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Reviews of Cairndale Hotel

3 out of 5
Cairndale Hotel
English Street, Dumfries, Scotland

Reviews

8.0

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 67 out of 233 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 106 out of 233 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 38 out of 233 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 20 out of 233 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 233 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

joann

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Pauline

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lynn

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

sylvia

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Jean

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Gemma

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Nice wee hotel, a bit dated but good value for money. Staff were very friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Cara

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022
Response from Reception on Apr 10, 2022
Many thanks for your feedback, all feedback is good as it helps us improve the service for future guests. We are very happy you enjoyed your stay and we look forward to welcoming you back very soon. Reception Team

10/10 Excellent

Fiona

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022
Response from Reception on Apr 10, 2022
Many thanks for your feedback, all feedback is good as it helps us improve the service for future guests. We are very happy you enjoyed your stay and we look forward to welcoming you back very soon. Reception Team

6/10 Okay

F Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This is an old hotel and it shows, but staff was as helpful as possible given what they had to work with. Showed me 3 room options to get away from roar of heating system throughout much of the building and outside traffic noise. Convenient location in Dumfries.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Helpful and polite staff Hotels is in a great location next to main centre with plenty of shops bars and restaurants
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

EILEEN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel
Lovely hotel with freindly helpful staff Room nice, large and comfortable. Breakfast tasty and plentiful. Leisure area clean. Good pool, saunas and jacuzzi.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Claire

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
All staff were very friendly and helpful. We stayed with our 2 young children and it became apparent that the hotel was not particularly tailored for children. The pool was clean and well maintained but not great for young kids. The bathroom in our family room was a big surprise with a jacuzzi bath and built in TV….nice!!!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Very hot rooms.
The rooms are incredibly hot and it's almost impossible to sleep. Windows can only be open a little so that doesn't help and there isn't air conditioning in the rooms. It was a very uncomfortable weekend.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

6/10 Okay

Neil

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Audrey

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gold star
Superb all round hotel , from staff to facilities , excellent location, I would highly recommend this hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Work
Lovely bedrooms and the tv in the bathroom was a nice touch
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Gillian

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Bhupinder

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Will not return.
Overall stay adequate but very disappointed with evening meal. Room very hot impossible to sleep with windows open due to road noise and room situated above balcony bar area. Voices until 3.15am. Two bus stops outside room (either side of road) with buses sitting with engine running. First one at 6.20am until 6.30am.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Barry

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lost Charlie
Unfortunately we had to leave soon so only stayed a half night but meal was excellent
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

4/10 Poor

William

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Claire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bliss
Really enjoyed my stay. Had such a relaxing night which was very much needed. The pool and gym is excellent. Thanks 😊
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is in a great location with the main town of Dumfries within a few minutes walk which is a bonus. Deluxe room with jet bath very poor value. Would not pay that again. Bath was far too short so you couldn’t stretch out. Very narrow too. The tv in the bathroom was great but due to internet issues could not use. I ended up hot-spotting data from my phone to play music whilst in the jet bath. There was no air conditioning in the room which made sleeping very uncomfortable and was a factor in deciding to leave a day early. The food was questionable. We had a steak dinner on the first night after which I was sick. The hot breakfast buffet was cold. The tea was as black as the coffee - both undrinkable. Very poor service in the restaurant. They seemed under staffed. The internet issues meant that we weren’t able to stream Netflix etc for an evening movie. Very disappointed. The saving grace was the leisure facilities. The pool, sauna and jacuzzi were all open and we spent most of the time there. I would return again based on location and leisure facilities but not service or amenities. Would benefit greatly from an upgrade on basics eg good internet connection, air conditioning etc.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021
Response from MWallace Jnr. on Aug 3, 2021
Thank you for taking the time to provide such comprehensive feedback following your visit. We do apologise about the internet, last week we did change our provider which caused slight intermittent issues but glad that our high speed WiFi is back in full operation throughout the hotel including all televisions. Nevertheless I do apologise for the inconvenience. We do not advertise air conditioning and being in a hotel in South West Scotland, it is not viable to install such an expensive amenity that would only be beneficial on the rare occasion that we receive exceptionally hot weather. We have a large number of fans and cooling towers available on request. There is no hotel in Dumfries that offers air conditioning. Your comment about the steak is unfortunate. While this review is anonymous, we can usually work out who is writing the review based on in-person feedback. The hotel since re-opening has been virtually fully booked booked and have not once had we received any food-related illness. It is also our understanding that two steaks were served to your table (one each) and only one person was ill later in the evening, which could have happened for a great number of other reasons. I am pleased that you enjoyed the leisure facilities during your stay and sincerely hope we will have the pleasure of welcoming you back in the future, and restoring your faith in The Cairndale Hotel. Kind Regards, M. Wallace Jnr. Director

