Tarbert Gastfamilien

This is the most stunning place I've ever stayed. The room was nothing special, comfortable and well equipped with a good hairdryer. The views though. The dining room is an elevated glass-fronted platform looking out over trees, the gardens and loch and is spectacular, especially just now as the trees are changing colour. Staff were all super friendly and helpful. The food was delicious, and if you like seafood I'd recommend the Loch Fyne platter. The lobster mac cheese also went down well. The gardens and walks were good, with some amazing trees. The hotel has its own little island to walk round, with some enormous rocks and stony beaches. I'd definitely stay here again.

We arrived soaked after a lengthy bike ride and wanted to get into a warm bedroom as quickly as possible. There was no-one on reception and instead I had to wait rather too long for one of the overworked waiting-on staff to appear and check us in. The room was cold. There was no information at all so we weren’t able to get any heat with asking further. We were also advised to not even bother with the towel rail as none of them worked in the hotel. All far from ideal when you’re trying to dry out soaking clothes. The tap was very loose and worst of all there was a huge crack right across the seat of the toilet. Totally unhygienic. I mentioned it when we went down again and was thanked for telling them - but it clearly wasn’t going to be fixed for us. The room should stayed unused until it had been fixed. There was also only one, tiny shower gel and one tiny shampoo between the two of us. You get the picture. The food in the Seabed Restaurant was reasonable but was not a patch on the standard when we ate there last two years ago.