Flynn Vets Balmoral – Vets in Belfast
Clinic Overview
- Clients often describe the team as friendly, calm, and helpful, both in person and on the phone, with clear explanations during appointments. - Handling of nervous pets stands out strongly, with several reviews praising the way staff keep anxious dogs settled during injections, treatment, and grooming-related care. - Owners also highlight helpful support in urgent situations, including practical phone advice, prescriptions where appropriate, and guidance on out-of-hours care.
Services
- •Routine veterinary care and preventive appointments: vaccinations, general consultations, and examinations remain a core part of the practice’s work. Recent clients mention annual vaccinations, first puppy visits, and vets who take time to explain concerns clearly.
- •Support for nervous or reactive pets: reviews repeatedly mention calm handling of pets that struggle with injections, treatment, or the vet environment. One owner specifically praised Dr Flynn for taking time with an anxious dog and arranging a sedation-assisted groom with Do Groom upstairs.
- •Urgent advice and short-notice support: owners describe being talked through symptoms to watch for, advised on next steps, and given guidance on which out-of-hours provider to contact when the practice was closing.
- •Prescriptions and medication support: reviews mention prescriptions being issued in urgent circumstances, and sedatives being provided to help a nervous cat travel to the clinic.
- •Cat boarding at The Cat Loft: the practice offers cat boarding, including longer stays. Feedback highlights cats coming home relaxed, well fed, and well cared for, with updates during their stay.
- •Investigations and coordination with other providers: one owner describes the practice arranging visits and tests with other veterinary providers when their dog became seriously ill.
- •Training and emergency provision: the clinic is listed as a veterinary nurse training facility, and emergency veterinary services are also included in its clinic information.
Pricing
Available published prices indicate the clinic sits below average relative to similar practices. Earlier client feedback also describes pricing as reasonable, including for general care and cat boarding.
People
- •Dr Flynn: praised for calm, compassionate handling of a highly anxious dog, including working with another provider to arrange a sedation-assisted groom.
- •Kirsten: described by one client as excellent and very knowledgeable, and previously recognised for spending significant time investigating a seriously ill dog’s condition and arranging visits and tests with other vets.
- •Anna: mentioned warmly by clients for being lovely and carrying out thorough examinations.
- •Megan and Johanna: thanked for kindness, patience, and thoughtful updates during a cat’s two-week boarding stay.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.6 stars from 58 reviews. Recent feedback is very positive overall.
- •Clients often describe the team as friendly, calm, and helpful, both in person and on the phone, with clear explanations during appointments.
- •Handling of nervous pets stands out strongly, with several reviews praising the way staff keep anxious dogs settled during injections, treatment, and grooming-related care.
- •Owners also highlight helpful support in urgent situations, including practical phone advice, prescriptions where appropriate, and guidance on out-of-hours care.
- •Longer-term loyalty is a recurring theme, alongside positive comments about cat boarding, spotless surroundings, and the convenience of easy access and on-site parking.
