Balkenna Caravan Park

Liked Clean toilets and shower. Friendly staff. Nice restaurant on site.

Disliked Grounds needed a good tidy. Children's play area poor.
Terrible wifi

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From the manager: Thank you for your honest feedback. We’re pleased you found the toilets and showers clean, the staff friendly and the tearoom a welcome part of the site. We’re sorry the grounds, children’s play area and Wi-Fi did not meet your expectations. We will review these points with the team, including the grounds checks and tidiness, and appreciate you bringing them to our attention. We hope we have the opportunity to give you a better experience on a future visit. — Wal and the Balkenna team

Liked The Location was perfect , the views were stunning . The plot we had was also perfect. The facilities were really good clean facilities . The safe were so nice amd friendly . Decided to have a breakfast in the tearoom on the last day amd it was really good value. Will be back and would recommend to anyone looking for a site in the Ayr area this is the one to go to .

Disliked Nothing

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From the manager: Thank you for the brilliant 10/10 review, Darren. We’re delighted you enjoyed your pitch, the stunning views and clean facilities, and found the team so friendly. It’s lovely to hear breakfast in the tearoom rounded off your stay and offered good value. Thank you for recommending us — we’d love to welcome you back to Balkenna!

Liked As a basic campsite it ticked all the boxes :-)

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From the manager: Thanks Colin, we are delighted Balkenna ticked all the boxes for your stay. We appreciate your lovely 10/10 score and recommendation, and hope to welcome you back again.

Liked Love this place been several times the cafés food is amazing friendly helpful staff

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From the manager: Thank you for coming back to Balkenna and for the lovely 10/10 review. We’re so pleased you enjoy the tearoom food and the friendly, helpful team. It’s always a pleasure to welcome returning guests, and we hope to see you again soon.

Liked Great facilities clean very friendly

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From the manager: Thank you for the lovely 10/10 review. We're delighted you found the facilities clean and the team friendly. We really appreciate your recommendation and hope to welcome you back to Balkenna.

Liked Lovely and quiet. (Except road traffic’s but that’s just natural when next to a main road)
Clean facilities
Helpful lady when asking about rebooking for next year.
Lovely cafe on site.
Our pitch was spacious

Disliked Someone that was able to answer reception when we arrived. Rang bell 3 times and no answer. Had to call number on door to get the young guy to assist us.

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From the manager: Thank you for your lovely 10/10 review, Christine. We are pleased you enjoyed the spacious pitch, clean facilities and tearoom, and found the team helpful with next year’s plans. I am sorry you had to ring several times and then phone before being welcomed. We will remind the team to respond promptly to the reception bell and contact number. Thank you for raising this, and we would love to welcome you back.

Liked Lovely little site right on the coast. Cafe on site. Clean facilities. Amazing views and less than 5 minutes to the beach. Really friendly staff.

Disliked Would have liked a brown waste option for the campervan but we do know this often isn’t an option on small sites. The road noise might put some people off but it didn’t bother us.

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From the manager: Thank you very much for your lovely review, Julia. We’re delighted you enjoyed the peaceful coastal setting, views, clean facilities, tearoom and friendly welcome. We appreciate your helpful comments about campervan waste disposal and the road noise too. It’s great to hear neither spoiled your stay, and we hope to welcome you back to Balkenna.

Liked Brilliant for a one night stay as we began our 8 day travels across Scotland.
Lady was very friendly and walked us round available pitches to choose the one we wanted.
Clean facilities and a very useful dog shower for our mud finding dog.
Lovely friendly cafe where we had a takeaway bacon cob and coffee
Will definitely stay again

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From the manager: Thank you very much for the fantastic 10/10 review, Katie. We’re delighted you received such a friendly welcome, could choose a pitch that suited you, and enjoyed the clean facilities, dog shower and tearoom breakfast. We’d love to welcome you and your mud-finding dog back on another Scottish adventure!

Liked This was my first ever trip in my van, I chose this place as I’d been past it a few times in my lorry and liked the look of it, so thought it perfect to “break myself in”

When I arrived, a delightful lady gave me a tour of the site and showed me to my pitch, she was extremely welcoming and seemed genuinely interested that this was my first trip.

After I set up I sat for a few hours outside the van with a few beers, it was perfect.

It’s quite exposed being so close to the shore, but, I knew this before I booked and loved the wind and rain against the side of the van while I was in bed.

The shower and toilet block is absolutely immaculate! They also have a sink area for washing your dishes etc.

I went into the tearoom the next morning for breakfast, again, this was outstanding.

I can’t wait to come back.

Disliked Absolutely nothing.

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From the manager: Thank you so much for this wonderful review, Tom. We’re delighted Balkenna was the setting for your first van trip and that our welcome, sea view, spotless facilities and tearoom breakfast all helped make it such a good one. Your kind words about the staff mean a great deal to the whole team. We can’t wait to welcome you back.

Liked Reasonably priced with friendly staff, communication was great and I was told what to do if I arrived after reception had closed which was really helpful as I missed this by 10 minutes. Great views. Good food in the tearoom.

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From the manager: Thank you very much for your fantastic 10/10 review. We're delighted you found the site good value and enjoyed the friendly staff, clear communication, sea views and tearoom food. We're especially pleased the late-arrival information helped when you just missed reception. We hope to welcome you back to Balkenna.