The Winnock Hotel

Hotel was lovely. Clean and very comfortable. A fabulous base. Beautiful village. Staff were very friendly and food in bar and at breakfast was delicious. Nothing was too much trouble. Will definitely revisit and highly recommend this hotel.

Beautiful hotel and very friendly staff. Excellent food and service. Day trip were good value as was the all inclusive meals and drinks Excellent value for money Stay was very good and hotel was beautiful and clean. Would highly recommend this trip!!

We travelled through Storm Eowyn for Burns Weekend and only arrived at 7.30pm on a Friday evening delayed due to many road closures, so it was straight into evening dinner. Due to the storm on our first evening we had short power cuts and the water was off, luckily the Winnock has its own backup generator. On the Saturday after the storm The Winnock lived up to expectations and was as good as our previous visit. Our room was a family suite with a double and single bed, nicely decorated with good furnishings it had an En-suite bathroom with both bath and shower. Beware of the heated towel rail! Ours was very very hot. The bed was large and comfortable. The great thing about this hotel is the excellent quality and presentation of the food. Because they had over 100 guests staying and staff shortages the service in the restaurant was slow at times. We were on an all inclusive board so there was plenty wine served with dinner and drinks in the bar later. The entertainment was again Scottish themed with Music and Scottish Dancing and on the second night some Scottish history and demonstration of 17th century weapons. On Burns night prior to the entertainment we had the ceremony of Addressing the Haggis with the famous Robbie Burns poem enacted, The hotel is lovely and cosy on cold winters nights. What was a little disappointing is that they didn’t have the log fire burning on this visit. The hotel hospitality was very good considering the storm on day of arrival. On our day trips the hotel kindly provided us with packed lunches consisting of 2 Sandwiches, Crisps, a Cereal Bar and Cartoned Drink a lovely touch. One problem we had on our last night was the fire alarm going off at about 5.30am, after about 30 seconds it stopped. This happened a further 3 or 4 times, you don’t know if these are real emergencies or just false alarms. We are already considering the Winnock for Twixmas this year. On departure we were all presented with a Hot Toddy, a nice finishing touch. We would recommend the Winnock if you want something traditionally Scottish that is warm and welcoming,

After staying in the Buchanan Arms in January, we decided after a fab overnight staff we would go back . Unfortunately it was fully booked . So we decided to book The Winnock Hotel. After reading reviews I was a little skeptical . However I thought ok it's only one night ! What a surprise, staff at reception on arrival were lovely, we were directed to room 10 . The room was spotless modern and definitely no foisty smell we dumped bags and went to meet friends in bar had food which was lovely . In morning we had breakfast again it was lovely. Can't fault anything in this hotel , will definitely be back.

The retired boys take lunch out once a month when the “ladies do lunch” One of us choose to come here We arrived and wee the only people in the bar which should have been taken as a sign and it stayed like that all the time we were there. Those who had the strapped ( like me) had a horrible meal - those who had the deep fried options fared better I thought long and hard about writing a negative review but looking back and having talked with the other pie eaters we have to - the worst meal in years Yes we should have complained there and then but the poor lad behind the bar looked so sad or probably would have finished him off !

Just been on a Burn's night special with David Ogden's coaches. The place was clean, the staff were brilliant and the entertainment on "Burn's night" was fantastic. The breakfast was OK but the evening meals were excellent. Our room was a bit cold ,so l rang reception and an additional heater was provided within five minutes. We will definitely be back.