Wales Neath
St Ives, Neath
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated October 2026 · paw rating built from 2 verified guest reviews mentioning pets
Bring your dog if
- You're happy with a standard hotel-room stay where the property explicitly welcomes dogs
- You're basing yourself in Neath / the Wales and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
Worth knowing
- Paw rating is based on 2 reviews - limited sample, treat as directional
- Pet fee and any size restrictions aren't published - confirm directly with the property before booking
- Shared corridors and common areas mean nervous or vocal dogs may find it harder to settle
How this review was built Evidence, sources, refresh cadence
- Evidence: 2 pet-mention guest reviews sourced from major booking platforms - guests who explicitly mentioned travelling with a dog. Each review is screened for pet-relevance, then judged for sentiment to compute the paw rating.
- Not a personal visit. We don't stay at every hotel we cover - we summarise patterns from real guest reviews, paraphrased and never quoted verbatim. Full standard on our editorial policy page.
- Wider context: The property has 110 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 7.2/10 - the paw rating reflects only the pet-mentioning subset.
- Last refreshed: October 2026. Policies and pricing drift; we re-check on a rolling basis. Confirm specifics with the property at the moment you book.
- How the paw rating works: Full detail on the methodology page, including the three verification gates and known limitations.
Pet-friendly summary
St Ives is a small two-star pub with rooms on Old Market Street in the centre of Neath, and it takes dogs - which in a town-centre budget property counts for something, particularly for anyone travelling for work with a dog in the car.
The pet arrangement is where you want to go in with your eyes open. Nothing about pets is set out on the property's booking listing, and guests travelling with dogs report being charged £15 for them on arrival rather than at the time of booking. Owners have also been told at check-in that the house rule is one dog per room, in one case after being assured beforehand that two would be fine. If you are bringing more than one dog, get that confirmed in writing with the property directly, and ask what the charge will be.
Where it works, it works on friendliness and value. Guests who arrived with a dog and found the room clean and the staff welcoming rate the stay highly, and the bedrooms and bathrooms are described as a good size for the price.
The drawbacks are real, and not all of them are about dogs. Housekeeping is inconsistent, and dog hair left on bedroom floors between guests comes up more than once - an awkward thing to read when you are arriving with your own dog. There is no on-site parking and no food served, the bar entrance is locked overnight so the way out is upstairs through the pub, and the overall guest score of 7.2 out of 10 across 110 reviews reflects a property that divides opinion.
On the strength of dog owners' own accounts it lands at 4.3/5 - fine for a short, practical stop in Neath with a single well-behaved dog, but not a stay to build a trip around.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Dogs taken at a town-centre pub
- Charge for dogs applied on arrival
- One dog per room house rule
- Central Neath base for short stops
- Housekeeping between dog stays varies
About this hotel
St Ives is a two-star pub with rooms on Old Market Street in the centre of Neath, south Wales. It offers budget en-suite accommodation within walking distance of the town's shops and transport links, with no on-site parking and no food service. It scores 7.2 out of 10 across 110 guest reviews.
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Location
12 Old Market Street 12 Old Market, Neath, SA11 3NA
