This is my first time writing on tripadvisor but my husband and I felt we would like to thoroughly recommend The Pend to anyone thinking of spending a few days in Dunkeld. This was a return trip for us and though it had been 5 years The Pend was every bit as good as we remembered it. The location is perfect, very central while still being quiet just 30 seconds on foot up the hill from the main street. There is private parking for residents at the rear of the building and a very warm welcome from the proprietor Peter and his 2 gorgeous westies Mollie and Bridie, they both know their jobs as representatives of the establishment very well and loved showing us round the very nicely decorated and well appointed building. Our room was large with a good size double bed and a single bed, antique furniture and a wash hand basin. There are 2 good size bathrooms which serve 3 bedrooms in close proximity and nice quality robes are provided in the rooms as well as fresh milk in a mini fridge and a very good selection of tea, herbal tea, coffee and hot chocolate as well as some scottish shortbread.
My husband and I had been mentioning the dinner's at The Pend during just about every conversation about great scottish cuisine for the last 5 years after our fabulous meal previously and we weren't disappointed by our experience this time. Three well thought out and well balanced courses and tea or coffee of an extremely high quality. Peter actually only does this now for small parties with adequate advance notice for obvious reasons as he sources and prepares the meals himself. Although the B&B is not licensed there is wine available locally and there is an impressive range of very good vintages available in 'The Scottish Deli' known locally as Menzies of Dunkeld less than a minutes walk away on Atholl Street and more commercially familiar wines available at the local co-op which Peter is happy to open for a very modest corkage.
A full range of breakfast options are available and like with everything at The Pend you get the feeling that quality and service really matter as well as making you feel that you are among friends.
Dunkeld itself is well worth a visit with a very vibrant and friendly atmosphere with live music many nights in the Taybank an other establishments in the area, great walks by the river and a good choice of bistro's and restaurants.
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