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Billy Andy's (now Sixty Six) Is Now Sixty Six — The Hotel Inspector Update

The Hotel Inspector, Season 19 Larne, Northern Ireland

Current status

Renamed

As of October 2026, northernirelandworld.com lists this address as Sixty Six; reviewed by our team on October 19, 2026, not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Northern Ireland World reported on 2024-05-07 that the venue itself announced on Facebook on 23 April 2024 that Billy Andy's was rebranding as Sixty Six, and Ireland Before You Die gave the same new name on 2024-05-02. How we decide a status →

What happened after The Hotel Inspector?

Billy Andy's, a pub, restaurant and bed and breakfast at 66 Browndod Road near Gleno village, Larne, featured in series 19, episode 6 of The Hotel Inspector (Channel 5), aired 2024-05-09. TheTVDB's episode overview places it at the start of Northern Ireland's Causeway Coastal Route and describes Alex Polizzi helping the owner, Eamon, make the most of what he has. Northern Ireland World reported on 2024-05-07 that the venue sits in a building dating to the 1800s and that Mid and East Antrim Borough Council approved it as a wedding venue in 2023.

The article said the episode covers the day-to-day side of running a B&B and includes guests such as Stevie Haughey, founder of the travel website Ireland Before You Die, who stayed in November 2023. The Scotsman reported before the broadcast that Eamon McAuley owns the business and that it was losing money.

Northern Ireland World reported that the venue announced on its Facebook page on 23 April 2024 that it was rebranding as Sixty Six, taking the name from its street number. Ireland Before You Die, in an article dated 2024-05-02, likewise gave the new name as Sixty Six. Discover Northern Ireland lists Sixty Six, formerly Billy Andy's, as a 19th-century pub and restaurant with four en-suite rooms, a restaurant serving local produce, and open log and peat fires. The travel site Destinia lists Alberg Sixty Six at the same address. Neither listing carries a recent date, and the sources read do not show whether the venue is trading in 2026 or describe what changed after the episode.

Wikipedia's list of The Hotel Inspector episodes records the episode as Billy Andy's, aired 9 May 2024.

The episode The Hotel Inspector, Season 19

Episode 6
Aired
Title: Billy Andy's · What was featured: Bed and breakfast with pub and restaurant on the Causeway Coastal Route, owner Eamon

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : This week Alex is in Northern Ireland to come to the rescue of Hotelier Eamon. Twenty miles northeast of Belfast, Billy Andy's sits at the start of the stunning Causeway Coastal Route, visited by around a million tourists each year. The inn includes a sixty seater restaurant and two bars on the ground floor, above which are four ensuite letting rooms, plus a large flat and lounge. But Eamon's business is costing him thousands each month to keep afloat.Eamon is a passionate businessman and an interior designer, but his dream is fading fast. Lack of trade and staff shortages means the restaurant and bar only open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays - and Eamon is having to turn his hand to everything.Eamon is a man with grand schemes to turn the place into a boutique hotel - but Alex has other plans. Set in stunning countryside and with thousands of tourists passing his door each week, why is Eamon not getting a piece of that trade? This has been his lifelong dream and if Alex can't turn his fortunes around fast he will lose it all...

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Sources we checked 7 references

  1. TheTVDB https://thetvdb.com/series/the-hotel-inspector/episodes/10479469
  2. northernirelandworld.com https://www.northernirelandworld.com/business/larne-bb-pub-and-restaurant-sixty-six-formerly-known-as-billy-andys-to-feature-on-channel-5s-the-hotel-inspector-with-alex-polizzi-4618749
  3. irelandbeforeyoudie.com https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/?p=98233
  4. mp.scotsman.com https://mp.scotsman.com/business/northern-ireland-bb-stars-in-channel-5s-hit-tv-series-the-hotel-inspector-4619922
  5. discovernorthernireland.com https://discovernorthernireland.com/accommodation/sixty-six-p692021
  6. destinia.com https://destinia.com/ca/hotels/europa/regne-unit/antrim/glenoe/sixty-six/ho-1560247
  7. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Hotel_Inspector_episodes
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