Old Captain Guest House

My wife booked this place when we were on a holiday in Scotland. Overall it was a pleasant stay. 5 stars for the kitchen which was pretty well equipped where i could cook our dinners and the condiments and utensils were pretty well equipped. And, what impressed me - A nice coffee machine as i am a coffee junkie. 3.5/4 stars for the room which was a bit too small and a bathroom detached from our room (but exclusively our own use). Bathroom was clean, spacious and well lit. Nonetheless, Mr Captain was a bit cold towards us with a stone face. Man of few words. But, was glad he walked me thru the kitchen. Not much complains, but a lil’ more warm will be nice.

A standard welcome, a brief explanation of the house rules, no shoes allowed inside which was ok but a bit weird to us. We had our own bathroom but to get there we had to use the common hallway which made it a bit less convenient. The room itself was clean but small, not the best sound proof walls but luckily quiet neighbors. The breakfast the next morning wasn't really inviting to us, the door was still closed before 8am, so we decided to leave for the city center to grab some breakfast there instead. Parking was free, either on their property or the street across which was no problem. The location is also very good, 5 minutes walking distance from the town center.

Location you can't really go wrong with anywhere in portree if that's where U want to be. Everything is fairly close no matter where U choose to stay. Only positive the bedding was nice. Negatives, the walls were paper thin, I could hear a chorus of snoring coming from other rooms, there was a funny food smell I couldn't quite put my finger on, on the morning of my check out I went for a shower but there was no hot water, the room was far too small, and too warm and stuffy, the signs calling for silence after 10 seems a bit much. Overall I wasn't impressed with the experience at all. And I'm fairly sure the host lives in the shed in the back garden my room looked onto. Wouldn't stay again. And definitely no seaviews as the booking.com ad would have you belive