Guest COMMENTS
FEBRAURY 2010 Guestbook comments.
A selection of guest comments received during the month.
Hi Meghan, We just wanted to say thank you for arranging our stay last night at Balbirnie. It was very nice to have the honeymoon suite and brought back some very happy memories of our wedding. We had a lovely meal and enjoyable evening.
Sarah and Shaun x
Dear Rosemary, A belated, but nevertheless sincere, note to thank you and all your colleagues so much for making Hogmanay and my 50th birthday celebrations so perfect. It was not our first time at Balbirnie but it was the first time for the rest of my party. You now have 10 more converts to the magic of your hotel!! All the arrangements were fantastic and my birthday dinner on 1st January was truly wonderful. Many, many thanks again for all your help and hard work to make the event so special. Hopefully see you again very soon.
Clive
Hi, just wanted to say how much my husband and I enjoyed our dinner last night. We were pleased to see that although the restaurant was busy people were spaced out in the dining room so that they did not have diners sitting to closely to other people until we were almost finished their meal. The food was very nice and it is good that you can buy side orders as my husband particularly enjoyed his side order of chips with his lamb as he felt that if he had not ordered them the dish itself would not have been enough for him. My chicken dish was very filling and the Baileys sweet was delicious. We always find Sam to be very friendly and she always makes us feel very welcome. Thank you once again.
Mrs Maureen Robertson
Very Good, Superb Staff
Lalita Party
Enjoyed Meal, Service Good
W Stewart
Back Once Again, Great Food, Pleasant Surroundings
Kevin and Elaine Coles
Wonderful Place, Wonderful Staff
Linda
OUTSTANDING
John Gunn
Food as Good as anywhere in Scotland
Monica and Alan Cessford
Food Excellent, Will be back
D and Ian Ferguson
Great Room, Food and A Grand Wedding
George Felstead
Excellent Hotel, Wonderful, Friendly Staff
L Wicks
Lovely Ambience, Great Food, Excellent Service
C Van Rensburg
Always enjoyed a visit to Balbirnie, an Excellent Evening
A Camps
Are Great, Lovely Place and Accommodation Edward
E Saladizigas
Great Atmosphere
Dullaghan Party
Splendid
J and MJ Pouis
Enchanting Stay, Everything was Magical
C Flemming
Wonderful Venue, Staff very Attentive
M Jabeo
Excellent Venue for Wedding
Ian Macgregor
Great Stay, Nice Environment
T Anderson
Great Weekend, Enjoyed Staying in the Hotel, Lovely Place
Susan Cochrane
Really Nice
John McLeod
Morning Gaynor, ... the room was absolutely amazing and the service we received was fantastic. Balbirnie is even more spectacular than I had imagined and the friendly, welcoming atmosphere put the icing on the cake for us.
Jen
Our wedding was such a special day and a huge part of this was down to the hard work and dedication of Balbirnie House and its entire staff. Everything went like clockwork and there must have been an army of staff involved to make everything appear so effortless. Our wedding breakfast was delicious and far surpassed our expectations which were high in any event! And we will never forget the spontaneous “oooooh!” from our guests when the LED dance floor was switched on! Amazing! We could not thank Balbirnie and the team enough for adding magic to our day and it is our only regret that we can’t re-live the experience again! With many thanks Rozanne Galloway Boynton
Dear Rosemary, I would just like to thank you and your staff for all their help in the smooth running of the above evening. The evening was a great success and everybody said what a great venue and band and how much they had enjoyed it. Your chef and staff in the Function room are a perfect team, extremely helpful and professional. We will certainly come back. Kind regards,
Clarinda (Foster) FIFE HUNT BALL
Dear friends in Scotland, Being back home in Switzerland, our anniversary trip is already history, I would like to take the chance to say thank you very much to all of you. We had a splendid time in Scotland and this trip will be one of the memorable moments in life. I wish a successful future and once more thanks a lot. Best regards,
Harry Burger/ Party from Switzerland
Hi Meghan, Just an email to say a huge thank you to you, Sam and to Lindsay and his team, we had a truly unforgettable day all down to the smooth running of the day. We ran overtime with the meal but to be honest we didnt really care everyone was having such a lovely time. The food was absolutely gorgeous and everyone who commented on it said it was the best wedding food they had every had. Please forward our thanks to everyone who was involved in making it such a wonderful day. Thank you so much again.. I would recommend you and your staff to anyone. Love Suzy xx
Dear Rosemary, I’d like to thank you and all of the staff at Balbirnie House Hotel for a superb evening on Saturday. Everything was absolutely perfect and so efficiently organised. As ever, the setting was just ideal for such an occasion and the service was extremely attentive without ever being intrusive. The food was outstanding, a testament to the quality of the chef and his kitchen. Our guests are widely travelled and no strangers to fine dining; nevertheless, they were thoroughly impressed with the standards they experienced on Saturday.
I certainly won’t hesitate to use Balbirnie again for any similar event or to recommend it to friends and colleagues. Many thanks to all for helping create a wonderful and memorable experience on this special occasion.
