黑牛加特莫爾(Black Bull Gartmore)

We stayed here for one night. The check in time said after 5pm but we arrived about an hour before this but we were able to check in as the room was ready. The room was nice and big with a king size bed, which was very comfy, and a decent size bathroom with large shower. It looked freshly decorated and was nice and clean. There was a kettle with tea/coffee and a couple of biscuits. The in room TV had freeview channels. There was free WIFI but I think the area was having some WIFI issues and it took a while to connect, eventually we got it to work. The Inn has a restaurant and bar on site, which also serves food. We ate in the bar for dinner and we both had a burger with chunky chips that were really good. The inn is in a small village and it was very peaceful causing us to sleep well. There was breakfast included in the room price but you need to choose the hot breakfast items the night before and hand it in to the bar downstairs. This wasn't an issue for us and they had a good selection to choose from and included vegan sausages. There was also other items at breakfast which you just helped yourself to, i.e fruit juice, natural yoghurt, cereal and fresh fruit, toast was also provided. The breakfast was cooked well and was good. All the staff were helpful and attentive, we would recommend a stay here.

We were made to feel welcome from the moment we arrived. The beds were very comfortable and the bathroom was lovely, a super room. Great breakfast and very friendly in the bar in the evening. The Black Bull is a great location to explore the local area. Would definitely recommend.

Une equipe incroyable de benevole et quelques salariés qui ont ressucités ce lieu genial, propre, moderne et confortable, des chambres immense et un lit King Size +++ C'est vraiment une belle adresse, gérée par de belle personne. Allez-y sans hésitez.

Absolutely gorgeous place, lovely spacious room with a comfortable bed and great bathroom. Staff are very friendly and helpful. We stayed here as a base for visiting Loch Lomond and hiking around the park. Absolutely perfect and we hope to come back soon!

We stayed at the Black Bull in April as our son, and now, daughter in law had their wedding reception in the Village Hall. We had a fantastic stay. The rooms are clean, comfy and well stocked with tea, coffee etc. The bathrooms are clean and modern and the shower had great water pressure. You preorder breakfast which is a great way to help the kitchen be prepared. Volunteers cook the food and man the breakfast room and they do an amazing job. It was very tasty. We stretched them on the Saturday morning when all 6 rooms of wedding guests came for breakfast together. So sorry about that. We didn't think it through. The staff were all very friendly and they helped make our very special weekend even better. Thank you very much. I would highly recommend this lovely place.

Four of us ate here on 20th April and it was excellent - definitely recommend and would return again. Polite efficient staff and obviously a great team in the kitchen

We booked a big table for 17 with Karina for a family birthday dinner. She was extremely helpful and we arrived a couple of weeks later at our booked slot to find our table wasn’t quite how we had requested but it was fine. Still looked nice as it was a special occasion. Slight misunderstanding with another member of staff over the time we had it booked and my brother was sent back outside….! However…after reading my email confirming the booking time- allowed us in. Wasn’t the best start. However the rest of our visit was faultless. Karina and Callum specifically did a fantastic job looking after our table. The food was out in great timing, top quality and hot, which for the number of people we had was a very difficult job in itself. They both really made our experience stress free and very enjoyable. We will definitely be back. The chef/kitchen staff are clearly a brilliant team. To cater for this amount of people at one table isn’t easy and they handled it faultlessly. We strongly recommend booking a large event here, everyone in my family enjoyed everything, shame about the arrival issue as that was really the only issue that we had. Brilliant team at the Blackbull.

I read the reviews online as well as the website history. I was intrigued so booked the Inn for nearly a week. At first I was irritated: the late check-in (5pm); the lack of place to sit while waiting to check in (i.e., no proper lobby but rather a small dining room in which to sit), and the fact that I would have to find other places to dine on Monday and Tuesday given that the kitchen is closed on those nights. Normally not a big deal but the fact that I did not have a car, and that the buses stopped early evening did make it a big deal for me. Other things that annoyed: nearly slipping in the shower (uhh, shower mats or anti-slip *****s?); bathroom amenities in tiny plastic containers rather than in large refillable containers?; no shelf in shower? And yada yada. That said, the place grew on me. Gar**ore, as I learned, is a village of creatives. Musicians, artists, theatre people choose to live here. There is so much history on the walls of the Inn that it is a museum onto itself. Come evenings, the bar fills with its community owners, and if you are around long enough, you will come to recognize them in the painting on the wall of the bar that was inspired by the Robert Burn's poem, Tam O'Shanter. It was painted by known Scottish artist Craig Campbell, who used to be a resident of Gar**ore. The Inn is cosy and quirky. It's not a B&B, and it is not a hotel. It is something in between. It provides a cooked breakfast, which was served up to me by one of its shareholders who I discovered offered foraging hikes in the spring and late summer. (Attention mushroom hunters!) And I ate several evening meals here which would contend with any upscale city dining venue. A welcome relief from standard pub fare. The community shareholders and staff were engaging, and tried to accommodate in every way possible.If you are looking for something different, a taste of Scotland, and appreciate creative and humorous energy, then the Black Bull Inn will be for you!

A lovely stay at the Black Bull. The room was comfortable and had everything we needed, the evening meal was great and breakfast was very good. It was the staff who made the trip memorable - they were so interesting to talk to about the history of the pub and area and extended the warmest welcome possible. Would definitely recommend.