It took us a while to find the hotel, although it was plum in the middle of Main Street but that was because it had just been repainted and the signs weren't up.

Reception/check in: warm and friendly with minimal fuss

GF: Large comfortable lounge in `american' lodge style with period antique furniture, leading to Bistro and separate breakfast rooms.

Quiet comfortable hotel with sea view at front. fronts a busyish main road with off-road parking at rear of hotel for about 7-10 vehicles (turning space is tight).

Room: Our room was family size and could have taken either a bigger bed or probably a separate single bed. Room had a flat screen TV with a few satellite channels. Bath with shower over.

We had a sea view but spoilt a little by a commercial building almost exactly opposite. The hotel faces the Atlantic, and consequently suffers from cold winds and although the heating was on, it was still a little chilly.

We had problems with the plumbing which the owners tried to resolve but it really needed a plumber and as it was a Sunday afternoon that was not going to happen. To their credit they made a bath in another room available for us. Full marks for customer service!

Food: We ate a good hot breakfast (waitress served) with a wide range of options. We didn't stay full board but ate in the `bistro' on the Saturday night. A pleasant enough bar and restaurant area attended to by a Maitre D. Starters were very well presented and cooked, main meal fell down a little on taste, but none the less was a good meal. As common in both Eire and N Ireland, restaurant prices are high (London levels). We ate 2 courses, wine and coffee for 69 Euros.

Hotel has free WiFi, a large lounge area and tea/coffee on tap.

Bundoran is a typical seaside town with water park, beach, amusements, fairground and a range of pubs, cafe's etc. Lacks a few high end restaurants, but pleasant enough and well situated for exploring the area.

Firstly booked this hotel because of excellent reviews and also noticed that owners actually took time to read reviews and respond to them. First stay in Fitzgeralds but will definitely stay again - spotlessly clean hotel, extremely friendly & helpful staff - nothing was any trouble. Beautiful breakfast with a great selection available. Had 2 small children with me so hotel was lovely, quiet and peaceful. Could not recommend Fitzgeralds highly enough

We spent two nights in Fitzgeralds for a short holiday with three children. Our ensuite room was massive, very clean, warm and comfortable with a gorgeous view of the sea. The children were made welcome and the price for the five of us was very reasonable. Breakfast is served up to 10.30 am which was great seeing as we aren't exactly early birds! The breakfast was well worth the trip and the service was faultless, The location is great; we parked in the private carpark and didn't move the car for the two days we stayed because everything is within walking distance. There is a quiet little bar that opens in the evening that serves a great pint of guinness and the barman had a wealth of local knowledge. We really enjoyed our stay, one particular good point is the fact that there is no entertainment inhouse, this meant we could get to sleep no bother. The freely available complimentary tea and coffee were also a real bonus. To sum it up we can't wait to go back and will highly recommend this hotel to our friends.

We are regular visitors to Fitzgeralds restaurant, we had an Australian visitor down in the area for the weekend and booked the restaurant due to its usual high standards and knew our guest would not be disappointed.
As usual we were greeted by the friendly face of John, and when questioned about many wines on the list by our visitor he answered in confidence.
We had great food, starters, mains, dessert......and of course wine, haven eaten in many michelin star restaurants around the world our guest was highly impressed and eager to return to Fitzgeralds before he returns to Oz in 4 weeks time!!

Liz Mc Elhinney - Derry