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Galway Bay Hotel

4 star hotel
Connecting rooms
8.8/10 Excellent
(1001 verified Hotels.com guest reviews)
See verified family reviews (6)

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Overview

The Galway Bay Hotel is a large, family-friendly hotel situated on the beach. While some rooms may be small or outdated, many guests have praised the hotel's excellent service, delicious breakfast, and a variety of amenities, including a pool and kids' camp. Families particularly appreciate the helpful and friendly staff, the convenient location, and the nearby attractions. The hotel offers both a bar and restaurant with kid-friendly options.

Guest highlights

The exceptional kindness, helpfulness, and engagement from the staff.
The delicious and varied breakfast.
The kids' camp.

About the hotel

Spend the day relaxing on the beach or pampering yourself at Galway Bay Hotel's full-service spa.

Nearby attractions

Located in Galway, Galway Bay Hotel is on the beach. Galway City Museum and Druid Theatre are cultural highlights, and some of the area's attractions include Leisureland and National Aquarium of Galway. Traveling with kids? Consider Millennium Children's Park and Playground, or check out an event or a game at Pearse Stadium. Looking to get your feet wet? Scuba diving, water skiing and windsurfing adventures can be found near the property.

Popular amenities

Family friendly

Babysitting (surcharge)
Children's club (surcharge)
Children's pool
In-room child care (surcharge)
Indoor pool
Laundry facilities
Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Supervised childcare (surcharge)

Wifi

Available in all rooms: free wifi and wired internet
Available in some public areas: free wifi

Food and drink

1 bar
1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
24-hour room service
Full breakfast available for a fee daily 7:30 am–10:30 am: eur 12.95 per person

Spa

Body scrubs
Body treatments
Body wraps
Facials
Manicures and pedicures
Massages
Spa open daily
Thalassotherapy

Guest services

24-hour front desk
Daily housekeeping
Dry cleaning service
Hair salon
Laundry facilities
Luggage storage
Multilingual staff
Porter/bellhop
Turndown service
Wedding services

Accessibility

Accessible bathroom (select rooms)
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
In-room accessibility (select rooms)
Stair-free path to entrance
Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
Wheelchair-accessible business center
Wheelchair-accessible lounge
Wheelchair-accessible parking
Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

Things to do

Aerobics classes
Children's pool
Fitness center
Full-service spa
Indoor pool
Sauna

Outdoor

Beachfront location
Rooftop terrace

Conveniences

Banquet hall
Elevator
Free newspapers in lobby
Front-desk safe
Library

More

Smoke-free property
map

Reviews that mention...

Family Reviews

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4 out of 5 stars

6 reviews

Review data

5 star reviews

33%

4 star reviews

50%

3 star reviews

0%

2 star reviews

17%

1 star reviews

0%

We have selected a sample of reviews which reflect what families have said about Galway Bay Hotel

Latest reviews (6)

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andrew

16 Feb 2024 - 18 Feb 2024
reviewed on expedia

4 out of 5 stars

Well sited property. My only complaint is that my room had a strange odor and not deeply clean. All staff were delightful and hardworking and my kids' room was fine.
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Shannon

9 Oct 2023 - 10 Oct 2023
reviewed on orbitz

5 out of 5 stars

I actually booked this hotel as a birthday present for my daughter as she was visiting Ireland with boyfriend to meet his family. They both could not say enough wonderful things about the hotel. The in room wine and chocolates, the view, the location, the buffet, Galway, the Salthill Promenade .....they loved everything. I can't thank you enough for providing such a wonderful experience for them!
J

Jordan

11 Dec 2022 - 12 Dec 2022
reviewed on hcom

4 out of 5 stars

Check in wasn't great .. had to wait till nearly 4.30 for room to be ready after arriving at 2.30 . Had 7 month old baby with us waiting for room
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Rocky

13 Jul 2022 - 14 Jul 2022
reviewed on orbitz

4 out of 5 stars

A large property with comfortable rooms located on the beach next to a carnival rides facility. Very family oriented. The only downside is that it is quite a ways from old town Galway.
A

1 Nov 2023 - 3 Nov 2023
reviewed on hcom

5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant all round value and comfort. Lovely new bathroom, room perfectly nice, we were on top floor like a dormer window room, no view alas. The best rooms are with the sea view obviously! But we spent our time in the pool, cafe, bar, restaurant downstairs as there were lots of nice options downstairs. Service was above and beyond, unbelievable standard of kindness, helpfulness, engagement from staff. Faultless. Smiles and welcome - a thing you don't see all the time now. Breakfast was one of the very best despite the busyness of the hotel. We ate in the Bar and also the Restaurant - both good, kiddy friendly which suited us but wouldn't suit romancing couples! We will return for the service from Rachel in the Bar and Cayleigh in the Restaurant - made us feel like they wanted us there, appreciated our business and it was just great!
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Invalid Date - Invalid Date
reviewed on hcom

2 out of 5 stars

We were very disappointed with our stay. On arrival there was a mix up with booking and reception were helpful in helping with this issue. Our room was small and outdated. The taps in our bathroom weren't working so maintenance had to fix. Then our TV wouldn't turn on even though it had previously been on. Overall our bedroom and the hall corridors were cold. The swimming pool was cold and the changing rooms dirty. One of the evenings the boiler broke in the leisure centre so we could not shower and had to go upstairs in a towel. The hotel had advertised that a discount was available for leisureland and we asked reception and the leisure centre and we were told this was not the case. We had breakfast in the 'family room' on one of the mornings and the breakfast was cold and had a poor selection, we then realised that the actual breakfast room had a much better selection the next morning. The reception staff were unhelpful. The kids camp was great.
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