Coast Rosslare Strand

Overall it is good value. Very good breakfast. The only thing is that the decor is very grey in the rooms and corridors and paintwork badly needs to be redone everywhere. Also, carpets are getting old.

I paid e400 cash on arrival and expected some level of customer consideration. However, the evening before departure i asked a very small favour in the form of a cooked meal in restaurant in place of the breakfast next day when i had to dash off to drive down to the ferry departure and check in. This small request seemed to engender some amazement if not resentment and I was made to feel like persona non grata in an embarrassing discussion at the desk. I suppose the moral is the customer is not always king. Having worked in sales myself, I would certainly have taken a different approach as a small token of appreciation for staying, and looking ahead for future business. Apart from this I would recommend the staff checkout the television functionality beforehand as in my case the thing looked a little off-colour and eventually ceased completely and spluttered to a blank, dead screen. One other point: a really up-to-date hotel sometimes has a small supply of bottled water as an arrival welcome to use for tea / coffee. Although most tap water is not poisonous, it sometimes leaves a funny taste in the mouth. I found this to be the case on this occasion. Possibly Coast Rosslare needs to re-evaluate its accommodation. In my case the room had a pretty depressing effect on me with the greyish decor. What do interior decorators always recommend ? 'You can't really go wrong with cream ! '

The food and the service were excellent, we had an evening meal and the full Irish breakfast was huge. Very quick service in the restaurant given it was cooked to order, and very friendly. The room was spacious, with a comfortable bed, however the bathroom was tired, with chipped paint, cracked tiles, and a shower screen on the bath that didn’t seal against it, so water got onto the floor. It was functional though and given the good price and convenient location just a few mikes from the ferry port, I would recommend it.