Name: Loch Ness Lodge Hotel
Address: Drumnadrochit,Inverness-shire IV63 6TU., Drumnadrochit, Drumnadrochit, Drumnadrochit, IV636TU, United Kingdom
Rating: 6

Smoke-free property

Gift shop

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All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

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Sun Deck

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Loch Ness Gallery

Nessieland Castle Monster Centre

Inverness Airport

Loch Ness Lodge Hotel

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The hotel owners and staff are very friendly. The restaurant is totally outstanding with food quality second to none. Truly first class. Looking forward to more visits. The surrounding areas around lochness are stunning 

Booked a two night stay and from the time we arrived it was a really pleasant experience.

This is a really quaint, quiet hotel to stay at if you're near Loch Ness! Everyone at the hotel was extremely nice and accommodating, especially Norah at reception who went out of her way to help and keep me company while I had some car trouble during my stay. They had a great free breakfast each morning, and the dinner at their restaurant was pretty good as well, convenient since everything around the hotel closes early. The rooms are admittedly a bit dated, but they're comfy enough to get a good night's sleep. Everything else more than made up for it!

Quaint Hotel, Very Friendly Staff!

Staff were very courteous and friendly. Breakfast buffet was beyond expectations, rooms were adequate and beds were comfy. Loved the old school style of the place. For the price you can not beat the service and accommodations. Other hotels in the area were much more expensive. Loved the old school vibe and the receptionist was very friendly. The owner runs the bar and is probably older than the hotel, but he adds to the quirkiness of the place. For 130 pounds, you can't ask for much more.

Cozy and great value

The hotel is very traditional and the food is out standing. Theres a cruise boat that will take you out on the Loch Ness not far from the hotel. The little shop next the the hotel has a lot of Nessie figurines and other various Scottish gifts.

Went here with my friends for a trip to Loch Ness

This hotel gave us exactly what we needed -- a place to sleep for the night on our way down the Great Glen Way. The staff was friendly and helpful but other than that the room was very small and uncomfortable, with bulky, standard (sterile) hotel furniture, the shower could not keep a consistent temperature, and the outdated hairdryers kept overheating and stopped working. WiFi did not stretch to the rooms. There is so much potential for this gorgeous building but there are surely much nicer places to stay in Drumnadrochit given its current condition.

Proximity to Great Glen Way and very friendly staff make up for very outdated, uncomfortable accomodations

Plenty of car parking, good location. Receptionist was friendly. Room (and hotel) dated, room itself was clean but bathroom wasn't. Food was nice, but expensive, as were drinks. OK for a night, but needs investment and updating

Good location, OK for a night

So I think this is going to be better if I start with the good stuff.
The receptionist Irene is a lovely lady very helpful and always cheerful, the food we had one evening meal in the restaurant and it was outstanding really nice breakfast is OK not the best I've ever had but far from the worst.
The hotel on the whole is very tired and in need of decoration and updating and the gardens need a spot of gardening doing.
We only ate in the restaurant once due to a really bad mannered bar man who refused to seat us because he was panicking over a party of 6 that where about to order food at some time in the next half hour! So we went off and had a great meal in the Glenmoriston Arms instead. On the whole this place is about a 2 star the whole place is poorly lite which gives the perception of being very gloomy  our room was certainly no better than that  with what can only be described as Greek plumbing in the bathroom.


Not quite as expected

This one is a no from me. Only thing keeping this from a 1* is the food. 

Pro’s:
The food!
- We ate in the restaurant the night of our stay and was the best meal we had all holiday. Stunning food! However, £4.50 for a small bottle or sparkling water is not acceptable FYI! They do not offer “table water”. 
- The breakfast was also the best overall we had. Buffet option, food was good and hot, the chef continually bringing more to replenish. Options of cooked or continental, all good. 

Cons:
Everything else!
- It is dirty. The room was disgusting and had not been cleaned properly. Dust everywhere, previous guests rubbish and used cups still lying around. The bathroom was a disgrace. We booked because it had a tub but didn’t dare use the tub for all the grime in it. Not good at all! 
- Tired property. It is beautiful in the way that it is highly devoted to its Scottish roots, but it’s clear there is no money to renovate, which is a shame. 
- Location I didn’t think was great. Thought it was far out for Lochness activities, personally. 
- Connected to Museum next door where the staff’s language was as colourful as the walls! Would be furious if I had children and they were speaking like that! 
- Staff in general I didn’t find hospitable. 

I would not return. Was VERY expensive - £130 for a night. Not good at all.

Not for me this one!

Traditional hotel with very Scottish feel. Lovely wooden details and tartan carpets made it feel authentic. Location is excellent too. HOWEVER, this is where the positives end I'm afraid!

Very musty, unclean smell as soon as we entered reception area. Wallpaper throughout was very dated and not in good condition. Furniture was ok as it added to the authentic feel. Telephone area was used as a dumping ground, which I found quite unusual given that all guests can see it! 

Receptionist was friendly enough although we received very little information about amenities so had no idea where anything was.

Room was big enough for what we needed and bed was extremely comfy, although pillows were very flat and no spares were available in the room. Shower was terrible as it was either freezing or scalding hot. The temperature could also fluctuate while you were in the shower (as happened with my partner who was slightly scalded!). The bathroom is odd in that it is very dark (we had no window) and no lights in the shower area so when shower curtain was closed, you could barely see what you were doing. Kettle supplied in room but only paper cups and 2 milk portions.

The bar (when we found it) was very overpriced - £15.60 for 2 drinks and the barman was not very polite (3 times I asked a question before I received a reply!) Also bar was closed by 10pm so no drinks or snacks available, which wasn't great given that everything in the vacinity of the hotel closed early. Also the hotel was locked up for the night very early and my partner couldn't get outside to vape/smoke.

Breakfast was fine but bagpipe music playing first thing in the morning was a bit much, especially at the volume it was playing! A bit of ambience wouldn't go amiss.

The gardens at the front of the hotel were interesting (various fruit & herb plants) but very neglected and bushes were overgrown (couldn't open the window in our room very far because of this).

We made do as the room was clean enough and the bed was comfortable but all in all, the room was very overpriced. Clearly, they are charging for the location!

Such a pity, as I think this would be a really lovely place to stay if there was a little TLC spent on it.

Lovely hotel but very run down!

The hotel is sparesly manned, you have fill in forms for your breakfast and specify a time. I suspect this is run as some form of annexe to the Clansman hotel. We were not greeted effectively, had to carry our own bags to the room. The hotel setting is spectacular and the room was clean and reasonably well equipped, no mini bar no facilities. This is not a 5 star hotel and is not worth £300+ per room per night. This room was worth no more than £150.

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