Name: Red Squirrel, Stevenston by Marston's Inns
Address: Ashenyards Park, Stevenston, Scotland, United Kingdom, Stevenston, North Ayrshire, GB
Price range: US$71–US$144 per night
Rating: 8.13

What guests think

Across recent reviews, Red Squirrel, Stevenston by Marston's Inns is praised for friendly staff, clean, quiet rooms, and convenient stopover location near the Arran ferry and roadside eateries, while feedback notes basic facilities and some service or maintenance hiccups.

Rooms are generally comfortable, with repeat comments about weak Wi-Fi, limited TV reception, and occasional heating or key-card issues. Many enjoy the pub food and breakfasts, though others report limited or poor breakfast choices, slow service, and some cleanliness and upkeep concerns in the restaurant area. Expect a simple, good-value stop for an overnight or ferry connection.

Facilities

Cleanliness

Rooms

Service

Location

Dining

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Facilities

Guests frequently note the on-site pub/restaurant and free parking, plus a beer garden with play equipment for children.

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10

David

8 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The staff were friendly and helpful the hotel was easy to get to and parking was free a big plus for me

10

Hannah

2 Jun 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Ideal for an overnight stay. Nothing fancy but if you need a place to sleep for the night with food options this is great. The staff were really nice and can't see why I wouldn't stay here again if I needed to.

10

James

7 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Rooms spotless, staff attentive, food lovely

10

Ronald

17 Jul 2025

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Stayed 6 nights

It has very thing needed for a hassle free place to sleep, eat and relax.

10

William

24 Jun 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel was clean and very quiet. The restaurant was excellent too with a menu to suit everyone

8

Jonathon

4 Aug 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

Easy to park and clean and refurbished. Pub near with meal options.

10

Edward

1 Nov 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Great location for Ardrossan ferry terminal. Supermarket across the road and plenty of fast-food options nearby. Pub does good food too.

10

Catherine

25 Aug 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Nice, clean hotel and restaurant with pleasant staff. The outside beer garden had play equipment for the children and it was relaxing watching them play while enjoying a tasty meal. The company requested we let them know about anything that could be altered to make our stay more comfortable. Nothing needs to change-simple furnishings, pleasant furnishings, nice restaurant, clean accommodations.

10

Geoff

17 Oct 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Lovely accessible hotel with separate car parks for the hotel & pub.

8

David

21 Aug 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Straightforward, no-frills hotel. Breakfast good if service cancelled be slow when busy. Pub dining is good and other options ( Dominos/KFC ) are very near.

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Cleanliness

Rooms are widely described as clean and tidy, with some guests praising spotless standards; however, recurring issues include greasy or sticky areas in the pub/restaurant, bathroom corners needing better scrubbing, and occasional scuffs or minor housekeeping lapses.

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6

emma

10 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Comfy and clean beds and quiet location. Expensive for a basic room and needed a good vac.

6

Jean

9 May 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Liked food. Bathroom floors need to be scrubbed Not clean in corners.

10

Harmanpreet

12 Dec 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very clean room. Helpful staff

10

David

18 Nov 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Room was clean and well maintained , all staff very pleasant

8

L

1 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Pleasant stay in comfortable, clean accommodation

10

Geoff

12 Dec 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Friendly staff & a quiet clean room

10

Catherine

25 Aug 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Nice, clean hotel and restaurant with pleasant staff. The outside beer garden had play equipment for the children and it was relaxing watching them play while enjoying a tasty meal. The company requested we let them know about anything that could be altered to make our stay more comfortable. Nothing needs to change-simple furnishings, pleasant furnishings, nice restaurant, clean accommodations.

6

Emma

5 Jun 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Waited a long time before staff arrived to check us in. The pub had very greasy tiles around the bar and the tables were sticky. My feet were slipping on the tiles. Needs a through clean. Rooms were in a separate building and doesn’t feel terribly safe. Building looked tired and unkept. Once inside, rooms were nice, clean and comfortable. We were staying for two nights. Our room key didn’t work. The second night we arrived back after the pub had closed. Resolved by me running around the outside of the pub building banging on windows to get hold of staff. Stressful.

8

Catherine

2 Sept 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The staff were all lovely - thank you Emma for making the room so clean and tidy for our stay. We asked for an ironing board at check in and it arrived before we did to our rooms.

10

Louise

14 Apr 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Lovely fresh hotel & restaurant, staff were absolutely lovely and welcoming. Rooms were spacious and clean, only slight questionable was some staining on wall & bed base but otherwise the room was nice & clean & beds very comfy. Beds were very well made. No noise heard from outside at all, very quiet. We had dinner and breakfast in the red squirrel & found it all delicious, fairly priced & again the staff were so lovely, efficient and cheery. Didn’t catch names but genuinely nice folk. Will definitely return for another holiday!

