Gail's Guest House

Location: Highly praised for proximity to Barry Island promenade, train station, and attractions .

The room was clean on the surface, but if you inspected it closely it could have been cleaner. The bed was uncomfortable, it was so soft that you couldn’t get a good night's sleep. On the left hand side it dipped terribly so that you could fall off if you rolled over. The shower tray did not drain away very well, so half way through showering it felt you were standing in a paddling pool, with the worry that it would flood through the doors and on to the floor, so we couldn’t take a long luxurious shower. We didn’t really have much communication with the owners but they seemed pleasant. However, we only had breakfast on the first day. We ordered up front as requested, there was only 1 of each item on the plate (i.e. 1 sausage, 1 bacon, 1 egg, 1 slice of toast), maybe we could have asked for more when ordering but that wasn’t specified on the form. The sausage was just about cooked, the bacon was rock hard and the mushrooms were salty (I’m guessing they were tinned). The continental wasn’t anything to write home about, 1 tub with cornflakes in, a couple of croissants, bananas that were going black. We didn’t go back for our paid for breakfast on the second day because of the following. When we had finished our breakfast I was facing the kitchen and they were cooking the next couples breakfast. They got the bacon out of the microwave, he touched it with bare hand and told the lady to put it back in the microwave for a few more seconds, then he put his finger in his ear to scratch it, and immediately after this he was plating up their food with tongues in one hand but was re-arranging the food with the bare hand that he had just scratched his ear with. Then, he was showing the lady something on his phone, leaning over a counter, and was scratching his head while doing this. She then proceeded to put clean plates on this counter without wiping it over first. If we were to go back to Barry Island I’m afraid we would not be staying here. Helpful

It was awful never have i been in a bed and breakfast like it the place smelt awful. All the other guests at the time were saying exactly the same thing we only booked because the reviews were so good . The breakfast was awful unedible is how i would describe it . No one greeted you owner was not there at breakfast until later and had the breakfast already cooked and then dished it up. Would not stay there again.