Well after booking the hotel and reading some reviews I prepared myself for the worst.

The room was excellent value with new fixtures and fitting. The staff could not have been more friendly and made our 30th wedding anniversary a delight. This place is for chilling out. Fair enough the bar prices are high and the wine must contain a 5 carat diamond in each bottle. There is an easy way to avoid this - drink moderately, dont buy the wine (bring your own the rooms have glasses) and get a taxi into Dunkeld or God forbid make the effort and walk along the beautiful riverside path into the village. The evening meal was pleasant and the breakfast was excellent. The buffet actually consisted of freshly cooked food and if you arrived late in the morning the food was still eminently edible. Believe me I have stayed in more expensive hotels where the breakfast buffet food was, I am sure, made from shoe leather and slag.

After booking a 2night stay at the hilton dunkield i woulnd not go back if you paid me too, firstly the put us in room103, to find it was filthy stains on the furniture spills on the carpets very run down indeed , after complianing we got moved to what they call a 'delux' room but to u and i it was just a standerd room only with dampness all over the windows i dernt complain again!!1 so we just put up with it the food was very poor indeed portion size was laughable, certanley not what they show on the website "a la carte" dont think so!!!!! prices of drinks need to take a lot of money if you want a few drinks at night, £9.40 for bottle bud & vodka diet coke!!!! the website gives the imression of total bliss think again we could not wait to get home.

Have just returned from a two night stay at the Hilton Dunkeld and have no complaints whatsoever ~ possibly due to us being on our honeymoon!

Joking aside, we found the Hotel to be absolutely fine, no evidence at all of sulky reception staff who were sucking up to Merc owners ~ we arrived in a mini! Perhaps people mistake quiet unassuming recetion staff as being sulky? Not everyone has a Graham Norton personality!

Food was absiolutely fantastic, although I do agree that the drinks are pricey! However, although someone has complained about the mile long drive, you can walk along the river bank to Dunkeld itself and eat in the village very reasonably! We even walked back!!

One of the previous contributors said don't book room 411 as the floor is squeaky ~ word of warning, don't book 401 as that is the room below!! Trust me I know.

We will definately be going back. There is so much to do in Perthshire.

The Dunkeld House Hotel is a grand hotel, set in a fantastic Scottish back drop 2nd to none. The Food is and service in this hotel are some of the best I have experienced!!! The hotel inside could use a bit of TLC, i.e. worn carpets, the only other minor annoying factor is the mile long driveway & it's seemingly endless speed bumps!! The village is a great place, where you will be greated with a warm Scottish welcome everyday. The hotel also has a range of activities attached to it, that are great fun and good value! All round this was a fantastic hotel and setting, the only drawback is that there a few fittings needing a little bit of updating.