second stay at this hotel, we paid £65.00 for us both bed and breakfast, the room was a bit old fashioned but clean and warm, staff are friendly and no problem making us supper as we arrived quite late, the breakfast was lovely, just one complaint though, the night porter had put salt in the sugar bowls, but the lady rectified this as soon as we brought it to her attention

Stayed for one night with my partner as an early Valentine's present. Booking and check in were very easy and the staff were very pleasant and helpful, however the room was a complete disappointment. The decor was very dated, there was only a tiny old TV in the corner and there was a serious lack of electric sockets. The bathroom was small, and the shower near impossible to work which was very frustrating. We were kept awake well into the early hours with noise coming from a function downstairs. Breakfast was fantastic, a good selection with again very good service and check out was smooth. Overall, disappointed with the poor quality of accommodation having paid £68, would have been better in a Travel Lodge where we'd at least have got a modern room, however the good service and food do make up for it to an extent.

Stayed for 8 nights in November. Rooms was small but warm and clean. Shower was rubbish - old electric unit, but with the controls outside the shower cubicle! Took some practice to get right - and didn't work when the toilet cistern was filling up.

Breakfast was good. Hotel doors locked at night and had to wait ages for a night porter.

This hotel has been in a time warp, so far as upkeep is concerned, for about the last 50 years....really no excuse for a hotel to be in this poor shape. But more fundamentally, I question whether this hotel was ever satisfactory. Our room was tiny -- barely enough room for the bed. The mattress was worn to the point that it sagged, even before we lay on it. Given the cramped quarters, it is not surprising that the rest of the furniture was sparse....and cheaply made. Few outlets in the room: to connect a hair dryer, you had to disconnect something else. The bathroom was really appalling: the shower NEVER worked, despite 15 min of tinkering with it. It was absolutely impossible. Worst was that when we asked for some assistance to get it working, no one ever came. The bathroom was bare-bones: no shelf to place anything needed in the bathroom. Tiny, easily broken, plastic cups for drinking. And a creaking floor that groaned every time we walked across it (although the room was so small that you couldn't take many steps anyway - a clever device by the management to minimize the problem?) This hotel was so bad that we took the unusual step for us of leaving 2 days early......there is really no excuse for such a shabby hotel in Scotland, reputedly part of the 21st century in the western world.