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Nox hotel Galway

20 Tuesday Feb 2018

Posted by The Chatterbox Diaries in Food / Eating Out, Travel

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Food, Foodie, Galway, holiday, Hotelbreak, Ireland, Irishfood, NoxGalway, Travel, WestIreland

The lovely people at the Nox hotel Galway contacted me a couple of months to see if I wanted to come and stay for a night. Obviously I said Yes! I do have a bit of love for Galway and seem to go for a visit every year. Last year I was there twice in the space of a month, for my mams birthday and the Connemarathon half marathon. So after trying to work out a date, it was pretty busy couple of months with getting married and Christmas 😂we settled on visiting last weekend.

Location

I didn’t know a huge amount about the Nox Hotel and presumed it was a bit out of the city but actually the location is pretty good. After we checked in when we decided to go into Galway for a look around. We ordered a taxi at reception which arrived in seconds and it was €7 into Eyre Square. As it was a dry evening (surprisingly since it is January!) We decided to walk back to the hotel, and it only took about 20 minutes strolling.

Food

Where do I start, the food was really good! I am still thinking of my main course 😍

For starters I went for the chicken wings in cajun spices, and my other half got the Caesar salad.

For mains I went for the Supreme of Chicken, with black pudding & potato terrine (with a sneaky side of chips) and he had steak (love the plate!)

We didn’t opt for dessert and just enjoyed some cocktails 😁

We also had breakfast the next morning in the hotel, this was a buffet in the bar/restaurant and there was also a breakfast menu you could order off. We stuck to the buffet option, and has some emm coco pops before our fry… We had lovely cappucinos as well, I definitely feel that they can be a bit hit or miss on hotels, either too hot or not enough foam but these were lovely and you can see for yourself.

Decor

I loved the hotel decor, not going to lie most of our conversations involved the decor and what we could do with our new house. The hotel is a gorgeous mix of blue, grey, gold and yellow. We are currently decorating our house and every room is pretty much these colours, with a bit of rose gold/copper mixed in.

Bar area

Entrance to the ladies toilets

Reception seating area

Double Bedroom

Another reception sitting area

Service

The staff in the Nox hotel are all amazing. I am not just saying that because I was invited to stay. Yes we recieved some pretty amazing service but I did observe the staff treating everybody else the same. At the buffet breakfast, I presume a lady had been waiting for some bacon, the waiter found her at her table, gave her bacon directly from the kitchen and checked everybody else was ok (it was pretty busy when we went down but the food was constantly being refilled)

Even the reception desk were great, they booked taxis and had maps of Galway available for everybody.

I will definitely be back for a visit, the location is pretty good. Yes you can go stay in Galway city centre but you will pay a lot more. The food is great, the cocktails are great and the service is brilliant 🙂

Amanda xxx

Want some space in New York? 

10 Tuesday Jan 2017

Posted by The Chatterbox Diaries in Travel

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holiday, Hotelbreak, Irishblogger, Manhattan, NewYork, NYC, QandA, Residentialhotel, Wallstreet

One thing that most people will agree on, is that hotel rooms in Manhattan are tiny! Unless you are super rich and can afford a suite, the rest of us spend our time walking into everything in the room trying to get around. Don’t start me on the extra furniture they put in the already cramped room, ‘no I don’t need a desk or a bench to put my suitcase on’. I need space to hide my suitcase and put all my shopping 😆😆.

After being in New York twice this year (not sure how that happened, well I love the place) we decided Times Square was not the location for us and went downtown. We stayed in the Q and A residential hotel just off Wall street and couldn’t believe the room we got. We did upgrade to a bigger room but at a cost of an extra €7 a night for an extra 200 square foot, we didn’t think twice. The room was huge and very well laid out with the best of items.

The above picture doesn’t even show the full size of the room, I was about 5foot away from the wall (also should have taken the picture before we put our stuff everywhere!).

Inside the door was a cute blackboard, a great place to say thanks to the brilliant cleaners who left the room spotless everyday. 

The kitchen was fully stocked with everything you would need (tableware etc) and you could also order groceries online and takeaway 😍. There was also a little section beside the seating area that had cocktail glasses and a cocktail shaker.

It was also nice to have wifi in the room and this is not an extra charge. The smart tv in the room also meant you got to keep updated on Youtube and Netflix, when the feet gave up on walking 😅. 

Breakfast is also included and is available until 10am every morning. There is a selection of tea, coffee (good coffee 😍) muffins, croissants and fruit. Definitely enough to keep you going for the week. 

The staff at reception are very friendly, give you loads of details on the local area. They also go out of their way to answer any questions that you may have. 

The reception area is beautiful, the building was once the third tallest building in the world!!

They also have a few different room sizes and do a two bedroom apartment, great idea for groups going together!
Any questions let me know 😀

Amanda xxx

*this post was not paid for or sponsored, or any discount given. This post was written as I wanted to share my experience staying there.

Malta

06 Monday Apr 2015

Posted by The Chatterbox Diaries in Travel

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Badassburger, Beach, Blogger, Blogging, Comino, Destination, Fblogger, Gozo, holiday, Irishblogger, lblogger, Malta, Sea, Sliema, St.Julian, Sun, Thepoint, Travel, Ubistrot

Hi 🌞

I am sure at this stage most people have their summer holidays planned. I am doing a few blogs on a few of my favourite places. My first is Malta! Last year we went to Malta and Sicily for two weeks and it was amazing!

We stayed in Sliema in Malta, we booked an apartment through http://www.airbnb.com and got a gorgeous, modern 2bedroom apartment for about €75 a night.  The apartment was about a 2-3minute walk up a hill from the sea.
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You can get the sliema ferry over to the capital Valletta, we went on a Sunday and nearly everything was closed. We had a wander around Valletta and stopped and had some Wine and bruschetta. Wine is seriously cheap and starts about €2 a glass.

We also did a day trip out to Gozo and Comino. I think it was about €40 euro for the day, it was about an hour to Gozo where we got a bus tour of the island and about 1 hour to explore ourselves and get lunch. We then got bacl on the boat to Comino, where the Blue Lagoon is. This place is stunning and definitely worth a visit.
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Shopping

Shopping in Malta is great, there is a huge shopping centre about a 5minute walk away from the ferry and it has loads of shops. River Island, New Look, Pull and Bear and loads more! http://www.thepointmalta.com

Eating

Malta has some brilliant restaurants. My favourite is Bad Ass burger and it is amazing. The guy who owned our apartment recommended it and we wished we were staying in Malta for longer so we could keep eating there. It is in St.Julians beside Mcdonalds http://www.badassburger.eu.

Another great restaurant is U Bistrot http://www.ubistrot.com. Food was amazing!! image

Another place that I loved (I am obsessed with doughnuts) was the doughnut factory, it opens 8am to 8pm great doughnuts for breakfast and dessert 😄
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Any questions let me know ☺

Amanda xxx

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