Hartfield House Hostel

Jess and a colleague welcomed us at check in time bring 4pm and got us to our room and showed us round quickly. Our room was warm, dry and a welcome break from our campervan were travelling in. Toilets and showers are downstairs but up in the room level there were two toilets separate too for night loo trips and brushing teeth. Lots of supplies in there to use. Showers were hot and spacious, Jess, all I’d say to help here are hooks on the wall outside cubicle so anything gets lifted as water runs under shower cubicle. Granted there’s a changing area just outside the cubicles but hooks would keep things closer to hand, like towel etc. everything else great. Kitchen was awesome, made dinner, breakfast and prepped lunch for on the road. Everything you could need utensils and washing up. Free milk in the fridge and whatever you like tea and coffee wise 24hrs. Tumble dried towels, £2 for 45 mins which sent us away clean and dry next day. Bike storage inside and under cover, and a dry room but didn’t use that. Communal lounge with tv, books and games to chill on the sofa. If you need a hairdryer just ask, there’s a few they can give you to use. Overall a really welcome stop over, thanks all 👍

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.

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.

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.

Can’t recommend this hostel enough. Had a lovely five days here reliving old memories of 50 years ago and making new ones. It’s a beautiful part of Scotland and the hostel is a wonderful resource for good value , comfortable and clean accommodation. The staff are all so friendly, helpful and kind, especially Jess, Ewan and Leanne. My single room was very basic but comfortable and had everything I needed. The bonus was the house martins nests outside my window. The communal areas are excellent, especially the kitchen which had free tea, coffee and milk provided. You are a bit away from the only shop but the hostel can sell you a ready meal for you to cook in the evening. You can also order croissants which are ready at 07:30 and warm. They are wonderful and definitely worth trying! The hostel has a brilliant leaflet of tracks and paths which is great for walkers. I walked daily and loved the scenery, wildlife and peace. There were quite a few visitors from France and Belgium and although my French wasn’t very good it was fun trying to communicate with them and the other folk. Sadly I didn’t catch the Applecross Inn open the two lunchtimes I tried, and the fish and chip van was also closed those lunchtimes. However one day there was another van, The Applecross Grill Society, and it sold very generously filled bacon rolls and tea or coffee. The banter was cheery too. The junction cafe seems to be permanently closed or so I was told. The “ Walled Garden” restaurant is well worth a visit and I did book two lunches there and was well pleased with my visits. Altogether I had a lovely stay and plan to book for a week next year. It’s worth noting that there is a minibus which goes from Inverness to Applecross return twice a week. It’s the only public transport so is a vital service for locals and tourists. Come prepared for all weather and midges though I was lucky and didn’t find either a problem.

Stayed here one night on our trip on NC500. Staff friendly and informative Lovely location and house Room lovely and bathroom big, shower very good. Bed for me wasn't comfy too small, bed was noisy everytime we got up too the loo at night. About 2 miles from centre of applecross. No breakfast but you can order croissants for the morning, there is a kitchen you can get tea/coffee from and make a meal. Price was good