My honest review of the UK hotel with an outdoor spa, giant disco ball — and clothing optional rules

Everyone is welcome at this kitschy hotel on the outskirts of Belfast (Picture: The Rabbit Hotel)

No man is an island, goes the saying.

But when a strapping, 6ft 4in male stands in a pool, surrounded by glamorous girls in Louis Vuitton swimsuits and giant Gucci sunglasses, flutes of fizz held aloft, he sure as hell looks like one. 

To say the statuesque specimen marooned in the hot tub looked out of place at The Rabbit in Templepatrick, Northern Ireland would be unfair. This place welcomes all: staff oozing warmth and familiarity, rooms designed to cosset and connect.

But, as the already lively conversations across the spa grew ever mor...