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Rooms

Rooms are generally comfortable, quiet, and often spacious, suited to a simple overnight stay. Common drawbacks include weak Wi-Fi, limited or unreliable TV, temperature control issues (rooms cold or AC ineffective), narrow single beds, door-slam noise, and minor maintenance niggles like bath plugs.

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Robert

24 Feb 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Isolated property, wifi very poor.

8

Patricia

4 Sept 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Room was spacious but cold near the window area. It would have been nice to have had a comfortable chair to use as there was room enough for one. On the whole a nice place to stay

4

Stewart

3 Nov 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Heating did not work

10

Lauren

21 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great stay for our family. Comfortable and clean room with good facilities.

4

r vernon

23 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

THE SINGLE BEDS ARE MUCH TOO NARROW

6

Ronald

29 Jul 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

Very basic room facilities. Noisy door slams.

8

Timothy

29 Feb 2024

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Stayed 1 night

This is a good place for an overnight stay and I have used it on a number of occasions. The rooms are clean and comfortable. Food is available in the main building but there is also a choice of other take-away places next door. The issues are fairly minor - the TV only had BBC1 and BBC2 available, no ITV or freeview. And the shower curtain is too short. The actual shower over the bath is great but because the curtain is too short water goes all over the floor. Would definitely stay here again - just sort out the minor issues.

4

Joyce

28 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Complicated sign in to wifi . Hard bed

6

Roger

24 Oct 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

Tv reception in room almost non existent

6

Martyn

7 Oct 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Beds were so uncomfortable, none of us got any sleep at all. No chain on the bath plug, which resulted in a 10min struggle to empty the bath

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Service

Staff are frequently praised as friendly, welcoming, and helpful, with smooth check-ins for many and support with special requests. Some guests report delays at check-in, inconsistent or slow breakfast service, unhelpful responses, and key-card failures requiring trips to the pub reception.

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David

8 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The staff were friendly and helpful the hotel was easy to get to and parking was free a big plus for me

8

Kenneth

23 Jun 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Think work on the WiFi in the hotel and the restaurant needs to be done as could barely load a webpage up. Hotel room needs bit of painting as scuff marks on walls. Bath plug broke off as tried to pull it out. Number to call to sort things the guy was clearly not in a good mood whatsoever the sigh and groan I got when I said I needed it sorted was clearly not in the mood. The red squirrel roast dinner is always a treat me and the kids love so food is great just need a bit of work on the above

10

Harmanpreet

12 Dec 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very clean room. Helpful staff

8

Stephen

25 Mar 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The on line advance check in process was highly frustrating to the point that I gave up after 3 attempts of repeated requests to put in the booking code whereupon it just kept resending new codes without accepting the code just sent. it was supposed to save time In the end checking in at the reception desk could not have been simpler and easier with an extremely nice and efficient lady Apart from the above a most pleasant if somewhat brief stay

10

Joanne

1 Jun 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Staff are always great and always happy to help and go that extra mile.

10

Geoff

12 Dec 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Friendly staff & a quiet clean room

6

Mark

18 Mar 2024

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Stayed 1 night

This is second time we have stayed there ok for a one night stay but would probably not stay more than one night Staff were friendly but this time felt rushed to order what we wanted to eat even though it was not busy and didn’t seem to be to the same standard as the last time we were there so overall disappointed

6

Emma

5 Jun 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Waited a long time before staff arrived to check us in. The pub had very greasy tiles around the bar and the tables were sticky. My feet were slipping on the tiles. Needs a through clean. Rooms were in a separate building and doesn’t feel terribly safe. Building looked tired and unkept. Once inside, rooms were nice, clean and comfortable. We were staying for two nights. Our room key didn’t work. The second night we arrived back after the pub had closed. Resolved by me running around the outside of the pub building banging on windows to get hold of staff. Stressful.

8

Catherine

2 Sept 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The staff were all lovely - thank you Emma for making the room so clean and tidy for our stay. We asked for an ironing board at check in and it arrived before we did to our rooms.

10

Emma

14 May 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

The booking was for my elderly mother in law and the team were particularly helpful in assisting her when she looked herself out of her room, providing an additional key for her daughter to take of. They also happily printed off the boarding pass for her return journey.

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Location

Convenient for the Ardrossan/Arran ferry and easy road access, with free parking and many nearby eateries and a supermarket. Less ideal without a car; a few guests found it isolated or said there is little around.

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10

David

8 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The staff were friendly and helpful the hotel was easy to get to and parking was free a big plus for me

10

Geoff

16 Jun 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great place with good staff & accessible to all local areas

6

Robert

24 Feb 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Isolated property, wifi very poor.

10

Anna

18 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very convenient for getting the ferry. Food was really good and staff were lovely

8

Antony

20 Aug 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Rooms are in a separate building to the pub/restaurant. Reception is located in the pub, a few minutes walk from the hotel entrance. Not ideal when it is torrential rain outside (got soaked). 2 mins walk to Greggs, KFC, Dominos if you fancy food from any of those establishments. Drive through Costa also on site.

