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Greshornish House Hotel: Traveler Reviews

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Average price*: $126 (£74) (year-round)
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 based on 32 reviews 32 Reviews
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 1 hotels in Greshornish
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  • Rooms: 8
Property Type: Hotel
  • Lodging offering guest rooms, a 24-hour front desk and a variety of services and amenities.
Address:
By Portree
Greshornish IV51 9PN
Scotland

TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

Reviews of Greshornish House Hotel

( 3-7 of 32 )
“Loved the Greshornish Hotel”

Greshornish House Hotel

Jun 4, 2008

We stayed at the Greshornish Hotel with our 2 and 4 year old children at the end of May 2008 for one night. We found it in Alistair Sawday's "Special Places to Stay", which we had not used as reference book before.

The hotel is in a wonderfully secluded position, in lovely gardens.

Although quite a formal place, our children could not have been made more welcome. We made a big effort for them to be consideratre of other guests but there were toys for them, the chef was asked to come in early so they could have an early supper and a cot was provided. The garden was wonderful for them to play in, with a cannon facing over the sea from mock battlements in the garden.

The room was extremely comfortable and well-appointed. Lots of nice things in the bathroom, with lots of towels. Everything had been thought through from a comfort point of view. The only criticism of the room was that we don't like synthetic duvets and pillows (many people do because of allergies). Would have much preferred lovely white bed linen and proper blankets. Otherwise excellent.

The service was extremely attentive; nothing was too much trouble. There is a lot of personal attention from the owners, who work very hard to make one's stay as comfortable and pleasant as possible. Hired help were incredibly nice and helpful.

Food excellent - particularly bread and home-made marmalade. Wine list could have had a bit more breadth and depth. Excellent choice of whiskies.

Nice small drawing room for after supper, with a log fire.

Overall experience was of staying in a very well run, very traditional country house, with all creature comforts. An ideal place to unwind and get away from it all. We could not stay longer but would have loved to.

Highly recommended.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Wonderfully comfortable and relaxing place
    • Disliked — Haviing to leave
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
floramalone's Summary
Date of Stay: May 2008
Visit was for: Quality time with family
Traveled with: Family with young children
Member since: June 02, 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
A romantic getaway, Older travelers, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, People with disabilities, Great pool scene
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Other
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“The best hotel on Skye”

Greshornish House Hotel

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5 of 5 stars
Tunbridge Wells
Apr 20, 2008

We stayed at the Greshornish Hotel last year for our Wedding Anniversary in July. We had a magical four days. The staff were great, the food was out of this world and the service we received was second to none. I spent a long time in the bathroom-the view over Loch Greshornish from the 'wee' seat was wonderful! I could go on and on, but have been told to keep this review short and to the point. You must visit this hotel.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Location and owner/staff
    • Disliked — Nothing
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
MightyMurphy's Summary
Date of Stay: July 2007
Traveled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Romantic getaway
Age group: 50-64
Member since: April 20, 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Great pool scene
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Outdoor / Adventure, Other
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“Silent please”

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5 of 5 stars
gijon, asturias, spain
Nov 26, 2007

We were in greshornish only one night as part of our honeymoon.
While you´re getting to greshornish you realize that is a special place, you get there trough a private road and you see that around there´s no more property.
One there the owners make feel like in your own house (they speak spanish), our room was perfect (islay) with four posted bed, nice bathroom and wonderful views.
The restaurant it´s perfect, we love good restaurants and we have eaten in several restaurants with michelin stars very famous in spain and greshornish restaurant has nothing to envy them.
Summing up: quiet, romantic, special, beatiful, .....

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — The staff, the restaurant, the surroundings, skye
    • Disliked — The rain
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
manolomo's Summary
Date of Stay: September 2007
Traveled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Honeymoon
Age group: 25-34
Member since: November 22, 2006
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, People with disabilities, Great pool scene, Families with young children, Families with teenagers
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Outdoor / Adventure, Great food / Wine
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“Worth every penny”

Greshornish House Hotel

Oct 23, 2007
2/2 found this review helpful

We are a couple with a 5 year old child who visited the week before Easter 2007. The hotel is a well kept georgian property in attractive surroundings with spectacular views of the sea run by a polite and proper, husband and wife team (ex Eton housemaster). Isolated location but well worth finding (TomTom took us straight to the door). I needed a good start to this two week walking holiday in Scotland as my Greek wife neither likes the cold nor walking. Our room was on the top floor (no lift) with an uninterrupted view looking out to sea which immediately made us relax. The room was huge by usual hotel standards and was divided in two by a step down to another level where our son slept .The antique furniture was attractive and good quality with a clean and spacious antique white bathroom. We spent 3 extremely happy days eating well, walking/driving and chatting to other guests and the owners. Good for peace and quiet, excellent base for touring the Island and offering a great small hotel atmosphere mixed with an evening fire, small but good whisky selection and proper porridge for breakfast. There is nothing else for miles around which is exactly what we wanted and seems infinitely preferable to mediocre hotels in the vicinity of portree. I booked this based on tripadvisor reviews and was delighted by the outcome

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Good quality, nice location, quiet
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
twodocs's Summary
Date of Stay: April 2007
Traveled with: Family with young children
Visit was for: Hobbies / interest / culture
Age group: 35-49
Member since: October 23, 2007
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Pet owners, Families with young children, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
People with disabilities, Great pool scene
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Outdoor / Adventure
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“Like being invited into someone's home”

Greshornish House Hotel

Sep 9, 2007

My wife and I stayed in Greshornish for four nights at the tail-end of our honeymoon. We found it the ideal place to finish off our holiday before returning to normal life and work again.

The hotel itself is more like a family home into which you have been invited than a hotel. Neil in particular (but all the staff in general) was extremely welcoming and generous; it seemed like nothing was too much trouble to them. They were very helpful in finding us room when I phoned them up to book, especially as I was only booking just over a week in advance, including covering the summer bank holiday. To help keep our cost to a minimum they suggested using two rooms for different nights whilst we stayed as the cheaper rooms were free earlier in the week but not for the final night. This suggestion made a big difference to us.

It is more than worthwhile eating dinner there. The food is outstanding and we greatly enjoyed it. In particular afternoon tea everyday was a real treat - we cannot recommend the toffee cake strongly enough!

Overall, if you are looking for a quiet countryside hotel away from Portree, Greshornish is well worth looking at. It is run in a welcoming, open and helpful manner with a distinctive personal service that is so often missing elsewhere. We would certainly put it at the top of our list for the next time we visit Skye.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Personal service and welcoming / helpful atmosphere
    • Disliked — It is quite remote - though this is also very good!
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
upholland's Summary
Date of Stay: August 2007
Traveled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Honeymoon
Age group: 25-34
Member since: September 09, 2007
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, People with disabilities, Great pool scene, Families with young children, Families with teenagers
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Outdoor / Adventure
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By Portree, Greshornish IV51 9PN, Scotland