Kind regards Gordon D Scrimgeour, Quality Manager, Adam Smith College
Rosemary, Thank you for arranging our Golden Wedding Lunch - it was a great success and was well received by our guests. Pass on our appreciation to your staff who were excellent on the day.
Yours sincerely Cath and Sandy Spence.
Hi Gaynor, Hope you're well. I'm just back from a fab honeymoon and catching up with all my emails. I just wanted to say a really big thank you for all your organisation for the wedding - everything went really smoothly and we had a really, really amazing day. I loved every second of it although it just flew by like everyone told me it would! Can you please pass on my thanks and regards to Tracey, who was a star on the day and helped everything go exactly to plan. We also loved the blue fairy lights around the pillars in the ballroom, so thanks for putting those up! Coming back down to earth now and looking forward to seeing all of the photos etc. Thanks again to you and also to Meghan for all of your help.
Maxine xx
January 2010 Guestbook comments.
A selection of guest comments received during the month.
Valerie Lang- This is just a short note to thank you so much for making our stay at the hotel on 23rd December such a wonderful occasion. Despite having been told that there would only be standard rooms available for that night, we were clearly treated to two beautiful deluxe rooms. The staff were by far the most charming and helpful people we had ever encountered at a Scottish hotel including the staff in at least two of the top-class hotels listed in the brochure that we leafed through in our room at the Balbirnie. The cuisine was simply outstanding and even the thick snow outside contributed to the enchantment, giving the grounds a fairytale aspect, which also made our stay at Balbirnie particularly memorable. It was a very relaxing pre-Christmas treat for us all. Thank you. May I wish you the best of luck for 2010’.
Mark Goldsmith/ MD Pfaulder Balfour- ‘Rosemary thank you for a wonderful party night and a excellent room...’
Wright party- ‘A lovely Christmas lunch, the food and service were excellent’
Irene Hall- ‘My husband and I were part of a group of six who spent a three night break over New year at the Balbirnie Hotel. We had an enjoyable, relaxed and comfortable time during our stay. The staff were most helpful and courteous and looked after us in an excellent manner. The Gala night and the night before (30th Dec) were quite outstanding- wonderful evenings with superb food’.
Mr/s Bill – From Strathaven – ‘Fantastic Stay, Superb Meal, Staff TOP NOTCH’.
Stevie Carmichael & Cathy Johnson – From Aviemore – ‘Beautiful weekend thank you’.
Neil & Alice – From Warrack – ‘Yes! Its kool beds here’.
Mr/s Jimmy Louden – ‘Fantastic food, Service Superb! We will be back for more’.
Adam Party – From Glasgow – ‘Excellent staff, food Fantastic!’
Mr/s Riddell – ‘Very Pleasant surroundings’.
Stan and Irene Dagg (Parents of the bride)- ‘Hi Meghan, This is just a short note to say a very big thank you for all your help and assistance over the last few weeks. The “big day” was absolutely perfect and went without a hitch thanks in no small way to the efforts of yourself and your team. All our worries disappeared on the day and even the snow added a little bit of magic!! The food was excellent and of course Sam was absolutely brilliant. She was always there if and when needed and kept us beautifully on schedule without in any way being obtrusive! I can see now why you win so many awards! Michelle and Kent are now enjoying the sun in Hawaii before returning to New Zealand but I know they would ask me to pass on their thanks for making their wedding such a memorable occasion! Kindest regards’.
Angela and Matt Murphy- Hi Gaynor, I just wanted to say a quick thank you for giving us such a fantastic wedding day. I'm sure you realised before the wedding that Matt and I were never really all that bothered about the ceremony and we really just wanted a party, well, oddly enough, the ceremony and the setting was our favourite part of the day. Phyllis the toast master was absolutley amazing. She let us know that she was there if we needed her and kept everything running so smoothly we rarely even noticed she was there. Obviously, the snow added to an amazing setting but the Long Hall looked better than we both had imagined. The atmosphere at Balbirnie was so relaxing. The staff on the day were all brilliant. They had a laugh with us but remained professional. The food was fantastic and everyone has had nothing but good things to say about it. I actually don't think I can think of one thing that Balbirnie did for the day that we didn't love... Thanks again for everything you did for us and creating such a perfect day...’
Pam Garland, Markinch Burns Club Supper 2010- ‘Rosemary, Please convey my thanks to all members of your team, for helping to make our evening such a success... It's difficult to identify individuals, as everyone was SO helpful, but Phyllis did make such an effort, as did our " dedicated " waiter, Grant,in tartan, too no less, and your " tartan lass ", in charge of the dining room...’
Betty Jolly, Hon. Secretary Markinch Burns Club Supper 2010- ‘Rosemary, thank you for making last Friday’s event such a success. The meal was excellent.... staff members were charming and helpful, adding to a thoroughly enjoyable and successful evening. Feedback from guests has confirmed that they enjoyed the whole occasion immensely. Thank you for your contribution to a memorable event’.
David & Grace Lindsay – from Abington – ‘first class Worth Every Penny!! Tops’.
Couston party ‘First Class as usual’.
Newlyweds Mr/s S McTaggart – ‘We had the most amazing wedding here at Balbirnie yesterday! The staff have been first class & we look forward to coming back... soon!’
