Portsonachan - Argyll Bute

Another lovely stay Rooms: Spacious and clean Noteworthy details: Great views Rooms: 5 Service: 5 Location: 5 Hotel highlights: Great view, Quiet

3rd visit, location hard to beat, courteous staff, always found helpfull. Yes some of it may look a bit tired but that's only aesthetic it's not the holiday. Area stunning great walks., dogs loved it. Food excellent. Will be re booking. Thanks. Chris liz Walkability: Brilliant Food drinks: Very good Rooms: 4 Service: 4 Location: 5 Hotel highlights: Great view, Quiet

I wasn’t sure what to expect from our holiday at the Portsonachan hotel as the reviews were so mixed. We enjoyed our stay, it was good but it could easily be great. We stayed in a 2 bedroom lodge with a hot tub Pros Lodge was spacious and we loved the upside down layout Hot tub was lovely and hot The food in the restaurant is of a good standard The breakfast hamper was nicely stocked and was delivered to our door Most of the staff we encountered tried really hard Views are breathtaking Cons The lodge was looking tired in places The kitchen was not well stocked, missing items, only 2 tea spoons and 1 coffee mug in a lodge designed for up to 6 people Our lodge smelt of cigarettes (I’m a non smoker and quite sensitive to it) With the exception of the lounge common areas in the hotel were starting to look tired Waiting on staff in the restaurant were over worked and some errors were made with ordering I’m not going to hold the brown tinted water against the hotel as we were notified of that and bottled drinking water was provided. Showering is a little off putting if you aren’t used to it So overall a mixed picture, we enjoyed our stay but probably wouldn’t visit again. This place was at the upper end of the nightly rate that we would normally pay but didn’t quite have the attention to detail that you might expect. 4 review as we liked it but could easily have loved it

The restaurant has a stunning view across Loch Awe. Food is excellent and the staff are friendly and helpful. We stayed for a week and didn’t have one complaint regarding the food.

We had a great dining experience at this restaurant with a diverse menu. The staff seemed to be working tirelessly despite being short-staffed. We dined here for four evenings in a row and each meal was consistently outstanding, creative, and generous in portion size.