Name: Roxburghe Guest House
Address: 126 High Street Kinross,High Street, Kinross, Kinross, Kinross, KY13 8DA, United Kingdom
Rating: 6

Smoke-free property

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All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

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Non-smoking rooms

Family room

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Kettle

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Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Spanish

English

Chinese

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Free parking nearby

Free Parking on Premises

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Pets Not Allowed

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Loch Leven Heritage Trail

Kinross Golf Club

Kinross House Gardens

Scart Island

Edinburgh Airport

Royal Yacht Britannia

Royal Botanic Garden

Edinburgh Zoo

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Scott Monument

Royal Scottish Academy Art Gallery

Princes Street Gardens

Calton Hill

National Gallery of Scotland

Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Castle

Museum on the Mound

Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre

Camera Obscura and World of Illusions

St. Giles' Cathedral

Palace of Holyroodhouse

National Museum of Scotland

Our Dynamic Earth

Arthur's Seat

Holyrood Park

Dundee Airport

Celtic Park

Glasgow Necropolis

Glasgow Cathedral

St Mungo's Museum of Religious Life and Art

People's Palace and Winter Gardens

Royal Concert Hall

Pavilion Theatre

Buchanan Galleries

George Square

Glasgow Green

Gallery of Modern Art

Lighthouse

Centre for Contemporary Art

Botanic Gardens

Hunterian Museum

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour

Glasgow Science Centre

Roxburghe Guest House

Kinross

I had booked 3 rooms in advance and paid in full at time of booking. Big mistake. As soon as we checked in we realised what a mistake we had made. The carpet in the hall & stairs was filthy. Not hoovered in years! The bedrooms had grubby rugs on dirty carpets. There were no curtains at the windows, only net curtains. The lock for one of the rooms did not work. There was one bathroom between 4 rooms. There was a filthy flannel on the radiator. We were told breakfast was extra, but we were not going to eat there. We went out for our evening meal and on our return, we were not allowed to use the front door. We were told to walk around to the back door, where our rooms were! This is one of the worst places I have stayed in. 

Too Awful For Words - Do NOT Stay!

This is by far the worst place i have ever stayed. 

Old chips from a previous person staying on the floor ,moldy two mattress on each bed for reason i wish not to know pad locks on cupboards no breakfast terrible terrible terrible DO NOT STAY HERE the worst place fifthly and horrible 

do i need to go on!>

Awful Awful Awful - RIP OFF - ROTTING FOOD LYING ON FLOOR

Plus points - pleasant welcome, right next to a fish and chip shop and that's it. On the flip side my room smelt of fish and chips,the interior was tired,shabby and unloved,however the most extraordinary thing was breakfast time. It is normal to access your own cereal, it is less than normal to pop your own toast,it is abnormal to make your own tea. The service was basic if not non-existent. 



Interesting approach to breakfast

We booked in advance over the phone, directly (not through any website) and were asked to pay, not a deposit, but pay the full amount (to a bank account) of £75 for a double B&B room. When we arrived we quickly realised that we could not spend the night there:
1) We were offered an upstairs room which was not en-suite (we were not told at the time of booking that the room was not en-suite, else we would not have booked).
2) When discussing the breakfast for the next day, we were told that it was continental (again we were not told this when booking, else we would have booked elsewhere).
3) When we were being shown our room (one that lacked of ventilation), another guest, who arrived after us and was told to wait, insisted in getting in our way and came to our room, interrupted the conversation and asked how many people fitted there (the B&B owner just ignored us and continued the converstion with the other guest 'in our room' - extremely por manners by the B&B owner).
4) We explained to the B&B owner that the booking didn't meet our expectations and I asked 'with how many people would be sharing the bathroom with us?' She said she didn't know (this told me that this place was not a safe place to stay, as the owner had no clue as to who was going to be staying that night). During the conversation that followed, I asked the B&B owner two more times to confirm with how many people we would need to share the bathroom and her answer was: 'I do not know'.
5) We went out for dinner and found ourselves an alternative place to stay this time in a Hotel, also in Kinross, it was a double room with private bathroom with a decent Scottish breakfast for £60. The woman of the B&B had assured us that that was a busy werkend and that £75 was a good price in Kinross. Another lie. 
6) We returned to the Roxburghe place and explained to the lady that we were very dissatisfied with what we were offered for £75 and that we were not going to stay. We demanded some of our money back, given the poor outcome. The lady of the B&B did not just acknoledge that there was a problem, but refused to provide any money back and what is worse 'she treated us with calling the police'. Apart of being a riduculous suggestion, it was clear that this woman has no clue about customer service. She is only interested in ripping-off people, and so we were.

