Dunroamin - Dornoch Highlands

1. We were greeted by unfriendly hosts. 2. We were scolded for arriving late, despite not being able to contact them beforehand due to lack of mobile service. We were treated poorly. 3. As they scolded us, they locked the door to where our bikes were kept, making us feel trapped. We were too shocked to respond, but in hindsight, we should have left immediately to find other accommodation. 4. While unpacking our bikes, we were informed that the kitchen was closed and given only 10 minutes to freshen up for dinner, with only pasta and chicken as options. This seems to be the standard for late arrivals, as noted in a previous review from 2017. 5. Dinner pricing was not mentioned upfront. 6. During dinner, we were asked about breakfast options and this time were presented with a menu. 7. The room was small and felt dirty, with my bed uncomfortably close to the bathroom wall. 8. During breakfast, the staff reminded us of the time repeatedly to ensure we left by 10am, which was actually a relief. 9. We were given out-of-date breakfast bars for our cycle, which was disappointing.

We had booked ahead, and when we saw the outside of the hotel we wondered what we had let ourselves in for. The place looked a bit rundown. However, when we went inside we found a friendly reception, a blazing fire and comfortable sofas in the bar, and a small but quite adequate and comfortable room. We asked about wi fi and were told it wasn 't too good in the room, but to feel free to sit in the bar and use it there (free). So we made ourselves comfortable in front of the fire and did what we needed to do online. Having experienced many meals along the way that were too big for us, we asked about the meal size, and were told it was huge, but we could have a half serve for half price if we wished. We assured them we did so wish. We sat down to dinner and the meal arrived a huge plate, and it was full. We explained there was a mistake we had ordered a half serve. We were informed that this was a half serve. We had exactly half the usual serve of meat, and half as many potatoes, but we had been given a full serve of vegetables, because they are good for you . We were told to just leave whatever we couldn 't manage, because the dogs would appreciate it. And yes, we were charged half the cost of a full serve. Nothing posh about this place, but if ever we found ourselves in the area again we would happily stay there.

The food was all freshly cooked and tested amazing Roast venison and venison chilli highly recommended

My friend and I called in one early evening around 6.30pm hoping to get a bar meal, nothing too elaborate just something to ward off our hunger..We were greeted with how they didn't do food only for residents and it was not worth there while taking people off the road for food. We are talking about mid-season, no wonder the North has such a bad press from visitors when we can't even get a bag of chips at tea-time!

The host and hostes were helpfull and the breakfast was excellent. We stayed for an evening meal which was delicious. I would stay at this hotel again.