I'll start with the one little niggle... booking was too easy! I phoned Ireland from the UK to book 5 nights here, the call lasted 20-30 seconds as they simply took my name with no card details, address, or anything. I put the phone down and decided to email them for a booking confirmation, which was received a few hours later.
I was a little worried about staying above a Londis shop in a village on the main road, but that was totally unfounded. The front of the building is very unassuming in Ireland's green and yellow colouring but once you're upstairs in the main part of this business it's well presented and laid out. The many staff we encountered were all lovely, easy to talk to and eager to help.
Our room was clean, spacious, modern, well equipped and would be everything you might ask of a small independent B&B in a village and more. The breakfast room is large with an additional comfortable sofa area with a free-to-use Internet connected PC (wi-fi is also free to residents). If I'm really picky, the cooked breakfast could have been a little better but was certainly adequate (2 small sausage, 2 bacon, 1 egg and half tomato) but there was all the usual cereal, toast or a continental breakfast option.
A quick note for Kinvara itself, the village was great. Walking around was a pleasure with the castle to see, local donkeys (you'll have to look hard for these), small marina type area and a few different pubs to choose from for food, drinks and traditional Irish entertainments. If you want to go out and not worry about driving back to your digs then Kinvara has some good options.
What a pleasure!
