Star Hotel

Friendly welcome and easy check-in. The room (#1) was adequate for my needs with a comfortable bed, en suite toilet and shower. Breakfast is taken in the bar adjoining the hotel and was 1st rate with cereal, fruit, yoghurt and juice before a cooked full scottish to follow.

We booked this as a stopover on the way to the ferry to Ireland. The rooms were clean, comfortable and well equipped. A quick look in the bar turned into a brilliant evening as were were made welcome by the staff and regulars. Everyone in the group ate something different from the menu any they all commented on the quality of their meal. Breakfast was brilliant with a wide selection including vegetarian. We're hoping to stay again using the star as a centre to explore the area.

We could not rate this establishment more highly, it was WONDERFUL! We felt ‘at home’ and welcomed immediately we arrived after a long and somewhat gruelling journey up from London. To be greeted at the bar by such friendly faces and some restorative drinks was just the tonic for the inevitable fatigue of ‘endurance’ travel. Kim Coon and her excellent team all deserve the highest praise; we are so enchanted with the place that we intend to go back next spring for slightly longer to properly explore the area. The event which lured us to Twynholm (a family christening in Kirkcudbright) was a wonderful and poignant celebration, but our few days at the Star Hotel provided us with exactly the relaxation and fun that we both needed, living busy professional lives as we do. Five gold stars to Kim: absolutely BRILLIANT!!!

The pub attached was so lovely, really welcoming people from the staff to the locals. Dog friendly actually meant dog friendly and not just dog tollerent like most places we find. Yes it could do with some updating to the rooms which I think is planned but for the price it had everything we needed. Food at the pub was not your typical pub food it was exceptional.

The rooms were clean and comfortable, each with a double bed, desk, a chair and a TV. Tea and coffee facilities were in the room along with some biscuits. The en-suite shower was a generous size. The hosts were friendly and helpful, providing safe storage for our bikes. The cooked breakfast was good and the restaurant had a good choice of food for the evening meal.