Comfortable hotel, next to bus station
My friend and I stayed at Days Hotel Belfast for one night during a weekend visit to Belfast in July 2008.
This large hotel (the largest in Northern Ireland, with 250 guest rooms) can be booked directly or can be booked via numerous online booking agencies. I priced the hotel up on dozens of websites before booking and, at that time, the cheapest rate was to be found on www.skoosh.com. I paid 69 GBP per night for a twin room with breakfast included.
Location
Days Hotel is located on Hope Street in Belfast City Centre. It is conveniently located practically next door to the Europa Bus Station. It took us less than 2 minutes to walk from the station to the hotel, via the station’s car park, when we arrived at Europa Bus Station on the bus from the airport.
The hotel is located about 5 minutes walking time from the city’s famous Crown Liquor Saloon (and other pubs and restaurants), 10 minutes from the City Hall and the pedestrianised shopping streets and 15 minutes from the banks of the River Lagan.
Bedroom
Our twin room was typical of those found in chain hotels throughout the UK and Europe. It was clean, comfortable, functional, and contained all the basic amenities that you would require for a short stay.
The room had two beds, a TV, a large wardrobe, coffee and tea making facilities, a desk, a couple of chairs, a large wall mirror, a telephone, bedside cabinets and lamps.
The en-suite shower room was spotlessly clean and contained a reasonably sized walk-in shower, washbasin, toilet and plenty of fresh towels.
Breakfast
The breakfast buffet was served in the hotel’s large ground floor restaurant and was absolutely superb!
Choose from a selection of fruit and yoghurts, bacon, eggs, sausages, mushrooms, tomatoes, baked beans, toast, potato bread, soda bread, fruit juices, tea and coffee. You can eat as much as you like and the dishes are constantly topped up so that the food is always piping hot.
If your room rate does not include breakfast, the cooked breakfast buffet costs an additional 8.95 GBP per person per day, while a continental breakfast costs 5.95 GBP. Breakfast is served between 6:30am and 10:00am on weekdays and between 7:00am and 11:00am at weekends.
General
The ground floor of the hotel contains a 24 hour reception desk (complete with lots of information and brochures for booking excursions) and a large restaurant and bar area.
There is an onsite car park and conferencing facilities for business travellers.
The hotel has rooms on 8 or 9 floors, and has a handful of lifts.
A good value hotel, with comfortable rooms, a great breakfast and a convenient location right next to the bus station. Recommended!