Great staff, comfortable rooms, delicious food-- overall lovely stay. The family who runs this bed…read moreand breakfast was so nice. Their young son helps them serve and he was the most polite, sweetest boy. Location was great. It was on the edge of Braemar-- quiet and peaceful. (The field where the Braemar Gathering happens in the summer sits right below the hotel. My husband and I hope to return some day to experience this.) The room was clean, charming and comfortable. The bathroom was the same. Great water pressure in the shower-- only critique is that I wished there was more airflow in the bathroom. I had to keep my shower door slightly cracked open because I couldn't breathe with the steam building up. Food was excellent, dinner and breakfast! Nice bar with a good selection of beer on tap. The wild venison with currant sauce was delicious! I'm inspired to recreate this dish at home, as my husband and I do eat a lot of game. The Balmoral chicken was also very good. The sticky toffee pudding was out of this world! Breakfast was also fantastic. You won't go hungry here, and their Scottish breakfast is one of the best around. Wish we could've stayed here longer. It was a great value.

Fun hotel with bar in the middle of the Grampians, it seemed to be the only place to get a drink in…read moreall of Braemar. We stopped over on the way to the Speyside for a few drams and got good advice on where to stay for the night (we ended up in Tomintoul).

This review is for the restaurant. We ate here twice during our stay at the Hilton. The lasagna and…read morefish and chips are great, the pizza so so. The waffle dessert was heavenly, definitely go for that!

Great food (we had the lasagna and fish & chips), cozy interior and staff were friendly. We will be…read morebooking a room here next time we are in town!

A unique experience! Really accommodating employees, genuinely interested in making sure we had a…read moregood experience by asking how things are and saying hello/goodbye when we come and go. We had a room, not a cabin, and it was clean and comfortable, albeit a bit small. The wi-fi signal in our part of the building was terrible. The front desk attendant suggested we have dinner at the hotel because they said it was "very good", so sure, why not. I went to take a menu off the counter and they said, "No! That one's from yesterday. Let me get you tonight's menu." Any place that changes their menu daily? SIGN ME UP. The dinner was fabulous, particularly the duck and chicken liver pate with onion marmalade. The service on the other hand was a little strange. The woman we assumed was the manager/supervisor was really cold and unfriendly, which we further assumed was causing her subordinates to be unfriendly, as well. It didn't impact our experience all that much, thankfully, but it could've been better.

I really enjoyed staying here. It was quiet, the room was decently sized, the bed was really…read morecomfortable, parking was easy, we could make coffee in our room with a French press (I loved that touch), and the staff were so kind. I would definitely stay here again. It is also family friendly and has an indoor pool and hot tub. The hotel is a 3-minute drive to Ballater (a lovely bakery, and two wonderful restaurants we tried are located there). It is great in terms of location to the town and other things to do: Royal Lochnagar Distillery, and Balmoral. The only downside was the shower was fairly tight, but common in the UK.

Not what I expected. It's way overhyped. The staff was nice. At least in the restaurant. There's no…read moreair conditioning and even though they give you a fan to put in the room because they're afraid of jumpers, I guess they don't allow you to open the windows more than a few centimeters so there's no way to get circulation going. It was super super disappointing.

The nicest hotel we stayed at during our weeklong tour of Scotland. The staff are incredible, they…read moremake a superlative effort to make you feel welcome and taken care of. The building is stunning, the setting is spectacular (take a walk across the dam), the rooms beautifully appointed, the meals 2nd to none. I recommend this hotel without reservations... Oh, almost forgot the bar is huge with an incredible view of the loch. Have a drink up there!

Great location and ambiance. Service top notch. Walk around the lake to pitlockey cute town have a…read morebeer at the old mill.

I don't know what else to say. The Dowan's has 4 stars on their sign, but I may come and add a…read morecouple in the middle of the night. Don't think I would have wanted to stay anywhere else. Clean, beautiful grounds, and even more beautiful people! Food was great and drink prices super reasonable. It felt more like staying in a huge house with family and friends than a hotel and its workers. I hope to one day be back to visit! Thanks for making our vacation that much better :)

This is an excellent hotel with modern furnishings (including heated bathroom floors and towel…read morerails!) and free wifi throughout. The room was a bit small, but it's very cosy and didn't feel cramped at all. It's a quick walk into the town of Aberlour, which is beautiful and which features a lot of paths between he various towns in this area. The free breakfast is delicious, the coffee is strong and the servers are very friendly. This is a beautiful building overlooking a valley. The staff have been extremely friendly and helpful. We have really enjoyed our stay and would definitely come back!

I have been going here since it opened, before you were born. A few years ago it changed hands,…read morethough one chef remained. The new owners are just as determined to keep the standards up to the highest level. It has always been a memorable place to dine and or stay. The internal layout is reassuring, spacious and the food and wines are always exceptional, though I think a little too many French wines of late are on the list. They pay attention to what you want out of the evening and are always welcoming. The food is some of the best in Scotland, as we again proved last week. Well balanced menus, local produce,good flavours and paced well. It is not expensive compared to other fine dining places we have dined in the area. Thoroughly recommended. Make the trip or detour.

This is my favorite hotel in Scotland, bar none. But it is really a restaurant with rooms and if…read moreyou go, go because you want the best food in Scotland and you'll be satisfied with sleeping in a very pleasant but unremarkable room. The television reception isn't good and there really isn't much to do in Kingussie, but everything else is perfect. David and Katie are incredibly good hosts and I can't recommend The Cross highly enough. This is a place to go when you want to escape your normal world for one or two nights of culinary heaven.

This area is beautiful and perfect for day trips to more remote areas, close to hiking and an easy…read morewalk to town and stores. There were several A-frame units, not crowded but part of the landscaped forest area. Units varied in size - ours had 3 beds upstairs. 2 baths. Heating was a bit tricky, and available in all rooms. The maintenance guy came over "to help us get it sorted"... another words - turn it on. Ha! Big puffy down blankets kept us warm, it's cold at night here (June). Big hotel with rooms to rent on the property. They had play areas, kids video and play areas too. Pool had really weird hours. Apparently it was disinfected every few hours or some such nonsense AND you had to make an appointment for available times (in mid-day). I think that would have been fun but didn't use it. An area outside with growling moving Dino's... large enough to be fun for kids... a surprise for us! We loved the extensive trail system and the ruins of a local castle on a tiny island in the lake. Trails are well marked. People were nice, staff was helpful. Area was pretty and quiet. Centrally located. Great transit system; we made appointments to see local attractions via trains / bus - gotta get the timing right and pay ahead. Note: there are stiff fines for cars traveling inside Edinburgh and London- check on this before you drive!

Being married to a Scottish Lassie, I'm there for a visit every two or three years. My recent…read morevisit had us up to the Aviemore area once again. We love it there. We stayed in one of the A-frame cabins on the property. It was about a ten minute walk to the main hotel building, which we were okay with as there were families with children running all around the main hotel building. The cabins were perfect for four of us who wanted to sleep, read and catch up with each other. Cabins are well laid out and nicely furnished. The Hilton Coylumbridge is outside of Aviemore by a little less than a mile. That meant any meals with alcohol in Aviemore meant one of us had to be a designated driver. We did take advantage of the on-site restaurant our last night, so all four of us were able to eat, drink and be merry. We will be back.