August 2025 by Lynne Holmes Johnstone
Mark & I would like to thank everyone at Glenapp Castle for making our small family wedding day so memorable & special. with special thanks to Katie for all of the prep work in advance, Edite for keeping everything running smoothly on the day to everyone involved, Clair the florist for my gorgeous bouquet, the chef and serving staff in the Azalea, the drivers and people setting up and others running around and making sure everything was just perfect. Sorry that I dont know all of your names! This is truly a beautiful and magical place to get married. Even though our wedding was very small we were made to feel very welcomed and important xx
February 2025 by Jane Mcnee
Afternoon Lunch great, Staff very attentive Great for your special. Going back in the summer for afternoon tea. Can?t wait
October 2024 by Laura Tinto
Dreadful experience. Rude staff. Told not to text whilst at dining table. Exceptionally aggressive impolite manager. Overpriced rooms.
March 2023 by kevd1978
The Castle is the epitome of old-fashioned, high-quality fine dining in a castle hotel. The dining room is lush and lavish in its décor and the food is Michelin-star level. The menu is full of traditional staples that fuse French and Scottish cuisine, and are executed excellently.
March 2023 by DavidJSt
Visited Glennap for lunch on Sunday 5th March as a treat, the website describes the restaurant as "a leading destination for delicious cuisine, with its fine dining and 3 AA Rosettes" and there is a link to an appealing 3 course sample lunch menu so expectations were reasonably high. The building itself is very grand and the well kept grounds looking beautiful and worth a stroll around even late in winter. The staff were very friendly and welcoming. The problem is the menu we were offered bore no resemblance to the sample menu online, what was on offer was soup and sandwiches, cheese burgers, steak and chips. We had travelled quite some distance and didn't really have time to consider going elsewhere so went ahead and ordered from the menu thinking that these pub grub staples might be delivered with some 3 star rosette finesse, they were not. The food was decent but unexceptional, the service was fine, the real issue is with the misrepresentation on the hotels website, we drove out of our way for a special treat and ate something we could have had for half the price in a local pub. Also, Glenapp might want to consider changing the background music in its dining room, you can't please everyone and I don't have a problem with a little light classical music while eating but when it includes Chopin's Funeral March it does nothing for the atmosphere, even if it did make me laugh.
April 2022 by Barney1984
Really great lunch. Food was very good - one of our party is gluten free and they accommodated this without any problem at all. The building is stunning and we enjoyed having time to have a pre-meal drink in the lovely drawing room. It?s pricey but for a special occasion it certainly didn?t disappoint and the lunch is good value for how high quality the cooking is. Service was excellent from the first call to enquire. One of our party has limited mobility and they we able to help her access the building though a different entrance (which was great given that it is a very old building).
September 2021 by Dolly052
Glenapp Castle is very special and that is exactly how it makes their guests feel from the moment they step in the door. Our suite The Orkney was stunning, although before we were shown to a rather dingy room on the ground floor, when the manager realised that we were not happy, without hesitation or us having to ask, he immediately showed us to The Orkney. The evening meal was excellent as was the breakfast. A simply magical castle !
September 2021 by Scott B
A visit for lunch while touring the area. Service and food as good as ever. Dining with a view of Ailsa Craig followed by a walk in the immaculately kept grounds. This is luxury.
August 2021 by U47EEnormac
I will start off by saying that we spent a lovely afternoon at Glenapp Castle. The scenery, buildings and staff were top notch! However, we decided to have afternoon tea in the recently opened glass houses to the side of the hotel?.. what a beautiful setting. The staff were attentive and friendly, however the afternoon tea itself was very disappointing. We were presented with six tiny sandwiches to start, which had poor quality, unimaginative fillings, served on supermarket brown and white bread. I am afraid that this was it for the savoury course. The cakes and scones which followed were a little better and nicely presented, unlike the sandwiches. With the cost of the Afternoon Tea, Glenapp are competing with other luxury hotels such as Gleneagles which provide a very much higher quality Afternoon Tea. I think the whole offering could have been improved with some artisan sausage rolls and lovely canapés for example. I so much wanted to love it, as the staff and the ambience of the hotel are fabulous. With a little imagination and some thought as to the quality of the ingredients, it could be wonderful, but for now, they are missing the mark.
August 2021 by SiameseTomCat
We stayed with friends in the apartment. Everything about the castle, grounds and food was top notch. What really made our stay however was the amazing service from Dominic, Alex and Ethan. Dominic went much further than the extra mile to make our stay unforgetable and we really cant thank him enough for what he did. The following comments are completely trivial in respect of our wonderful stay, but the Castle could consider ensuring that all rooms have vanity mirrors and phones. The rooms were also very warm and the windows couldn't be opened more than an inch or two. Overall though an absolutely superb week that we will remember for a long time.
July 2021 by Andrew40
From the friendly welcome at the front door by Victoria, to the wallk in the grounds, to the aperitifs with accompanying piano music, to a truly memorable meal with outstanding service from Alex and Jessica (overseen by Nelio) to the tea and petit fours, we had an absolute ball. My pavlova with Glenapp summer berries is my stand-out dessert of 2021. This is country house dining exactly as it should be.
March 2021 by Guizoca Games
I LOVED THE RESTAURANT THE FOOD ARE AMAZING AND THE RESTAURANT ARE SO BEAUTIFUL
October 2020 by MarshallScotland
Everything was fabulous! Afternoon tea and dinner in the glasshouse. Room in the castle was stunning and spotless. Breakfast in main castle. Grounds beautiful. Staff friendly And welcoming. Loved it!
September 2020 by Lindsey M
We chose to have the 3-course menu on each of the 4 nights we stayed. The alternative is a 6-course tasting menu in the dining room, or eating a la carte in The Glasshouse in the grounds.
