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Reviews of Ledgowan Lodge Hotel

4 out of 5
Ledgowan Lodge Hotel
Ledgowan Road, Achnasheen, Scotland

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 36 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 19 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 66 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was great to be back at Ledgowan after some years. To me, it's a very special Highland place and I hope to be back soon!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sally

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ledgowan feels like home…friendly staff, charmingly appointed rooms, and a warm welcome. Showers tend to run slow and wifi signal is weak but that really didn’t matter when you felt so relaxed you didn’t want to leave! AND to see the Northern Lights from the end of the driveway! Epic! A really memorable stay! Thank you to all the wonderful staff!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Laurent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sheldon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great host!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alexis

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The Ledgowan Lodge Hotel is a hidden gem of a hotel nestled in between the Isle of Skye and Inverness. My friends and I arrived late and upon arrival were greatest with top-notch hospitality by Craig, the Hotel Manager. We were even greeted by wild reindeer that roam about the property. Craig went above and beyond to make us feel at home. He cooked a meat pie dinner knowing that the immediate restaurants would be closed. The hotel is absolutely gorgeous, full of history, and charming. I would recommend this hotel to any traveler.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ross

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old country lodge
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ann

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

David

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff issues
The hotel had staffing issues so were unable to supply any dinners,the locals restaurant was also closed so we had to leave after one night
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

Justin, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely old Victorian mansion set in beautiful grounds in a wild and lonely valley- it could be so romantic... But the potential is entirely wasted when you see the hideously kitsch sentimentality of the decor within- awful pictures, awful brass birds, awful gewgaws decorating every surface. You could honestly throw the whole lot in a skip and the place would look a million dollars. And my room was rubbish- a tiny room with a single bed, everything creaky and cheap.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from . on Jun 30, 2022
Dear Justin, Rather shocked by your bitterly harsh review, especially after your checkout remarks of “a lovely stay thanks very much” rather a contradictory review after that comment. Really don’t understand how a handful of brass objects (brass stags, hinds and eagle) and literally a couple of prints at the top of the stairs could be so offensive to you. not that we need to justify the period nature of the building or some of the items that agitated you. the building wouldn’t suit a premier inn type décor nor would we want that for our hotel. We are pleased to say that most of our guests we have through the doors appreciate the décor as it’s in keeping with the hotel style, having said that it’s not going to be to everyone’s taste and that’s fine as long as on the whole it appeals to the majority of guests we pitch to, and I’m pleased to say on the whole it dose. However, what I feel very sad about is that weather it was intended from your side or not is the fact that your review and comments very much cross the line of being rude. rather than just constructive criticism, and that you paying £120 for the night B&B entitles you to that rudeness! All I can think is that your own mansion must be impeccable. Your point about being in a single room I again don’t understand as you booked that yourself so why be shocked when you received a single room with a single bed, you could have booked a double or a suite if you wished more space and a king-sized bed.

10/10 Excellent

Debbie

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Noreen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Fantastic service lovely staff very friendly
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Matthew C

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful!
Beautiful and charming Lodge in the heart of Scotland! Excellent service in a beautiful house. Very nice authentic Scottish county experience.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

David

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Dale

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful and in keeping with its location
Beautiful accommodation in keeping with the location. The spa bath was a nice and pleasant touch after a long day.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location. Warm, clean, hassle-free stay. Didn’t eat at the hotel so can’t comment on the restaurant. Slightly poor poor shower with only a trickle of water but no other complaints.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel and our room was very sumptuous but sadly due to these times food was limited which if we had stayed longer would have spoilt it.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect pitstop
Comfy; nice decor (unless you're vegan); quiet; great staff; good food. Highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A lovely big house beautiful decor. Our room was spacious and well appointed.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great country house, shooting lodge atmosphere. Everything in tip-top condition. We went in early October so things were end of season and too quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Heidi

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

j d

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Dave

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stop over on a business trip
Excellent , from the initial reception, the room, the food and the peace and quiet , perfect
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stunning
Stunning! This is everything a hotel should be in the highlands; traditional, welcoming, warm, cosy, spotless clean, well appointed room, good food and a well stocked bar. With out doubt I'll make a beeline here next time I'm in the area. Thanks to everyone who served me and made my stay an enjoyable one. As a side note I'm amazed at some of the negative reviews! My life revolves around staying in hotels and trust me this is an extremely good traditional hotel 10/10.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Lovely comfy country-side hotel
Cosy hotel in the heart of the scottish wilderness. Would recommend it for all couples!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel in the countryside
I only spent about 9 hours at the hotel, arriving late in the evening, so my experience was short, however its in a great countryside location, the staff were very helpful. The bedroom and breakfast were both good.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Gerry, Surrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel in a quiet and good location
Stayed for 8 nights as a base to explore Torridon & Loch Maree and found the hotel was a great place to retire to after a day out. The staff were very friendly and welcoming and the hotel was full of traditional features yet was very comfortable to stay in.
Stayed 8 nights in Apr 2018
Response from ledgowan on Apr 30, 2018
thanks so much for your kind review, we try our best to make guests say as best as we can. hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

