Stayed in May and everything was very very good we were well greeted and taken to our room which was clean but compact, when we came down for dinner we were shown to our table by the very good staff and the food was great we had a good night sleep. Then we came back in August we were well greeted the bedroom was again clean but was again compact, the food was also good again, but as for sleeping the noise from down stairs was very bad we didn't get to sleep untill after 1 am and then there was the usual car door slamming and as we had to be up early we hardly had any sleep

The welcome from Gareth and his staff was superb, Gareth and his young family have had the hotel for just 3 months and are working hard to turn it round and winning! The food was excellent all the meat from a local butcher the Steak Pie was delicious. Rooms are a little on the small side but spotless. Breakfast was spectacular wonderful sausages and haggis!

On one of our weekly visits to the Allan Ramsey, sometimes twice weekly which we both enjoy (ooh the chips and the steak), we sat down to our favourite Rib Eye and Merlot wine.

Before our meel was served, my wife and I, were both concerned about the amount of FLY,S, hovering around. This was mentioned to a member of staff on our last visit.

Any way, after tucking in to the first few forkfulls of steak, chips and blue cheese sauce, there it was on the plate between two chips drenched in oil and juice, Geoff Goldbloom, in his metamorphic state, (THE FLY).

This was not one from the air, it had been dead for some time, and had been included in the meal (free of charge although the manager wanted to charge for one meal and drinks, albeit only one quarter of one meal was consumed.)

Any way, untill there has been something done about this, we shall not return, and that would be a shame, for the food is lovely, and staff are friendly....

On arrival, at dinner, at breakfast and when leaving for a day trip we made sure that staff understood that we would not return until well after midnight and very likely around 1:00 AM that night. We were assured that the back door would remain unlocked for us to enter and if, by some chance it was not, that two members of staff resided on site and would reply when we knocked. When we arrived at 1:15 AM we found the house totally locked. Our repeated knocking and even honking the car horn roused the neighbor, but not the owner. When we finally roused him by finding the light of his television in a second floor apartment he assured us the door was open. It was not.

The room was not properly cleaned. We found three used soap cakes in the shower. On the floor near the bed we found a used set of disposable ear plugs. This toilet is so close to the wall that one could not stand in front of it to sit down but rather had to pivot in to position with knees well spread. This is unacceptable even for an older property.

Staff, including the owner, could not find the password for the promised wireless internet.

The restaurant wait staff were less than friendly. The owner was barely polite and obviously not seriously engaged in managing his property or serving his guests.

We left without breakfast the second morning and requested a reduction for the missed breakfast and the failed internet. The offer of a 20% reduction failed to even cover the menu price of the breakfasts.