To sum up, this is the WORSE B&B I have ever come across in the 20+ years I have been in Scotland. I feel very sorry for all those tourists visiting Scotland for the first time, that land in this terrible place, which resembles nothing of the typical Scottish welcome.

Rip-off place, lacking the expected care and facilities typical of a Scottish B&B

A room here was booked in an emergency.  If I had been fully with it I would not have bothered.  It was booked very last minute and despite being paid for beforehand I was told to be there by 10pm otherwise the door would be locked.  My single room was round the back and when the door was opened to the corridor my heart sank.  The already dirty carpet was covered with dirty rugs and runners.  The flooring in the bedroom was covered by a dirty and stained rug and had mismatched furniture.  The  tiled bathroom floor was covered by odd bits of rug and runners. I did not wish to walk around barefoot even in my own room.   I had no toiletries with me at all and was told that soap and shower gel were provided but they were to be shared by all staying there.  The bathroom was shared between 5 rooms.  There was just one hand towel there although I was given my own bath towel.  Breakfast on face value looked ok - was told continental.  I chose cornflakes which were stored in a supposedly airtight container.  They were so stale.  There was only white bread, and then either strawberry or apricot jam - sainsburys own basic brand - god only knows how long that had been there also.  The bed was not amazingly clean and after a very quick shower slept in my clothes.  I could not wait to get out of there and back to Civilization.  For this I was charged the horrific price of £70.  Sorry no way was this value for money in my opinion.    This place should be looked at and re-evaulated immediately.

Not value for money at all!!

Not bad for the Scottish standards and the price ratio, the Asian lady who runs the guest house was very kind and provided us with a good and abundant breakfast.

Good enough.

Furniture piled up in a tight room. Fresh carpets and carpets smelling of dust. toilet water, common, defective, soluble coffee for breakfast. Despite all the goodwill of our host, this type of establishment is more reminiscent of the old furniture for a single, penniless worker, it takes, but not at this price - 80 pounds for three people. This type of establishment should not be offered on tourist sites.

Disappointment

Arriving with a long-term reservation, the owner obviously wasn't expecting us, then while a comfortable family room for 4 people was planned, we were offered a room without amenities or a comfortable room but with a large king size bed and a small bed for a couple with 2 children...choosing amenities we found ourselves in a room not very well dressed, decoration of another age and noisy because close to the street...brief the last night in Scotland before returning (its proximity to the airport is its only advantage) was not unforgettable!

Boff

Without going into the problems that the host gave with our reservation, this guest house is something simply horrible.The rooms are dirty, have only a poor toilet, the breakfast is poor and the service is generally unattended.On the wall you see several awards, all prior to 2007, probably from a time when the house was rented by other hosts.I'm sure you'll find some better option.Continue looking!

One of those places to avoid.

I have learned from my own experience that Scottish guesthouses, especially in medium and small countries, are of a medium to high standard, and so when you end up in an uncomfortable place the contrast is particularly evident, also because the costs are also medium to high. Spending 70 pounds (almost 90 euros) on a tiny room, from furniture that seems to have been recovered from an improvised, wet and cold rigger, is not an ideal holiday.

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