Finde Hotels in Tighnabruaich

Fabulous Views and great Atmosphere. We spent a brilliant Sunday afternoon sitting in the sun,outside, watching the world sail by. The staff were super nice and helpful so we decided to come back and have an evening meal. Food was very good, well presented and lots of local choice. (We watched their hens laying eggs on the Sunday afternoon so we knew they were as fresh as they could possibly be11) The owners were on site and chatted away and are, quite rightly so, very proud of their hotel and what they have achieved. The staff were also proud of their workplace and were well informed of the locality. Next time we visit the area we will definately book into the Kames Hotel

On arriving, we were welcomed by Alex who was charming and profession. He showed us to room 19 which turned out to be in a 1950s extension block. The room looked like it had recently been refurbished to a degree with a clean and updated bathroom. The bed although in two and linked together was a medium firm one and comfortable and the pillows were ok too which is a positive. The view from the room, being on the loch side was impressive. That evening we decided to eat in the Resturant which is also in a 1950s extension and in my opinion too big and soulless. The music was along to playing death metal music at a funeral. It was not conducive to a formal dining setting. We both had beetroot smoked salmon with apple. The salmon was far too light a flavour for me and it wasn’t a balanced dish. There was some oats of sort sprinkled on it and that added no flavour just confusion. We then had muscle and monk fish tail dishes. Whilst the muscles were tasty, it was an extremely over priced dish and the two small bread roles “plonked” on top of them without any bread knife, side plate or butter was an interesting concept. The monk fish came with succotash. The succotash was bland and the monk fish over salted. No bread, with this one ! So on the whole the food was edible, expensive and bland. Breakfast on the face of it was ok but often they didn’t have many of the dishes. The food quality at breakfast appeared of lower standard in my opinion as for the scrambled eggs I hate them over scrambled and that’s just what they were and why on earth everything has to come with pea shoots on it god only knows. Now for the room in more detail. Staying there in October brought with it a major challenge. The room was freezing cold to the point we used a hairdryer to take the chill off. It wasn’t the cleanest of rooms either with a large amount of dust. Next to the room was a fire exit and that was covered in bird droppings and the laundry rooms along the corridor leading to room 19 looked dirty too. The hotel is really a tale of 2 halves. The original beautiful one and the unloved eyesore. The picture I have added of the beautiful part ! In essence this hotel needs staff and management to look at the hotel and guest experience from the eyes of the customers because that’s the only way this hotel will improve. Does it need to? Well with occupancy of this hotel I would say perhaps not however all that means is it’s resting in its laurels and isn’t looking to improve.

Originally from Rothesay but moved away as a toddler I have always wanted to stay at this large iconic hotel on the seafront. Having read previous reviews I did expect to find it a little run down and indeed in some places it was. My double room was fine with a comfortable bed and great pillows. The Victorian dining room was lovely and had a great atmosphere with great views over the Kyles and the beautiful bay. I booked the half board option and very pleased I did as the food was delicious. Evening dining options in the town are somewhat limited so I recommend this option, you have up to £25 to spend and this did cover 2 courses. I thoroughly enjoyed my stay.