Spent 3 days here last October and had just the best say. Was an exceptionally warm fall and the outdoor swimming pool was busy. Very nice small pub style bar on lower floor was great for a pub style dinner in the evening .
was being operated by Fairmont at that time but they were giving up the management at end of year.

My husband and I stayed here during an overnight summer trip to St. Andrews. The check-in staff were pleasant and helpful. Our room was in the main part of the property, so the room was a bit smaller than traditional box-style hotels. The room was clean enough, though some of the original features showed some of their years of wear - this is to be expected of course in a 120 year old hotel, and in our opinion, added to it's charm. The rooms were of course, decorated in a style that stayed true to the age and historic nature of the property. Though we find a more contemporary approach to decor more appealing, we really enjoyed exploring the historic features in our room (i.e., bathroom fixtures, closet, key holes, windows, etc.). The grounds are gorgeous, with beautiful flower gardens and a pool area. We had a very nice stay!

I have had negative experience here but you HAVE to stay here at least 1 night on your trip. It's a historic hotel you can't get anywhere else. Don't pay attention to the comments about in need of repairs and outdated... the hotel is very OLD, what do you expect. This is why I stay here. It's overpriced but spend the extra bit for a very different experience.

We stayed for the weekend in the old section, we were there for a tournament. It was interesting. We had a room on the 4th floor ( the most haunted floor). It was almost as far away as you could get from everything. No one else on the floor and not many in the building so we were not sure why we were so far away. Our phone did not work so we could not contact the other people involved in the tournament who were staying in the new section, long ways to walk for ice. The room was okay, a bit dusty. Front desk staff was not very friendly (all shifts). Trevor however gets five stars. A really nice guy who helped us out in the pub and who gave a great haunting tour. Kept all the kids talking for days. Sure hope the women on the front desk shared the money we all paid for the tour with him, as I over heard them saying they should keep the money for themselves (a little greedy, maybe you should have waited until we left the lobby before you had that conversation). Had to ask for extra shampoo/conditioner on our second day. Seems they don't replenish, we travel alot so it is not something we take as it is usually replensihed with fresh ones on the second day. ( A little cheap I would say for the price you pay for the room and no phone services.)