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Birnam House Hotel: Traveler Reviews

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Average price*: $139 (£71) (year-round)
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.0 based on 16 reviews 16 reviews
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 4 hotels in Dunkeld
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  • Hotel class: 2 of 5
  • Rooms: 28
Description: Traditional Scottish Highland Hotel housed in a building dating from 1852. This description is based on information provided by the hotel.
Address:
Birnam
Dunkeld PH8 0BQ
Scotland

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( 3-7 of 16 )
“Much bettter than recent reviews suggest”

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4 of 5 stars
Edinburgh
Jul 25, 2007

My wife and I spent an afternoon and evening here at a meeting and the very bad recent reviews are much exaggerated. The hotel is a splendid building albeit certainly in need of more restoration but it has style and a friendly atmosphere. The spacious room on the third floor was clean if in need of some re-decoration, the bed was comfortable, the bath and shower worked fine. The staff were all friendly and helpful, the bar meal at The Tap (which is part of the hotel and in excellent condition) was very good of its kind as was breakfast in the main hotel. The place would obviously benefit from further investment and travellers who prefer the modern, functional, very well equipped hotels and don't mind that they lack individuality and soul should keep well away. If you are more tolerant and are willing to exchange a bit of that for somewhere friendly with real character, decent food, and adequately comfortable rooms in a great part of Scotland it's probably worth staying a night or three. It's a style of hotel rapidly disappearing in favour of utterly predictable establishments which are identical the world over.

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Ben_Lui's Summary
Date of Stay: July 2007
Traveled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Business
Age group: 65+
Member since: July 25, 2007
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 4 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
most likely
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Business meeting / Event
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“Run down..................needs improvement (lots)”

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1 of 5 stars
northampton
Dec 5, 2006
4/5 found this review helpful

Have just come back from this hell hole! First offered a room on third floor, Decoration was pre 1990, dirty carpet, mouldy mirror, pillows were sheets folded into a pillow case, mattress was 3 inches thick, non of the furniture matched, cracked sink, no shower just a plastic shower attachment to the taps. It was so dark we turned the uplighter over and covered the bed with dust!
They changed us after a lot of complainig and much better although the tele didnt work. couldnt compalinl
The bar ran out of bottled lagers and half pint glasses within 30 minutes !
After all that we seemed to have the only shower in the htel that worked!
Shame as wedding before at another location was amazing.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — The Function Room
    • Disliked — The room !
    • Tips/Secrets: — Get a room on the 1st or Second floor only
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HERBIESMUM's Summary
Date of Stay: December 2006
Traveled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Personal event (wedding, ...)
Age group: 35-49
Member since: December 05, 2006
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
no way!
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Tourists
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
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“Very poor.”

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1 of 5 stars
Leicester, UK
Oct 26, 2006
4/4 found this review helpful

Upon entering, the surly woman behind the counter was not at all welcoming. The TV had no remote, and would not work at all. Another TV was brought in, which was filthy, and could not receive BBC1, and again had no remote "as the remotes keep going missing" , err, how about buying new ones then? The chap who brought it in said if I fiddled with the knobs on the back, I may get it tuned in! What, like I'm paying £85 a night to tune the tellies in for the staff!
It would be nice to have a bowl to put cereal in, in the morning. Despite only 5 people having breakfast, there were no bowls/dishes out. The cooked breakfast arrived before the pot of tea. It took 10 minutes to get a piece of toast (and at that time, there were only us 2 in the room).
The bathroom was out dated, and although we had asked for a wheelchair accesible room, there was no-way anyone with poor mobility could use that toilet without someone helping them - no hand holds at all. What made it worse was when the bath handhold broke as I got in the bath. It was clear that it had previously been glued together - there was no way it could be classed as safe to use.
Surly woman was again at the desk as we left, and didnt even attempt to make us welcome, or thank us for our custom.
We were very disappointed with this hotel, it is in such a lovely location, and is a fine building, but without decent staff, or management, then it definitely not one that I would recommend to anyone.
The B+Bs down the road are less than half the price, and far better value, with owners who care about their guests.
Avoid this place until there are new owners/management.

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“Awful”

Birnam House Hotel

Sep 15, 2006
3/3 found this review helpful

Attended for a wedding reception. The function room was OK and large, but the hotel room was awful. The bathroom was disgraceful. Overall the hotel is in need of a lot of TLC. I believe that they are decorating and not too soon!

Breakfast was uninviting, although the service was fine.

Cannot really say anything positive about my one night stay here. The Hilton nearby is much better, and worth paying a bit extra for unless you want to stay somewhere that feels like a grotty bed and breakfast.

Would not recommend this to my worst enemy

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — There are no positives
    • Disliked — Everything was awful
    • Tips/Secrets: — Avoid, avoid, avoid
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Dundee1's Summary
Date of Stay: August 2006
Traveled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Personal event (wedding, ...)
Age group: 25-34
Member since: September 15, 2006
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
no way!
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Great pool scene, Pet owners, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
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“Horrific”

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1 of 5 stars
Renfrewshire, Scotland
Sep 10, 2006
3/3 found this review helpful

Stayed here for one night when attending a wedding. Room on the third floor was probably the worst room I have ever stayed in. It was dingy, smelly and uninviting. The bathroom was a disgrace with a bath with a rubber tubing to attach to the taps to make into a shower which meant you had to kneel in the bath to try and wash yourself with this shower attachment. Thankfully it was only a place to sleep after the weeding, but we couldn't wait to get out of the place and would never return.

It was incredibly poor value and I cant believe the owners of this hotel feel they can justify almost £100 per room. It felt like we were staying in a youth hostel. When I spoke to the manager about this the next morning he was completely unintersted and basically told us it was tough that we were unhappy with the room.

Avoid this hotel at all costs!!

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Nothing
    • Disliked — Everything
    • Tips/Secrets: — Avoid
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Gordon78's Summary
Date of Stay: September 2006
Traveled with: Other
Visit was for: Personal event (wedding, ...)
Age group: 25-34
Member since: July 07, 2005
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
no way!
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Great pool scene, Pet owners, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Other
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Birnam, Dunkeld PH8 0BQ, Scotland