We have just returned from a lovely weekend at the Tralee in Bournemouth, have to say I was very concerned about staying here after reading the reviews on this website, but we arrived there on the friday lunchtime for a Ladies Masconic festival weekend the staff couldn't have been more friendly, the rooms were clean and spacious, the shower was abit sad but was ok and had lots of hot water and the windows opened.
The friday night meal was a 3 course dinner which was good, breakfasts were good, we had a 5 course banquet on the sat night, have to say the food wasn't as good as on the friday night, could have been alot better.
The bar area and reception looks nice, would stay there again, nice to be so close to the sea.
I would recommend people to stay at this hotel the staff are very friendly and the rooms are clean and spacious, i felt i had to write a more positive review after so many negative reviews about this hotel.

We have just spent a super weekend at The Tralee Hotel. As members of a group of 67 booked in for a weekend function we found the hotel to be excellent value from the very good three course meal served on the Friday evening to the 5 course banquet dinner. Rooms were comfortable and clean with the management eager to please - repairing a faulty shower within ten minutes of it being reported.

I’d stayed at The Tralee a few times 5ish years ago and booked it on the basis that I knew it was a pretty good place. I then read the reviews on TripAdvisor and was slightly concerned. My overall view is that most of the points made by others seem to be justified. We (2
adults and a 2 and a 5 year old) stayed in a family room weekend after Easter 2007. Clientele were a fair mix of middle-aged couples, families and others and were all fairly respectable. No sign of stag parties.

We struggled to sleep on the first night as the room was so hot. Only
one of the 3 windows would open. At midnight we changed to a room
“miles” away in the “West Wing”. This appeared to be a suite and was much more spacious and cooler than the first room. Apparently all rooms along the front of the building are hot all year round and they don’t know why.

The Good Points – Excellent location close to town and zig-zag path to the beach. Nicely redone ground floor reception and bar area (yes the reception area does look a bit cheap, but no problem with that – it’s functional). Friendly and helpful staff. Reasonable amount of free car-parking (though probably not enough when hotel is full). Spacious and tasteful dining area.

The Bad points – Accommodation could do with a lick of paint, particularly the doors and hallways. Many of the windows are rotten and do not open – it seems that each room has the minimum one opening window. Some of the room furniture is shabby – bed settee in first room had wooden frame showing through the fabric. Bathrooms are OK but showers and hot water are hit and miss. Water in rooms was not fit for drinking. Cooked breakfast was limited and lukewarm (cold fried bread – ugh!). Continental breakfast very limited – no pastries or cold meat or breads). Mattress in 2nd room lumpy and uncomfortable and not changed as requested. No chalk available for pool table. Remote control did not work.

The Tralee used to be a very good 3 star but has definitely suffered from lack of investment. I would say it still looks better than many of the other 3 star places in Bournemouth but a few million pounds investment wouldn’t hurt. It is a huge place!

Well said wedding guests. I stayed at the Tralee last year, wrote to the manager who didn't even bother sending a reply to our complaint. The Tralee is sadly now nothing more than a wannabe bed & breakfast. It was much better when it was privately owned 5 years ago. Simon & his then team couldn't do enough for all the guests & we looked forward to our annual break. We would never go back there ever again. Shame, as it used to be a nice hotel.