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Reviews of The Anchor Hotel

3.5 out of 5
The Anchor Hotel
NEW ROAD, , JOHNSHAVEN, Montrose, Scotland

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 47 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 66 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Kerrie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We spotted the village from the road above, fishing village down a steep road, cobblestones and cottages. Gorgeous 300 year old pub on the harbour, great atmosphere, comfy bed and room, breakfast the next day was fresh and plentiful and offered with love and care. Really enjoyed it, 20 steos from the harbour so pretty to walk around.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

colin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lucy

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely food, room, staff and area. Cute family room. Cosy with everything you need for a night away. Plenty towels, tea, coffee etc. dinner in hotel and breakfast were amazing. Will be back!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

M

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Regular Visitors
We are regular visitors, accomodation, food, service and staff are excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Neil

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Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would recommend, food and service are fantastic
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent service
My husband and I love to visit The Anchor for a meal. We decided to book an overnight stay for my birthday and wasn’t disappointed. We were greeted with a very friendly and warm welcome and shown to our room. The room was small but lovely. It was very clean and had everything we needed. The bed was very comfortable. Our meal was delicious and service was excellent. We opted for breakfast and it too, was delicious. Plenty on offer and the lady that served us was lovely and friendly. We would definitely stay here again and will recommend it to everyone.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Glenn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Andrew

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Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

sharon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Meal was not very nice but others looked great.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kerry

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

steve

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely little hotel. good staff, good food and drink, lovely location. just be aware the don't do food on mondays and tuesdays.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

wilma

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Darryl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Wendy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great welcome and a very comfy bed 😀
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

6/10 Okay

Linda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Room rather small for a family and few things needing looked at...other than had a pleasant stay
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

steve

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little hotel
Great little hotel. Small rooms, but the food and service more than compensates and the location by the harbour is very pleasant. Easy parking along the quayside
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Jason

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

A

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Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Anchor Hotel next to the harbour. Memorable.
It is such a lovely location with very friendly staff and such good food. Sea walks, harbour seats, Hidden Treasure take away coffee and cakes, Lobster Rolls and all sorts of things…wonderful! A bonus was a visit from Prince Charles to the Lobster Shop and the Johnshaven businesses. Those children will remember the day I bet!
Prince Charles came to visit Johnshaven when we were at The Anchor Hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

steve

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good
Stayed 3 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Marjory

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Superb place!
Lovely hosts. Brilliant food. Very reasonable prices for pet friendly. They made us feel so welcome. In these trying times with covid 19 this hotel deserves a medal.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Lovely pub and hotel near lots of great walks
Lovely stopover in a small village - friendly staff and clean, comfy rooms. Fantastic breakfast too. Look forward to coming back another time. So close to many places worth visiting so a great location, and implemented good COVID procedures.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Anne Marie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One night stay.
Friendly staff, good food and clean basic rooms just what we needed for an overnight stay no complaints at all.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2020

10/10 Excellent

Vikki

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Oh Ship! Never want to float away from this Anchor
This is a hidden gem of a place, a little loath to share just how fantastic this place is! The accommodation was everything we needed for an overnight stay but would service well for a weeks stay. Quaintly located in the quietest spot at the top of a lane. Kitchen well stocked with essentials including a washing machine. Delightful view over the harbour when you open the bedroom curtains made my morning so much brighter. We booked this overnight accommodation so we could both enjoy a glass or three of wine with dinner at the adjacent restaurant. A little indulgent but SO worth while. The dinner was absolutely fabulous, steak, prawns and scallops all cooked to perfection the accompanying sauté potato stack made my mouth water. The staff were all super friendly and gave us a very warm welcome. All in all, I highly recommend The Anchor for both food, great atmosphere and accommodation. We will certainly be back.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Derek

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Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel with excellent local cuisine
All staff very friendly and welcoming. Room cleanliness and condition okay but room was a bit small, with no wardrobe to hang clothes and shower cubicle small. Food and drink excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Family room was two rooms joined which was lovely. Lovely meal at night too
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed in a lovely self-catering cottage which was immaculate, really cosy and had a superbly comfortable bed. The kitchen was fully equipped and had everything we needed. The wetroom was spotless and filled with lots of fluffy towels. It felt like a little home from home. We would have no hesitations booking here again if we needed to stay in the area.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Friendly warm clean and great value. Perfect location . Quite old fishing village
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Lorna

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Anchor hotel
Hotel was very close to the seafront so the grandchildren had a lovely time looking in the rock pools and collecting shells Breakfast was superb
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Lynne

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not impressed
This hotel needs a make over. We booked a double room which wasn't very big - no wardrobe, no chair. It was stated there would be toiletries but all that was there liquid handwash soap in the smallest sink ever seen
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Todd

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quaint little hotel in a small village
Quaint little hotel in a small village was perfect for our stay between St. Andrew's and Aberdeen. The staff were friendly and accommodating. We enjoyed the food and atmosphere in the bar area downstairs. Caught a splendid sunrise off the North Sea in the morning on our way out.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Friendly and very helpful staff who went out of their way to help us with some queries and needs. Charming and very out of the way location
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Peter, Qld Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great getaway
We had a peaceful 2 days in this small fishing village. The room is small but fresh and clean with a very comfortable bed. Very friendly hosts.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018