Dog Friendly Gwynedd Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Vicky - Verified booking

  The cottage is in a beautiful setting, down a narrow country lane a few minutes drive outside of Bryncrug.

  There are many nice, thoughtful touches to the cottage. As we arrived on 23rd December, the Christmas decorations were a lovely surprise. We particularly enjoyed the wonderful views across the estuary toward the rolling hills of the countryside from the mezzanine floor and the peace and quiet of this stunning location. The furniture and bedding is of a high quality and little extras like providing cleaning products and handwash is so helpful. The additional laundry room is a plus if you have reason to use it. The garden is lovely but isn't fully enclosed so we kept our puppy on a long lead for exercise. There is a pleasant if short walk down the lane alongside the estuary, if you turn left out of the cottage drive and Tywyn Town and beach is an easy 8 to 10 minute drive away with other great places to visit near by. On the downside there are a few unfortunate issues we encountered which could easily be resolved. We were very disappointed to find the kitchen wasn't very clean at all. Some of the utensils weren't clean, for example the frying pan had grease on it and I had to wash all the saucepans and roasting tin before I could use them to cook Christmas lunch. The oven hadn't been cleaned in ages and was quite disgusting! Not what I expected at all. The bathroom would benefit from better lighting or a lit mirror as my hubby found shaving near impossible. A small unit or chair to put bathroom bits would be useful too. We discovered a leak under the the sink in the downstairs loo which had previously been mentioned, but was clearly not fixed. However, given that we found this on Christmas eve we didn't want to bother the owner immediately, so we dealt with it as best we could and reported it in the maintenance book. Really frustrating was the lack of instruction manuals or information for appliances, after much messing about, I worked out how to work the induction hob. Thankfully, Google was where we found instructions on using the oven and woodburner! The owners should perhaps consider that not all guests have these models at home and so won't know how to use them and basic instructions would be very helpful. Little issues that could easily be resolved with more care and attention to detail to ensure guests enjoy a trouble free stay.

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• Giorgia - Verified booking

  We stayed at this property for 5 days during NY time.

  The cottage was the perfect place to unwind from the frenetic life and enjoy the wonderful landscape that is all around this plot. We also had 2 dogs with us which loved this place a lot too! The garden is very large but not completely fenced/closed so we decided to keep our dogs on the lead to avoid possibile inconvenience. The cottage was very well cleaned and extremely cosy. We absolutely loved our time there. The stone walls are so thick that you are quite unlikely to hear any sounds coming from the cottage next to Dysynni. The log burner is a surplus! We visited in a very windy and rainy week, so that helped us keeping nice and warm for late games (although there’s a central heating in the property which works completely fine). Real pretty the choice of bedding. Not even mentioning the washing powder: the smell of clean was fantastic. The host gives customers the opportunity to write their feedback in a visitor book and also a maintenance book, should something requiring fixing/repairing or simply suggesting how to get better. We did in fact mentioned only a couple of things regarding the maintenance/improvements: one was about the dishwasher which has done its cycle but somehow has not washed the dishes; the other one was the wifi which doesn’t always work. We didn’t mind either of them because we didn’t prepare big meals and we went there with the intention of relax and escape. Extremely fast and organised the management regarding the log burner which one night had an issue but it was immediately solved within 24h. We would definitely come back again! (If we can)

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• Anne - Verified booking

  It was lovely to be back at The Little Coach House .

  I have been fortunate enough to visit several times now , in different seasons , and it is always a pleasure. Karen and Russ are wonderful hosts , ( thank you for the bara brith and the bottle of wine ! ) The Little Coach House is always spotlessly clean and very comfortable , the location is beautiful , and the weather was fantastic this time too ! It’s a wonderful place to stay. I’d just like to point out that the listing on the Menai Cottages site may be slightly misleading, as it states that the Little Coach House is a bungalow , with level access . This could be a problem for any potential visitors with mobility difficulties , if they had thought from the description on the website that it was completely accessible for them , with level access and no stairs to negotiate. It is actually a little house , on two floors , with a staircase leading to the second floor bedroom and bathroom . There are also some shallow steps leading down from the private parking place for The Little Coach House. Additionally , as the private courtyard garden is on two levels , there are also some steps between the different levels. Maybe some indication of this on the website would be helpful for those who are thinking of booking a stay , but have limited mobility ?

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• Tina - Verified booking

  What a wonderful place to spend a week!

  ! Bob and Tina are so friendly and helpful. The whole place was cosy, the bed was comfortable, there was plenty of space and the views and setting were just amazing!! I would recommend this cottage to anyone. There are two EV chargers which is so rare and thank you to Bob for installing those. Note that the Laundry Room is out of the back door and turn left. We couldn't find this info anywhere in the cottage and I think the Information folder possibly needs going through to check that all the necessary info is there and up to date. There was a really good suggestion in there, though, for the Salt Marsh Kitchen in Tywyn which we would highly recommend also. Just a couple of things to mention but they didn't make much difference to us and wouldn't put us off going back. The duvet filling, despite shaking, remained quite bunched up in places, as did the pillows. Anyway, we didn't manage to sort that out. We still slept really well as the heating was very efficient. The frying pan is bowed so spins around on the hob and only really cooks in the centre...again, we managed just fine...first world problems etc. A small set of digital scales would be useful, unless they are there and I just didn't find them. A superb property and we hope to be back!

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• Gail - Verified booking

  We received a very warm welcome from the owners despite the fact we had to change our travel plans.

  The property is very well equipped and benefits from a private, quite large, beautiful patio area with table and seating, very useful as we had a dog with us. The coach house is cosy downstairs and has a spacious bedroom/ dressing area with TV. There are lovely landscaped garden views from every window. The gardens have various seating areas you can use and a summer house which contained DVDs and board games to borrow. There is a pleasant walk to a private lake which also has seating areas and sun lounges; there are boats you can use but we didn't! It is a pity that due to live stock our dog had to be on a lead but we quite understood. Located within 15 minutes drive of a very dog friendly beach and close to many Welsh beauty spots we are happy to recommend this lovely holiday property and would return.

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