Galway hotel/weddings

cazzak79

Hi everyone I need help
I'm just engaged ) so now looking for venues
Just having small wedding soo where is good or bad
Want somewhere easy to get to
I like Westwood hotel any other in the city

thesandeman

Can't really recommend anything but 'The Westwood' is not in the City. It would cost a lot for guests to get to and from there to town or wherever they are staying.

Let us know what type/how many etc you are thinking of and I'm sure you will get good recommendations.

Congrats :-)

seriouslysweet

It would cost a tenner per taxi, per way as am currently living in the city centre and worked there over the Summer! Sometimes it's only 8 euro.
Very popular place for weddings.

johnlcvi

cazzak79 wrote: »

Hi everyone I need help
I'm just engaged ) so now looking for venues
Just having small wedding soo where is good or bad
Want somewhere easy to get to
I like Westwood hotel any other in the city

Ther are lots of hotels in Galway that cater to weddings. THe Galway Bay Hotel in Salthill, The Salthill Hotel, Salthill. The Ardilaun Hotel, Just to name a few. These hotels have parking good facilites and there are B & B's in close proximity.

biko

For 70/80 I'd consider Rowing Club. It's cosy and in city centre.
www.facebook.com/galwayrowingclub

grahambol

The Harbour Hotel (on the docks) is now holding weddings and would be perfect for those numbers. I have heard good things about it..

fishy fishy

it doesn't cost a lot to go from town to the Westwood - its only a 7 minute drive. less than a tenner.

The Ardilaun is a lovely place for a wedding.

Westwood is fine too.

biko

Wait, are you looking for a spot to hold the wedding, or the reception/afters?

Toast4532

I've been to The Galway Bay hotel, not for a wedding/event, but just a weekend away and have to say it was fab, the food in the restaurant was lovely (though we only had breakfast, no dinner/lunch there).

It's about 10 mins in a taxi and we paid between €8 and €12 euros for taxis depending on the taxi you get. Any time we got hotel reception to phone a taxi for us, the taxi had a call out charge of €2 or €3 again depending on the taxi you get.

IK09

thesandeman wrote: »

Can't really recommend anything but 'The Westwood' is not in the City. It would cost a lot for guests to get to and from there to town or wherever they are staying.

Let us know what type/how many etc you are thinking of and I'm sure you will get good recommendations.

Congrats :-)

The westwood isnt too far out of the city, maybe 3/4 miles at most from the city centre. Probably about a tenner for a taxi of 4.

Was at a wedding there last year, and it was fine. Cant complain but at the same time nothing special. Were having our reception in the galway bay hotel in Salthill. Its about 2/3 miles from the city centre. The gf feel in love with the place so that was that.

RubyGirl

Try the House Hotel.

cazzak79

RubyGirl wrote: »

Try the House Hotel.

The house hotel is closed!
Is the twelve hotel expensive to stay in

Lisa7

Am going to wedding on my own, no partner, and its a good friend. How much is good to give?

RubyGirl

cazzak79 wrote: »

The house hotel is closed!
Is the twelve hotel expensive to stay in

The House Hotel is not closed they had the restaurant's association of Ireland there Wednesday night and I was in it the weekend before for an engagement party.

cazzak79

RubyGirl wrote: »

The House Hotel is not closed they had the restaurant's association of Ireland there Wednesday night and I was in it the weekend before for an engagement party.

Oops sorry meant not doing weddings!

RubyGirl

cazzak79 wrote: »

Oops sorry meant not doing weddings!

Do aswell sorry, was at my cousins wedding there last year, they just move around the tables at the back bar, it was a small wedding aswell.

CaraMay

I was at a wedding in the westwood last year. I thought the place was pretty drab and didn't stand out from any other wedding I had been at. The food was very slow and just fine, nothing special.

cazzak79

Might have a look at the Galway bay hotel next weekend

RickyBobby1

cazzak79 wrote: »

Might have a look at the Galway bay hotel next weekend

We are having our wedding reception there next December.I have being to previous weddings before and enjoyed them with no complaints.We only live up the road from there as well do It means something to us I guess.
Best of luck

dudara

I was at a wedding in the Claregalway Hotel. Was quite pleasantly surprised -the decor was nice & food good (for mass-catering type food).

ABajaninCork

cazzak79 wrote: »

Might have a look at the Galway bay hotel next weekend

I wouldn't. Booked a suite there for our honeymoon. It was a horrendous experience. Room was cold as the heating was broken. The sitting room was filthy. The suite itself was dark and dingy with old fashioned furniture. Shower didn't work. Management were very slow to respond to calls and when they eventually did, tried to dismiss me as a Bridezilla. Big mistake!!

Bog standard suite, and bog standard food for a lot of money. There was NOTHING special about the hotel. We complained to the management and left after one night.

If you're willing to travel a little further on, then I would go to the Bunratty Castle. The service and food there was like night and day. It was MUCH cheaper and better than the Galway Bay IMO. The hotel management treated us like royalty and couldn't do enough for us. AND the suite was much nicer. Or maybe try the 'G'.

pixus

We had our wedding reception in the Ardilaun Hotel and would recommend it. Our wedding was also small approx 80 guests, we used the smaller function room and it worked very well. The outside grounds are lovely and as the weather was good on our day we had our arrival drinks outside. We found the staff very friendly and helpful through out the planning and on the day. We had also considered the Galway Bay hotel, however it would have ment 2 wedding taking place on the same day ! I hope this helps.