Aberfoyle Inn, Stirling

The hotel section of the building is currently closed, so there’s no accommodation available despite the word Hotel still appearing on the outside. The Clachan Restaurant and Lounge Bar is open, however, both occupying the same ground level, street front room. There is also a rather run down looking games room on a raised level at the rear of the building and a not very attractive beer garden at the side. Another outdoor seating area on the pavement at the front faces on to the main road through the village (although it’s a fairly quiet road). The most appealing section is the main lounge/restaurant, whose massive wooden bottle and trinket filled gantry around most of the walls makes me wonder if this was once a shop. There is only a limited and predictable draught drinks range, consisting of Tennent’s lager (at £3.20 a pint), Caledonia Best, Guinness and Magner’s cider.