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Downings Bay Hotel

3.0 star property
3-star beachfront hotel with 3 bars/lounges

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Front of property
Golf
Iron/ironing board, free WiFi
Reception
On the beach

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Gym
  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Laundry
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

Map
Main Street, Downings, Donegal
  • Carrigart Riding Stables
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Ards Forest Park
    ‪26 min drive‬
  • Marble Hill Strand
    ‪33 min drive‬
  • Londonderry (LDY-City of Derry)
    ‪111 min drive‬

Room options

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Superior Single Room

Superior Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Twin Room (NO VIEW/ DISCO SIDE)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Family Room (NO VIEW/ DISCO SIDE)

Family Room (NO VIEW/ DISCO SIDE)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Family Room (PARTIAL SEA VIEW)

Family Room (PARTIAL SEA VIEW)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Double Room (NO VIEW/DISCO SIDE)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Twin Room (PARTIAL SEA VIEW)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Double Room (PARTIAL SEA VIEW)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

About the area

Downings

On the beach.You'll find Sandy Hills Golf Course and Carrigart Beach within 2 miles (3 km) of this hotel. Carrigart Riding Stables is within 3 miles (5 km) and Ashtree Stables is within 9 miles (15 km).

What's nearby

  • Sandy Hills Golf Course - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Carrigart Riding Stables - 4 min drive - 4.0 km
  • Ards Forest Park - 26 min drive - 20.5 km
  • Marble Hill Strand - 33 min drive - 21.7 km
  • Horn Head - 34 min drive - 29.6 km

Getting around

  • Letterkenny (LTR-Letterkenny Airfield) - 37 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Harbour Bar - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪The Shack - ‬22 min drive
  • ‪Singing Pub - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Patsy Dan's - ‬21 min drive
  • ‪Rose's Bar - ‬14 min drive

About this property

Downings Bay Hotel

3-star beachfront hotel with 3 bars/lounges
Downings Bay Hotel offers its guests a children's pool, a sauna, and a fitness center. There's a restaurant on site. You can unwind with a drink at one of the 3 bars/lounges. Free breakfast is available daily. Public spaces have free WiFi and wired Internet.

A vending machine, tour/ticket assistance, and laundry facilities are also featured at Downings Bay Hotel. You'll have access to the indoor pool and health club at a partner property. Free self parking is available.

This 3-star Downings hotel is smoke free.

  • 40 guestrooms or units
  • 3 bars or lounges
  • Meeting rooms
  • Full breakfast (free)
  • Childcare (free)
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Newspapers for purchase
  • ATM
  • Elevator
  • No smoking on site
  • Dining venue
Downings Bay Hotel offers 40 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards. Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Languages

English

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Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Access to nearby indoor pool
  • Children's pool
  • Free babysitting
  • Laundry facilities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM
  • 3 bars/lounges
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Children's pool
  • Gym
  • Indoor pool (guest access)
  • Sauna
  • Steam room

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with digital channels

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Limited room service

More

  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8 AM - 11 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Renovations and closures

This property is closed from March 31 2025 to April 3 2025 (dates subject to change).

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 10.0 per night.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Rollaway bed fee: EUR 10.0 per night

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve cribs/infant beds and rollaway/extra beds
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve cribs/infant beds and rollaway/extra beds. This property accepts Visa and Mastercard. Cash is not accepted.

National rating

Rating provided by Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority of Ireland, source of official star ratings for accommodation.

Property is also known as

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Downings Bay Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 85 out of 131 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 36 out of 131 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 131 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 131 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 131 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Ron

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel and great bar. Next to the water. Nice Irish breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Garry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

P

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect location, everything within walking distance. No pool onsite but we knew this upon booking. Good breakfast clean rooms, quiet despite facing the 'disco' area. Upper rooms very warm without air con but overall excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

donna

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beds hard and uncomfortable, breakfast seemed to be an inconvenience to the lady serving it !
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Golf trip
We stayed at hotel to play the three golf courses at Rosapena. The hotel staff are brilliant and friendly with a delicious breakfast. The rooms are massive too.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew, Tauranga

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were so accommodating and the food was excellent fare.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff A+++
The staff at Downings Bay Hotel really made our trip extraordinary. They were so friendly and accommodating. Couldn’t ask for a better experience!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful place, really close to beaches, delicious breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enjoyable short break
Well appointed, generous size and comfortable clean room, well serviced. Excellent helpful and friendly staff. Good food - great choice at breakfast and tasty evening bar food. Well located with easy access to the gorgeous Downings beach next to hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul, Stouffville

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff at Downey's Bay were wonderful, very accommodating, friendly, cheerful and couldn't do enough for us. My thanks to all of them. We had a marvelous stay
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel at very reasonable rates. Good food and staff. We’ll be back again. Thanks.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly staff , very welcoming . Ideal location if you are golfing . Great food . Highly recommended. Terrific value
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Patrick, Houston

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Tub bath was a nice amenity after cold day of golf.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

George

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel close to the beach.
This beautiful hotel has a wonderful location close to the beach and the rooms are lovely. The brilliant bar had very friendly staff and served great food. The full Irish breakfast was great so we highly recommend this super hotel in a great location.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Brenda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely relaxing stay, great breakfast and clean rooms
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely friendly staff Rooms very clean Great location
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

6/10 Okay

Sonja

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Static caravans ruin the views
The hotel and staff were nice enough but the location was awful. I wrongly assumed that given its location and the beach photos on its website there would be beautiful views of the bay but didn’t do my homework properly. Check out Google maps but on satellite view to see the clutter of static caravans completely dominating the best part of Downings and covering the entire length of the bay right up to the boundary of the hotel car park ☹️
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

sally

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A true gem!
We stayed for one night and it happened to be the last night of the season. We were met with a friendly receptionist. We had dinner in the bar and it was one of the nicest meals I’ve had in Ireland in the last 2 years! Great service, varied menu, lots of vegetarian options, absolutely delicious food. The room was spacious and a lovely comfortable bed. Breakfast was a buffet style served to you. Again this was delicious. I would highly recommend this hotel. I didn’t use any of the leisure facilities to comment.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Brenda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel was very clean and good Covid requirements in place. Staff were extremely friendly and helpful. Food excellent
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jamie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

michael

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

10/10 Excellent

Alexander

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
The hotel is not fancy, but very comfortable and clean and super well positioned just next to the beach. Our biggest surprise was their amazing (and really cheap) dinner, which we enjoyed a lot!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021