The Gardeners Country Inn

Bar and food closed too early. No staff available after 9pm. Shame no breakfast available on site.

We stayed for an evening meal, drinks, and spent the night in one of the lodges. The food here is always absolutely amazing! We try something new each time we go and have yet to be disappointed with the meals, of which there are copious amounts of, and clearly fresh from the cook! The service from every member of staff who are always so polite and friendly, as well as efficient, and the lodges themselves. It is clearly a family friendly set up, we cannot wait to come here with a few of us at some point in the summer, and are already sure there is space for the little ones, well enclosed and safe, with a good scope of further space for adults, both inside and outside. I loved the board showing everything that is coming for the year to suit everyone. The menu covers everyone, as does the atmosphere. This particular review covers the night when it wasnt so busy, just a couple of very happy groups, and it was a treat to hear them enjoying the piano and guitar from across the conservatory and just have that gorgeous laid back evening over drinks. When we did finally leave at closing, we took a bottle of wine from the bar back to the lodge, offered an ice bucket and glasses, and a nothing is too much trouble attitude. The Lodge itself was lovely. Yes, i could complain the milk for tea wasnt fresh from the cow, or the paintwork wasnt millimetre perfect, or that the light bulb wasnt 20 watts higher as an example of some of the very questionable reviews you may see..( we actually had a great time going through them and loved the responses even more!) The next morning we took a wander over to the Garden Centre next door, and had an amazing breakfast from the on site cafe to finish our break from the norm! From our experiences, and the reason we return again and again..its nothing short of just lovely so...do not base your visit on the bads! Thank you all, for the great time we had!

This room was £70 a night and we had booked for two nights, and whilst I wasn’t expecting luxury I was expecting the room to be clean and to have a decent night sleep ahead of a family funeral. Having driven 8 hours from northern Scotland, all we wanted was a clean room and a decent nights sleep to be rested ahead of the funeral. The first morning we were woken at 6:30am by a delivery van arriving, reverse warning beeping followed by 15 minutes of clattering and doors banging. Then 8am a road sweeper arrived followed by an hour of cleaning the car park. Ordinarily an 8am start would not be an issue but this was on too of the 6:30 earlier wake-up call. Spoke to a lady in the car park and who worked at the hotel and was supervising the road sweeper, I explained the issues with the duvet, and then being woken up etc. she sympathised said she would speak to the cleaners about the duvet and that she had previously spoken to the delivery truck. We returned after a long day attending the funeral. We decided that we would have some drinks and a bite to eat in the pub. Given the dire state of the rooms it was preferable to sit in there than in the rooms. At 9:30pm as we were chatting, the chef appears and announced that the bar was closing. Thinking that this was quite early, we asked what time it usually closed, his response “11pm, but there’s nowt doing and we can’t keep the lights on and staff here just to serve you. But you can take your drinks back to your room” As we were leaving we heard the lady who I had spoke to in the car park the previous morning that she would have to speak to the cleaners because she’d had ANOTHER complaint about the rooms from a lady in the car park!!! If you know there’s an issue with the rooms, fix the problems!! The second morning we were woken again at 5:30am by the deliver truck, clattering of crates being rolled along the car park, opening and slamming truck doors etc. Bedroom Duvet was too small for the bed, it just covered the top of the mattress, no overhang. Only 1 bedside lamp for a double room Cobwebs, clearly been there a while which were full of dead flies Neither wall lights worked, even if they had worked only 1 had a bulb. Carpet was covered in grit. Walls paper thin we could hear very worm on the to next door. Bathroom Only 1 hand towel provided for 2 people No soap provided for the sink Sealant and grout full of black mould and split Hole in wall Toilet roll holder hanging off the wall No soap provided for the sink Paint peeling off the ceiling. The photos on the website are not recent photos, and don’t be fooled by the google reviews - they are for the pub not the accommodation. Avoid!!