Perfect location; with beautiful views over the town and mountains. Short walk into town though. Nice facilities and fully stocked kitchen. No staff, but incredibly nice people over email when you had a question.

Stayed in September 2024

We had difficulties finding the check-in area.

Pleasant stay, perfect for our needs while traveling with a young child. Made use of the kitchen which was great for our travels and keeping costs down.

Stayed in August 2024

-One (yes one!) toilet for all male guests of the building (which has around 32 places) is simply unacceptable -Unstaffed remote building - when firealarm started in the early morning it took ca. 30 mins of the annoying noise till someone came to fix the issue -Slamming doors to the kitchen -Very basic and worn out rooms -Damaged road to access the property

+Directions to nearest breakfast place fixing the problem of no breakfast at the premises +Spacious parking down the hill +Self check-in possible

Stayed in July 2024

It was expensive for hostel accommodation.

The lovely view. It was fine as a place to sleep for one night. It had all the things we needed to heat up some food and make a cup of tea.

Stayed in August 2024

Staff in general was nice, except one manager that was very rude to us.

Stayed in July 2024

Very thin pillows - perhaps bring you own if you like a thick / firm pillow

Great facilities for 15 of us to rest before starting the 3 peaks the following day. Perfect place to rest between exploring a beautiful area. Staff communication was excellent and check in and out was very clear and easy to follow.

Stayed in July 2024

There should be a large sign on the road that says "WEST HIGHLAND LODGE -- CHECK IN AT BLACKWATER". There were several groups came in then found out like we did, have to hike down cross town to Blackwater Hostel to get the key. Other than that, all good!

Stayed in August 2024

We were a little disappointed that the WiFi was not working, and ever after someone came to look at it, we could not use it. I think that part of the service offering needs to be sorted promptly. The mattresses could do with an upgrade but it was OK for one night!

Location, views, common area for cooking and eating all excellent. We really liked the West highland lodge and was probably one of our favourite accommodations on the hike.

Stayed in August 2024

During daytime hours noise propagated throughout the building especially noticeable when the kitchen door was opened due to the aggressive door closing mechanism which effectively slammed the door. Also noise easily transmitted from adjacent rooms (thankfully everybody was respectful of the 11pm quiet hours rule). Expensive for solo travelers because you have to pay for a whole dorm (minimum size 4 beds) due to no sharing policy.

Quiet nights sleep. Well equipped self catering kitchen. Relaxing communal lounge.

Stayed in July 2024

Great location

Stayed in July 2024

Having to check in elsewhere, no parking, steep slope needs steps

Great view, comfortable bed

Stayed in July 2024

none

Fabulous view on the mountains. Ideal for WHW walkers. Big kitchen for self-cooking available. Close to the village (supermarket and pub). For the price we had to pay everything was almost perfect.

Stayed in July 2024

Good environment

Stayed in July 2024

Not enough kitchen equipment for the 4-5 families at the time we’ve been there

Stayed in July 2024

Very simple, but very practical and clean and no fuss sensible

Stayed in July 2024

Nothing.

This was one of our stays on the West Highland Way trip. Amazing view from the room, a very picturesque town, you have there everything you need. We were very lucky with the weather and we watched a huge storm while already in the room. There is a nice shared equipped kitchen with everything you need, multple shared toilets and showers plus a large common area.

Stayed in May 2024

Sweet and simple, basic, clean, no frills. Note check in is at another nearby hostel - staff there were very helpful when we had an injury needing some bits from a first aid kit !

Stayed in June 2024

- No staff on site. Pray for quiet and considerate neighbours. - The management of the drying room is low-key insulting. They say they operate it on wet days, but that's a kick in the face for everyone who wants to dry wet laundry on a non-rainy day. It's just cheap and offensive to paying customers. - There's a room with a laundry machine and a dryer but they're staff only and you're not supposed to use them. Why not offer this as a service for money? Oh wait, yes - you would need staff on site for that. Well ... - rooms too small for the luggage of 4.

- The kitchen was phenomenal, I haven't seen such a well-equipped kitchen in any of the WHW hostels! - For better or worse, you book the full room with all 4 beds. That's nice and cheap for a group of 4, but ridiculously expensive if you're alone. At least no noisy roommates? - Showers had a little wall that separated the dressing space from the water. That's nice. - Bathrooms were clean enough - Opportunity to hang wet clothes out in the sun on a laundry rag with clothespins. - I slept actually pretty ok on the mattress but I'm a freak.

Stayed in June 2024

Quite and calm

Peaceful, clean and surrounded by the nature

Stayed in June 2024

Check in from 15.00, earlier would be nice. Drying room is outside.

A shared kitchen and sitting area. Clean bathroom and basic bedroom.

Stayed in June 2024

Slight walk up hill from the town. Beds a little small for a 5 foot 10 inch person.

Kitchen was well stocked with utensils, tea and coffee. Lounge was comfortable.

Stayed in June 2024

Additional charge for towels which had to be reserved day before. One couple who stayed at the same time as us hadn't realised this so had no towels. There is no reception/staff at the lodge so not easy to get any issues resolved. Room very basic and a bit tired for price. Drying room not especially effective. Wasn't on when we arrived and didn't warm sufficiently overnight when switched on by staff. Unfortunately our stay was spoilt a bit as a large group arrived at 1.30 in the morning and were very loud waking us up and then were very loud again at 6am when they got up. They also comondered the communal areas.

Good size room. Pre arrival information very clear and helpful Staff very friendly and helpful Good self catering facilities including tea and coffee. Good shower/ toilet facilities and communal dining area both of which seems to have been updated recently.

Stayed in June 2024

You can hear everything. We stayed in room 2 which was just across from the ladies bathroom - you could hear people using the door and the hand drier through the night. You could also hear everyone’s voices and sadly people are often up chatting away past 10pm and up before 5am. This meant it was hard to get to sleep and easy to be woken up. One caveat is that I am a light sleeper so that doesn’t help. If I had to stay again I would try to pick another room.

Lovely location overlooking the main town and mountains, easy system to pick up the keys from the hostel, showers were excellent (hot and great pressure) and clean. It’s quite noisy and the beds were a little hard.

Stayed in June 2024

Some of the doors banged. Some tea coffee milk would be appreciated

Clean, comfortable, stunning views. Good hostel facilities. Nice garden area. Hot showers. Spacious room. Midge nets on windows.

Stayed in May 2024