Mackay's Hotel

Right I’m going to be fair about this if you pay £80 for a room when all of the others within 30 miles are charging £140 you should realise something is up. The room was basic, but reasonably clean. The only plus about the place. The bathroom suite was a light pastel blue colour, tres seventies! The outside of the building looks like its derelict. Overgrown garden and letters missing from the sign. Very Fawlty Towers. The reception would be in the old bar. There are no bar or restaurant facilities BTW… I think the receptionist lives in there kipping on an old leather sofa. … The stair are in need of a lick of paint and a modern carpet or one that doesn’t have a pattern straight from the seventies (pattern emerging there). When I say a lick of paint I mean a bulldozer. Swimming pool?? I never asked if it existed, but even if it did I suspect it would be minging. If you are into the dodgy homeless shelter feel, this is the place for you… Strathpeffer is one of the most soulless places I have ever been. Keep driving to Inverness!

Room was clean, spacious and comfortable but the television didn’t work. The shower and bath room were clean and shower was very good. The outside of the hotel was pretty run down and tired and the lobby was very dated. Staff were helpful but only available over the phone.