Pros and cons. The hotel itself is outstanding, beatuful architecture, beautiful rooms and decor, beautiful setting. Breakfast was excellent and served in a lovely dining room
On the flipside, some items failed to live up to expectations. First one was small and if not for the other, would probably not make a note. Two very expensive whiskey sours were very disappointing. I am a craft cocktail make and the whiskey sour is an easy one. Just balance the smokiness and richness of the whiskey with the bite of the lemon. Ours had no whiskey flavour. I wondered if they even added whiskey. One of the other guests noted the same thing and approached my table to ask how I liked it.
The bigger disappointment was the formal restaurant. We are foodies and this was our fifth stop at a chosen dining spot on our three week tour of Scotland and the cost of dinner with the premium wine pairings were twice the other four, all og whom were better dining experiences. On the plus side the room and place settings were equisite, but they outshone the food by a wide margin. Most egregious was the cost of the premium wine pairings for nice, but not exceptional wines, and pourings which were on the light side. Given a typical pouring is a half a glass, these fell short if that. And at this price point, an apertif should have began and finished the dinner pre and post flight. I think we figured when added up, our one- third glasses of wine cane to something like 30 pounds each!