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Reviews of Goblin Ha'

3 out of 5
Goblin Ha'
Main St, Gifford, East Lothian, Haddington, Scotland

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 11 out of 38 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 38 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 38 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 38 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 38 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Diane

Travelled with partner
Nice location but room needed an update. Very small bathroom and the sink was in the bedroom. We were only informed that no breakfast was available after we checked in even though we had requested breakfast when we booked. Overall disappointed with the hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff friendly and helpful warm rooms throughout , great log burners in bar and restaurant , food delicious.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Paul

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with partner
Would happily stay again
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a quaint facility with a wonderful Pub: great food, great drink, great people! It is located in the quiet village about 30 minutes from Edinburgh. It is also close to the Glenkinchie Distillery which is a must visit. It is also close to North Berwick which is a lovely coastal community with great food and gifts.
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
I liked the tranquility. Very friendly staff. Restaurant food quality very good. Excellent English breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The food was excellent, the staff were very friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Goblin ha'
Warm friendly staff, great food. Clean rooms. Nice bar area
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Grahame

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Hazel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Mary, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved it so much.
Wonderful place. Staff was awesome. Had a great adventure thanks to a local we met at the pub.. Amazing food. Haunted. Atmospheric. Village was amazing. Loved everything about my time spent there and going back asap.

10/10 Excellent

vanessa, Sheffield

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Took my parents for a few days .pretty little village. Loved it. Locals friendly and welcoming.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Parking was very available. Hotel staff wonderful Dinner ok could be improned Breakfast very good Room could be cleaner For cost can,t complain

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful village location.
Great place to base yourself to explore East Lothian, and it's many golf courses!! Comfortable room, friendly staff and grey food. Would recommend to anyone.

10/10 Excellent

Joanna, Warsaw

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cosy hotel in beautiful area
Everything was great! Kindly staff. Nice interiors. Fine food and relaxing atmosphere :)

6/10 Okay

Matt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Great for the money
Suited my needs at the time food ok room ok staff ok would stay again

8/10 Good

Kathrin, West Yorkshire

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
A good little place with the potential to great
I booked 2 rooms last minute to attend a family funeral. It was warm and welcoming, it is an old building with character and food was available until 9.30pm on a Sunday. I chose the twin room(5) as it has a separate shower. The rooms looked very nice and the sherry (not the best!) and chocolates( gorgeous) were a nice touch but the mattresses on all beds were in need of replacement or at best turning and a topper, you could feel all the springs.There was an additional heater in both bedroom, the WiFi code BUT I had to balance the kettle on a magazine on top of the bin at a plug near the door. A socket by the credenza was in the narrow gap to the wall, another was behind the night stand with again no easy access. There was no extractor fan in the bathroom and the window unable to be open as the sash was broken or a spray provided. The shower was a quadrant type cabinet with double doors. Nit-picky maybe but the shower pressure was poor, took a long time to warm to even just usable but never got hot thought it was set at maximum. My husband struggled so much I had to open the doors to wash his back. There was no-where to put shower gel and shampoo etc except the floor which meant bending in the very cramped space. Breakfast was great with a limited selection of cold and juice but good selection of cooked - those that had the full scottish didnt eat much else all day. It was good which is why I'm being so picky, but with a bit of thought it could be great.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Goblin Ha
Enjoyable nice bed great location

8/10 Good

glenda, wigton

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
helpful staff lovely location some updating needed on building inside and outside

10/10 Excellent

Not Provided

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It is what it is country pub hotel creeky stairs . Excellent staff food and drink . You want Hilton book the Hilton. Good honest friendly

8/10 Good

Peter, Mercer Island

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Well Worth A Visit
This is very good choice for anyone who enjoys small Scottish towns located in very fine countryside, while being in very easy reach of all that the Edinburgh, Lothians and The Border region has to offer. We would definitely stay there again, understanding that this is a 200+ year old building and, in all fairness, could benefit from minor cosmetic improvements; a bit of painting, improved lighting - especially on the stairs (I actually fell due to the poor lighting, but no harm done), just a genial 'brightening' of the hotel part of the building could be done for very little money and would step the space without making it too modern. But, a very good effort made by the very friendly and helpful staff made this a fine visit. Thank You - well recommended!

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value, great menu and service

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
An unexpected delight
We didn't know what to expect so we were thrilled with the vilage and the hotel. Something different from the large impersonal hotels. A great experience over three days.

10/10 Excellent

Tracey, Cramlington

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Golf and stay
My son and I went for a short break incorporating some golf and to watch the seniors golf at Archerfield.We could not fault the place the staff were really great nothing was a bother, the chef even did me an alternative curry one evening, now that's service and the menu was quite extensive too.!The place itself is quiet ,however it has a Coop and the local post office is well stocked for those things you may have forgotten.We would definitely go again it ticked all our boxes.thanks Goblin ha

8/10 Good

Paul, Ellesmere port

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel
Nice room, friendly & helpful staff, would stay ahain, minor issue need a larger tv

8/10 Good

Mrs B, York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Superb
Very friendly and helpful staff. Food superb will definitely recommend

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charming hotel in quiet village
We had a very comfortable night and enjoyed our stay. Breakfast was nice and they offered espresso coffees. The hotel is also a pub/restaurant and there was a bit of noise from the pub patrons in the evening but we knew this when booking the room. The village is charming and there is some lovely countryside to explore. This hotel would suit people looking for an authentic pub in a beautiful little village.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Our overnight stay was most enjoyable. One downside is that the hotel could be much improved with some redecoration but this would not exclude us returning here. Mine host was charming and very helpful indeed. The evening meal in the pub area was very good indeed. Breakfast, which was served in the conservatory overlooking beautiful gardens, was cooked to order and was excellent.

2/10 Terrible

lynne, york

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very poor hotel dark,dingy,smelly,very poorly main
could not stay at this hotel due to the poorly maintained, dirty place.no dinning room to have breakfast you had to eat breakfast in the stale smelling bar area. Entrance not cleaned plus steps to room dark and not cleaned bedroom very shabby no outlook walls patched with different colured paint ,carpet dirty upstairs corridors were dark and dingy with painted steps which were full of dust overall very very poor

10/10 Excellent

Francis, Nairn Highlands

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Efficient comfortable and quiet
Manager and staff made every effort to provide excellent service

6/10 Okay

Robert

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
The location was great, doors old fashioned and locks are very noisy at 1.30am was woken up with other people coming in. Beds need an update very uncomfortable can feel springs in mattress, the whole place needs an update, Staff where very good very helpful and friendly. shame about the accommodation, not a four star.
Stayed 13 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
L'établissement est situé dans un village typique et calme. Il est à la campagne, tout en permettant d'être très rapidement sur Edimbourg. Le personnel et le patron sont extrêmement accueillants, sympathiques, disponibles. Le patron sait même parler le français. Nice ! Les repas sont copieux. Il ne faut pas râter le steak frites : la viande est d'une tendreté incroyable. Les petits déjeuners sont extrêmement copieux et variés. Le personnel sait s'adapter à nos besoins. l'hôtel et le bar, typiquement écossais sont très agréables. Les services proposés suffisent pour un séjour court. Les problèmes que nous verrions dans notre séjour sont : Le manque de rangement dans la chambre La salle de bain de très petite taille, comprenant les toilettes un petit rafraichissement de la chambre serait super.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Sehr ruhig. Gute Parksituation. WiFi ungenuegend. Einzelzimmer war sehr klein.

6/10 Okay

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