Hotels nahe Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park ()

"We stopped here for a couple of days on our way to the Hebrides. The flat was exactly as we had hoped, and there are several excellent eating places nearby in Tarbet and Arrochar. We had left ourselves a full day in the hope of good September weather and this hope was looked kindly upon by the powers above (clouds, sun, wind and absence of midges) so that we were able to undertake a longish walk up to Loch Sloy and back. Unfortunately the construction of electricity pylons for overhead lines by heavy plant up through Glen Loin has led to considerable destruction of this formerly wild and beautiful landscape since the last time I was up there, but I trust that woodland and wetness will win over in the end, and that the current massive eyesore of a broad gravel road ascending from Stronafyne Farm will be truly temporary! "

"It should really be a 5 tar hotel but let’s itself down in too many ways. Positives: The building is beautiful. The gardens and surroundings the equal of anywhere I have stayed. Negatives: The swimming pool is the most horrendously over chlorinated pool I have been in this side of 1990. End result from using it is a severe ear infection. The decor is nice enough in a traditionally kitsch Scottish fashion, but looking a little dated. The food was okay, but nothing you won’t get in any decent pub in the UK. The continental breakfast was, by a distance, the poorest value for money breakfast I have ever paid for. We were a little late going down(9:15am) and at that stage all that remained was a couple of options for cerial, 3 croissants, and a handful of tiny pancakes. Given a few other tables joined around the same time, this didn’t go far, and it took far longer than it really should have to top up what was there, and that top up wasn’t a huge amount more than what was there when we first walked in. That said, our breakfast was probably more enjoyable than the couple who asked for a table next to one of the windows and were told thy couldn’t sit there as the tables were still dirty, and were then told that the kitchen was unable to cook an omelette. I have stayed at other McDonald Hotels and they have been excellent, but this one was a let down. It wouldn’t take a huge amount of time and effort to make it worth its name."

"Nice Hotel with remarkeble Dinner and Breakfast. Very friendly. Sadly we'd a ventilation near our windows with loud noises up to the night."