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Dunoon - a great place to visit!

Review of Selborne Hotel
3.0 of 5 bubblesReviewed 20 Sept 2024
This is a good but dated hotel. My room was fairly quiet with a comfortable bed and amazing views across the Firth of Clyde! We were lucky with the weather! I think I saw a submarine while waiting to cross by Ferry, but it was quite dark! The scenery is captivating and very relaxing!
Date of stay: September 2024
Trip type: Travelled solo
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Responded 23 Sept 2024
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a good review. We are pleased to hear that you have had a good stay with us at the Selborne Hotel in Dunoon. We are hoping to carry out an extensive refurbishment process across all of our Leisureplex Hotels in the near future to improve the interior of our hotels. We are happy that you loved visiting Dunoon! We hope that you choose to stay with us again in the future for another enjoyable time.
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Reviewed 13 September 2024 via mobile

Travelled to Dunoon with Gibbons coaches for 5 days from the 4th to the 8th September 24. Arrived at the Selborne hotel very late evening. A lovely welcome from the manager and staff. We were given our keys for room 306. Went up in the lift to our room to the third floor.
A lovely twin bed room, very clean, lovely soft carpet, plenty of storage for your clothes, lovely size shower room. Tea coffee supplied, hairdryer available in the room. There was an excellent sea view from our with a beautiful view of the garden. The room was very warm had to open both top windows as the weather was really hot, there was lovely thick curtains hung at the windows.
Went down for our meal at 7 pm due to our time of arrival, as the dinner is at 6pm and breakfast at 8am.
A wide selection of meals, a choice of starters, the soup is absolutely delicious. All the meals were lovely and tasty. They were all set on the plate, as no self-service bowls at the table as of some places.
The breakfast was serve yourself from the table that was set out as you went into the dining room, a choice of cereals, yoghurt, fruit, to take to your table or you could have a full cooked breakfast or anything off the menu that you fancied you could have cereals and cooked breakfast if you wanted. The menu was at the table for the evening meals. Some of the evening meals had to be ordered in the morning at breakfast time but not the starters. The servers would tell you the chefs special when ordering your meal. All the servers were excellent, very polite and friendly, and worked extremely hard.
There was entertainment in the evening with bingo, on the Saturday it was a Disc Jockey which you could choose your song of your choice which was a lovely evening. Bar closed at 11 pm. The price of the drinks I found very satisfactory as not a lot of difference in price to what is paid at clubs at home. Staying at the Selborne was really lovely, very friendly, lovely and clean, the decor was really nice, lovely soft carpets throughout. They did have a nice dance floor near the stage. All the seating was comfortable, spotless toilets, there was even hand gel on the handles on the doors in the ladies toilets that would gently seep out when you pulled the door open.
It was such a delightful stay, at such a lovely hotel, it's such a shame it went so fast. I absolutely enjoyed it, 😉 ☺️

Room tip: Parking space around the front of the hotel.
Date of stay: September 2024
Trip type: Travelled with family
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Customer Care Team, Guest Services / Front Office at Selborne Hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 21 September 2024

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a lovely five-star review after your stay with us at the Selborne Hotel. We are pleased that you have had an excellent time with us, and we appreciate the kind comments you have left for us about our hotel, the team, the menu, and the entertainment! We are sorry that you found the drinks to be highly-priced, we will see how we can improve on this. We hope that you choose to stay with us again in the future for another enjoyable short break!

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Reviewed 6 September 2024

Good hotel with beautiful views. Food has been very tasty with good variety. Room could do with decorating as it's a bit tired with the wallpaper coming off in places. The bed was comfortable. Will visit again. This is our second visit so is acceptable to us.

Date of stay: September 2024
  • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Customer Care Team, Guest Services / Front Office at Selborne Hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 20 September 2024

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a kind review after your stay with us at the Selborne Hotel in Dunoon. We are hoping to carry out a refurbishment process in the future so that we can improve our hotel. We are pleased you found the food to be tasty and the bed to be comfortable. We look forward to welcoming you back again in the future for your third stay with us!

