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Reviews of The Old Cable Historic House

3 out of 5
The Old Cable Historic House
Old Telegraph Cable Station, Waterville, Kerry

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 62 out of 144 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 46 out of 144 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 20 out of 144 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 144 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 144 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Aubrey

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very cute and quaint. Owner was very kind and welcoming. Room was nice, bed comfortable, bathroom spacious!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christy

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

nicholas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Lovely friendly family run B&B very accommodating for our baby and great food choice for allergies. Thank you
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jamie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

TRACEY

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Juanita

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
We were not expected even booked a stay 6-7 weeks
There were no any communications from the property owners, we have arrived during check in window and the owners were surprised they have guests. The room was clean, ok comfortable, the lady seems irritated, maybe had a bad day.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

ronald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendliness of the owners. Great food and room was excellent. Would recommend to others. They even gave me a 220 adapter. Cheers
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Richard

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

DIANNE

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great B&B and Alan was a great host. The food was amazing.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022

4/10 Poor

elina

Unfortunately due to the plumbing issues had to move to another hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Patsy

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
a beautiful seaside village well off the beaten path. I don't recommend the shortcut thru the mountains unless 22 miles of 8 ft wide road appeals to you. The couple who own and operate old cable house are outstanding. Breakfast was excellent, they have a nice little bar, and they make you feel very welcome. It is a couple hundred meter walk to get to "downtown"...very small. My only criticism is the hardware, doors, fixtures, etc. are well used and in some cases loose.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hosts of the property are extended friendly and the house is a historic landmark. Quite clean, quiet and comfy. Highly recommend the stay!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

abigail

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The pillows could use replacing, as they were quite flat. Other than that it was a great value. The innkeepers were very kind and welcoming. Dining was delicious
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Áine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hosts, beautiful area. Great location.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Terese

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Andy

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean, bright and quiet room. Really lovely and accommodating hosts - nothing too much trouble. Excellent quality breakfast. Felt very welcome and would definitely stay again
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Lloyd

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Not what I chose.
The owners were great. However we were given two separate rooms upon check in. One with a restroom and one without. This was not what I had chosen. It was terribly inconvenient to have to get up in the middle of the night and unlock my door, go across the hall and unlock restroom door each time I needed to use the restroom.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Steven

Travelled with group
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We arrived late but thankfully made it by 10 pm from a busy days travel 😁 Alan was very friendly. We had a nice Irish breakfast in morning and headed to Cliffs of Moher for the rest of our day. Accommodations were perfect for what we needed 😁
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Leona Ilean

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a lovely property with friendly owners. They we’re accommodating to our special needs. There restaurant was lovely.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Friendly and welcoming hosts Comfortable bed and excellent food
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Patrice

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Most amazing and helpful host
This B&B is nicely decorated, and conveniently located close to everything. This is easy in such a small town :) Margaret (the host) was VERY helpful in providing routes for exploring the area and directions to nearby restaurants. Maybe the fact that there were 2 beds together instead of a double bed was a not positive point in the rating... But nice Irish breakfast!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

Diane

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
it was okay.
the room was large, the bathroom was huge, but it was an accessible bathroom so there were no curtains or anything to keep the heat in. The bathroom was so cold that we ran the water longer just to heat it up. The bathroom light over the sink didn’t work so we used the overhead fan light to see, and the owner complained that we were using the fan too much and that it was tripping the circuits. ☹ The bed was comfortable and there were 2 additional single beds in the room. But someone hadn’t done a thorough cleaning job because there was a kid’s sock behind the bureau (when we went to plug in our electronics). I wasn’t happy about the fan issue. There was free parking and Wi-Fi.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Soledad

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We will be back!
Wonderful experience staying with warm and welcoming hosts in a top class B&B. Superb seafood and homemade pasta dishes cooked by their daughter/chef - check out OhMaryLoo’s menu.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The owners Very friendly and helpful . Room comfortable and clean. The location excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

6/10 Okay

Eileen

Disliked: Room comfort
Ok
Location of the property for Waterville was very good. The double bed however was two singles pushed together with soft mattresses. It was difficult to sleep as the curtains were flimsy and the room was very bright from sunrise(early!!) A blackout blind or curtain would sort this out!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Fine place for a night to stay, nothing amazing or poor one way or the other, mediocre.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Guillermo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Hosts lovely & the room cozy, quiet & clean. Nice village on the sea.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ben

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect
Perfect location, great room (very clean and spacious), friendly people and excellent food! Thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Edith Magdalena

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great food. Looked after very well by allan and bfona. Exgremely helpful. Substantial great bfast. Both very caring Bed a bit saggy. Other guests can be noisy
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very relaxed - our host made breakfast for us after we missed the deadline!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

2/10 Terrible

Maria, Miami

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property was horrible from start to finish. When we checked in the lady was so rude and disrespectful.I had sent an email to make sure the rooms were adjoining with a bathroom and we were confirmed that it was.When we arrived it was 2 seperate rooms with a seperate bathroom.The sheets had holes, it smelled like paint, the walls had cracks, The property is falling apart.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Nice location close to the town centre. Amazing breakfast!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

HALINA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice B&B in Waterville
Very nice historical place, clean and very friendly. Cute small coastal town - Walking distance to the ocean front and Waterville golf course.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Kathleen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pride of ownership
The hosts are just lovely . Rooms clean and very comfortable. Walking distance to town. But even if you not staying here come for dinner it was fantastic
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Lesley

Liked: Cleanliness
An adequate room at a decent price
I stayed here for two nights and found it adequate. The room was clean and a good size, but I found the single bed was small and uncomfortable. The layout of the place is a little quirky and the host keeps all the outside doors locked, so anytime you come in and out you have to use your key, which I found a little annoying. Overall I was expecting a better vibe than I got. Perhaps it would have been better if the weather were good enough to sit outside, as the garden there is lovely. The host is friendly enough but it didn’t seem a very welcoming place. I couldn’t eat breakfast there as they didn’t have soymilk/almond milk or non-dairy butter, so the host suggested I go into town to eat breakfast. The location is great and the price was decent, so overall it was OK, but I wouldn’t stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018