The Old Inn

We stayed on a 2 night deal with breakfast each morning and one evening meal. Everything was excellent from when we arrived and opened the door to a wood burning open fire. All the staff were extremely helpful and friendly, especially Jodie. The room was clean, superb and so comfortable. The breakfast had a good choice of continental food and the cooked breakfasts were so tasty. We had one evening meal and it was a delight to enjoy a steak in the beautiful surroundings. We made use of the spa facilities and had a wee drink in the hot tub, excellent environment for it. The only problem we had were a few wasps about trying to sip our drinks but sure it is that time of the year. Overall we had a wonderful experience, well done to everyone.

5 star property, 20 minutes from Belfast in a quaint town and 15 minutes walk to the beach. The suite was huge and had its own hot tub. The team could not do enough for us and were super helpful and friendly. The spa is small but has everything you need to relax and unwind. There was an array of options for Dinner and breakfast. Highly recommended the hotel for a relaxing time.

Overall disappointing visit to the Old Inn. When we arrived we got given a menu with special offers for certain courses if I hadn't seen the table next door I wouldn't have known they did other dining options and I wanted to eat from the Al Carte menu. All menus should be offered automatically and diners should not have to ask. It took an age for our server to come despite it being very quiet and it took a while to get drinks. Eventually the food arrived and it was a mess on a plate I have never seen such bad presentation. Why are you using a full size plate for a small starter portion starters would be better served on nice small plates I literally had half an empty plate and it just made the food look terrible. The Pheasant was cooked well and the sauce was lovely but the purple lettuce brought noting to the dish. The way the scallops were presented looked terrible they were drowned in a sauce and you couldn't tell what the dish was. You need to completely scale this dish back scallops are naturally flavoured and are delicate and need little accompaniment it was all too over powering and to be fair they were cooked to perfection and were some of the nicest scallops I have eaten but I had to scrape all the sauce off them. The lemon and thyme rubber disc was inedible not sure what it is and the accompaniment on the bottom was too strong too much going on please simplify this beautiful seafood dish. Again they need presenting on a different plate it had all merged into a sloppy mess. The burger was average again nothing special. We unfortunately did not get to try desserts as after siting with dirty plates for over 30 mins no one offering us desserts we just left. I would happily pay the prices here and more if the food was improved but currently it is very overpriced for what they serve. I also think £5.00 for a glass of tonic is a little too much. The service drastically needs improving too if you are going to class yourselves as elegant gourmet dining there was noting elegant about the presentation of the food or the service provided.

My Wife and I stayed in May to celebrate her Birthday and loved it so much that we returned in November to celebrate our Wedding Anniversary. We love the old world charm, the quirkiness of the different rooms, the outstanding food and above all the friendly, welcoming service. The spa is an absolute favourite, small but perfect. We found it difficult to leave. Thank you to all the team, we can't wait to return.

Got married at the Old Inn in November 2015 and always enjoy returning for our wedding anniversary. Staff were very welcoming as always and our room was clean and very comfortable. Minibar with complementary soft drinks a nice touch as well. I’m also very glad that Galgorm group have retained the traditional style in the rooms in keeping with the old building. We had booked a 3 course meal with our stay as well. The food was excellent, I had the venison which was cooked to perfection and we were delighted to receive a complimentary glass of Prosecco with our meal since it was our anniversary. Service at breakfast was great. One of the waiters noticed me stirring my teapot and very kindly brought me a stronger brew - I like my tea very strong! Didn’t avail of the spa facilities so I can’t comment on them. Maybe next time. Thanks again Jackie and Mark

Room and spa beautiful, there was a wedding on in the hotel so the spa was quiet which was nice, overall facilities were good. My husband had fish and chips and the chips were cold but they did replace with hot chips. I had poached corn fed chicken in barley which really was chicken soup which was nice but was not worth £28.00. The General Food and drinks was overpriced The biggest disappointment was the breakfast the next morning, we both had a cooked breakfast which was cold, I have never had a cold poached egg before and the plates were cold too. The continental breakfast was warmer than the cooked breakfast. Overall I will not be staying again, I was booked this by family for my 60th birthday which I was not given a card as I have previously received in the sister hotel the galgorm, Overall disappointed compared to the last time I stayed with the previous owners of the old inn