Reviews of Welcome Rest Holiday Home
43 Craigalappan road, Ballintoy, BT57 8XY, United Kingdom

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Reviewed: 4 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewRoomy, all essentials provided. Comfy beds, great kitchen
TV didn’t work properly, or needed instructions!
Reviewed: 29 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewLocation good
Oven and trays were very dirty on arrival , I had to clean it before we could use it. Could do with more kitchen things glasses, some were chipped, chopping board, bigger saucepan for a group of 6 to cook anything , no oven gloves . No explanation of how to get heat, hot water, tv .
Reviewed: 11 September 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewShort drive to beach. Enough room for family of 6.
Reviewed: 28 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewEven though the location was a bit remote it’s close (by car) to scenery of exceptional beauty. The beds were comfortable and the rooms spacious.
We could have benefitted from an information booklet about the house and the area. For example we couldn’t get the microwave to work even though five of us tried it. We didn’t know the location of the nearest shops for groceries. Ballintoy is pretty, has two pubs, a Masonic Lodge, a Gospel Hall but no grocery store.
Reviewed: 26 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewSpacious house, fully equiped, friendly host. House needs a bit of TLC.
10min after we arrived, a stranger (introduced himself as the neighbour) walked into the house (without knocking) and started asking us to confirm whom we are, where we from, how did we get access to the house and making us feel like intruders, uncomfortable and very unwelcomed.
Reviewed: 24 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewOwner is extremely cooperative. Place was nice and clean. House is very well maintained and there was plenty of room for our group. It is closed to a lot of major attractions
Reviewed: 18 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 5 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewI loved the house, location, space in the house, beds... Everything... :)
Reviewed: 4 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewVery roomy house, clean and well equipped. Nice quiet location, but only a short drive from loads of attractions. Very comfortable beds. Large and well equipped kitchen/dining room. Martin was in contact with us before and after we left to ensure we had a good stay.
Everything was great, no dislikes at all
Reviewed: 27 July 2024 · Stayed in July 2024
Verified reviewBeautiful place
Reviewed: 20 July 2024 · Stayed in July 2024
Verified reviewVery spacious. Excellent amount of complimentary food products.
Towels were old. No top sheet on the bed. No compendium so couldn’t work the heating. Very small shower cubicle upstairs. Driveway needs attention.
Reviewed: 15 July 2024 · Stayed in June 2024
Verified reviewGreat house
Reviewed: 15 July 2024 · Stayed in July 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 4 June 2024 · Stayed in June 2024
Verified reviewExcellent location for local attractions and coastal walking. Lovely big, comfortable property with all needs catered for. Clean rooms and bathrooms, fully equipped kitchen and garden area. Beautiful stay! Host very helpful.
Reviewed: 3 June 2024 · Stayed in June 2024
Verified reviewI liked how it was in a nice quiet peaceful area and there was plenty of room in it big and spacious.
There was no freezer, or least couldn’t find it. A hot tub would have been a perfect addition and would have made it more value for money.
Reviewed: 11 May 2024 · Stayed in May 2024
Verified reviewWell laid out plenty of space, massive kitchen where we spent most of the time when in It could have done with a small freezer but otherwise excellent
Could have done with a small freezer and the telly addicts could not get the lounge tv to work 😊
Reviewed: 5 May 2024 · Stayed in May 2024
Verified reviewVery spacious and ideally located for different sights we had planned
All good
Reviewed: 25 September 2023 · Stayed in September 2023
Verified reviewvery spacious property, clean, lovely host
only thing we would have loved would have been a freezer however than that we could not fault this property at all
Reviewed: 19 September 2023 · Stayed in August 2023
Verified reviewGreat , spacious warm house,well equipped kitchen.
Nothing
Reviewed: 8 September 2023 · Stayed in September 2023
Verified reviewReviewed: 23 August 2023 · Stayed in August 2023
Verified reviewSpacious, lots of hot water.
Dishwasher broken, quite dusty.
Reviewed: 19 August 2023 · Stayed in August 2023
Verified reviewReviewed: 17 August 2023 · Stayed in August 2023
Verified reviewReviewed: 8 August 2023 · Stayed in August 2023
Verified reviewLoved the house, and the location which was rural but close to drive to and from all places of interest.
We liked everything about the house.
Reviewed: 7 August 2023 · Stayed in August 2023
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