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( 5-7 of 7 )
“I don't recommend it!”

Bienvenue Guesthouse

17 Mar 2005
7/7 found this review helpful

So many things were wrong I don't know where to begin! THE FOOD: We arrived late Tuesday night and Lorna took our breakfast orders through verbal communication. Next morning, only 1 order was correct. Another morning there was a hair in my food and it was obviously not mine as it was attached to the potato bit I got. However, for me, I always got my orders correctly made but for my friends it came wrong. Each one of them told me she didn't give them a correct order at least once.
ACCOMODATIONS:
My first problem came when I laid down in the bed and could smell on the pillow that the sheets had obviously not been changed. Woke up and went to take a shower and noticed that the shower had not been cleaned. There was hair from the previous guest not only in the shower but on the floor from the last few guests. It was obvious that the bathroom had only gotten a light touch and not a thorough cleaning.

I stayed in a double/triple room and a friend of mine (who arrived a day later) was in a single en suite room. At breakfast the morning after she arrived, Lorna asked her if she could move rooms to the standard room without en suite because she had overbooked the place and was having to give up even her own room for this. She felt bad of course so helped my friend move (who was not happy about it!). Unfortunately, the room she was moving my friend to had a guest in it the night before, so obviously it needed cleaning but she said she would take care of that while we were out and could my friend still move her things over now. While helping my friend she begins to make up the bed in the new room without changing the sheets! My friend points this out to her and she changes the sheets. Mind you, my friend booked this hotel for all 6 of us back in November but these people who put her into overbooking booked in December!

I saw a previous review and there was a different name for the manager but it seems the attitude is the same. It feels as if the management is saying, "You're in my books but wait, now you're not. I've overbooked can you move to a new room and I won't clean it for you?" It's like a slap in the face to the guest.

I personally was ready to pack up but I didn't want to leave my friends behind. And although they saw the place as I did, they felt that it wouldn't be worth it to leave when all we did was sleep there. Each one of us has said we would not stay there again, nor would we recommend it to our friends, so I won't recommend it to you!

Lorna comes off as overwhelmed, underprepared and in WAY over her head. She is a nice lady but this isn't her line of work. She needs to either step it up or find a new job because I can imagine that there will be more people unhappy with the place.

This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC
This TripAdvisor Member's Summary
Date of Stay: March 2005
Member since: 29 October 2004
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Great!”

Bienvenue Guesthouse

15 Mar 2005
5/7 found this review helpful

The Bienvenue is great! The manageress is very nice and helpful. The rooms are clean and spacious and the food is lovely! It is also very close to Queen's and other attractions. All for £38 a night or less if sharing!

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SusiePIreland's Summary
Date of Stay: February 2005
Member since: 07 July 2005
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
I recommend this hotel for:
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“Don't forget to double-check!”

Bienvenue Guesthouse

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1 of 5 stars
Cardiff, Wales, U,K
19 Nov 2003
12/14 found this review helpful

Two weeks ago I contacted the Bienvenue Guesthouse by email to check the price and cost of booking a double room for sole occupancy for a night's stay in November. The Manageress was extremely helpful and quoted me a great rate.

I telephoned the hotel a fortnight prir to my arrival in Belfast to make the booking for Monday 17th November 2003 and gave my credit card details to reserve the room, my tel.# and expected time of arrival. The manageress reassured me that there was no need for any email confirmation as the booking was 'in their book'.

Luckily I visited the establishment the day before arrival to get it's bearings (I was staying with family locally) but was told that no booking was taken in my name but that there would be no problem and my details were again added to their book.

It wasn't until I returned my accomodation that I had a message from the Manageress to say that no bookings were being taken as 'the building was in need of urgent renovation' (though there was no signs during my visit), and that there (still) was no record of my original booking.

Fiona and staff are extremely pleasant and the guesthouse appears to be beautiful and friendly but the moral to my story is 'double, double check when booking at Bienevenue and insist on email confimation' as they can be somewhat disorganised.

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8 Sans Souci Park, Belfast BT9 5BT, Northern Ireland