10

Paul

10 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great property and rooms are very clean and tidy, just nothing much around the area

10

Edward

1 Nov 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Great location for Ardrossan ferry terminal. Supermarket across the road and plenty of fast-food options nearby. Pub does good food too.

6

Louise

8 May 2023

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Stayed 1 night

We stopped off at this location on our way to ferry to Arran. Didn’t realise that best access was by car so ended up walking from rail station.Disappointed that it was the type of place it was. In the Red squirrel pub there was a reception which was staffed when necessary- by the reception there was a seat with a gash in the upholstery and what looked like salt in a heap on the seat. When we went for a meal I asked for a location which was not in view of a TV. Even though there were not that many guest this was tricky- I was told we could not go to one area which had been prepared for a function - it looked very nice. We were offered a table out of the way as long as we could cope with a wobbly table ! It was so wobbly when the drinks were served they were put on a window sill at the side of the table! The room was ok but there was no soap in the over sink holder. There was no stool for luggage to be placed on.

10

pip

15 Feb 2025

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Stayed 1 night

This is a good place to stopover when you’re travelling.

10

Cheryl

21 Mar 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Lovely quiet hotel with plenty of food chains near by or the pub had a great breakfast selection at great prices.

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Dining

Many guests enjoyed the pub/restaurant, calling the food tasty and good value, with several positive breakfast comments. Others found breakfast limited or poor with slow service and occasional shortages, and a few noted cleanliness or tiredness in the restaurant area.

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Dave

7 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The room was good the pub food not good but it was not encouraging every menu was chips except curry or salad however not good but I have to say I enjoy vegetables cooked right they did not give choice but was good room

10

Anna

18 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very convenient for getting the ferry. Food was really good and staff were lovely

10

Mark

5 Feb 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Food in the red squirrel was amazing best nachos ever!!!!! Staff were really friendly and the service was really good Hotel room was really tidy and clean and bed was really comfortable

6

Brian

19 Dec 2022

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Stayed 2 nights

paid for breakfast for two days ................ They had no eggs !!!!!!!!! The bar had no Port available

10

William

24 Jun 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel was clean and very quiet. The restaurant was excellent too with a menu to suit everyone

10

Sharon

22 Oct 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Good comfy room, good food in the restaurant, very helpful friendly staff.

4

Victoria M C

27 Dec 2022

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Stayed 19,344 nights

Rooms are great, food is terrible. Breakfast is incredibly poor, and service not much better. Mixed messages from staff regarding eggs availability ( some said yes, then others said no when taking irder) so deduce the chef couldnt be bothered cooking any so told staff to tell customers there were none due to shortage. Food took 45 mins to arrive at the table which is ridiculously long, especially with toddlers waiting. When it arrived the pastries were burnt black. Milk is rationed to an espresso cup full perperson for cereal and hot drinks. Breakfast portiones rationed, black pudding slices split in two, slices were about 5mm wide. Butter rationed, 1 portion for two slices of toast. No tomatoes or mushrooms. 6 staff members on but noone asked us how things were or if we needed top up. We were charged extra although has already paid for brekkie. If i had known morrisons was so close id have gone there for brekkie.

6

James

19 Nov 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The breakfast menu was quite limited, the continental offerings were very basic.

8

David

21 Aug 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Straightforward, no-frills hotel. Breakfast good if service cancelled be slow when busy. Pub dining is good and other options ( Dominos/KFC ) are very near.

6

Emma

5 Jun 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Waited a long time before staff arrived to check us in. The pub had very greasy tiles around the bar and the tables were sticky. My feet were slipping on the tiles. Needs a through clean. Rooms were in a separate building and doesn’t feel terribly safe. Building looked tired and unkept. Once inside, rooms were nice, clean and comfortable. We were staying for two nights. Our room key didn’t work. The second night we arrived back after the pub had closed. Resolved by me running around the outside of the pub building banging on windows to get hold of staff. Stressful.

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Month	Average price
January	US$71
February	US$79
March	US$83
April	US$99
May	US$106
June	US$112
July	US$114
August	US$120
September	US$96
October	US$86
November	US$81
December	US$78

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5
6 $99	7 $144	8 $137	9 $126	10 $91	11 $107	12
13 $72	14 $119	15 $89	16 $131	17 $94	18 $126	19 $138
20 $80	21 $138	22 $141	23 $136	24 $99	25 $106	26 $144
27 $78	28 $101	29 $104	30 $100

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $87	2 $114	3 $132
4 $76	5 $104	6 $112	7 $137	8 $121	9 $98	10 $126
11 $71	12 $87	13 $102	14 $121	15 $87	16 $112	17 $120
18 $77	19 $126	20 $112	21 $126	22 $85	23 $137	24 $126
25 $71	26 $97	27 $110	28 $103	29 $79	30 $89	31 $108

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