The nice thing about this hotel is that it's quite tranquil. It's situated by a small road, which leads into Dunmurry and to the motorway. Dunmurry is a bustling little area with a lot of shops. There's a lot of through traffic there as well, as it connects to Lisburn and Belfast. Not only is the road beside the hotel small, when you're in the hotel you wouldn't know it was there at all because the hotel and the road are separated by the hotel's huge car park. Basically you've got peace and quiet combined with easy access to local shopping and a short travelling distance to Belfast and Lisburn.
The bar area is a beautiful wooden bar with wooden tables and chairs, and high chairs along the bar itself. The unfortunate thing about the bar is that it's about £3.50 a pint, which is steeper than a lot of places in the city centre. It's a popular venue for weddings, and has all sorts of conference facilities.
I imagine this place would be perfect for someone who was visiting Belfast for business, especially someone who's particularly busy and has a few long days with tonnes of meetings to cram in in Belfast and/or Lisburn. At the end of days like that you could just come back here and relax in peace, maybe stopping off to pick something up for dinner from the Good Luck Chinese (see my Good Luck Chinese review). I think I'd be more inclined to stay in the nearby Balmoral, but then again I'm not overrun with business meetings so I wouldn't be so much in need of the tranquility here. read more