Gairloch Highland Lodge

I wanted a double bed. I had two singles pushed together making a king size. Instead of using a king size duvet - the bed had two singles. Tea and coffee in the room.... Paper cups! £120/night for paper cups. And they're mostly made of single use plastic. Shaver point to charge a toothbrush... Only worked when the shower room light was on. I had a terrible night's sleep because of the racket from all the other room's extractor fans being turned on and off throughout the night. 1980s decor and not improved on since. Flimsy curtains - which for blocking out light were absolutely useless. Breakfast. First hunt the allocated table. Completely random and non-sequential in allocation. Porridge could be generously described as lukewarm, and was oversalted. Toasters and bread were in two locations on different levels of the dining room. Only one location had plates. All the ingredients seemed to be the cheapest possible. Internal fire doors - all wedged open. On a positive note (and there is only one)... The showered cubicle was quite large.

We stayed one night. The hotel is in a lovely position. Our room was clean and was a good size. The two beds pushed together were comfortable. The bathroom was spacious and clean but at 05.30 there was no hot water in the shower. It seemed ok after 06.00 so presumably on a timer which didn’t help us as we had an early start. The WiFi was very good. We were not so keen on the paper cups for hot drinks in the bedroom. It’s a short but hilly walk to the local inn for dinner. The staff at the inn were not welcoming, which made us feel quite uncomfortable. The breakfast in the hotel was average.