Hotels Scotland - Trigony Country House Hotel

Superb

Trigony House is one of the best small hotels I've ever stayed in. Great location, lovely service and wonderful food.

The most pet friendly hotel in the uk. Fantastic food, great setting. Great staff.

I'm confused by Trigony as I am not sure where they are trying to place themselves in the market. I recently moved to the area and was looking for a restaurant with a little something special, but I'm not sure I have found it -- surprising based on other reviews.

I expected informal dining with quality food in a homely atmosphere and while it does tick these boxes there were several let downs.

The first thing that stuck me was the severe lighting in the restaurant area. The room has 24 covers yet the lights could have been for a room three times as large -- definitely too bright. The room also received the occasional waft of an air fresher from somewhere!

Service was informal (a plus point) but chaotic. During our starter I asked for bread and our server said, 'Sure, no problem, you want more bread'. I said 'No, we want bread; we never had any previously'. The thin, uninspiring four slices that did arrive were stale.

I had scallops as a starter then fish (Seabass) in a fragrant Thai sauce -- the flavours were exquisite and the fish cooked to perfection. However the main was let down by far too many bones. I always think if you get more than two bones it is a lazy chef; I had six. My fellow dinners had a better experience but all were meat based.

The wine selection was ample, covering most tastes and the price per bottle reasonable.

Both the male and female toilets had no towels and we had to ask for fresh one.

Overall my party of four left with mixed feelings. In the interests of fairness we will return at some point as it could simply have been an off night. I think we shall leave it for a little while in order to allow this experience to move to the back of our minds.

Stayed there 3 nights. The cancelled the rest of our planned stay. from early morining till late night the entire hotel smelled like Fries sausages