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Reviews of The Cock and Bull

3.5 out of 5
The Cock and Bull
Ellon Road, Balmedie, Aberdeen, Scotland

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 42 out of 54 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 54 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 54 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 54 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 54 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Ann

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

sharon

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a great find for a visit to Aberdeen. We had our dog and didn't want to be in city centre. A quaint country inn - lovely decor - great drink selection - excellent dinner and breakfast. The room was lovely - a big comfortable bed. All of the staff we came across from check-in - 2 x breakfasts and 2 x dinners were excellent - well done on your recruitment - the staff were wonderful. Thank you for looking after us and the dog ! The place is dog friendly and that was so good for us.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Claire

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent. The rooms are spacious, stylish and everything was spotless. They are in a separate building from the pub so perfectly quiet and private. Well set up with an outdoor area. The staff were very nice and made sure you were happy with everything. Cooked breakfast was good. Nice location with a view of the sunrise out to sea at the breakfast table

10/10 Excellent

Saul

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

10/10 Excellent

Dawn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet location despite right on roadway. Great water pressure for best shower. Foody dinner and scrumptious breakfast options .
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

J

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Fiona

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely rooms with great dinner
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

William

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great staff and service
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Colin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Barry

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great room, friendly staff, good food both evening meals and breakfast. top class
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Isobel

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Greg

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

10/10 Excellent

Lynelle

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely property and location. Excellent and friendly staff. Delicious food. We wish we could have stayed longer!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great!
We have stayed here several times before and will definitely stay again. We love it here!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gillian

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is our second stay in this hotel specifically because of it's friendliness, cleanliness and location.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

anne

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Hilary

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

James, Cornwall

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall fine but charged for wrong food and accommodation twice. Lack of staff availability on the morning of check out
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gregor

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent place to stay, staff were very friendly and the food was great. Room was very comfortable and plenty of room.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

6/10 Okay

simon

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
A house in the side garden has been converted in to 3 x bedrooms rooms with en-suites, not quite a hotel feel and no shower gel in the bathroom.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Joan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a wonderful place to stay. Great location and quite reasonable for the money. Very friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A brilliant place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

martyn

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing place to stay,the welcome was very friendly ,nice room and the food was great.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

kidtika

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and comfortable Staff was very friendly Food first class
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Liked the chalet style room!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent 3night stay delicious food
Excellent 3 night stay lovely quiet location and food was superb- smoke salmon on the breakfast menu was delicious
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property very clean and food exceptional. Great staff. Location , for us, was wonderful. 15 minutes outside Aberdeen with ability to visit Ellon, Peterhead, Cruden bay etc.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place for business and leisure
Great room to the side of the pub that was well equipped. Fantastic food for evening meal and great breakfast. Stay here every 6 weeks on business and looking forward to my next visit.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Eric

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family trip
We found the premises to be spotless. The staff were fantastic in their level of service and could not have been more helpful. Food was excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Iina-Maija

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and comfy room and good food!
The pub itself is great - good food, lots of space (also between people given COVID) and lovely food! The room was big, clean and bed comfortable. Overall, just a great stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Tamara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Keith

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place for exploration
Great place to base yourself to explore the local area. The staff were very welcoming and the food was second to none.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay.Good food,excellent room.lovely staff.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Alexander

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very enjoyable stay.
Even on a wet miserable day in the middle of June we found lots to do in the area, especially our visit to Newburgh Beach where we saw 100’s an 100’s of Seals
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Stuart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay
Lovely little pub, nice warm welcome from the staff, room was very bright, clean. Breakfast was excellent and the food in the evening was delicious
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cosy
Very cosy stay near the sea
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great food, comfortable room and excellent service. Very good.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice location and staff bit expensive
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Business trip
Great hotel, Very friendly staff nothing was an issue, Lovely food and a great location
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A hidden gem...
A great pub with lovely rooms. The staff are always very friendly and helpful. It's just off the busy A90 where there are a lot of roadworks just now so more stop-over accommodation than anything else. If you're there on business, it's a winner!

10/10 Excellent

Nicola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place, very friendly and accommodating. Dog friendly too. The food in the restaurant was delicious. The room was lovely and clean and the shower was amazing! Would definitely stay again if I end up working in the area again. Although I arrived by car, the hotel has a bus stop straight outside for traveling back into Aberdeen.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet but handy for Aberdeen
Great place to stay just outside Aberdeen but only 5 minutes by car to the AECC. Restaurant is excellent and ambiance of the bar is 'real Country' . Staff are friendly and also take time to have a chat. Room was very clean, I think it is newly refurbished. The views from the front are over the beach and sea, granted that's about a mile away but it is unobstructed. Easy to find too.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Jane, Seattle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent character and comfort. Great place to stay. I would absolutely recommend it to anyone traveling in the area. It was recommended to us by our travel consultant Connie, CEO at @starktours.org a US-based travel wholesaler.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Lizzie, Shropshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Delightful location
Very comfortable accommodation a short walk from the main building with a safe lawned area for our dog. Staff were friendly and welcoming. Interesting decor in all parts of the Hotel. Loved watching the moon rising over the North Sea!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff were superb. Polite and helpful and friendly
The room was clean and comfortable and although not sumptuous was perfectly adequate for our needs.

8/10 Good

Chris, UK

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Two nights in Balmedie
First night was quite pleasant in dining room but second night in large conservatory close to two families and children. Not so good. Shower not so good as it leaked from source and fixing on wall was loose. We fixed it. Hot chocolate sachet had already been opened and without noticing spilled out. Internet signal not that strong. Comfortable bed and tv ok.