We have just come back from a 4 night stay, we traveld with Shearings coach trips.
We had a standard sea view room on the 1st floor, the view over Portpatrick harbour was beautifull and well worth the extra money.
The room was spacious and very clean, we had a shower room with everything you need, plenty of clean towels and toiletries, and a hot towel rail to keep the towels nice and warm.
The bed was comfortable but unusually it had a blanket and a quilted throw instead of a continental quilt, i did notice that some people asked reception for more blankets, we just kept the wall heater on overnight and it was warm enough.
A good hot beverage tray was in the room with good quality tea and coffee and suchards hot chocolate sachets and biscuits, this was replenished every day.
The hotel reception rooms were of a modern design and did not have that Scotish feel to them, they had a contempary design but the hotel was nicely decorated with plenty of different seating areas and a nice size television lounge with a big flat screen television.
The food at the hotel was good, the menu was varied with several good choices, the starters were imaginitive with homemade soup , salads pate. and fish, one night we had a selection of indian starters, they were delicious. The main choice always had 2 meat choices and a vegetarian and a fish choice. If you see Beef bourignon on the menu choose it , it was lovely realy well cooked and presented. Breakfast was good as well, buffet starters and a cooked breakfast with plenty of choice, always nicely cooked.
All the staff at the hotel were very good, all pleased to help and service with a smile. At no time were we treated like a coach party, we had individual attention at meal times and all other times
Overall i think this break was excellent value for money, we even had included drinks in the evening. we had 2 nights with entertainment and both were very good. There was not alot of seats in the entertainment room so my advice would be to get in there early or if you havnt got a seat just get one from the dining room , which is what we did.
From the hotel there are steps down to the harbour, or for a gentler walk down walk out the front of the hotel and turn first right and then down the steps with a gentler incline.
The village of Portpatrick is very pretty, not much to do in the winter but there is a restaurant a cafe and a few hotels and pubs where you can get a drink or something to eat. The crown had a warm Scottish welcome and a lovely log fire.
even in bad weather you cant help but think that Portpatrick is a pretty gem of a place.
we enjoyed our stay at the Portpatrick hotel