Dog Friendly Cottages in Snowdonia

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Pam - Verified booking

  Unfortunately there was no guest book to write comments in as there should have been!

  The accommodation was adequate for 12, apart from only 2 showers and 2 toilets and one of the showers was through a bedroom so was a bit awkward! They were good toilets and great showers, just not really enough of them for 12! Beds were comfortable, but the beds above the twin beds in the family room was not suitable for adults and very awkward to crawl into especially if you were tall! One of the double bedrooms had no bedside lights and the plugs were on the wall at the foot of the bed and was awkward for charging phones, etc. This needs to be addressed, particularly the bed side lights as there was a bedside light on each bedside table in the twin room, and the other double and the family rooms! Kitchen large and well equipped, dishwasher very handy as was the washing machine! Saucepans could do with lids as they do tend to make a mess of the stove top. The lights above the cooker needed replacing as did not work! Apart from that great! The play station was not working so a bit of disappointment there! The games room was handy for rainy days, as were the board games provided! Overall a very comfortable cottage to stay with all you need for a good holiday! Portmeiron close by makes for a great day out, as do the caverns with zip wires, underground golf and deep mining experience! Snowdon easy to get to also, but a long steep walk to the top, good for hikers in particular! Some good restaurants not too far, one being the Grapes, and another close to that, both being excellent and do great food, proper food also, with potatoes and vegetables, gravy etc! A lovely change from peas and chips all the time, which were on a lot of the meals! Owner lovely, very helpful and basics provided, which was a welcome start pack! Would definitely recommend!

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• Victoria - Verified booking

  Lovely big and spacious lodge in a great location.

  Would definitely benefit from one less bedroom to accomodate another bathroom upstairs. We managed as there was only six of us, but at full capacity would in my opinion struggle a bit. Cleanliness could have been better, don't really expect to have to be cleaning the oven on arrival? All in all though the house was great, perfect location (with fab views) and lovely garden for the children to play, just don't forget the repellent as it seems the midges can be a bit bitey at this time of year and the weather being so warm. Overall our boys really enjoyed their holiday though, and looking forward to returning in the future (mainly for Surf Snowdonia which they absolutely loved!) Snowdonia is truly a stunning place with so much to do for children and adults of all ages. Blaenau Ffestiniog itself is steeped in history and just this town alone has so much to do from lovely walks, zip lines, undergroung golf, bounce below, caverns, quarry karts down hill mountain biking to a tour of the deep mines ( which i personally recommend to give you an idea of what this town was/is all about). All this is literally on the doorstep of Stiniog Lodge. If you want a more sedate holiday, you just need to venture a bit further away and you are spoilt for choice of beautiful beaches and mountain walks.... what's not to love. Lovely holiday, thanks.

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• Sheila - Verified booking

  Unfortunately upon arrival we could see straight away that the garden wasn’t secure for dogs and being close to a main road this was dangerous.

  Husband had to make as secure as possible. Initial appearance of property inside was very clean and tidy with a good welcome pack. Shame there was two dogs next door who continually barked. Got chilly in evening but no way of putting any heating on, although in cottage brochure it says that heating can be put on. Also no instructions for cooker or heating as stipulated in brochure. First night was the most uncomfortable and painful sleep, Forced to change beds, although all beds uncomfortable. Took mattress off in morning to find both double beds were broken. My husband had to make one bed out of the two beds, just to make it bearable!! When moving spare bed dirty underwear found underneath!! Oven door didn’t close properly, so hard to cook food properly. I do believe the beds, heating, hedge and instructions have been mentioned before on trip advisor, back in June 2022. This was reported to the owner by email whilst we were still there, but got no response at all and still haven’t. Such a shame as the property is ideally situated, clean and has most of the amenities required for a stress free break. Hope these are put right before the next guests arrive. Look forward to a response S Mellett

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• Jenni - Verified booking

  Loved the cottage on the whole.

  A couple of things: - the selection of crockery / cooking vessels is inadequate. One small saucepan and two huge ones isn’t helpful and the selections of plates / bowls was strange (tiny cheap bowls or enormous ones, no side plates at all, only 7 knives) and not in keeping with the rest of the cottage facilities. Wouldn’t be hard to fix and would make a difference. Good mugs though! - there was dog poo left by the previous occupants which we had to pick up. - we received a phone call on the way home about the whereabouts of a blanket which wasn’t at the cottage for any of our stay. We didn’t feel believed and were left feeling that the cleaner believed we stole it. Left a nasty taste for us. We can’t prove something wasn’t there but we definitely didn’t take anything that wasn’t ours. All that aside, the cottage was warm, spacious, comfortable and well located. We would stay again and recommend it to others. The EV charger is a great asset. Thank you for our stay.

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• Lucy - Verified booking

  We have just returned after a week stay in Stiniog Lodge.

  We enjoyed our first big family holiday at the lodge which suited us as a large family and we felt we had lots of space. There were however some issues. We felt mislead by photos online which didn’t meet expectations. There is a very big problem with mould and damp throughout the house, the games room was unusable due to the horrible smell of mould which we felt was unsafe for the children. The double bedroom had mould under the window above the headboard so the family in this room had to sleep the other end of the bed. The master bedroom was extremely cold due to a poorly working radiator. General cleanliness of the house was poor with cobwebs throughout, a dirty oven, under beds covered in dust, one of the provided blankets in the living room stank of sick and the downstairs toilet radiator was covered in urine. The garden has very little privacy due to the hotel backing onto the garden. This should have been included in the information online.

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