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Reviewed 1 September 2024

Very friendly staff. We booked this location last minute as we travelled to experience the Cowal Gathering (Highland Games) in Dunoon. Had a fantastic time. Hotel had a great location with walkout to the seawall. Cowal gathering was a great event.

Date of stay: August 2024
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Customer Care Team, Guest Services / Front Office at Selborne Hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 16 September 2024

Hi Don, thank you for leaving us a five-star review after you had an enjoyable stay with us at the Selborne Hotel. We are pleased to hear you have had a fantastic time in Dunoon. We hope that you choose to stay with us again in the future when you next visit Dunoon!

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Reviewed 30 August 2024

I came here with my mum, and our experience has been wonderful. The bed was incredibly comfortable, allowing us to rest peacefully each night. As for the food, I found it to be amazing; every meal exceeded my expectations in terms of both taste and quality. Additionally, the staff were extremely helpful throughout our stay. Their professionalism and kindness made us feel welcome and well taken care of.

Overall, the experience was truly enjoyable, and I am grateful to everyone who played a part in making it so memorable. Thank you all for your exceptional service on the 29th of August, 2024.

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Date of stay: August 2024
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Customer Care Team, Guest Services / Front Office at Selborne Hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 14 September 2024

Thank you for leaving us a great five-star review, we are so pleased to hear that you and your mum have had a brilliant time with us at the Selborne Hotel in Dunoon. We appreciate your kind comments about our team, the food and the service we offered during your stay with us! We hope to welcoming you back again in the future for another enjoyable time.

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Reviewed 12 August 2024

The staff make it a pleasure to be in this hotel, they are friendly, welcoming and hard working. The receptionist was really helpful when a friend and I wanted to have a day in Glasgow, checking ferry times (the timetable wasn't operating as shown in the ferry's website) and connecting trains and printing details out for us.

The hotel itself is old and in need of redecoration but it was clean and had all I needed for the week. The stairs and floors creak like mad but that's what you have to expect with a building of this age. The gardens need attention, they could be lovely to sit out in on a sunny day but looked unkempt and unattractive. My room ( a cosy double) had a comfortable bed and was as quiet as you can expect in a hotel full of elderly people who seem to need the TV on loudly!!

The food was fine, one day the carrots were a bit overcooked and a couple of times the poached eggs a bit too well done, but considering they were catering for 3 coach loads of people I think the chefs did well. There was plenty of choice and every meal I had was hot and tasty. I sometimes eat in Michelin star restaurants, but I knew this wasn't one, adjusted my expectations accordingly and I was pleasantly surprised. All dining and bar staff were very pleasant and our server Nataliia was a delight.

Unfortunately it rained all week and it was very cold for August, but the heating was turned on which was a pleasant surprise, I've been in many hotels where management won't put heating (or air con) on except during particular months.

There are lots of tea bags, coffee, sugar and milk available to help yourself to in the bar, also body wash and shampoo available in reception. Both plus points in my opinion.

Unfortunately Dunnon itself seemed run down, with the majority of the shops that were still occupied closing at either 2pm or 4pm. Nothing really catered for tourists, which is a real shame, a few craft/souvenir shops and some cafes would be good.

The hotel is within walking distance of the foot ferry which terminates close to the railway station in Gaurock so there are plenty of other places to visit.

Note to the Manager - your staff are hard working and pleasant despite, at times, having to deal with people who don't seem to know the words please and thank you! , You should be proud of them.

Date of stay: August 2024
  • Trip type: Travelled solo
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Customer Care Team, Guest Services / Front Office at Selborne Hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 16 August 2024

Thank you for your honest feedback after your holiday with us in Dunoon at the Selborne Hotel. We are hoping to carry out a refurbishment process in the near future to improve on the points which you have mentioned about our hotel, we are pleased you found our hotel clean and up to the standard we strive for as a team. We are pleased you enjoyed your food throughout your stay with us. We are sorry to hear Dunoon wasn't to your taste, we hope this didn't spoil your overall experience. We really do appreciate your kind comments about the team, we hope to welcome you back again in the future!

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