The Old Manse of Blair, Boutique Hotel & Restaurant

Food very good. BUT same menu for 3 day stay. Nice log fires. BUT our room was not refreshed until 10 to 5 pm on the second day of our stay . No extras in room e.g. hairdryer, shower cap. tissues etc Good location. BUT on leaving we were charged £38 for our 'complimentary' arrival drinks. E mailed owners, no response, but it seems only good reviews welcome. Staff willing BUT need managed. At £525 a night, certainly not up to this standard.

From the moment we arrived we were warmly welcomed and Jason (hotel manager) couldn’t have been more helpful at helping resolve a booking issue with the online 3rd party. Nothing was too much trouble and our happiness was paramount meaning that what we expected from our trip was indeed our experience. A well appointed traditional hotel with fantastic atmosphere, food and wine. During dinner service Kayleigh our waitress was very efficient and friendly. We also met the hotel owner which was lovely. The hotel is only 5 minutes from The House of Bruar which is also quite handy. Would definitely recommend.

Enjoyed an excellent birthday lunch at the Old Manse of Blair restaurant (between Blair Atholl and House of Bruar). Staff very friendly and welcoming with our meal served in the lovely orangey setting. All the dishes were beautifully presented and delicious. Wine list was comprehensive and reasonably priced. Lunch was £49 for three courses with some delightful extra entremets/amuse-bouche. I think it is expensive to stay but can recommend the lunch for a special treat.

We had the pleasure of dining here with friends recently. The food was 1st class as were the staff and the Manse itself is beautiful. The atmosphere was not stuffy at all and very casually friendly but in a very professional manner. We will certainly be back and I can’t wait! Highly recommend this lovely restaurant on every level. *****

The good - lovely room with nice furnishing. Beautiful setting , with two highland coos. Nice dining area and attentive service at breakfast. The bad - poor reception staff ( we waited 20 mins to be attended to), repeated paper work after already filling everything on line and then doing it again because they tried to give us a room which we hadn't booked. TV did not get reception on most channels. One of the skylights did not have the blind pulled, so there was no chance of a sleep in. Our room, the station house , was 5m from the mainline railway. Despite being advertised as dog friendly, dogs were not allowed in the conservatory for meals, the room had a white carpet and dogs were not allowed to be in the room while we had a meal, had to go in the car. On balance, a lovely place let down by solvable issues.

So we were looking for a last minute quick get away for a few days with our dog so obviously we needed to find a dog friendly hotel. We arrived at the hotel yesterday late afternoon (Friday 5th July) and on arrival it looked lovely. My husband checked in and was just given a key to our room without any clear instructions. We ended up having to go back and ask where we could exercise our dog, what time breakfast was. The room itself was lovely, high standard but absolutely no instructions at all within the room on any off the facilities. We also realised that we could not take the the in to the hotel and we could not leave him in the room himself as we were told this was not allowed. So that left us with a dilemma as to where we wanted to eat as we could not eat at hotel. The nearest place was a 15 min drive away which was fine and we were able to take Charlie with us. We decided to leave today and not stay another day as it was not convenient for us and the dog. On arriving at breakfast which the surroundings were pleasant and we were offered an assortment of continental breakfast or cooked. I opted for cooked but was not given choice of how I would like my eggs. I ended up with a fried egg and the breakfast was rather greasy which was unexpected. On the way out the owner came up to chat to us and we gave her all the details of our stay. The only thing that annoyed us about this was when we told her about our checkin experience she said her staff had shown us where to exercised our dog etc which was a clear lie on her staffs part. She then said she would check cctv about this which sort of made us out to be lier’s. Nice place but I think it should re think about advertising as dog friendly as we have been to many upmarket dog friendly hotels and unfortunately The Old Manse does not come up to the standard we expected.