My wife and I found this hotel on the internet last year and like other posters on this website we have been extremely impressed with the Manor Country House hotel. The menu on offer is superb offering cuisine of the highest level, filling cooked breakfasts, and well appointed rooms. The staff of this family run hotel are always friendly and accomodating.

We have business interests in the Dumfries area and are due back at the Manor House in May 2006. We do a lot of travelling both in the UK and Australia/New Zealand and if we do not like a hotel we do not go back/recommend a hotel.

Well worth a stay

We travelled to Scotland on holiday and stayed at this delightful hotel in between visits to Glasgow and the Ayrshire coast. Having spent some time travelling on business I would say it is ideal for business or leisure travel. We stayed in a huge family room with beds which are a massive improvement on hotels charging far more than The Manor. We were very well looked after eating in the bar but there is also a smallish restaurant if you want something more formal. Breakfast is substantial and served at table which made a pleasant change from buffet breakfasts. The Manor offers excellent value and the family running the place make you most welcome.

We have just returned to Cambridge from a weekend in Dumfries, visiting a sick relative. I found this hotel on the website - what a gem! This hotel was bought by the present owners earlier in the year and totally reburbished - and they have obviously spent a lot of time researching what people want when staying away from home. We were made welcome from the moment we stepped into the hotel (especially by Angus, the lovely black labrador) and our room was lovely - everything had been thought of, from the comfy bed and fluffy white towels (which are changed every day) to the little extras provided, including bottles of Scottish water and shortbread in with the teas & coffees in the room. However, what surprised us most was the food - Do not be put off by the sign outside saying "Two steaks for £10" - the restaurant at this hotel is of an exceptionally high standard. We enjoyed crayfish salad and advocado with stilton & walnuts, then barbary duck and red snapper one night and then chicken liver parfait ("out of this world") pink fillet steak and chicken stuffed with brie & spinach - all freshly cooked to exactly how we asked for it. We had no room on either night to try their wonderful puddings - but saw other visitors enjoying theirs. The menu is extensive and would not be out of place in a top class city restaurant - the full Scottish breakfast would set anyone up for the rest of the day! If you ever travel to this area - don't miss out - book rooms well ahead, as I can see that this hotel will always be full.