The Culloden Estate and Spa

We stayed for two nights in the Cave hill suite. The views from all the windows were spectacular Room was very specious with beautiful bathroom, the bed was so comfortable and cozy. The whole stay was so special and memorable. All the beautiful art around made a big impression even for non art lovers like us. Definitely recommend it , but book one of the suites instead of a basic room.

The staff were very helpful and friendly. The room was as advertised and comfortable. The bed was so large and spotlessly clean. Turning down the bed at night was a nice touch however we were not informed on arrival and also it was done on one evening when we were not presence. I was disappointed that the bar had my favourite drink on the first night but had not got it on my second night. Daily housekeeping of fresh towels was lovely. If the bath robes could be cotton based as the soft polyester ones are too static to wear around.

I booked the high tea for a friends birthday. The staff greeting us soo warmly and immediately shown to our table. Leah the staff member who served us was excellent so patient and attentive to our needs. So thank you The high tea itself was excellent and of course we all had boxes to take home the cakes that weren’t eaten. Great mixture of savoury and sweet too

We had a wonderful stay. Right from checking in, staff were attentive and accommodating. We were celebrating our anniversary & they kindly gave us muffins and macaroons in the room. Staff look after us really well, we felt they were always ready to assist when needed. Pool and spa is clean and has enough pool beds to relax.Our stay includes dinner at the cultra inn, everything was tasty especially the pork belly! Lough bar, has good selection of drinks and plenty of comfortable seats to relax. Breakfast was served in Vespers, they have a continental buffet and you can also order hot food. All in all, we enjoyed our stay and definitely worth for the price we pay. We cannot wait to go back with some family members.

My wife & I live in Norway & since 2009 have had the pleasure of staying at this famous hotel on a number of occasions & have booked breakfast ( without an overnight stay) on two occasions for some of our family members, the last occasion was the spring of 2019. The breakfast waiter service was a special treat that we all enjoyed & gave breakfast that extra sense of occasion. When we arrived just after Christmas 2024 for a two night stay we were looking forward once again to breakfast & were very disappointed that not only had the breakfast room been moved but the waitress/waiter service was no longer a part of the experience. Although breakfast was excellent the sense of occasion was gone & we agreed that we could have been dining at any other upmarket hotel but nothing out of the ordinary. Everything else is excellent but I doubt we will be staying at the Culloden again.

Now I will hold my hands up and say that maybe our expectations were high. But this is the revered 5 star Culloden hotel. So I feel that anyone spending the money to stay here has a right to high expectations. I've also stayed in a couple of the Hastings group hotels and got married in one, none of which were 5 star so I thought this would blow my mind. There was a mix of fab and not so fab. It can't be denied that the grounds and the hotel itself are both stunning. Opulent, elegant, tasteful. Everything is heavy and expensive. Even the throw on the bottom of the bed weighed a ton. Comfy bed, good shower, nice welcome treat for my friend for her birthday, beautiful wine glasses supplied in room and lovely toiletries for use. Robes and slippers for the spa were a bonus. Friendly staff throughout, polite and professional. Everything that we seen spoke to class and style. However..... On arrival when I mentioned I booked dinner in the Cultra Inn I was not informed that concierge could take us there nor told which path to follow so we set off in heels and went the wrong way. Only when we seen the Hastings van did we realise we could get a lift. The deputy manager was a lovely man, brought us down and back. I had also tried to call reception to ask for the dinner to be pushed back a half hour as you can't get through to Cultra Inn on the telephone. I called reception 5 times and waited for an age to be answered then when we arrived my name wasn't booked, even though I originally booked online and had the email as proof. On arrival I also requested a fridge. An hour later still no fridge, but when my friend arrived a lovely guy called Henry brought her to our room and went to hand carry a small fridge to our room for us. The pelmet on the windows was black with what looked like mould that someone had tried to clean off. And the duvet on the large bed didn't fit the whole width so at 2 am my friend called reception 3 times for another duvet and waited 40 min in total then had one delivered with a cover for her to put on herself. We lost sleep waiting on this. We went to the Lough bar on 2 occasions and despite lots of staff milling around (the first time there was only a handful of guests) we waited and waited to order. Even after requesting to order staff walked away and didn't come for nearly 10 min. The 'jazz' singer was monotone and a bit boring. Kept taking the mic away from his mouth and could have sang with more pizazz. I realise this is very fussy, I just love live music and he fell short. The jacuzzi / hot tub in the spa had something red in the bubbles that looked like blood so we got out and didn't go back in. Food was really good in Cultra Inn but again more waiting. A girl with short hair and tattoos greeted us and she was lovely. After our mains we waited 30 mins and had to request that plates be taken and to see dessert menu. We didn't take dessert in the end so asked for the bill. Cheapest bottle of wine was