Dog Friendly Cottages in Wales

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Craig - Verified booking

  The Banquet House provided us with a wonderful place to stay for our family in August 2023.

  If you’re after a character property that’s well equipped and you don’t mind a low doorway or two, this is a great place to stay in North Wales. When I say character, I mean a property that’s well over 500 years old that has been beautifully looked after and restored and features on the town trail! The beams throughout are beautiful, the floors squeaky and the trapdoor and tunnel in the living room gives you somewhere to put the kids when they’re misbehaving for a couple of hours. Our dog Olive also loved the walled garden, and we particularly enjoyed sitting out on a night in the summerhouse with a glass of something listening to the waterfall in the pond. Jan and Mark, the owners were excellent in terms of communication by text throughout and also accommodated our request to be able to plug our car into the 13 amp socket in the little outhouse. Rhuddlan is a quiet little town that’s well located for lots of things in the north eastern part of Wales. Prestatyn beach is 15 minutes away, Chester Zoo 35 minutes, Llandudno 30 minutes or south to Llangollen about 50 minutes. However, at the end of the street is the gem of Rhuddlan Castle, also surrounded by some lovely walks to take the dog. Rumour has it (although unconfirmed) that the aforementioned tunnel (I didn’t really put the kids in there for a couple of hours) used to link to the castle, but apparently when a previous owner started excavating it, there was a bit of handy subsidence. A wonderful little stay. Thank you.

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• Kirsty - Verified booking

  Impossible to say too many good things about The Banquet House.

  For us the main thing was the garden being secure, which it is. Completely walled and large in size, with lots of little nooks for the dogs to sniff around, and play. Parking area was gated, which gave us added security. The house offered everything we needed during our stay. Comfort, convenience and so much more. Everything you need is on your doorstep, shops for groceries, good choice of takeaways and restaurants, as well as great walks. We visited Conwy, Llandudno, Livepool, Chester and Talacre Beach. All so dog friendly and easily accessible. We were lucky with the weather during our stay, so we were able to enjoy the beautiful garden too. Jan and Mark were easily contactable during our stay, not that we needed them as everything was perfect for us. Really was a perfect and relaxing stay for us and our precious dogs, so cannot rate highly enough. We really hope to visit again soon to explore more of the area.

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• Jeffrey - Verified booking

  This was a great place to stay and we had a lovely week away discovering Anglesey.

  The house was beautifully appointed and spotlessly clean on arrival. The unobtrusive hosts were both friendly and helpful. The lovely sheepdog 'Mali' (?) was a real bonus - she was always there to escort us back to our cottage or greet us in the morning - we were both sad to say goodbye to her. The hot tub was fun (we had never used one before) and we are sorry that we left it to our last night to sample it. We would definitely come back to the cottage and would recommend it without reservation to others. The only issue I had (not a serious one) was an inability to connect to the internet via my laptop and many of the satellite TV channels seemed not to be available. However, we did not go on holiday to surf the internet or watch TV but this may be more of an issue for others. However, we still found plenty to watch on TV in the evenings. Thoroughly recommended. Thank you!

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• Kaye - Verified booking

  We had a fantastic week in The Banquet House.

  We were lucky that the wonderfully changeable Welsh weather meant we were and to enjoy all that this lovely property has to offer. The garden, BBQ and summer house were fantastic on our warm sunny days. Such a pretty and relaxing place to spend our time. Our dogs absolutely loved the garden! It was large enough for them to play and run around but totally safe and secure. On a couple of chilly, rainy evenings were also able to make use of the log burner in the stunning living room, which made it so inviting and cozy. This property has everything you could need for a home from home stay. The photos don't do justice to how grand and spacious it is. It is also in a great position for exploring this area of Wales. We would not hesitate to recommend The Banquet House and would love to visit again in the future.

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• Ann - Verified booking

  Banquet house is a beautiful cottage!

  The pictures online don’t do it justice. Perfectly placed for any visits and exploring you want to do. I would highly recommend this cottage and so would our labrador! It’s a real home from home with everything you could need. Pristinely clean on our arrival. We had a full week of fantastic weather so we were able to really enjoy the garden with its waterfall over the pond and the fully furnished summerhouse for the odd evening we stayed in. If I had to find any fault, and it would be nit picking is that there is a little more early morning traffic noise than I was expecting but it didn’t really affect our stay. Thanks for the privilege of staying in such a historic building!

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