McKays Hotel, Bar & Restaurant Reviews Summary

Category: Hotel Pitlochry

Address: 138 Atholl Rd, Pitlochry, PH16 5AG, United Kingdom

Phone: +441796473888

Rating: 4.1
based on 380 reviews.

Accommodation

Pros:

  • "Our room upstairs was spacious, cozy, and very clean."
  • "Lovely room, great shower, comfortable bed."
  • "The room was simply amazing, we felt at home as soon as we opened the door."
  • "We stayed in a superior room at the extension, which was recently renovated, spacious, and with a modern and sparkling clean bathroom."
  • "The rooms are so nice, warm, well maintained, you can open a window which in most hotels I've found you can't."
  • "Fantastic room with a sofa to sit and chill out n relax."
  • "Our room was very clean and comfortable."

Cons:

  • "The room was noisy with a water tank or boiler close by."
  • "Our only gripe was that the room was quite dimly lit even with bedside and ceiling lights on, and the decoration didn't match the pictures from the website."
  • "Really disappointing stay at McKays hotel. The room was tiny, we requested a double and were shocked at how little floor space there was."
  • "Very disappointing. Room was very small, very hot and stuffy, hardly any air."
  • "Rooms might have been done up, but they are small, cramped and if at the front as we were, then like a goldfish bowl thanks to deep windows."
  • "The room was across the street in a different building above a cafe, parking was another 60m away on a pay and display car park!"
  • "There are no words to describe the level of disappointment that hit us when we opened the door."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food is cooked to a good standard and is good size portions and prices."
  • "The breakfast at Mckays Hotel is one of the best I've ever had."
  • "Food was lovely & all the staff friendly and helpful."
  • "The food is all prepared on site and is high quality."
  • "The food was absolutely delicious with real attention to detail in the accompanying salad, vegetables and sauces."
  • "Had the best Fish n Chips I tasted for ages."
  • "The gluten free fish and chips was delicious, as was the steak and soup."

Cons:

  • "Scampi also quite bland."
  • "Expensive drinks and disappointing food. £16.95 for roast salmon, the salmon was fine but the vegetables and the mash were stone cold."
  • "The food was terrible. We paid over 60 pound for a fillet steak and Teabone steak and both were over cooked and tasteless."
  • "The totally overpriced fish and chips was a big disappointment after the hype."
  • "Food was pricey and pretty average to bad."
  • "The food is below par my partner had mac and cheese tasted of nothing and I had the steak pie again wasn't very well seasoned."
  • "The food was subpar at best and the service was terrible."

Service

Pros:

  • "Food was lovely & all the staff friendly and helpful."
  • "Heartfelt thanks to McKays colleagues Daisy, Danielle and Rachel."
  • "Amy who was absolutely amazing, super efficient and very professional."
  • "Service was attentive at all times, even when very busy."
  • "The staff are really helpful and accompanying."
  • "The servers were timely to take orders, polite and pleasantly efficient."
  • "Staff were very welcoming and helpful."

Cons:

  • "Not only was customer service awful from him, but then the manager apologized for him all the while CONTINUING to tell me I ordered incorrectly."
  • "Being asked to pay before we had even eaten was weird, felt like we couldn’t order anything else and weren’t welcomed."
  • "Extremely poor service. Our server was rude and rushed our order, getting our wine wrong and not asking what sides we wanted with the schnitzel."
  • "The service was terrible and I felt the staff couldn't care less."
  • "Service was non existent, the young man who took us to our table looked as if he couldn't be bothered."
  • "Possibly the worst experience I've had in a bar! The staff were unfriendly."
  • "Not one server or member of staff asked how the meal was, servers stroking and playing with customers dogs whilst serving food."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "A little more expensive but worth every penny."
  • "We really enjoyed our stay which was amazing value for money at just £40."
  • "All the food we had was good quality and excellent aperol spritz in the 2 hours of reduced cocktail prices."
  • "And for the food we got, prices are cheap. Love it."
  • "Good choice of food and reasonable priced drinks."
  • "Good food, good service and nicely priced."
  • "Drinks were good and overall pricing was average."

Cons:

  • "Popped into the Fish shop part today and ordered standard fish supper and 2 can of Irn Bru.... however, was not aware that I had to almost sell a kidney to pay for it."
  • "20 quid for a burger n chips was a rip off."
  • "Expensive drinks and disappointing food. £16.95 for roast salmon."
  • "The one thing to be aware of though is the drink prices, I never usually ask about pint prices but this is the most expensive pint I have ever had."
  • "Shockingly bad value for money. Two cheese and chutney sandwiches cost £20."
  • "For the food and drinks we were just shy of £50 massively overpriced for what it was."
  • "£12 for a chicken wrap!"

Ambience & Location

Pros:

  • "Beautiful location, stylish hotel/rooms, lovely staff and delicious food."
  • "Had drinks here 3 night out of the four we stayed in Pitlochry and the pub and outdoor seating had a lovely ambience and is warm and welcoming."
  • "The location is Pitlochry after a bit of snow which speaks for itself.., lovely as usual."
  • "Atmosphere is lively and comfortable."
  • "The location is ideal."
  • "Hotel in great location with all amenities on your doorstep."
  • "Great location. We had a two night stay and cannot find fault."

Cons:

  • "Place dead. Very few customers and even less atmosphere."
  • "Couldn't leave quick enough after 9pm as the singer was awful."
  • "If you want a peaceful, quiet break in Pitlochry, this is not the place to stay."
  • "A poor experience​ all in all and even the great location and atmosphere will prevent us from returning."
  • "Occasionally TVs/music too loud for conversation."
  • "We left the restaurant very soon after the extremely loud live music started which made it too hard to talk."
  • "Over loud weird mix of music in the dinning/bar, inattentive staff."

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