Glentress Forest Lodges

Had a great stay with the camper-van on this site. Reception staff very helpful and facilities were great for a trip away biking.\n\nGreat access to the trails at Glentress and close to the Handlebar grill for good food and drinks.

5 months ago · via Google

Stayed here on an unplanned motorcycle trip.\nReally friendly and accommodating.\nGood facilities and cracking views.

a month ago · via Google

Lovely campsite with great facilities, hot showers, dry room. Great for mountain bikers and non. Very helpful staff

3 months ago · via Google

Disappointed\n\nWe booked one of the pods from Christmas Eve until Boxing Day.\n\nTHE POD\n\n- The pod itself was as expected 🙂\n- The fridge inside the pod was clean and appeared relatively new 🙂\n- The mattresses were comfortable 🙂\n\nFACILITIES\n\nUnfortunately, the facilities were disappointing 👎\n\nKitchen:\n- The kitchen needs a proper clean. It’s a very small one, so this wouldn’t take long. The dirt & grease didn’t appear to be from previous customers that day — there’s visible build-up in most places that looks like it’s been there a while 😒\n- There was a lack of basic cooking equipment: sharp knives, colanders, fresh sponges (the ones provided were greasy with no spares), enough washing-up liquid, tea towels (none provided), surface cleaner, and pans that weren’t covered in old grease / didn't require a clean before using 😒\n\nThe kitchen felt a bit like a token gesture — included so the site could say it has kitchen facilities, rather than a space set up to be properly used. If the campsite were busy, I’d struggle to see how it would work. That said, the room itself is big enough to be a great communal kitchen if some investment was made. So future potential if management agree... 🤞\n\nShowers / Toilets:\n- Clean (as expected, especially as the site was extremely quiet) 🙂\n- Only two toilets, which wasn’t an issue while the site was quiet, but it does make me wonder how this would cope during busier periods 🤔\n- The biggest disappointment was the showers being cold. The water was lukewarm for the first minute or so, then went cold — not what you want after a winter day on the trails 😒\n\nAfter the first cold shower, I gave it the benefit of the doubt and assumed I’d caught it between heating cycles. The next morning, the taps were producing warm water, so I thought it would be fine — but again, the shower was only lukewarm briefly before going cold.\n\nCONTACTING MANAGEMENT:\nIn fairness to management, I didn’t contact them regarding the showers for a couple of reasons, so they couldn't rectify:\n1. I was already in the shower and wasn’t going to get out and wait around half-showered for someone to come to site.\n2. It was Christmas Day, and I didn’t want to disturb them whilst they would have likely been with family / friends.\n\nOVERALL\nWas the stay worth what we paid? -Personally, I don’t think so and had there been anyone around on check out, I would have been asking for a partial refund. However, with some investment in the kitchen, a better cleaning routine, and the hot water issue resolved, I feel this place has great potential. Would I like to return? - Depends on managements response to this review. However I'm currently steering back towards the local AirBnBs we usually use in Innerleithen and have had great success with in the past.

7 months ago · via Google