What a surprise, when we arrived with our coach party I wanted to cry...but...to my dissmay...we were greated by the young lady who is the general manager, she was very friendly and knowledgeable.
We were welcomed by a friendly receptionist and the inside of the hotel totally made up for the exterior!!!
The food was excellent and the staff, wow, they totally went out of their way to make our 5 night stay as enjoyable as possible.
We had been outboked and we were not looking forward to staying in aplace that did not have the views, but it was great and would reccomend it to anyone!!!
Thank you to the staff, they helped me as I am diabetic, they sought to my needs immediatele.

We had to make a last minute booking, within easy distance of Largs and identified the Howard Park as a good location - so booked unseen, first visual impression driving down the road - oh dear! HOWEVER .. once we stepped inside -fantastic, reception lovely, receptionist warm and professional, room very good standard, evening dinner - good staple scottish fayre, breakfast - again high standard, again the Restaurant staff were good. The only criticism - the bar prices were a little on the high side, but notwithstanding this The Howard Park is great value and a very pleasant surprise!

When you pull up outside the Howard Park Hotel you will wonder why on earth you booked in! The location (next to a petrol station, tescos and a row of fast food joints and a betting shop) is not pretty, and the outside of the building leaves a little to be desired.

However.

We stayed for 3 nights over the festive season and we had absolutely no problems whatsoever from the surrounding establishments. Don't take any notice of the rather bland exterior because once inside everything becomes better!

The reception, bar, restaurant and function rooms are all very good, the rooms are very comfortable and the whole place is clean and tidy with good service (a little dour some of the Scottish natives though, just wind them up - they soon smile!)

The food was excellent, presentation was good, and the all inclusive package with our local coach operator that we were on, was good value.

Book with confidence.

Two night stay in September 2004. Friendly welcome and nice newly decorated room.
Had dinner in the restaurant, the soup was obviously freshly prepared, and steak was cooked exactly to my liking. Staff and service very good.
Conference went to plan with bacon rolls and tea / coffee as requested.
I'll have no hesitation using the Howard Park Hotel again.