We were travelling through the area and stopped to have coffee. The location and scenery were stunning and we thought it would be nice to see what the hotel had to offer for any future trips. However......... the young girl on reception who spoke limited English seemed very suprised by our request. After being shown into a room which seemed to be in a time warp, we waited and waited. There was literally no-one else around (It was 12:30 - lunchtime) My husband commented he wondered if "Lurch" would turn up with the coffee, such was the strange atmosphere of the place.(Those of you as old as us will remember the "Adams family!") The cleanliness of the toilets and the room which we were in - possibly a library, were not up to my standard. The girl from reception finally brought us some lukewarm coffee with cups and plates but no saucers!
When we left and asked to pay the bill, the same young girl on reception smiled and disappeared!
The hotel seems to be stuck in the 1970's and if you don't like tartan, the military and lots of very weird stuffed animals staring out of a glass case, this place is definitely not for you
We will not be returning

We stayed at one of the loch side appartments for a two night break. We'd read some of the tripadvisor comments before we left and were a bit worried about what we were letting ourself in for. We needn't have worried. The staff at check in were friendly and welcoming and the appartment was clean and well fitted. It's not top notch, but niether are the prices, so we weren't expecting (nor did we want) The Ritz. With rreference to something we read on trio advisor, the toilet In the bedroom isn't an issue as there's another one downstairs in the walk in shower room. The hotel itself is admittedly looking tired, but as we were self catering, it wasn't a problem for us. If you're looking for a quiet break in a remote location and you don't have a huge budget, this a a great place to stay. We'll be back.

Overall had a great stay in a lochside apartment with great views of loch awe and surrounding hills. The apartment itself was spacious with fitted kitchen,living room and upstairs double bedroom. Kitchen itself was nice but could do with instructions with cooker etc and were power are hidden!! Also there was no dishtowels and running hot water on our last day. The central heating was never on and made a noise during the night which was hard to sleep through! But for taking the dog away it was perfect and will definetly return!

The Lodge we stayed in was fantastic. Lovely place and would stay there again in a heartbeat.

The Hotel on the other hand was a different matter. The staff seemed to be mainly foreign(polish mostly) and either did not seem to have a clue what they were doing or did not seem to care. The British staff we encountered at the hotel were very hospitable and charming, which is more than can be said for thier foreign workers. At one point we were chased out of the restaraunt by an angry Italian looking waiter who shouted "Get out of here! we closed now, go to lounge, someone come and serve you there!" this left me angry and shocked as all we were looking for was a coffee! the only reason we wandered into the resteraunt was because there was nobody around the deserted hotel!

My advice to the owners? and i am not being racist in any way shape or form...bin the foreign workers, or at least replace them with People that actually seem to want to be there. They all seemed cold, uninterested, unfriendly and generally incompetant.

Apart from the hotel and the majority of its staff the weekend was very nice and the lodges were a fantastic place to stay.

There isnt much to do around the Porsonachan Area but if you are just looking to get away for a few days or perhaps do a bit of fishing i would recommed getting one of the Lodges....just stay away from the hotel!