The Royal Highland Hotel

This was a quaint and lovely old hotel in Inverness. We stayed here for the night and had dinner in the hotel restaurant Ash. The room amenities included complimentary still and sparkling water, soaps, shampoos, biscuits, teas, coffees, and hair dryer. Wifi is free for the first 40 minutes (paid after time is up) but I was able to get a signal from the shopping mall next door and use their wifi. You may luck out and get a signal from nearby.
The hotel is old but reminds me of the golden era of Hollywood. There were a good number of seniors in the hotel lobby after we dined in the restaurant. I’m not sure if it was a convention or if they just like to hang out at a hotel lobby on New Years. The lobby had a grand staircase with a Christmas tree still decorating it at the middle section. The elevator here is geriatric and slow as molasses. If you’re on the first floor you are better off taking the stairs to your room. I was on the top floor and didn’t feel like hauling my suitcase up the stairs. The rooms are smaller on the top floor than those on the first and second. It’s weird but not a deal breaker. The ceilings on the top floor seem to be affected by the shape of the roof though.
Breakfast in the dining room was a lovely affair. You give your room number and there is a breakfast buffet for you. There were the typical English/​Scottish breakfast items (including haggis), along with yogurt, jam, toast, coffee, juices, and fruit. They even had mini jars of jam and honey.
The staff was really amiable. The hotel keys are the old school kind with giant key rings so you don’t leave them behind. The rooms are fitted with old and new furnaces. The old ones can’t really be removed and the new ones work really well. It was raining the entire stay and my room was nice and toasty. One caveat, there’s a sign on the bathroom door saying to keep the door closed when you shower because it’ll set off the sensitive smoke alarms. At least you were warned.
I wish we could have explored the surrounding town but we were told that they didn’t have much night life, it was also raining, and most of the group had gotten sick by then.

Was not impressed with this old hotel. It is run down and in need of some updates. Wheeling my suite case down the hall it got stuck because the carpets needs to be stretched. They charged for Wifi, the paint on the bathroom ceiling was pealing and when you take a shower you have to keep the door shut because the smoke detectors will go off.

Lovely old hotel. Employees very kind and helpful and the food was excellent. Rooms comfy with ambiance of last century.
You will notice a musty odor when entering… and charming creaky floors!
We would definitely stay with them again.

Super bar lunches to suit all tastes, price range for two course meals starts at £5.99 to £10.99.Excellent food and service, if ever you are in Inverness you should try.