If you like a friendly welcome, excellent food, a clean room and value for money, this is the place for you!
I had the pleasure of staying at Cherry Villa for a weekend during a visit to Newcastle for a friend's wedding and cannot fault it.
Within seconds of lugging my suitcase through the door I was given a warm welcome from Gabrielle, who immediately offered me some home-made scones with home-made jam. To me, welcomes don't get much better than that!
The room was clean, neat, tidy and comfortable with a TV and decent space to hang clothes up.
It had its own private - again it was very clean, neat and tidy.
After dumping my bags, I went down to the breakfast room for coffee, scones and jam which were excellent.
The room is full of thank you cards from guests, and it is easy to understand why.
Gabrielle is quite the cook and I would thoroughly recommend sampling an Ulster fry at breakfast time - a hearty plate of good, honest food which will keep you going.
Gabrielle was also very helpful in providing a map of the town, and with your own front door key and the freedom to come and go as you please, there was no pressure to feel like you had to be back by certain time.
This was handy when the wedding reception went on into the early hours of the morning.
Then there's the matter of price - you get all this for £35 per night, which is a fraction of the cost of some of the other places in town.
I would have a hard time believing there are any better B&Bs in town, and would strongly recommend staying at Cherry Villa.

After 5 stays I finally felt that I should post my comments, Cherry Villa is excellent, not only great value for money but excellent accommodation, great breakfasts, friendly hosts whose years in the business show in their pride in the product and the area.

This is a great choice for anyone visiting Newcastle and the Mournes. We've been coming here annually for the past ten years and always enjoy our stay. The warm welcome from Gabrielle with complimentary tea and scones on arrival is great. The rooms are spotlessly clean and have everything you need. Fantastic breakfast which fuels you for the day. Central location convenient to the seafront, the mountains and the forest park. Already looking forward to our next visit.

I stayed in Cherry Villa and would have to say the location is fantastic! Just off the main street so restaurants and the beach was within a few minutes walk. I stayed in an ensuite room and the usual facitlies e.g. tv, kettle were available. In addition, the room was very clean and the location is very quiet. If you ask nicely you may be able to use the wireless as well, providing you bring your laptop with you. The landlady was very friendly and the breakfast was good!

I would definitely recommend staying in this B+B!