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The Oakeley Arms Hotel

3.5 star property
Enjoy the free parking at this 3.5-star Blaenau Ffestiniog hotel

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Traditional stone building with a charming entrance and outdoor seating areas.
Traditional building with a symmetrical facade, featuring multiple windows and a central entrance.
Two single beds with white comforters and pillows, a table, and chair, set against a neutral backdrop.
Bathroom features a curved shower enclosure, pedestal sink, and toilet.
Cozy living space with a desk for work or study, a TV for entertainment, and a comfortable armchair.

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Business services

Explore the area

Map
Tan Y Bwlch, Maentwrog, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, LL41 3YU
  • Eryri National Park
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Zip World Llechwedd
    ‪11 min drive‬
  • Llechwedd Slate Caverns
    ‪11 min drive‬

Room options

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Family Room

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Twin Beds and 1 Double Bed

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Single Room

Single Room

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(10 reviews)
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Twin Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Superior King Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Deluxe Double Room

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(5 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Double Room

Double Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

About the area

Maentwrog

In Blaenau Ffestiniog .You'll find Cae Bryn Coed and Coed Cynfal National Nature Reserve within 3 miles (5 km) of this hotel. Eryri National Park and Ceunant Llennyrch National Nature Reserve are also within 6 miles (10 km).

What's nearby

  • Eryri National Park - 6 min drive - 7.3 km
  • Zip World Llechwedd - 11 min drive - 13.1 km
  • Llechwedd Slate Caverns - 11 min drive - 13.4 km
  • Portmeirion Central Piazza - 13 min drive - 11.3 km
  • Portmeirion Sands - 13 min drive - 11.3 km

Getting around

  • Penrhyndeudraeth Station - 5 min drive
  • John Lennon Airport (LPL) - 128 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Allports Fish & Chip Shop - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Cross Foxes - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪The Port Cafe - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪The Grapes Hotel - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Caffi Rhif 6 - ‬10 min drive

About this property

The Oakeley Arms Hotel

Enjoy the free parking at this 3.5-star Blaenau Ffestiniog hotel
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces. Free self parking is available.

This 3.5-star Blaenau Ffestiniog hotel is smoke free.

  • 14 guestrooms or units
  • Meeting rooms
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Garden
  • No smoking on site
  • Bar or lounge
  • Dining venue
The Oakeley Arms Hotel offers 14 accommodations with complimentary toiletries. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms. Bathrooms include showers.

Languages

English, Lithuanian, Welsh

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Weekend cooked-to-order breakfast available 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee: GBP 12 for adults and GBP 8 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Accessibility

  • No elevator

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle

More

  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 10 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
The host will greet guests on arrival
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately GBP 12 for adults and GBP 8 for children

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, debit cards, and cash. Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.

Property is also known as

Oakeley Arms Hotel Blaenau Ffestiniog
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The Oakeley Arms Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 179 out of 310 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 95 out of 310 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 24 out of 310 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 310 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 310 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

You get what you pay for.

Stayed for two nights. Room was ok but tired. Food in the evenings was fairly good. Breakfast (eggs Benedict) was really awful and the service was diabolical. Service in the evenings wasnt good either. Don't think that staff training is probably anything that has been heard of here. Having said all that and giving credit where it's due, the evening food wasnt bad, the room was clean and all in all the stay was not expensive so as always I guess you get what you pay for. Didn't have breakfast on the second day as couldnt risk facing the same food or service again.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

sharon

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good hotel in an easily accessible location

I've stayed at the hotel previously, it's ideally situated and the staff are very accommodating. The room is comfortable and I would stay again. The only negative point was breakfast, this was the first time I'd had breakfast here and the service was very slow. I arrived at the restaurant at 8:35am, at 9:27am I was still waiting for my food. This was not ideal, given I was meant to leave at 9:30am. If breakfast starts at 8:30am, then all food should be ready to serve from that time.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

David H

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

Beautiful hotel but sadly let's itself down

Beautiful hotel, the room was all to an exceptional standard. Sadly the service and food let it down. We were a group of 10. Most of the evening meals were good but the steak, which 2 of the party ordered was so tough it was a challenge to eat. When this was pointed out the waitress was not impressed. After that we were being rushed to finish. In the morning we arrived at 8.30 for breakfast, the waitress in the morning was far more friendly, however, we waited over an hour for the food. The food was clearly locally sourced, sadly the bacon was over cooked and again a challenge to eat. The continental breakfast was not restocked and the orange juice and bread ran out.We heard other guests complaining as well about the breakfast arrangement. One had paid but mislaid the token and another just got fed up of waiting and left. So dissapointing that this Beautiful place let's itself down.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Wiktor

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Marie

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great location

I arrived early but was able to access my room straight away. I was initially told that my room still had to be paid for but I had prepaid. This was resolved quickly however. The hotel is conveniently located on a regular bus route and I took the opportunity to visit Blaenau Ffestiniog 20 minutes away. The evening meal was excellent with plenty of choice on the menu. My room was fine and extremely comfortable. Some slight traffic noise as it was at the front of the property.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Generally good but better out there for the price

I’ll start by saying the staff and service at the Oakley are excellent. The food is outstanding and generally it’s very clean and comfortable. The only thing I will say and what’s stopped me from rating higher is that the rooms although clean are very, very dated and quite worn down in parts. The one I was in (17) was a Deluxe Double and came to £264 for two nights out of season at the end of February and I just didn’t think it was worth it for the following reasons: - Very dated and worn in places as mentioned - No iron or ironing board in the room. I did get one when I asked at reception but they had to look for it and iron and board came separately. Not what I expected from a deluxe room at that price - the furniture was just old and if you’re going to put a clock on the wall, at least make sure it’s working? - the extractor fan in the bathroom sounds like a bag of spanner’s and directly linked to the light so if you need to use the toilet in the middle of the night you’re going to wake everyone up! - the heating system they have running along the bottom of the walls was damaged in places and kicked up dust - breakfast not included, this was stated upfront on the booking I just personally think it could be included given the room rate I will say though that shower off the main was amazing! I would have given this feedback to the reception at check out but nobody was there when I checked out so had to leave the keys with the cleaner. Really hope it gets a refurb soon.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tyler

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were really helpful and friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

julia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Marathon Eryri base

This was a lovely old hotel with pub and restaurant and lovely rooms
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Lovely room, comfortable beds, a great hotel!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sergio, Cheltenham

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ok
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Santosh

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marisela

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place to stay. Will return.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

antony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I'd happily return to this hotel. I enjoyed two nights dinner but would have liked to see plain yoghurt, smoked salmon and smoked haddock on the breakfast menu. Thank goodness the extractor fans turned off at night.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is conveniently located to explore the Welsh highlands, and the Welsh Highlands and Ffestiniog Railways. A good breakfast is served in the morning and there's a good food menu in the evening.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Nazir

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good place to be based for touring.

Nice place to be based for touring around this part of Wales. Food good and plentiful. Staff friendly and helpful. Building a bit run down but not too bad.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Howard

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff and excellent food.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Robert

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Elizabeth, Madison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The architecture of this place was interesting and quaint.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Laurinas

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Second time here and came back bcs really loved ot only thing is that now we came back just 2 of us and booked double room, everything is amazing exept bed…. first time we was in family room where all 3 beds was really comfy, when you decorate room so perfect and all looks so wonderfull invest a little bit money into bed as well…. the rest amazing like first time :)
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024