Balcary Bay Country House Hotel Guest Reviews
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Robert Sun, 3 November 2024
Wee hidden gem!
Liked: Great staff, good food, amazing view. The room was great also.
Disliked: Dining room needs some ambience. Softer lighting, some music maybe.
Olwyn Sun, 3 November 2024
Will be back.
Liked: Excellent,Food,Staff,cleanliness and so peaceful.
Disliked: Nothing to dislike.
(dr) Tue, 8 October 2024
Very good
Liked: Cooked breakfasts were very good and room was very comfortable with lovely view. Staff were friendly.
Disliked: Coffee at breakfast (which otherwise was great) was poor (very weak). When coming back late guests should also have a way to get in without having to have made prior arrangements to have front door left unlocked.
Petra Mon, 22 July 2024
Cannot recommend.
Liked: Location nice although you need your own car to get around. 45 min just to get anywhere you are going.
Disliked: Most of the staff hardly spoke English making communication a bit difficult. We ordered cappuccinos at first breakfast which were undrinkable, immediately after we were back in our room there was a knock on our bedroom door demanding £7 in cash for the cappuccinos. Very strange. We had to get cash next time we were out.Someone in very dirty tracksuit bottoms came in to clear breakfast dishes, bent down and flashed a builders bum, not very appetising. We didn't have any further breakfasts at the hotel.
Ian Fri, 19 July 2024
Very good
Liked: The hotel was great and the location was as well
Disliked: Na
Petra Sat, 6 July 2024
Would not stay again, would...
Liked: The location was great although if you want to explore you definitely need your own transport. Takes 45 min just to get back to main roads.
Disliked: It was very expensive for what you got. The coffee was horrendous, we asked for cappuccinos with breakfast which were undrinkable but we were still asked to pay an extra £3.50 for each (in cash) immediately after breakfast. Someone actually knocked on our bedroom door to ask us to come and pay. Strange! As we enjoy coffee with our breakfast we didn't stay for breakfast on the next two mornings and went somewhere else. Most of the staff we met, at checkin as well, barely spoke English. Some of our questions couldn't be answered. The staff however were friendly.The first morning when we did have breakfast, someone came to clear the table in very dirty tracksuit bottoms and we had the delight of seeing his builders bum. Very off putting and not what I was expecting for £250 per night.
Malcolm Fri, 14 June 2024
Brilliant will probably come again...
Liked: Everything about the hotel was excellent staff extremely helpful nothing too much trouble brilliant
Disliked: Liked everything nothing to dislike
John Tue, 21 May 2024
Superb
David Sun, 17 March 2024
Overall a comfortable stay in...
Liked: The room was very spacious and the bed was large and comfortable.
Disliked: The choice of food on the menu was very limited due to us staying out of season. This was a disappointment because we have stayed there on two previous occasions and a good range of choices was available. In our opinion the food was also overpriced - £110 for a meal for two people with modest drinks. We also found the pillows to be rather uncomfortable.
Julie Fri, 19 January 2024
Hotel is in a lovely...
Liked: Lovely location, large clean rooms, excellent food
Disliked: We stayed in the middle of winter (it was -6 outside) and the communal areas of the hotel were very cold (room was lovely and warm though). Menu was quite limited and we had to choose our food in advance (on check-in for dinner and breakfast the following morning). Confirmation said there were robes in the room but there weren’t.