Holiday Cottages In East Lothian

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Janice - Verified booking

  Positives. The beds were very comfortable and it was quiet.

  Niggles. We were cold! And it was only October! Each room has an electric panel heater but these were inadequate. There were no instructions how to programme them (they were all different) so we couldn't set them to come on just before we returned. The door into the upstairs shower room catches on the bedroom carpet making it very stiff. There was no shelf or towel rail near the shower nor a bath mat. No cleaning materials in shower room nor bathroom. WiFi only worked in sitting room. Sofa in sitting room very soft so 2 people slid onto each other. No key to go out onto patio. No where sensible to store food in kitchen. No vacuum or long handled brush to clean floor. There was a Ewbank type floor cleaner but they never work well. No floor mop. Microwave had sticker showing it should have been PAT tested in 2021. Sticker on fridge unreadable. One or two niggles would be ignored but there were too many. In general holiday cottages are pretty well fitted and looked after but this one needed some attention.

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• Julie - Verified booking

  Fantastic communication both before, during and after.

  Sorry about the confusion with the cooker. You need to use it in conjunction with the timer. We would recommend the tour of the house and gardens. Great for getting into the city of Edinburgh. As discussed some information in the welcome pack regarding the best park and ride with a postcode and directions for getting a bus would be a big help as they aren’t as easy to navigate as other cities but appreciate that is not Cockenzie Hoise & Gardens’ issue. Chinese is great if you don’t want to cook and the cafe is well worth a visit. A lovely coastal walk nearby too. Already discussing about the possibility of coming back next year. Thank you Julie and David

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• Nichola - Verified booking

  I cannot praise this cottage enough.

  We had a fantastic stay. The cottage is much more spacious than it looks on the pictures. The location is fantastic with views of the beautiful house gardens on one side and the sea on the other. There was live music in the gardens on Sat and Sun but only till 8.30 so enough to enjoy, not late enough to really disrupt the kids sleeping patterns. The cottage is nice and cool and light. The only thing we struggled a little with is that there are emergency exit lights in the corridors that are permanently on and were quite bright but I think that is a requirement for the site. Bus ride into Edinburgh was easy and there is plenty to see locally.

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• Judith - Verified booking

  Nice, warm welcome by a member of staff.

  She told us all the essential information about the cottage and amenities in the local area. The cottage was very clean, comfortable and well equipped. A door from the cottage takes you straight into the grounds of the adjoining Cockenzie House & Gardens. There are lots of little shops and local businesses and an excellent tea room all situated within the house. Across the car park at the rear, takes you to a small beach and coastal footpath. Lots of nice local pubs, takeaways and shops, all in walking distance. Made a great base for the week to explore the local area. Fantastic stay, we can't wait to return.

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• Heather - Verified booking

  Turret Cottage is part of Cockenzie House which also contains a cafe and various social enterprises.

  The cottage overlooks the enormous front garden of the house which is used as a social space by the cafe / art workshops etc. While we were staying, there was a bar with music at the weekend. The house is very close to the coastal path and a small inlet known as the Boatshore which provides a nice little swimming area at high tide. Inside the cottage we could have done with another cupboard in the kitchen to store groceries. A cooker hood or extractor fan would also be a helpful addition. These are small niggles and we certainly enjoyed our stay here especially as the weather was so good.

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