After touring through England and Scotland for 2 weeks we finished our trip up at aberdeen where we were due to fly out of the next morning. St Elmo’s was advertised as a 4* b&b, and was a fairly reasonable rate for this quality accom, around 60 pound. However after booking this at the information centre we drove straight to the b&b, we were greeted by a short grumpy man who told us we were not expected for another half an hour, and that we should hurry up and get our bags up stairs, it felt like he was my school principle from years ealrlier, after putting our bags in the room, which wasn’t too bad a room, not a 4* room, but comfortable and clean, he proceeded to set the ground rules in a dictative tone, following this we asked for recommendations to eat for the night in Aberdeen, his only response, was “there’s a pizza place on the corner”. The next morning we inadvertently parked in the wrong spot, and when heading down for breakfast we were greeted by the short man who attempted to give us the lecture of all lectures. Really put a dampener on our views of b&b’s, until we got to Dublin where our faith was restored.
A tip for the owner of the “St Elmo”, to own/run a b&b you need to be able to engage in civil conversation and be pleasant and open with your guests, they are paying you for a service, you aren’t doing them a favor. Would highly recommend giving this place a miss.