Elagh View Bed & Breakfast

Electronic check in via a pad. Ours didn’t work, but checked in and out via phone. Not walking distance to shops or pubs. Need a car to stay there. It worked well for us

The property was is in disrepair and did not provide the breakfast promised.

Okay stay although rundown and in need of repair. Overall it was not a great experience, we would not stay there again. Upon arrival the property is not very inviting but you do receive the front door code by email. We entered, but then struggled to get into our room. Although the room code was emailed to us, the numbers were almost completely rubbed off the keypad, so we had to try for about 10 minutes before we finally got in. Once we arrived, the room was quite small, and there were small bits of debris in multiple areas. The nightstand on one side of the bed was broken off of the wall and missing, and the lamp was just sitting on the floor. There were multiple damprid containers to pull moisture from the air in this one small room which makes me wonder if they had water issues? We tried to check in on the tablet as they requested, but it was dead and wouldn’t power on. I tried plugging it in using a different cord and hub that we brought, and it would flash low battery, but never could get it to power on. That tablet is also how you are supposed to order your breakfast and check out, so we could do none of those things. I called the phone number listed for the property and it said it was disconnected. I emailed the property to check in and give our breakfast order, and didn’t receive anything back. Our room’s view was of the small parking lot, and we never got to see any good views, because I assume the breakfast area is the only place with a good view. We booked mostly for the view and the breakfast and got neither.

The view from our room was of the sidewall of a storage building, and a garden. The host never greeted us in person. It was impossible to know, when inside the room, if the room was locked or not to people outside the room. The bathroom door provided no acoustic privacy and was a slider and was unfinished on the bathroom side with no knob or handle. The room was clean and inexpensive and seemed to be in a safe location. The instruction to unlock the room door upon arrival, were inaccurate. The automated checkin process had my name, but someone else's email listed and was difficult to figure out.

The room is very small. The check in and check out was via a tablet. They do not provide breakfast. Our windows would not open and the area was very loud. Doors slamming and people knocking on doors at all hours. Bed was comfortable but I was glad we were only there one night. I would not go back.

I booked this bed & breakfast in the states before my long trip. A few days before I arrived for my stay I received an email from the owner stating that I booked at the room only rate and breakfast would cost extra. This in itself would be enough to make me want to cancel my stay as breakfast is in the name. However check in is done via entry code and a tablet because there is no staff on site so receiving the wrong room type then what I booked can not be fixed. So my nephew ended up sleeping on the floor. Also there is not complimentary bottled water as advertised and the TV is not 32" as advertised. I would recommend that you save yourself the trouble and book a different place for a better price than this so called B&B.