Douneside House And Health Club, WEDDING VENUE

I stayed here for the third time on March 7 with three other friends. This place is ideal if like me, you enjoy nights away with a touch of homely comforts with some great service in a lovely setting. We booked direct and opted to have dinner included option. We had pre-dinner drinks served by their wonderful sommelier, James. He’s a gentleman in the true sense of the word and his manner is perfect, truly compliments the hotel. We ordered sea bass we my friends found to be ok, I had pheasant which once lovely. Breakfast was lovely and our server, Josh was attentive bringing me boiled eggs with soldiers which was really funny. Unfortunately, I do have two issues which surprised me, first the shower in room 5 was dreadful, really no pressure, however for me, the most upsetting issue was the restaurant manager, Calum, I didn’t find his sense of humour very becoming. I quietly approached him at the pre-dinner drinks and said excuse me, his reply, your excused! I’m a guest in the hotel and this is how you reply to a guest… This wasn’t just an isolated situation, they were several remarks throughout the night. Particularly disappointing. Other than these two points, this is a lovely location with a really sad backstory which is now helping many people. I’ll leave it up to you to find out more as it’s really worth a visit.