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Reviews of The Briers

3 out of 5
The Briers
39 Middle Tollymore Road, Newcastle, Northern Ireland

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 145 out of 209 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 37 out of 209 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 18 out of 209 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 209 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 209 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Lorraine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent stay! Clean room and very quaint location. Breakfast was nice many options.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Denise

Travelled with partner
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It was in a very beautiful setting you could walk around .Breakfast options were great for continental!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

niall

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay in the briers and will definitely be back. Very friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Excellent facilities and extremely clean. Beautiful and tranquil surroundings.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Noreen

Travelled with partner
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Rooms are of superior quality and Darren is the perfect host!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Celine

Travelled with family
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Magical
The Briars is world class in every possible way.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Darren on 23 Feb 2024
thank you so much for staying and your wonderful review, I really appreciate it, Darren

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Darren is a fabulous host. Incredibly friendly, outgoing and informative. His property is beautiful he he does an amazing job of making you feel at home. He provided us with recommendations to a fabulous restaurant and recommended that we make time to stroll the waterfront, which we did and were so happy we did! We already have plans to stay at The Briers Country house again.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

greg

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Beautiful quiet and sheep!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

terence, Halfmoon Bay

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Albert

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First Class
Fabulous in every way
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

louise

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

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Was lovely and bright and clean very comfortable relaxing atmosphere
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joyce

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Checked all the boxes for a relaxing visit
Very relaxing property with privacy yet very short drive to all the amenities of downtown Newcastle. The owner and host Darren is fantastic. He made certain I had everything needed to enjoy my stay, even provided me with a universal adapter to charge my phone. The Briers exceeded my expectations to the point where I extended my stay and I will definitely be back as a future guest.
View from breakfast window at The Briers
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bruce

Travelled with family
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Lovely staff, wonderful property. Thinking about coming back. Excellent stay!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Terri

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pierce

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Its a quint wee r&r romantic getaway. Great views & wonderful hosts, cant wait to get back there. Get for a mental recharge from modern busy life
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Travelled with partner
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A real country feel.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Chelsea

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Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely, quiet location with very nice grounds and gardens. Staff helpful and obliging. Spacious parking, safe storage for our bicycles provided too.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

simon

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jean

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The perfect B&B ☀️
It was all we could have wished for and our hosts were so friendly and helpful, beautiful surroundings and we felt at ease and relaxed 😌 Sat in the garden after a delicious breakfast and soaked up the atmosphere ☀️ and bird song. Definitely going back again….
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christine

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Nice gardens, peaceful, & walkable to Tollymore Forest.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Carrie

Travelled with family and small children
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Just lovely!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

George

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Lovely house in a ruralsetting
This is a beautiful guest house not far from Newcastle centre but in a rural setting. The people were extremely friendly and helpful and the room was spacious and very comfortable. We had a beautiful cooked breakfast and would certainly stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

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Thumbs up all around!
Lovely place with the friendliest people. I drove up from from Limerick to meet old friends from America on a golf tour. I couldn’t pay Slieve Donald price for the night but I was minutes away at The Briers. Very peaceful. Great people running this place.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

William

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This was 3* so don’t expect 5*. Would def go back again. Was not disappointed in any area. Very friendly
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth, Glasgow

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had an excellent 2 night stay at The Briers. Diane was extremely helpful and friendly, she upgraded our room without asking because there was a better room available. The room was really clean and modern with tea/coffee making facilities with a couple of chocolate biscuits too. There was also a communal area for teas, coffees and biscuits that we didn’t use but was there if we wanted to. The beds were comfortable, the bathroom had toiletries available and the room had a patio door that you could leave the building from and return to so that was helpful as we didn’t have to go through the main building. The breakfast facilities were excellent. You can select from a hot menu with good choices and then there is a variety of cereals, yogurts, fresh fruits, cereal bars and fruit juices. We ordered tea and coffee and got a lovely big teapot of tea and a full cafetière of coffee. Would highly recommend this place if you want to spend some time in Newcastle. We will hopefully be back as soon as we can.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Lillian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful place to stay. We travel a lot and this is the best guest house we stayed to date. Everything was top notch and the owners were so friendly. We would not hesitate to stay again if in the area. We highly recommend this guess house.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ian

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Staycation
What can I say. The Briers was brilliant. When we arrived and checked in we got upgraded, which was very much appreciated thank you Dianne. The room was lovely with good views. My wife and I had a lovely stay. Thank you very much Dianne and Darryl.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Aisling Graham

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We had a lovely stat at The Briers, the location is beautiful and the room we stayed in was superb. The owners were very friendly and went above and beyond to make sure that our stay was perfect. We will definitely be back again and highly recommend the Briers if you’re looking for somewhere beautiful and tranquil to stay, close to Newcastle. Aisling & Richard
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Elaine

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Beautiful would highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Peter

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Great hosts
Lovely hotel with great hosts. Anne was very attentive and helped find us a welcoming restaurant for our first evening meal in Newcastle which was a short drive away. Rooms were a bit tired but the hosts, who have only been there for a month, have great plans to make changes so we’d have no hesitation in going back. Very large garden and good parking space. A cooked Ulster breakfast was one of the best we’ve had with a good range of fruit, cereals and yogurt. Special attention was given to our requirements for a gluten free breakfast. We had nice views of the Mountains of Mourne (when it wasn’t cloudy) as the location is perfect to get to the coast and inland. We were visiting a relative in Newry and could get there in 30 minutes but preferred the coastal route or across the mountains. All in all a great base for a holiday in a very scenic area of Northern Ireland. Thank you for making our visit memorable.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Margie

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It was a very nice and friendly
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

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Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Travelled with family
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Fantastic location I would highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

David

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Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mary

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Beautiful house and lovely hosts
A really lovely , welcoming place to stay . The hosts , Daryl and Diane were so friendly and helpful - even made me a lovely packed lunch for my hike in the Mournes the following day . Very safe and clean. A really lovely place to stay .
Slieve Donard and Slieve Commedagh viewed from the house
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

REG

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly and relaxed
The hosts were friendly and kind. Always had time to stop for a chat.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Dearbhla

Travelled with group
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Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Birers
Lovely place to stay. New owners were very pleasant and helpful. Would definately reccommend the briers and would consider returning at a later date. Thankyou Diane and family
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Hazel

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Darryl and Diane were so welcoming and friendly. Breakfast was great and they went out of their way to cater for me (gluten free). The location is lovely, we wish them lots of success in their venture and hope we make it there again sometime! Hazel & Chris
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great weekend at the Mournes
Great place to stay close to the Mournes and Newcastle. Run well by a nice family, who were very welcoming and keen to make sure my stay was as good as possible. Highly recommend a stay at the Briers
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Victor

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value
Extremely friendly owners. Hard working, hands on.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

David mc clay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021