Arklow Bay Hotel  

The staff were friendly and helpful. The location is great for exploring the Wiklow area.

The room (Furniture, bed, TV bathroom and decoration) we had was tired and in need of renovation. We had one evening meal in the restaurant, the steak was not very good, the wine made up for it though.

It was value for money as a family of five and there is a leisure center which is always a plus when you have children.

we had a bad experience with our room. when we checked in we didnt check out the room,just dropped the bag and left as we were meeting friends and eating out with them later we came back to the hotel and had a few drinks we had kids with us so we stayed in the reception area.two of the children fell asleep so we called it a night.so this was the first time we actually saw the room.It looked ok basic enough so we went to bed after a while one of the kids fell out of the bed so i pushed our bed over beside his single and then i couldint believe what i saw dirty socks, knickers and a used tampon on the floor i was disgusted.at that time i couldnt do much other than remove them myself and put a towel on the floor where i had found them as i didnt want the kids to be walking on that area.also there was a bad smell of smoke in the bedroom even my seven yr old made a comment on it,i thought all rooms were smoke free.I did bring it to the attention of the reception next morning where the manager did come to talk and apologise to me my husband was in the room at this time and then a house keeper appeared at the door and asked him where it was he said in the bin i assume my wife put them as i had.Was not the best hotel experience i have had.

Amazing staff and excellent location.

Good food

Good location for our purposes. Our young child in a wheelchair was nicely accommodated without any fuss.

I requested a family room as we have an 18 month old child. I was initially put into a smoking room, despite requesting non smoking. When enquiring about food, having travelled for 7 hours from England, I was advised I had 10 minutes before they stopped serving food ( my husband & child were still in the car at this point!). On moving rooms, we were still in a smoking corridor which was loud & noisy until 2.00am. When I complained the next morning the receptionist advised she 'was sorry about the noise'.... An awful sleep & experience for €120!!

Staff excellent rooms need some tlc food in the bar superb and good value

We attended the Master Mariners Annual Dinner which was excellent.The entire event was very enjoyable.

In our room 305 there was a difficulty in operating the shower there waws water hammer in the toilet water and the bathroom extractor fan was very noisy. Otherwise all was fine.

Where it was located,the view we had from our room & also the food was top notch,absolutely excellent!!

Thought once you step away from the reception area which is very modern,the hotel is veyr dated! Especially the rooms!

Hotel staff was excellent! Decor in the dining room.

No wi-fi in the room.

Reception area, bar & grounds were very well presented.

First family room we were offered (room 323) had a wall outside the bedroom window which made the room dark & dreary looking. We had specifally requested a double bed & two twin beds but only got a camp bed in place of one single bed. There was also no room between each bed & this made it more cramped.Second room was called Kilbride suite! No such luck with suite in the title. Four good size beds but the dreaded wall outside the bedroom window again & even darker than the previous room.The bathroom was falling to pieces & not up to acceptable standard. As this was a treat for a birthday celebration the hotel did nothing to enhance our stay at all.

Relaxed atmosphere plus excellent service, food etc