Knockinaam Lodge - Dumfries Galloway

Visited for afternoon tea and it is honestly the best we have ever had. Beautiful setting and service was perfect. If you are in the area please visit this special place as it will not disappoint.

Recently stayed for 3 nights in April and it was absolutely fabulous. Staff were extremely helpful and friendly. Service was excellent and the food was outstanding. Beautiful location quiet and peaceful. Rooms very comfortable and well appointed with high quality products. will definitely be back Mark Ailsa (Australia)

My wife found this when looking for a place for us to spend our wedding anniversary. It sounded good on paper. It was a long and tedious drive for us though and I wasn’t sure it was worth it. I was totally wrong! This place is superb and well worth any drive! The setting is great-it has its own beach and there is a small patio where you can sit and there is a heater there too if you need it. There’s a nice lawn in front of the hotel too where those with dogs took them for a walk. The rooms are all different and all well appointed with their own en suite. The costs of the rooms reflects the size of the room and not the facilities. If you are tall like me (6ft 2) I wouldn’t go for one of the rooms in the roof as the coomb ceiling is a pain. However the thing you go there for is the food and that is sublime! It is a set menu in the evening which reduces waste and helps control costs. You get 7 courses, all quite small , but at the end of the meal you are adequately fed but not full. We were there for 3 nights and had a different meal every night. All the dishes were superb but we had mushroom soup one night and it was the best soup I have ever tasted! In fact it was one of the best foods I have ever tasted! The breakfast is very good indeed and you can order whatever you like from the menu which is very comprehensive. I found that set me up for the whole day and I didn’t need a lunch. I must also mention the wine. The wine list is very comprehensive with some difficult to come by wines in it too like Chateau Musar. On 2 nights we went with the wine pairing list which I thought was very good value, especially the cheaper of the 2 lists we had every night. The hotel is a good centre for seeing things in the local area and , despite going in November we found things to occupy ourselves for the 3 days we were there. They have various themed weekends too which sound brilliant. But the hotel is so good it is worth going to anytime. We will certainly be back.

A beautiful setting and very peaceful. The food is excellent and the dining room not too large. Sadly on the day we went the staff were trying to serve the Barbeque area and the dining room which meant that the service was not what it should have been. We will be back and hopefully the service will be as it used to be.

We were gifted a voucher as a wedding gift earlier in the year and enjoyed this a few days ago. The location of Knockinaam is stunning and we loved their small private beach. The food was outstanding, worthy of all its accolades!! Service from the staff was great and we thought Nicola was fabulous. Thank you all, we are already planning our return stay!