Superior double - slightly dated but with a distinct touch of class. Huge comfortable bed and large bathroom. Did not have dinner but breakfast was excellent with good choice. Friendly staff and good friendly service in the bar. Would stay again.

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We have stayed at the hotel on two previous occasions. This third occasion was different in that we stayed outside the hotel, in a ‘Courtyard’ room which was comfortable, quaint etc, but seemed less like staying at a hotel. The breakfast was excellent, as were the staff.

The’Courtyard’ room was less fancy than the rooms in the hotel. The plates of food for dinner did not always reflect the menu description e.g. a dessert would be described as having chocolate sauce and cream, but would be presented with a small amount of ice-cream and no sauce! The hotel might need to sharpen its attention to detail e.g. cleaning windows, emptying cigarettes from bins at entrance, to maintain its 4-star rating overall.

Muthu Newton Hotel is a beautiful property, really looks like a castle in the Highlands. The staff is very helpful. We stayed in the courtyard rooms, which are in a different building but next door. They were very comfortable and very spacious. They were great to relax after a day exploring the Highlands. We did not use the Breakfast or Dining facilities, cannot comment on that… we had snacks with us for breakfast purposes, however the rooms do not have fridge nor minibars to keep anything refrigerated - luckily for us it was still chilly weather so our food was easy to maintain at a good temperature. The property is not too far from Inverness (25min drive) and easy place to stay to visit sights in the region. We enjoyed our stay in this hotel.

Just keep in mind, if you stay at the courtyard rooms the WiFi will not work - if you are planning a long stay and will require connection to work on plans, then I’d say book a room in the main building or another location.

Great location. Good base to visit Inverness, Nairn and Brodies Country fare. Highland cattle looking good. 2 weddings over the 2 nights we stayed but didn't disturb us at all. The rest of the hotel was probably quieter than usual. Staff were lovely. Helpful and friendly. Breakfast good, busy but staff coped v well.

Bathroom - grouting needed some attention and wooden strip under bath panel v shabby. Just rather tired but clean and shower worked well. One set of curtains had large holes in middle of curtains - v strange. TV didn't have BbC1or 2 but hotel provided another TV which had these channels! Great service. Dining room was freezing on night 2. We finished dinner in 1.5 hrs and everyone else had come and gone in that time. Menu didn't change in dining room and with no lemon meringue pie v limited dessert choice!

Fantastic location, beautiful old building with history, lovely staff - especially the lady at breakfast Really great that there is level access too e.g.well designed ramp, lifts etc - access is so often overlooked partic5inbhistoric buildings.

Appreciate it is a large, historic building and we had a great deal, but the shower over the bath/taps etc and some other facilities in the hotel (ladies toilet) are very dated. Some of the decor is dated and detracts from the history/architecture of the building and furniture is not functional e.g.tables in dining room for breakfast are impossible to get your legs around.

The Muthu Newton Hotel is just off the A96 Inverness Road with a long driveway to the hotel. It is a relatively short walk from the main town of Nairn if you're fit and able. We were allocated a room in the Courtyard, which is separate from the main building and so not privvy to experience the “hotel life". Our room was very spacious and provided everything we required. Overall, our experience was an enjoyable one and what we had hoped for when booking.

The unusually pulsating shower and sink in the en suite was quite loud, which may have alerted our neighbouring room occupants to our ablution routine, as it did with us when they showered two hours before our morning alarm was due to wake us.

The property itself is elegant, with spacious rooms, well-appointed. You feel transported back to an earlier era from the minute you turn off on the private drive to this former estate home. This is a wonderful refuge from the world in a beautiful setting.

Unfortunately, the stay was marred by daily busloads of American tourists who were noisy and took over the bar area in the evening. We were grateful that the hotel placed them in a separate dining room, but the pile of very large baggage clogged the lift area morning and evening. We understand that this is the hotel's bread and butter, but overall, it would be nice if the hotel could enforce some level of dress and decorum from their guests.

Free room upgrade was a fabulous surprise and greatly appreciated, the hotel grounds are great, lovely looking hotel, and very friendly staff. We thought the location was good too as we started our NC500 trip at Inverness.

It's not that we didn't like, more of an observation, the breakfasts could be better, from the list of items available we asked for egg, sausage and bacon and that is exactly what we got, 1 item of each. As only 3 items selected a couple of rashes of bacon and 2 sausage wouldn't have gone a miss, although what we had was very tasty and freshly prepared. This would stop me staying at this hotel again.

Breakfast excellent choice

Reception was poor due to language barrier.After leaving and paying for all our meals we got a email saying that our breakfast cost for final day had not been included and asking for permission to take payment From our credit card.We readily agreed but would like to point out that we went to reception immediately and asked if we could pay for all our meals including this morning’s breakfast.Receptionist said no hurry and would have our account ready when we finally were ready to leave the hotel.So not at all pleased with this saga which puts us off from revisiting Muthu again. Yours with concern, Gustavus Armstrong- Edinburgh

Lovely all round, clean ,great food, great location even walked down to the beach, Our 2 night stay was great, the highland cows and red squirrels we saw were an added bonus. The only error was after our first night the room was serviced and refreshments restocked apart from milk. We weren't left any and were just too tired to go down/ be bothered to ask for more . Didn't ruin our stay was just a pain and a bit inconvenient