The Station Hotel

Two friends came here on Sunday for a meal. The food was served and it was inedible so we asked for it to be taken away. We were then left sitting with a glass of wine but nobody came back to offer us any other alternative meals. The food we sent back was lamb and it was under cooked and cold. We then left and were still given a bill for £59.00. We told the waitress we never had the meal so she offered 10% off, we said this wasn't enough as we'd never eaten any of the food. There was no manager or chef available so we paid and left. This was the worst service we have ever had and certainly the lamb was inedible as it was swimming in blood and barely cooked. I would avoid ever going here to eat!

Dining option in the area are limited, but the hotel dining room was very good. There is no lift - so having a room on the upper floor requires slogging your bag up the stairs!

The hotel was superb! We had one of the whiskysuites. Very nice and cosy room. Superfriendly staff and the breakfast was amazing. Car park opposite to the hotel. I would recommend this hotel to every especially when you like drinking whiskey. They have an amazing whisky bar !

The station hotel is lovely, no expense has been spared on it and the rooms and public areas are easily on par with the likes of Gleneagles. The furnishings and bathrooms in the rooms are also of a very high standard. The majority of the hotel is a renovated old derelict building however a small annex has been put out the back of the hotel and this annex is where the entrance to 4 of the rooms, including suites and the 2 bedroom family room. So you do leave the rear of the hotel to access these rooms but the area is very quiet and safe so it is not an issue. Rothes as a place is a ghost town, there’s nothing in it and it is clear having spent most of our weekend at the hotel eating and drinking in the evenings that the locals don’t use it even as a place to come for a drink. It’s very much all residents that you will encounter during your stay. Pros and Cons Pros…. It’s a lovely hotel inside and everything to a very high standard. Rooms are designed to a high standard and very modern and new feeling. The drinks selection is very good with one of the most impressive whiskey collections you will find anywhere in Scotland. The whiskey menu has hundreds of whiskey choice. Breakfast is very nice and fresh cooked. Cons…. It lacks any atmosphere in the bar and restaurant areas! On a Friday night we were the only people in Toots Bistro Bar, it pretty much stayed that way all evening give or take 1 or 2 people. The locals don’t use the place so there’s no local feel to it. Saturday evening was slightly better but again it’s souless. We were going to move to the nice whiskey lounge after dinner on Friday however at 8pm on a Friday night the staff started to clean the Brass in the whiskey lounge making the place stink of Brasso, so we couldn’t sit there due to the smell so moved back into toots bar!! Food is OK…what they are trying to deliver especially in the main restaurant is way over the top and for the price and how little you get to eat on the plate it’s not worth the £35 for the 2 course. Only 3 choices of starter and Main and We were all left hungry after our meal. Also I don’t understand the handing you the menus which is in a sealed envelope…everyone gets one and it’s a little card. A bit over the top and a waste of paper. We got another envelope handed to us to open for desert and with only the 3 desert options we were able to remember from the reading the menus before dinner. It was all A bit pretentious to be honest. And we all passed on desert as for the money for the desert we were all thinking that if the main course portion was anything to go by then the desert would be tiny! We opted for a whiskey in the bar instead! Toots Bistro again very limited choice made even less by the fact they didn’t have any Steaks on a Friday night!!!! It’s also very small portions for the price. The food we had was very nice though and couldn’t complain at the taste. The only criticism of the room I would have is that there is the most ann