Grange View Bed and Breakfast

Comfortable bed, spotlessly clean, good location

Bathroom was very small with no space for toiletries. We could have coped with this if it wasn’t for the attitude of the proprietor who clearly does not enjoy his job. On several occasions he stated that he has another job and is trying to run this business single handed, I respect a hard working person as I myself am one, however I was trying to take a well earned break and was unable to relax as we were expected to fit in with his schedule. Check in was between 17.30 hrs and 21.30 hrs, by 17.45hrs we received a phone call asking what time we would be arriving as he wanted to go out. On arrival we were advised that the other guests had ordered breakfast at 9am and it would be helpful if we would eat at the same time, we agreed as we prefer a lie in when on holidays although it would have been nice to have had a choice. As it was I didn’t fancy a full cooked breakfast and couldn’t eat it all, OK I agreed to a reduced version the following day but didn’t expect such an empty plate, after all I had paid for it and it was mine to waste if I chose to do so. The following morning we were told that breakfast would be at .7.45 as our proprietor had to go to work. We were in Ayr to visit family who we hadn’t seen for years and had to cut our evening short to facilitate the early start. During breakfast a loud telephone conversation as he cleared up around us assured that we were fully informed of his busy schedule, but just in case we hadn’t heard he actually asked if I had listened in and could we help out by checking out at 9. The icing on the cake was when he entered my bedroom without knocking while I was sitting on the bed to start tidying our room. Luckily I was fully clad as the sight of me in my birthday suit could have really messed with his, I quote, “military precision” plans for the morning