I can't say enough about how excellent our stay was here! Everything was wonderful - from ALL of the staff to our rooms to the food and views. We would definitely stay here again! Paul was especially wonderful to us - all the staff were really - just lovely!
And the location couldn't be better - right in the heart of the busy part of Inverness on the beautiful River Ness- everything is super walkable. And Inverness is a most excellent base to explore the Highlands from - and there's a wonderful tour company that has tons of tours departing from right down the street (Rabbies - they're phenomenal)!!
We spent 8 out of our 10 nights in the Highlands here. They have 2 types of rooms - regular room and a "premier plus" room. The regular rooms are smaller with less "amenities" - with the Premier plus rooms you get much larger rooms, "unlimited" WiFi, larger showers with 2 shower heads (one is a rainfall type!!), a mini fridge, unlimited restocking of coffees, chocolates, and still or sparking waters, as well as some other nice little touches. Totally worth it imo - as this is a "budget" type hotel, the prices are VERY good!
The first 2 nights we had a Premier plus room on the 1st floor. Our room was HUGE!! With a whole seating area and couch and everything! And we had incredible views of the River Ness, the castle and some of the historic churches - it was so lovely! The last 6 nights we were on the 3rd floor in a Premier plus room - and while it was still excellent with the great views, it was considerably smaller than the 1st floor room.
You have the option to pay just under £10 per person for their daily breakfast buffet and it's worth it! They have a ton of items - all delicious and fresh cooked daily - and you definitely won't find anything like that for that price elsewhere. They have several meat choices, fresh eggs, tons of bread and pastry choices, fruit, yogurt, 5+ cereal choices, and more. They'll also make you anything on the menu you'd like that isn't already out on the buffet.
And they have a huge coffee machine that makes anything you could want - from espresso to americano!! As well as hot teas, hot chocolate, & a selection of juices.
We also ate here for dinner quite a bit - the restaurant scene in the town is challenging due to staffing issues and you almost always need a reservation everywhere. And there were several nights where we could only get a reservation at the in house restaurant here - kinda crazy - but it was fine bc they have really decent food!
They have quite a large menu and good prices. Everything we tried was excellent (see my photos)! One dish that especially stood out was the Chicken Makhani Curry - so good we ordered it several times lol! Their salads are good too and their sticky toffee pudding was very yummy.
The internet/WiFi worked very well almost our whole stay. There was one night when it went down but the staff were all wonderful and got it fixed as fast as they could. I can't speak to the parking bc we didn't have a car but I didn't see a lot anywhere - only street parking.
I highly recommend staying here - we will definitely be back. Tysm to Paul and all the wonderful staff for making our visit so joyful! read more