I have stayed in many guest houses over the years and can honestly say Derrin house is by far the best. !
My lovely en-suite room was immaculate, clean, tidy and well furnished and everything worked! Plus there was ample tea, coffee and milk.
The guest house as a whole was exactly the same and the breakfast...wow! cooked to order on the morning with all the trimmings including the lovely Irish soda bread! exactly what i needed before setting off out for the day. There is absolutely loads to do locally and you are only a half hour drive from Belfast city too. I must mention my hosts, Ivy and Siebe, they are helpful,polite and really looked after me, thank you both!
I will be back.

I visited Larne after 43years away. I was with my two sons. They are both grown men so as you can guess I`m no Spring Chicken. After the first night after being asked by Ivy about how I slept Iexplained I had become used to a separate bed. I was immediately offered another room separate from my sons at a reduced rate. How`s that for Service? The food was good and service excellent. Only problem was showering but if you are taller than average you must expect to have some inconvenience. Ivy rang me when we were on route to check what time we would arrive to ensure that there was someone there to greet us. Certaimly worth reviewing and recommendation.

I stayed at the Derrin with my friend and whilst the room was VERY clean it was absolutely freezing. When I asked the the lady of the house she said that I had said I'd be there at 3pm and it was now 4pm so the heating had been switched off because "we were late". This didn't bode well. We turned on the TV and it didn't work no major problem as we told her but it should have been checked. Then when we were heading out for the evening (wearing dinner jackets as we were off to a formal evening event locally) we were told not to make too much noise on our return as she had other guests!
Don't get me wrong I see her point but I'm in my mid forties and my pal is in his early sixties and we were dressed as if we were going to a "penguins" only night, and were hardly likely to come in doing the "conga".
Breakfast on the Sunday was a little disappointing as there was no Soda bread (an NI institution) and appeared to have been cooked and left sitting about awaiting our arrival. We had to tell her what we wanted the night before which adds to my belief in the "pre-cooked" idea. There were rules about this too even though it was Sunday we had to have it between 8am and 9am and be out of our room by 10.30am which all seemed a little early.
In the end It was cheap (£55 for a small twin) and very clean but like some of the other reviewers it's some were to stay if you need to stay in Larne, I didn't feel like like I'd want to stay for more than one night.

Friendly and organised, after staying two nights seperated by a trip around NI we found the standard of accommodation first class especially so at the Derrin Guest house. The location makes it easyto visit all parts of the north and the coast road needs to be driven/riden to be believed. Highly recommended.