Portmarnock Vet Centre – Vets in Portmarnock
Clinic Overview
- Warm, compassionate care: Reviewers repeatedly describe the team as caring, calm, empathic, and attentive, with especially strong praise for senior-pet and end-of-life support. - Holistic approach is a clear draw: Positive comments mention titre testing before boosters, natural or homeopathic remedies where appropriate, and a preference for combining holistic and conventional care. - Good follow-up and long-term relationships: Several clients describe using the clinic for years, and one recent review highlights next-day nurse check-ins after surgery and prompt follow-up appointment planning.
Services
- •Integrative care: The clinic’s approach combines conventional veterinary treatment with holistic options. Reviewers specifically mention antibody titre testing before booster vaccinations, natural remedies where appropriate, and holistic support alongside standard treatment plans.
- •Routine and preventive care: Clients describe thorough check-ups and ongoing care from puppyhood onwards, with a focus on explaining options clearly and not pushing unnecessary treatments.
- •Surgery and procedures: Recent feedback mentions neutering and a procedure carried out under local anaesthesia, with smooth recovery support and follow-up arranged afterwards.
- •Dental care: The clinic offers dental consultations and treatment planning, including cleaning under anaesthetic.
- •Senior, long-term, and end-of-life care: Reviews include support for older dogs, chronic conditions, comfort-focused care, and compassionate help in a pet’s final days.
- •Cat and dog care with lower-stress handling: Owners mention gentle handling for both cats and dogs, including a notably low-stress cat visit without sedation and careful discussion of options in a more complex case.
- •Urgent care support: Clients say the team has helped with both everyday concerns and more urgent situations.
Pricing
No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.
People
- •Emily: Frequently praised for kind, thorough care, holistic knowledge, and support with complex, long-term, and end-of-life cases.
- •Fiona (vet): Praised for making a cat’s visit notably low-stress without sedation and for clearly explaining options in a complicated case.
- •Sally (vet): Named positively by a reviewer who said the care was hard to fault.
- •Emma: Thanked in multiple reviews for being helpful and supportive when needed.
- •Alison: Mentioned warmly for care around a dog’s surgery.
- •Nursing team: Recent feedback also praises the nurses for follow-up and aftercare.
Reviews
Google reviews average 4.6/5 from 108 reviews. Recent feedback is largely very positive, with most comments focusing on kindness, holistic care, and good support for dogs at different life stages.
- •Warm, compassionate care: Reviewers repeatedly describe the team as caring, calm, empathic, and attentive, with especially strong praise for senior-pet and end-of-life support.
- •Holistic approach is a clear draw: Positive comments mention titre testing before boosters, natural or homeopathic remedies where appropriate, and a preference for combining holistic and conventional care.
- •Good follow-up and long-term relationships: Several clients describe using the clinic for years, and one recent review highlights next-day nurse check-ins after surgery and prompt follow-up appointment planning.
- •Main negative theme is cost and communication in one dental case: One reviewer reports a much higher dental quote than another local clinic and says they did not receive the promised follow-up about a payment plan, although another recent reviewer described prices as reasonable and said larger costs were explained in advance.
