The Winnock Hotel

一般，沒有什麼特色

We travelled through Storm Eowyn for Burns Weekend and only arrived at 7.30pm on a Friday evening delayed due to many road closures, so it was straight into evening dinner. Due to the storm on our first evening we had short power cuts and the water was off, luckily the Winnock has its own backup generator. On the Saturday after the storm The Winnock lived up to expectations and was as good as our previous visit. Our room was a family suite with a double and single bed, nicely decorated with good furnishings it had an En-suite bathroom with both bath and shower. Beware of the heated towel rail! Ours was very very hot. The bed was large and comfortable. The great thing about this hotel is the excellent quality and presentation of the food. Because they had over 100 guests staying and staff shortages the service in the restaurant was slow at times. We were on an all inclusive board so there was plenty wine served with dinner and drinks in the bar later. The entertainment was again Scottish themed with Music and Scottish Dancing and on the second night some Scottish history and demonstration of 17th century weapons. On Burns night prior to the entertainment we had the ceremony of Addressing the Haggis with the famous Robbie Burns poem enacted, The hotel is lovely and cosy on cold winters nights. What was a little disappointing is that they didn’t have the log fire burning on this visit. The hotel hospitality was very good considering the storm on day of arrival. On our day trips the hotel kindly provided us with packed lunches consisting of 2 Sandwiches, Crisps, a Cereal Bar and Cartoned Drink a lovely touch. One problem we had on our last night was the fire alarm going off at about 5.30am, after about 30 seconds it stopped. This happened a further 3 or 4 times, you don’t know if these are real emergencies or just false alarms. We are already considering the Winnock for Twixmas this year. On departure we were all presented with a Hot Toddy, a nice finishing touch. We would recommend the Winnock if you want something traditionally Scottish that is warm and welcoming,

The rooms themselves are perfectly acceptable but the bathroom could do with a total refurb. The breakfasts were ok but fresh fruit and pastries would be a welcome addition. The dinners were very good quality. The service at both breakfast and dinner could be improved and speeded up. The bar was expensive.