JaneyEdwards
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We had a wonderful 2 nights at the Crinan Hotel in September, our first visit here. ||Firstly, I would like to say that it is the staff that really make this hotel wonderful, everyone was so welcoming and friendly from the moment we arrived, and the customer service here was wonderful throughout, with the hotel staff also working in the restaurants and bar as well as at Reception.||The hotel is in an amazing setting with wonderful views, we had a lovely balcony room and were very lucky to have great weather while we were there!|The hotel itself is lovely, traditional and comfortable, lovely clean rooms and comfortable beds. Some of the taps and radiators in the room were a bit creaky due to this being an old building, but we just thought it added to the charm of the place!||The location is great for walkers as you are right on the end of the Canal paths and can walk for miles along the very well kept towpaths, and further a long the route there are lots of places to park and walk further in the other direction, heading back towards the main 'A' road heading up to Oban and back southwards.||The lovely breakfast is served in the main dining room which has wonderful views out to sea, and the lunch menu can be taken in either the Seafood bar attached to the hotel, or in the small pub next to the Seafood bar (also part of the hotel with a separate entrance), both with great views over the Crinan canal and locks. The dinner menu is available to guests in both the main dining room and the Seafood bar. The menus are great with lots of choice of local seafood and fish included, very reasonably priced and also a very extensive wine list is available. We dined in the Seafood bar most nights and found it to be lovely and cosy.||The hotel also has a couple of cosy lounge areas for relaxing and reading, and a small shop selling local goods and gifts, as well as artwork by the owner of the hotel, and a small gallery area on the 3rd floor of the hotel exhibiting further works by the owner and family.||We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here in such a unique place and in such a lovely, well-run hotel, and will definitely be back for a return visit. Thank you to everyone at the Crinan hotel for making our stay so good!