The Corrie Hotel

great place with wonderful staff.

The breakfast was good with an excellent for hot and cold.

Our room number fourteen was smaller than we expected with sloping ceilings making getting into one side of the bed difficult.

The breakfast and dinner were tasty and cooked to order. Friendly staff and a well-stocked bar. Good gin menu. Liked the local toiletries. Plenty parking. Close to both ferries at Brodick and Lochranza. Excellent take away seafood shop nearby. No TV in bedroom and Tunnocks biscuits with the complimentary tea tray in the room.

Bath towels instead of bath sheets, and it wasn’t necessary to change them every day. Don’t visit if you aren’t keen on dogs- they were welcome in all areas, but were well behaved.

Downstairs the "newly refurbished" decor etc. is pretty stylish. Comfortable seats and sofas - really nice Tweed materials and a nice space to sit , chat /have drinks or/and play a game of Pool. It is, though, a thoroughfare (especially busy on a weekend - in High Season of course, to be expected). The staff mostly friendly, efficient and helpful. We were staying two nights and check-in time was at 3.pm. That was not a problem. Our room had new windows, shower room and doors . The blinds really nice in a Tweed style material. Same room as we had had before. Having stayed here before , when it was un re-furbished, it is a lovely area to be in it is basically quiet apart from weekends. Lovely to see some doggies around. in the downstairs area . Good views garden area and free parking.

Too many rules ( rather like school). Have to sign in a book at what time breakfast you will attend just as you go upstairs at night. We had to miss the guest breakfasts as they were too early for us on holiday . At 8.45 a.m at the latest we didn't want to be rushed. On asking, this was explained by saying Mountain climbing guests have to start early so the breakfasts do. That I understand of course. Not all of us are Mountain Climbers , and I don't think the Hotel has thought this out properly. 10a.m check out too. It is 11a.m at most nice Hotels, so it felt rather rushed to pack up and go. The tables are crammed in together downstairs in Dining Room - more covers provide more money quickly of course. This was indeed a very unpleasant experience when we had Dinner , or drinks in the Bar- particularly at one end.. A very small space between each- so people could easily hear each other's conversations. We hurried up becuase of this , and it appears the aim is "get the money and quickly!" Some staff sounded over trained to sound nice and helpful, others just fed up towards the end of the Season! Best for youngish people who are fit I think and not suitable for an elderly couple who don't wished to be rushed.