Quick glance:
+ central location
+ value for money
+ car park inclusive until 11pm on day of departure
- can be noisy at night (located above a pub / beer garden)
- breakfast excluded

The Stables Lodge is part of / next to the Royal Oak Hotel. It is located in the middle of Betws-y-Coed, which is a great base to explore the surrounding region and Snowdonia.

The hotel has a lift to lead you to the rooms upstairs. The room was generally clean, except for a dead spider at the upper corner in our room no one bothered cleaning. The windows had a collection of spider webs on the outside but that is to be expected in a national park, I guess!

The hotel offers relative value compared to other accomodation in the area. Breakfast is not included and offered for about £10 per head , although we skipped that and went for breakfast in one of the various establisments available.

There is a pub downstairs with a large outdoor seating, so it can get noisy at night as rowdy patrons leave the area.

The hotel price includes free parking in the large car park behind the hotel, up until 11pm on the date of departure which is very generous.

Overall, this hotel offers great value for money for visitors to Snowdonia looking for cheap accomodation right in the middle of Betws-y-Coed. It is not the most glamourous or beautiful, but it is very convenient and generally clean and comfortable.

This was perfect for us. No fuss, clean hotel in a good location with plenty of free parking (for guests) to the rear. We didn't have breakfast and walked to the local bakery for breakfast on the bench (yes it WAS sunny!!), and then across to the Apline Cafe near the station for lovely latte (and another cake......)
The bar meals at the Royal Oak (Stables Lodge adjoins the Royal Oak) were great too.
We had a special meal at the Bistro Betws y Coed, which was delicious (have reviewed it).
Would definately stay again.

Stayed here with two friends (they shared twin room, so I was on my own in double). Very clean room which I couldn't fault.

We stayed mid week and booked when we arrived, so we negotiated a breakfast in the Royal Oak hotel which owns the Stables. The breakfast was excellent and when I return, I'd happily pay for it.

The only downsides are the adjacent church rings it's bells every hour throughout the night (I actually didn't hear them, but was told by my friends that they did), secondly, the rooms look out onto a substantial wooded hillside that has a lot of very noisy owls (again, according to my friends- although Tawnies are only noisy in the early part of the year) and finally, as a single occupant of a room, I paid the same as my friends sharing, not per person with a single supplement (this seems to be the norm in Betswy and we wondered whether this was agreed at a local hoteliers meeting!).

We stayed early/mid March, so Betswy was quiet. We unfortunately (for me) stayed on the night Man U were playing AC Milan (I hate football), but the adjacent Stables bar was fine, filled with what we assumed were squaddies from the local camp (all excellently behaved) and not hill walkiers as it would be in the Summer, but even with a packed bar, our rooms were close enough to stumble back to, yet quiet (except for above for my friends) to sleep.

However even with these minor downsides, I'd highly recommend this hotel to anyone and will definitely stay here again and if need be, pay for the excellent breakfast.

Betws-y-Coed is a beautiful place and The Stables Lodge is right in the centre of the village. It's set back slightly from the road so we didn't notice any road noise. There's plenty of parking at the rear. We had room only which we had pre booked on line and was very good value for the standard of room. We had a comfortable King Size bed. If you're looking for a Travelodge style place to stay then it's ideal.
We ate breakfast on our first morning in the Alpine Coffee Shop near the train station (great place catering for all diets, including gluten free) but ate in the Hotel the following day. (You eat at The Royal Oak next door). The breakfast was very good. There was a choice of Continental or full breakfast but it is cheaper to pre book it.
We ate one evening meal at the Hotel and it was a very good standard. The only reason we didn't eat there on the second night was because we were looking to spend slightly less, although most places seemed to be on a parr price wise with The Royal Oak. We had a nice meal at the Plas Derwen just up the road as they offered 2 courses for £8.95 and the standard there was also excellent. If you really don't want to spend too much on eating out there is a chip shop in the village which seemed very popular.
One thing to mention is the clock on the church next to the Lodge. It chimes every hour all through the night but with the window closed we did sleep through the night.
I'd noted other people's comments about there not being a person on reception but this wasn't an issue as someone came very quickly after we rang the bell.