The Waterfront Dingle — Hotel in Kenmare Municipal District

Hard to beat the location; just a short few minutes walk to anything in Dingle. However, the marketing text doesn't quite match the experience.||I booked this hotel specifically because it advertised "free parking" when so few other hotels in Dingle do. You might expect, as I did, that this means they maintain their own private lot for the exclusive use of their guests. You, like me, would be wrong. "Free parking" means "fight for limited availability street parking, likely at least a block or two away from the hotel". Hope you're visiting in the off season. Or, if you like, pay out of pocket for hourly parking in the lot directly across from the hotel and hope that the prominently posted "no overnight parking" signs don't have any real enforcement behind them (we witnessed a few overnight camper vans that indicate this may be more of an honor system, but nevertheless were afraid to try it ourselves).||Also pay attention to the other reviews that mention loud plumbing. It's real. Anytime someone in the neighboring rooms runs the sink/shower/toilet, you can hear a loud pump system kick in to, presumably, maintain the water pressure. Luckily the fellow guests during our stay weren't late bathers, but I can see it being a frustration...

I'm not the biggest Bed & Breakfast fan, so consider the source, but I had mixed feelings about this stay. A lot of places are closed in Dingle in February and a "regular" hotel wasn't really an option, so we picked what looked like a bigger B&B. It was in a fabulous location. We had a view of the water and it is at the end of the retail/dining street, so the location was perfect. The room was clean and the bathroom, although small, was updated and clean. The person checking us in was very nice and gave us great pointers for touring the "Slea Head Loop", which was one of our favorite activities in Ireland. My "cons" would be the size of the room (which was very small, but serviceable), the very small bed, and the thinness of the walls. I could hear the other guests' conversations and felt like I had to tiptoe and whisper. This is not the place for a light sleeper. Given we were only there one night and Dingle was a definite highlight of our trip, it worked out fine. For a B&B it was very nice, but I wouldn't recommend it for a...

We stayed at this place when we went to Ireland for a week in March and it was really charming. This was by far the cutest little room we stayed in through our travels, and also the cleanest. We opted for the room with the extra area with the couch (one of the garden views) just because the rooms do run small and with our bags we wanted a little more space. All the staff there were very lovely and helpful, and I realized we probably kept the night attendant up late the day of our arrival because we showed up later than expected and I missed her text letting us know we could check in early if we wanted to. I feel like that speaks for itself how helpful they were and the rest of the stay was great, we had the full irish breakfast which was great, and there are plenty of pubs and great seaside restaurants within walking distance. We've already discussed that if we go back to Ireland, we'd love to spend more time in Dingle and I would try to...