Applegarth, Guest Reviews
Reviews, 2024
Here are just a few of our guests comments from our Visitors Book.
FAB U LOUS!
Very pleasant stay, lovely food and room. Warmly recommend.
First-Class hospitality from wonderful hosts.
Here we are again and will repeat! Lovely xxx
What a find! Great hospitality. Thank you!!
Thank you for your generous hospitality.
Unsurpassed – very grateful for your hospitality.
Thank you for making us feel “At Home” xxx
2 glorious days in Annan, wonderful food and hospitality.
Wonderful hosts as always!
Thank you for ‘back ending’ our holiday with such a pleasant stay in your beautiful house.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful home. A very peaceful stay.
Fabulous way to end our holiday. Beautiful House. Lovely people!
Delightful!
Everything was great! So enjoyable.
Thanks as always for a relaxing and enjoyable stay.
Many thanks for an extremely comfortable stay and delicious food!
Another delightful stay – thank you very much!
A truly delightful welcoming start to our tour.
Perfect stop on the way to the Highlands!
What fun we had! Such a lovely stay.
A wonderfully warm welcome back to Dumfriesshire, Thank you.
Lovely comfortable and relaxed night – perfect!
Lovely stay overnight and looking forward so much for our return in ten days.
Andrew and Kirsteen have created an exquisite experience just minutes from the M74. Everything is perfect. The rooms are worthy of any 5 star hotel and better equipped than most!
Another 2 perfect nights. Thank you.
Thank you both for a very pleasant evening. You are both so generous, friendly and welcoming.
Outstanding! 5 star!!
Thank you for welcoming us into your lovely home. Great hospitality, food and best lamb in the world. Thank you and hope to come again.
Perfect in every way. A warm welcome, suitable accommodation for our dog, delicious home cuisine and fresh flowers in every room.
Thanks very much for a first experience of a B and B!
Perfect night stop. Wish we were staying longer! Thank you both so much for your hospitality.
Outstanding hospitality, wonderful hosts.
Wonderful stay in every way – yummy food – great company.
Another fantastic stay! Lovely to see you both – delicious food and gorgeous flowers.
What wonderful hospitality. Thank you.
Came as guests. Left as friends.
Reviews, Cottage Visitors 2024
The early days.
Such a beautiful barn house! Very lucky to stay here.
Thank you – it was a lovely stay.
Thank you for the lovely stay!
Such a wonderful stay, a beautiful brand-new cottage that has everything! Lovely, friendly and great hosts – we will definitely be back – thank you so much.
Thank you so much for a wonderful stay! Couldn’t have asked for anything better. Such a welcoming couple.
It has been such an amazing stay in the cottage, it really feels like a home. The hosts are lovely, friendly and so welcoming. I will definitely be back again!
An amazing stay, thank you so much for all your kind hospitality. The cottage was so well appointed we could want for nothing. The fishing on the doorstep and around the local area was excellent and easily accessible. It is well worth staying a week to explore the local surroundings and find all the really good spots to find a lively sized brown trout. If you are lucky enough to be able to have a lovely dinner, it is well worth it. Food is excellent and it is an excellent way to unwind after a busy day on the river. We will be back soon.
Dear Kirsteen and Andrew (+Millie, Phoebe and Philby!)
Thank you for the most amazing holiday. Byre cottage is superb. You have thought of everything with bells on! It is five-star standard and the ideal home from home. We have had such fun – thank you for your generous hospitality and brilliant suggestions of where to visit in beautiful Dumfries and Galloway.
We will no longer be rushing through. Hopefully see you again soon.
With love.
Sawdays Reviews, 2024
More guest reviews from Sawdays.
A wonderful B and B discovery! We stayed en route to and from Aberdeen. The welcome so warm and friendly, superb hospitality with evening meal and enjoyable conversation with our hosts Andrew and Kirsteen. We stayed extra night to explore the area, and this b and b should persuade one to explore the region of historic houses, attractive coastline and scenery. We can’t rate this highly enough!
An oasis of calm just minutes from the M74. Andrew and Kirsteen have created a most comfortable home from home. A beautiful old rectory, the room was better than many 5-star rooms with every detail carefully thought out and equipped. As we were the only guests they joined us for our beautifully prepared dinner. A lovely fun filled stay! Not many better launching points to explore bonnie Scotland.
