Glenisla Hotel and Restaurant

Glenisla Hotel opened under new ownership on 3rd October 2020 providing lovely cosy rooms for travellers, a lovely welcome stay in a comfy bed, with great hot shower! Glenisla Bar and Restaurant have also been fully operational as a separate organisation since April 2021,o pen Wednesday to Sunday from 11am for coffee/tea & cake, with light lunches 12-4pm and full menu from 12 till last food orders 8pm.

Back here after 30 years maybe even 31! Looks marvelous, strange being in Donald's sitting room having a beer though! (After all its refits, the bar is now in the old kitchen and Donald Ferriers sitting room!)

Only a review for the bar/pub part (I didn't stay the night!) The Glenisla is a perfect spot on the Cateran walking trail, so I aimed a route from the top of Mount Blair to drop in for a drink on Sunday of the May Bank holiday, hoping they'd be open ("you fool", I hear you cry; "just call ahead!" but hey, that's how I roll.). Brilliantly welcoming to walkers, a lovely stone flagged floor in the bar, with some snug tables, though we mainly stayed outside as it's such a view, and there's a sheltered marquee to provide a bit of shelter if needed. Enjoyable atmosphere inside with plenty locals and walkers/guests in as well.

Good range of beers; couple of hand pump ales, the usual tennents, a cider, couple of other taps and my favoured pint, Callie Best, plus 3 pints were under 11 so good value to boot! The two girls behind the bar/serving were both lovely, very friendly and chatting/interested in our walk, giving very attentive service - got a couple of portions of excellent chips (one cheesy, of course) as we found they were serving food all day (we got there at just before 4 in the afternoon).

Friendly manager too, so all round great service and welcome, even though just there for drinks. Not many places still out there in the countryside (gorgeous in the Angus glens by the way), so was very glad to give the folks at Glenisla some business; hopefully they'll continue long in to the future. Will definitely come back and stay at some point too! In short, totally worth a visit, and would provide an excellent base for walks (loads of) in the area. Please go give them some business!

Fantastic food and service in the Glenisla Hotel which was a nice surprise as it is conveniently located near the cottage we stayed at. Worth making a trip if you are in the city as you won't be disappointed at all. The food portion were massive and filling making it good value for money. We ate: 1. Trio local venison 2. Haggis fritters 3. Onion rings 4. Sunday turkey roast 5. Haddock and chips

I organised a small surprise party for my son & daughter-in-law's wedding anniversary in the Hotel. The staff were exceptionally kind and helpful. The carvery and sweets provided along with children's meals were excellent. Everyone throughly enjoyed the evening. Thank you for making it a special occasion.

Driving past in our camper van, decided to stop for a drink and ask to use the toilet. After such a warm welcome, we ended up having some delicious food, staying the night in the car park, and they offered offered use of all their facilities. The owners are great people and are hoping to provide more facilities specifically for campers soon. We will definitely visit when in the area again

We had a lovely meal here this week. The vegetarian haggis was delicious. We received a warm welcome from the staff and it was great to find somewhere that was dog friendly. Thanks for a lovely afternoon!

Very good experience, hope I can live there for summer vacation

Spent a very comfortable and enjoyable night here. Friendly helpful staff, lovely decorated bar area and a blazing log fire in the resturant with large choice of great locally produced food. Spacious rooms all recently done up, can't recommend enough. We will certainly be going back again.

Stopped by while reminiscing in the area, met the landlord who was very friendly and pointed us in the right direction of the walk we used to do years ago, all the best for the future, well definitely be back

Very friendly staffs Nice cosy fire and delicious meal Recommend turkey with roast potatoes

Great food, good beer, friendly staff. Highly recommend the trio of venison.

We visit here about once a month The food is always well presented, cooked nicely, quality produce and value for money. The staff are helpful but not hovering around.

Incredibly welcoming place that goes the extra mile to make visitors feel comfortable. Beautifully refurbished hotel in a historic drover inn, this place is well worth a visit. Good food is available at the restaurant, note that this is run independently from the hotel though. All the best to the family running this hotel, you can see a lot of effort has gone into preserving this part of Glenisla.

Lovely staff and fantastic home cooked food. A great place for a good quality meal in nice surroundings. We will certainly be going back.

My stay at the Glenisla Hotel was a lovely relaxing break We met lovely friendly people. The staff were friendly the hotel was clean, the food amazing, the bed was very comfortable, the views stunning. I hall be recommending this to all my friends. I am already looking forward to my next visit. I think the owners ( Bryan and Isobel) have a happy cheerful Hotel that can be seen and felt through the staff and locals that I met