だけあって・
Praise that says where the quality comes from: "as you'd expect from" ten years' experience, a famous name, a high price. だけあって leads into what you admire. だけのことはある is the verdict, said as a sentence of its own.
だけあって
As you'd expect from an inn with such a long history, they have thought of every little thing.
だけのことはある
Her pronunciation has become remarkably natural. All that daily practice has really paid off.
Leading into what you admire
Plain form + だけあって
教えてきただけあって, 高いだけあって. A noun goes straight on: プロだけあって. A な-adjective takes な: 有名なだけあって.
As the verdict
Plain form + だけのことはある
It attaches the same way and ends its own sentence. The short form is だけある.
The same praise in two places
He has worked in the field for ten years, and it shows: he is quick to decide.
One sentence. The reason leads into what you admire.
He is quick to decide. That's ten years in the field for you.
Two sentences. What you admire, then where it comes from.
The verdict can also come first. さすが, "just what you'd expect", often opens either one.
You can see why it costs so much. This chair doesn't tire you even after hours of sitting.
Just what you'd expect from a professional: the work gets done fast.
You can tell a master craftsman finished it. It is carefully made down to the smallest detail.
The short form.
What comes before it
Whatever leads you to expect quality: experience, effort, a name, a price. What you then see lives up to it. People say this in conversation and write it in reviews.
As you'd expect from someone who has taught Japanese for ten years, she can explain even difficult grammar simply.
A famous architect designed this library, and it shows: the use of light is superb.
No wonder it is so hard to get a booking. The views and the food at this inn are both wonderful.
It was worth it
Both are mostly said about other people and things. About yourself they sound like boasting. Looking back on your own effort or money, though, だけのことはあった is "it was worth it".
It was worth the money. The food and the service were both superb.
だけに or だけあって?
Both start from something that raises expectations.
だけあってN2This page
"As you'd expect from": praise. The result lives up to the reason. さすが and だけのことはある go with it.
As you'd expect from a luxury hotel, the service is wonderful.
だけにN2
"Precisely because …, all the more". Good or bad, and often a feeling made stronger. A let-down takes only だけに.
Precisely because it is a luxury hotel, poor service is all the more disappointing.
Where there is something to admire, either can be said. だけあって is the more openly admiring.
It is a luxury hotel, so naturally the service is wonderful.
Close neighbours
甲斐があるN2
"Worth the effort". It starts from what you put in. だけのことはある starts from the result.
It was worth coming all this way. The view from the summit was breathtaking.
Check yourself
1Which one fits?
高かった
Choose an answer to see why.
2What does this mean?
三時間
Choose an answer to see why.
More detail
Now and then だけあって is said with a wry smile about a habit that is no virtue.
True to his worrying nature, his checklist before a trip runs to three pages.
More sentences
As you'd expect from someone who has won the national tournament many times, he doesn't waste a movement.
This knife is handmade by a craftsman, and it shows: it is beautifully sharp.
As you'd expect from a former diplomat, he chooses his words carefully.
As you'd expect from such a popular place, there is a line even at lunchtime on a weekday.
The presentation is well worked out in both content and structure. You can tell it took six months to prepare.
All those trial batches were worth it. This sauce has real depth of flavor.