8/10 Good

Gillian

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Poor choice of beer in the bar
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from MWallace Jnr. on Aug 3, 2021
Dear Anonymous Guest, In the hotel we have Birra Moretti & Amstel lagers on Draught and John Smith as an ale. We also have Inch's Apple Cider on Draught. In terms of bottle beers we have the following: St. Mungos, Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois, Peroni, Estrella. Brewdog Punk IPA. Kind regards, M. Wallace Jnr. Director

8/10 Good

James

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Food good, staff very good. Room 47 had very creaky floor!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Iain

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Place to stay!
Really nice. Best sleep inages and the bath was heaven. Recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from MWallace Jnr. on Aug 3, 2021
Dear Iain, Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback, we are pleased you had a great visit and look forward to welcoming you back soon. Best wishes, M. Wallace Jnr.

8/10 Good

Euan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Gary

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Golf break
A very pleasant stay . Staff helpful. Breakfast was very enjoyable, plenty of choice. Having been the first time away during the pandemic it was a relaxing break .
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Darren

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing family getaway
Lovely hotel and amazing staff who looked after us very well
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Short break
Hotel was good, service at reception not great, kept waiting each time despite person being in the back office and appeared to be deliberately ignoring us. Service in restaurant good. Room was nice but the weather was really hot and the room was like a sauna, windows only open about an inch and no air conditioning or fans available which made it difficult to sleep. Enjoyed leisure facilities.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Alexander

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Carrie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay .
Really good. Only booked one night then decided to stay another night . Lots to do and very central to everything .
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

lorna

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay and dog friendly
Great time. Enjoyed the hotel, the leisure suite and surprise tv in the bath. Staff friendly and humerous. Room was very hot but that is nature's fault and not the hotel's. Delicious breakfast. Excellent location for town. Will return.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant stay
Convenient location for seeing Dumfries. Pool and gym typical of a Spa hotel and open reasonable hours. Breakfast very good. Evening meal menu changes daily with a small selection but food was good. Pop-up cocktail bar for the summer was below our room and very noisy until it closed. Room looked a little tired and sealant to shower and screen could do with replacing as discoloured. WiFi rather patchy in the room.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

William

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
5stars
Had an amazing few days stay. Rooms clean and spacious. Breakfast was tasty.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Matthew Wallace Jnr. on Jul 6, 2021
Dear William, Thank you so much for such a great review. We very much look forward to welcoming you back to the hotel and hope you have a great week ahead! Best wishes, M. Wallace Jnr. Director

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Olde Worlde hotel.
Lovely little break away....very comfortable bed....lovely food. Would love to stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Matthew Wallace Jnr. on Jul 6, 2021
Dear Cheryl, Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback following your stay with us. We hope we will see you again for another relaxing visit. Have a wonderful week ahead! Best wishes, M. Wallace Jnr. Director

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff checked just after arrival to make sure everything was ok. Was surprised to have a jacuzzi bath and a tv in the bathroom. Booked hotel because of swimming pool and kids loved it.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Matthew Wallace Jnr. on Jul 6, 2021
Good morning, Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback. I am very pleased that you enjoyed one of our recently upgraded rooms and that you also had a great time in the swimming pool. We very much hope to welcome you back to the hotel soon for another relaxing break! Best wishes, M. Wallace Jnr. Director

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
I was provided a room which was flity and uncleaned, considering we are un the middle of a pandemic, this is disgraceful. When i comolained and rwauested an alternative room, i was met with ignornace, no apology, not even a comment, i was simply handed a room key for an alternative room. Absolutely horrible service all round.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Alexei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had a pleasant experience with hotel staff and facilities. Good value for money for 3* hotel.Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021