AF, Cumbria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely old hunting lodge, relaxed atmosphere.
This is a very relaxing place to spend a weekend in an excellent location for exploring. The peaceful ambience of a country house is maintained whilst still providing modern comforts. This is the first time we visited in winter but it was easily accessible despite the weather. The snow added to the atmosphere of 'another time' and we saw several deer on a walk nearby before returning to a welcome log fire. The food was good in both restaurant and bar and the breakfast excellent. The proprietor and staff achieve a blend of efficient but relaxed service which suits us ideally. We have stayed several times before and will return.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Gillian, Derbyshire

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stag on the lawn.
Traditional sumptuous hotel. Spacious, comfortable well appointed rooms. Food excellent but service rather slow!! Hot buffet breakfast adequate.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lodge Lodging
Old lodge that is well worn and full of artifacts. Beds need an update. Food was very good in bar area.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely highland hotel
Lovely highland hotel. Beautiful lobby. Room was a bit small but pretty. Bed fairly hard. Beautiful new bathroom. Breakfast buffet fine but not great. A nice stay overall. I would stay here again .
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Frank

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Country House
From the staff to the pub & restaurant this Lodge was great. I would recommend it to anyone.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant and stylish hotel. Room was a good size and well appointed. A bit disappointing that 'service' was somewhat restricted - breakfast served only 8-9am, dinner 6-8pm and checkout at 10am.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel with Acottish atmosphere
Ledgowan Lodge captures the flavour you would expect in a Scottish hunting lodge. It is comfortable, friendly and cosy and is ideally situated for a launching place from which to tour the Highlands. I would go again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed at hotel when doing the North Coast 500. Met our needs for a clean and comfortable overnight stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful place to stay to break up a journey
Travelling to Lochcarron this was the ideal place to break the journey up at, near but still far enough away to enjoy the scenery and the delights of the hotel. Staff are excellent and did everything they could to make our stay most enjoyable.

4/10 Poor

Ami, Israel

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointing
We COUNTED on WiFi (it was a part of the deal for which we paid!!) but instead got explanations why WiFi doesn't work in that area. The room was spacious, but with an old and squeaking mattress we found it hard to enjoy our stay in it.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Dorothy, Auckland, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Beautiful building, but mixed experience
Beautiful building, and generally very friendly service, but unfortunately my room was directly above the bar, so there was noise every night until 11pm. The room was also quite small, but a request to change was unsuccessful. Seemed strange when there were so many unoccupied rooms. Wifi was also not available in the room. Breakfast was in a beautifully decorated room, except for our last morning, when without warning we found that room locked. Without any explanation we finally found breakfast in a character-free side room.

10/10 Excellent

christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We loved the decor of the hotel. Very Scottish hunting lodge in character. Lovely mountain views. We had an excellent dinner in a beautifully appointed dining room. Our room was large, with a large marble bathroom.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Lovely setting.
The attraction of this hotel is its hunting lodge appearance and its location. Both met the bill, and added to it somewhat when a stag came down to dine on the grass outside the hotel. But we found the bed too soft for our liking (bad backs prefer firm beds). Although the food was fine, two larger parties entered the restaurant towards the end of our meal and our service then went down the drain. After taking ages to place an order for dessert, I gave up join receiving it after 20 minutes and left the restaurant.

8/10 Good

gerry, florida

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful Scottish shooting lodge
Beautifully decorated character lodge in the highlands surrounded by wonderful views. Family run. Comfortable beds and modern bathrooms. Excellent food.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
How rude
Arrived late Sunday evening - as indicated on the reservation - after a terrible journey in snow. Knocked on the door for 10 minutes - stood in snow and freezing cold. Very angry and rude man answered and asked 'what do you want?'. Situation diffused by a lady (presumably the man's wife) but will be reluctant to stay again - certainly not what you would expect for £120 B&B!!