Had a fantastic stay here again, 2nd time here and staff couldn't do enough for you and were very welcoming and friendly. checking in and out was quick and simple , and elma even booked us theatre tickets , was knowledgeable for train times etc , and really went out of her way to help ,had food which was okish but not as good as we remembered but not as good as I remembered but wouldnt put us off coming back in a few months. we had a room on the 1st floor at the rear of hotel which reduced noise from main street but in a town you couldn't expect anything else

First impressions of the hotel aren't brilliant but not entirely off-putting. I booked a single en-suite for £35 B&B and was upgraded to a double on arrival as they weren't busy.. My room was nicely furnished and clean. The bed was very comfortable although there were stains on the decorative cushions . The plumbing is antequated and you can hear strange noises whenever someone turns on a tap, flushes a toilet or takes a shower in another room. The hotel smells stale throughout (Almost as though they didn't re-decorate when the smoking ban was introduced) I felt the hotel could do with a steam clean all over to freshen it. The hotel has a public bar which got extremely noisy with a lot of very drunk people (looked like regulars) so if you are looking for a quiet night, book somewhere else. I was still awake at 1am. The music downstairs was finally switched off at this time. Breakfast was very, very nice (full Scottish) The ingredients were of a very high quality. I found the staff to be very friendly but was disappointed when paying my bill, the female memer of staff neither thanked me or said anything pleasant as I was leaving. Poor last impression.

Even in a cheap hotel you expect certain things.

Hot water.
A remote control that operates the television.
Plumbing that doesn't make noises from the bowels of hell all night.
A room the doesn't smell.

my husband and i decided to have our lunch in the graeme as we had heard good things about the food . it said on the menu HOME MADE so we thought we could not go wrong .i had tastless lasagne and my husband stew with a dollop of pastry on top.it is the first time i have every had lasagne made with red cheddar cheese .garlic bread was a slice of french bread with garlic butter melted on it revolting to say the least.even the sachet of mayonnaise was cheap and nasty.lovely clean surroundings staff very attentive but need to change your chef im afraid