Hartfield House Hostel

Really impressed with our stay here. Our room was warm and clean with comfy beds and the showers were nice and hot. The big kitchen made it easy to cook our meals and there are plenty of plates, crockery etc to use. The drying room also came in handy. We enjoyed walking in the grounds with our dogs and seeing the lovely Applecross Highland cows! The hostel is in a beautiful location and we'd stay here again and recommend it to anyone doing the NC500.

Really impressed with Hartfield House Hostel. It was very quiet when we were there with just a couple cyclists in bar us. The location is lovely in Applecross and just a short and pretty walk to a delicious restaurant - The Walled Garden! The room was great - comfortable and perfectly clean, with modern en suite facilities. It wasn't our best stop on our NC500 trip but it was the only hostel we did and it did exceed my expectations.

Thought the place was spot on, met some lovely company from Glasgow. Turned up on the bikes very wet but facilities great. Friendly place and you just annoy flat the location. Would love to meet up with the company from Glasgow again had a great time.

We did a small roadtrip around the scottish Highlands and this was by far the nicest place we stayed. The facilities were clean and spacious, and the surrounding area was lovely. We stayed with a 1-year old, and the hosts were brilliant about this and provided us with a travel cot. I would recommend staying here.

Faultless stay. Comfortable family room with en-suite. Shower was powerful and great after a day of walking. We enjoyed the freedom of the lounge and self-catering kitchen. Badged as a hostel but so much more than that label.

Great comfy stay - we are travelling with our dog and we were allocated a huge well decorated room with 3 aspects, over the coast, the coos, the Belach na Ba. Staff were welcoming and friendly to and made sure we knew where everything was, a real can do attitude. The centre was clean, well equipped and well organised for us to cater for ourselves and also to relax. There were great walks from the centre. It’s not far from the beach and local amenities.

Wasn’t expecting much from a hostel but after the treacherous Applecross pass in a bit of mist everything was welcome. Receptionist went well out of her way to make me aware of all the facilities. Bed was comfy and warm, shower was surprisingly powerful and the walled garden nearby do a great burger.

Hartfield House enjoys a beautiful location in stunning countryside. The shared bathroom facilities and the kitchen are of a decent level for hostel style accommodation. What is not okay, however, is the bedclothes, the mattresses and the quilts. Most specifically Room 8 has a serious problem in this respect which robbed me of a decent night's sleep. Put simply, it stank, as if it hadn't been aired for ages. The following morning I wanted to make an official complaint in person, but no one was at reception during the main checkout time between 9 and 10am. Travellers should be wary of this problem. My group of friends stayed in the main building, not in the adjacent bunkhouse. We all had similar experiences and were happy we'd only booked the one night. I would have preferred to overnight in a tent, to be perfectly honest. Travellers, be wary.

Had a lovely stay in what is essentially, a large hotel-appearing hostel, with it's own spacious grounds, which has been altered, or designed, to provide a mix of largely hostel style rooms, along with some traditional private hotel style rooms, such as the lovely room we had. This means there is plenty free parking, and there is a large kitchen area for you to prepare food, or make a hot drink for free. The village 'proper' is a relatively easy pleasant walk away not too far, and in lovely woodland, and with deer aplenty around. Well recommended.