Ardoe House Hotel & Spa

We recently stayed at Ardoe House Hotel & Spa and had a lovely time exploring the gorgeous 30-acre estate and historic mansion grounds. The character of the building is fantastic, and it is full of beautiful local heritage. ​The breakfast offered a good selection of options and everything served was fresh, which was a nice start to the morning. The staff were also very welcoming and helpful when we were navigating the property and looking at the various historic function suites. ​The only downside to our stay was that our room was not quite as clean as we would have expected for a hotel of this standard. It just needed a bit more attention to detail during the changeover. However, the rest of the hotel's charm, the great atmosphere, and the lovely grounds still made for an enjoyable visit.

We started off with a lovely afternoon tea, then checked into our lovely and spacious room. We were delighted to find that it had a fridge for us to keep our fizz chilled. We then had a lovely walk around the hotel grounds and went for a bar dinner. The menu was extensive and well priced. The hotel was buzzing, which we didn’t expect for a Sunday night, so great atmosphere. Would highly recommend!

Overall a nice stay at this hotel. Pros: - Beautiful house, the architecture and furnishings are simply gorgeous and for that alone its worth it. - Has a pool - You get lots of scottish snacks (irn bru, caramels, haggis crisp) - Cleaning staff / Restaurant staff were super friendly and welcoming, very cheery. - Big bed - Great parking and nature all around. Cons -We were a bit underwhelmed with our room. Online it said bath but it was just shower. Bathroom had earwigs on the floor. Shower had visible water / mould damage. - i sent a message asking if any extra touches could be included for my wifes birthday, even just a note when we got into the room, but got ignored and nothing was added. - Reception staff was young girls who were polite but werent the friendliest, very quiet and never smiled. - Has a pool but with the swimming lesson timetables its very busy and the small pool is cut into 5 sections. We were excited to go swimming but in the end we left without using it as it was too busy. Disappointing. - ALLERGIES. So this one is a huge one. I told the waiter at breakfast that i have nut allergies and he went away to check with kitchen. He came back and told me everything is fine for me to eat, theres no may contains, no traces, no nuts in the kitchen, im free to eat whatever I want. Was so happy about this but when i got to the pastery section at breakfast everything said may contain walnuts / hazelnuts/ pecan / almonds / pistachios.

Lovely room, spacious bathroom, friendly staff, used the swimming pool, sauna and gym. Lovely breakfast and dinner.