Óstán Loch Altan

Very disappointing. Rated 3* but more like 2* or B&B. Bar atmosphere not pleasant. Breakfast very poor. Rooms small, bit shabby and old fashioned. Bed had uncomfortable spring mattress. Had to ask staff for working remote for TV. Over-priced. Was more expensive than the lovely 4* hotels we stayed in on our trip.

We stayed for 3 nights as a short break treat. We had dinner in the bar each night and the food was hot freshly cooked and great value. 2 courses for under 25 Euro each.. We had breakfast each morning which was tasty and filling to set us up for the day. Very friendly staff in the bar, restaurant and reception. Our only little thing was the mattress in our room. It was too hard and flat and we would have preferred a soft one. But apart from that we really enjoyed our stay and would visit again.

Quiet village hotel stay. Relaxing stay in a quiet village hotel. Friendly helpful staff. Good food. Good location to visit areas of beautiful scenery.

This is going to to be two very different reviews. When I first arrived they had me in a large room that was not very clean and had very dated furniture. After checking in around 1600 I took a quick nap on the incredibly hard bed but I was soon woken up by cupboards slamming and people talking very loudly in the room underneath mine. At first I thought I just had some noisy neighbors but the more I listened the more I realized they had put me in the room right above the kitchen. I called down to the front desk and confirmed that this noise would last until at least 2200 so I requested that they move me to a different room. I was able to move to a smaller room a bit down the hall which was actually very pleasant. The bed was still way too hard for my liking but I was at least able to get a good nights rest away from the earlier din downstairs. I'm giving my ratings above based on the second room, the breakfast provided, and the very helpful staff but I would like to very strongly suggest that the first room I was in be taken out of service for guests moving forward. There is no way anyone would be able to get a restful night of sleep there and putting guests in that room without giving notice of the noise issues diminishes your reputation as an premier hotel.

Ostan Loch Altan was an excellent place to rest on a looping, self-organized road trip through the hinterlands of County Donegal. The roadside inn is comfort, with spacious rooms (though the bed was on the soft side, so you felt a little like you were sinking toward the middle). Luckily, the hotel has its own pub, which serves dinner — Friday night was steak special night — and breakfast room, as the other pub across the street wasn’t serving food midweek in early November. What stood out most, though, was the simple friendliness of the Ostan Loch Altan’s staff, who were uniformly kind and cheerful.

It’s the only place I stay at when I’m in the area.