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Reviews of Altnaharra Hotel

3 out of 5
Altnaharra Hotel
Altnaharra, Altnaharra, Scotland

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 55 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 33 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 96 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Sheena

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely quiet stay
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
The property is very isolated but for people who want a quiet location, good. However once shown to my room which was adjacent to very large kitchen extractor, I soon became aware that once switched on , the noise was unbearable and I could feel the vibrations. Complained to staff and moved rooms, they must surely know there is an issue. Bed and bathroom clean. Dinner and breakfast average. Biggest gripe is when I came to settle bill and was told I owed full amount of room vist when I had paid for it up front, bit of confrontation before I produced proof, not really happy.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

james

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely Staff.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Nicola

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
A great hotel and perfect stopover if you’re driving by. But the property could use some more care.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gillian

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great stay - loved the fireplace in our room! Breakfast was very good.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kelley

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything about this hotel is just perfect for a stop over. Great staff, excellent food and comfortable lounge to relax
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Ken

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All OK
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Ken

Liked: Cleanliness
OK
OK, seemed expensive for a very ordinary room but not much competition in the area which is very remote and restful
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Emma

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Fiona

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy parking , the midges where out in force to greet us , and see us off , lovely big downstairs bedroom with very new refreshed bathroom with a large stylish bath and big shower, good hot water . Good evening meal selection,not burgers ! Lasagna , and the Chicken curry where lovely , vey hot and good sized portions, followed by Apple crumble with cinnamon and custard which was perfect. Very quiet surroundings with a very good night sleep in a very comfortable massive king size bed .The lady and gent who served us where both working very efficiently, polite and courteous even whilst under pressure, they had a booking for seven arrive who had managed to send an e.mail to cancel , but they still sorted them out and got them in. This was the most expensive hotel we stayed at during our NC500 tour , but was individual enough to be worth the rate , very comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to rest on our NC 500 trip. Morag was such a nice host!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicolas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great surprise
Great food, comfortable bed all located 10 miles from anywhere. Great place to stay if you like peace and quiet but expect good food
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sebastian

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Emma

Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great stay
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A delightful stay while cycling my way up the country. A comfy bed and delicious food. The hotel has plenty of character and a lovely homely feel.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was great. Morag, silvia and henry are all stars, providing great service and fantastic food Would go back any time
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Lloyd

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good base with great food.
In a pretty remote location but not a bad base for exploring the Highlands provided you havr your own transport. Rooms were comfortable with a nice bath shower. The evening meals were of exceptional quality with friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Alan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Room was small but reasonable. Had a country, homey feel. Food was quite good. Relaxed atmosphere. Hostess was lively, positive and helpful. We weren't there to fish, so perhaps missed out on its main attraction. Staff shortages impacted was services could be offered. For what it was, seemed quite expensive. Internet was a bit patchy.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gary R

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great food. Friendly service.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
An oasis in remote area.
Very pleasant overnight stay in nice room. Dinner and breakfast were good and staff all helpful. Comfy areas to lounge with a drink after dinner.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Thomas

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Leanne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Service was excellent, great location and great atmosphere.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

ROBERT

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Authentic and atmospheric
Wonderfully isolated and atmospheric. It was perfectly situated for me to stay 3 nights and drive around exploring Sutherland. Nice staff and guests. More of a rustic lodge feel than dressy hotel. Restrained and authentic
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Mindy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A lovely step back in time.
Fantastic , attentive staff. Lovely old building, comfortable. Easy , free parking. Had a little hello from some local deer as we left in the morning!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hill walking Trip
Excellent customer service, friendly and knowledgeable staff, very good food.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ann

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay and food
Apart from the midges it was great! Service and food extremely good 😊
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Doug

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The Staff were very friendly and Customer service spot on.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable stop-over
A pleasant and comfortable stay in the heart of the north Highlands. It is some thirty years since I last stayed at Altnaharra as a mountain walker and it has kept up to date with times. It was relaxing and the service was excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

sandra

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Beautfiful location, went for a walk and came back to wine and a warm fire/cheese board. very friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Daniel B

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff and owner was awesome. Helped us when our car was disabled by picking us up and then taking us to get our car. Everyone was wonderful..
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Winston

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff is what makes this place successful. They go out of there way to make your stay pleasant.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Judith

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location was great and so quiet. The hotel was very comfortable and the food was excellent. The staff were very obliging.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

darren

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Lovely hotel in a remote but stunning location
A very personal reason for our trip but we were supported throughout by extremely friendly and helpful staff. Our trip brought back very fond memories from previous visits several years ago. The hotel has retained much of its character but has been updated sympathetically over the years. Our room was large, comfortable and spotless with a very modern bathroom. Although somewhat noisy given the thin walls between bedrooms. The food was lovely and the hotel staff flexible in terms of customer choice of what and where to eat. The locals in the bar were friendly too. Initially the price seemed a little high, however, given the location, the friendliness, the relaxing atmosphere and the quality and price of the food it was actually good value.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A warm welcome, a comfortable and clean room and a very good evening meal. A definite for a return trip sometime.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Angie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful location and hotel
Just what we were expecting from a hotel in the Highlands. Lovely old house, comfy sofas, open fires, lovely views on the loch and the hills. Really good food and nicely presented. Really wish we could have stayed longer, busy planning our trip back next year. Couldn't fault it.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Chris

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel set in stunning location. Quite remote but beautiful and a good base for visiting most of the Highlands. Staff very friendly and helpful. Food excellent.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Gail

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nothing unique but comfortable. The dinner was expensive but of poor quality - £26 for a steak that was at least half inedible unless you like gristle. I complained but nothing was done.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Robyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not bad for a night
It’s a nice hotel remote from just about anywhere. The room was okay but only had a storage heater so couldn’t get instant warmth, then in the night, too hot! Very expensive for what they provided i.e. a single room with no meals for £100. I didn’t eat there so can’t comment on the food. The hotel had an old world feel about it. I’d stay there again if it was cheaper.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
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8/10 Good

Nicolas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Peace and Quiet in a remote location
A pleasant place to stay if you are looking for a remote location. Food was good and service was fine. Perfect if you are cycling or fishing or looking to be alone.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice remote location, comfortable, good food and service.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021