Kirsteen and Andrew have the most magical place. A beautiful old rectory in a lovely peaceful setting The attention to details and facilities in our room was worthy of any 5 star hotel. A delightful place serving wonderful food with charming and very entertaining hosts minutes from the M74.
We had booked Applegarth as a halfway stop between home and Skye – it was fabulous. Kirsteen and Andrew are superb hosts. Our room was very comfortable indeed. Tea and homemade cakes on arrival, pre-dinner drinks and supper were delicious and we didn’t have to look after ourselves! We were joined by friends so made up a party of 5. Kirsteen and Andrew joined us for dinner and stories abounded particularly the Bell story! Our Spaniels were welcomed by the house Labradors and our walks around the house were ideal. Breakfast was a triumph, and we left having decided we would come and stay again.
Sawdays Reviews, 2024
More guest reviews from Sawdays.
Following the directions carefully we came to this former Rectory next to a peaceful churchyard in open country. The house is beautiful, the accommodation superb, and the hospitality terrific. A great start to our holiday and warmly recommended to all.
Brilliant overnight stay driving back home to Edinburgh from England. Welcoming hosts made me feel completely at home with tea in the sunny garden on arrival. Drinks on the decking overlooking the surrounding fields and hills as the sun went down was followed by a delicious dinner en famille. The leisurely route planned after the best Scottish breakfast took me through the Forest of Ae… glorious scenery. This will definitely become a regular stopover or even a relaxing break from the capital!
Fantastic overnight stay on our way to Aberdeen. If you want high quality in both amenities and hosting then Applegarth House is the place for you.
Kirsteen and Andrew are charming and attentive hosts who made us very welcome in their lovely and comfortable house. Dinner and breakfast were delicious which set us up at the start of a great holiday in the Highlands and Outer Hebrides.
Lovely house, very close to where I needed to be, with a lovely and very hospitable couple. Thank you so much.
Reviews, 2023
Here are just a few of our guests comments & testimonials from our Visitors Book.
A wonderfully relaxing and tasty overnighter on our way home.
Five * rating goes nowhere near!
Absolutely beautiful stay. Such gracious hosts and five * plus.
Wonderful!
A very special stay with charming hosts.
A real pleasure staying here!
Reviews, Online
Plus some online reviews from our past guests.
We stayed in the 2 double bedrooms in the house for 5 nights in a glorious Autumn setting. The rooms were very comfortable and had all the accessories that we could possibly require. Our hosts Andrew and Kirsteen looked us incredibly well……..entirely consistent with previous reports. We thoroughly enjoyed our pre-dinner drinks and 3 course dinner with them on 3 of the evenings that chose to remain at base. We found Applegarth House to be an excellent central and convenient base for exploring Dumfries & Galloway.
Kirsteen and Andrew are wonderful hosts – nothing is too much trouble and dinners are very entertaining. Applegarth House is a delightful base from which to explore Dumfries and Galloway. One of the best Sawdays stays we have had.
Wonderful in every way. I wanted to thank you both so very much for such a lovely stay with you at the end of August. You have such a beautiful home and could not have been more kind and welcoming to me. The room I stayed in was so wonderfully comfortable, I wished I could have stayed for longer. Supper and breakfast were completely delicious — and a drink on your lovely terrace was just such a lovely way to start the evening. I really appreciated your warm welcome for the dogs, too. I am sincerely grateful. Thank you again so very much. I could not have asked for a lovelier stay. It was everything I wanted and needed and much more. I do hope to see you again.
We had 4 wonderful nights staying at Applegarth House just out of Lockerbie. Kirsteen is an outstanding host, and along with her husband, Andrew, made our stay most enjoyable and memorable. The house is stunning and immaculately maintained, our bedroom suite was large, with beautiful decor and well-equipped. The bathroom was similarly impressive. Breakfast — which was absolutely delicious — was served in a large dining /sitting room area, filled with light and charming furniture. Kirsteen has excellent advice about day trips in the area. We heartily endorse a stay at Applegarth House.