraldine on 26 Aug 2021
Thanks for your lovely review.

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Geraldine on 17 Sept 2021
Thanks for your excellent review. and that you enjoyed staying in Mc Carthys .

8/10 Good

Nuala

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Geraldine on 17 Sept 2021
Thanking you for your nice review. Geraldine

10/10 Excellent

roy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good size clean room. Lovely host. Nice breakfast. Central to town.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Geraldine on 2 Jul 2021
Thanks for your nice review . Delighted you enjoyed your stay .

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing breakfast!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from Geraldine on 10 Sept 2020
thanks for your lovely review /

10/10 Excellent

Garry

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent B&B
Group of 4 x Hill walking friends stayed in this central location in Westport for two nights B&B. All areas where clean, presentable & with multiple hand sanitiser locations throughout. Our Host Geraldine & staff where most endearing in all areas of hospitality during our stay via providing a large communal area with complimentary tea & coffee, fridge, ironing facility, great breakfast, and also with pre-booking Bars/Restaurants for us during the restrictive COVID-19 period. While the McCarthy's Bar is currently not open during COVID, I would have no hesitation in recommending or staying here in the future.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Geraldine on 24 Aug 2020
Garry Thanks for your glowing review . It was a pleasure to have you stay as you were a lovely easygoing group of lads . Hopefully we will see yo u all again .

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Geraldine on 16 Mar 2020
Delighted you enjoyed your stay....

10/10 Excellent

Graeme

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommended.
The great reviews are well justified, Geraldine and her team are great hosts and great craic. Good location, just up from Octagon.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Geraldine on 29 Oct 2019
Delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again .

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Geraldine on 5 Sept 2019
Thanks for your review .

6/10 Okay

Paca

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Geraldine on 20 Aug 2019
Thanks for your review .

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
very tidy lotts of space lovely frindly staff good parking easy to find.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Geraldine on 5 Aug 2019
Thanks for your nice review / It was a pleasure to have you stay .

8/10 Good

Seamus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Geraldine on 19 Jul 2019
Thanks for your nice review.

10/10 Excellent

Anthony, Rossendale, UK

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Accomodation was fantastic - right next door to the pub. It was very clean and the breakfast was amazing. Geraldine couldn't do enough for us. The pub itself has a great atmosphere with live music at 5:00 PM and again around 9:00 PM. Typical Irish pub where everyone is made feel very welcome. I'm sure you will not be disappointed.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Ger on 26 Jun 2019
Anthony , It was lovely having you stay and delighted you enjoyed Westport and the atmosphere of our pub . . Its wonderful to get such a lovely review . Geraldine and The Team Mc Carthys

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The folks were all genuinely pleasant, and very helpful in navigating the area. They pointed us in the right direction for whatever we wanted to do. The accommodations were comfortable and the location excellent
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Geraldine and staff . on 12 Jun 2019
Thanks so much for your excellent review as we do strive to make our customers happy .

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Geraldine Foy on 22 Apr 2019
Thanking you for staying with us .

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved the bar and the music!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Geraldine on 3 Apr 2019
Thanks for your nice review , hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Shana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Ger on 12 Mar 2019
Shana , Thanks for your excellent rating . Hope to see you again . Geraldine

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect stay
Lovely stay and in perfect location
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Geraldine on 12 Mar 2019
Thanks for your lovely review .

10/10 Excellent

John l

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Geraldine on 6 Mar 2019
Thanks for your nice review

8/10 Good

Graham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Geraldine on 4 Jan 2019
Graham, Thanks for staying with us.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Centre of Westport
Friendly, small B&B adjacent to a bar in the centre of town. Rooms are upstairs on two floors and the building does not have an elevator. We had a comfortable, small, clean room and bathroom with a walk-in shower, at the rear of the building. It was quiet. Rooms overlooking the street may be noisy as the street is busy. A desk, and good wifi were provided. No safe, no frig. Tea/coffee is available 24/7 in the guest lounge downstairs. Breakfast (substantial) was served in a basement room overlooking a pleasant courtyard. McCarthy’s Bar does not serve meals but we had a good meal at a nearby hotel which had delightful traditional Irish music after dinner. There is no on-site parking. We parked free on the street outside.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Response from Geraldine on 31 Oct 2018
Thanks for your nice detailed review of our guesthouse .

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
cheaper option in Westport.
Reasonable room but no shampoo or soap for the shower. Other than that the bed was fine and plenty space in the room and bathroom.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Response from Geraldine on 31 Aug 2018
Apologies Richard , There should have been body soap in the bathroom as we find that most people like to use their own brand of toiletries . If you mentioned it to us we would have supplied you with shampoo , Delighted you were happy with your stay otherwise..

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Perfect for a couple of nights in Westport
It was a perfect place for us to stay, we could park up and enjoy Westport. The pub had great traditional music on the Sunday night we stayed. Rooms were spacious and comfortable (a little update would make it perfect). Breakfast was good.....cooked to order which was great. Lots of stairs so this accommodation would not be suitable for some people.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Response from Geraldine on 14 Aug 2018
Thanks so much for your nice review and delighted you enjoyed your stay. As we are built into a hill we cant avoid lots of stairs , believe me I wish we could .

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We stayed in the 3 bed apartment which was lovely! Very spacious, clean and comfortable - we were even able to do some much needed washing! Would definitely stay again
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Response from Geraldine on 8 Aug 2018
Julie, Delighted you enjoyed your stay .

10/10 Excellent

Rose

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018
Response from Geraldine on 20 Jun 2018
Rose , Thanks for your great review.

10/10 Excellent

Sara-Ann H

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice hosts - great breakfast!
Stayed 1 night in May 2018
Response from Geraldine on 12 Jun 2018
Sara -Anne it was lovely having you stay and thanks for your wonderful review.

10/10 Excellent

David, North Yorkshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very comfortable room and one of the best breakfast's I have enjoyed in a b&b.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018
Response from Geraldine on 16 Jun 2018
David Thanks for your fabulous review.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice place to stay for the night. Clean and unassuming. Breakfast was delicious!
Stayed 1 night in May 2018
Response from Geraldine on 16 Jun 2018
Thanks for your review.

8/10 Good

Catherine

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Basic but clean.
Great location, short walk to bars and restaurants. Very basic amenities and communal lounge for tea and coffee. No drink making facilities in room. Comfortable bed. Good value for price paid.
Response from geraldine foy on 31 Mar 2018
Thanks for your review.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommended
Wonderful hotel with fantastic hosts and great breakfasts in a central location!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018
Response from Geraldine on 20 Feb 2018
Delighted you enjoyed your stay in Mc Carthys

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice friendly central location
staff were friendly, place was nice and clean in a central location, 5 minute walk to the centre of westport
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017
Response from Geraldine on 25 Jan 2018
Thanks for yuur nice review.

8/10 Good

Moira, Farnborough, Hampshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
McCarthy's Lodge & Bar
My two 20 something sons and I stayed for the first and last nights of our holiday (July 2017) and were made to feel like part of the family. Breakfast was cooked freshly to order and there was plenty of it, my sons were very happy with that. The lady who runs it was amazing and couldn't do enough to make our stay as comfortable as possible. We could come and go as we pleased and it was located in the centre of town. We shared a family room on the top floor and it was clean and comfortable and just what we needed. It needs a bit of updating in the communal areas but this does not take away from it at all and I would recommend this place on the sheer hospitality alone.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017
Response from Ger on 30 Jul 2017
Moira It was a pleasure to have you and your 2 wonderful sons stay and your are all welcome back anytime.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent value
Excellent service, staff very friendly and welcoming. In the middle of westport. Literally a stones throw from westport house. Couldn't recommend enough
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017
Thanks for your lovely review , We strive for perfection , in order for all our guests to enjoy themselves , Geraldine

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Apartment spotless very comfortable lovely staff. Met their dog Rosco. Right beside Wesport House. Had lovely time.

10/10 Excellent

keith & tracey, uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location location
Great location made very welcome if you want traditional Irish this is the place for you, lovely breakfast & Geraldene & Michael were really lovely people, great hosts, we will definitely be back.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ideal location for sight seeing
Location was excellent. Met by friendly owner. The WiFi was very hit and miss. The hallway had a damp, unusual smell. Parking and shopping facilities nearby were excellent.

10/10 Excellent

tommy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great place for a get away .very good service

8/10 Good

Ursula

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We really enjoyed our stay at mc carthys

6/10 Okay

john

Westport stay
Friendly welcome, excellent bar with live music. Room slightly dated with a musty odour but otherwise clean and tidy. Fine for a short stay

10/10 Excellent

John, Florida

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We enjoyed our stay very much. The lady who owns it was very pleasant and helpful with the names of places we should go as well as with directions.

6/10 Okay

Arnd

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Allthough I booked bed and breakfast there was no breakfast available!!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Geraldine on 21 Aug 2019
Thanks so much for your wonderful review.

8/10 Good

Wai Ling

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good
Very good
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Geraldine on 31 Oct 2018
Thanks for your nice review & delighted you enjoyed your stay in Westport .