Very friendly staff, very delightful food.Very great look from the tower up to the bay

Stayed mid September 2011.

Good staff. Excellent breakfast. Vodka on the breakfast table to make a bloody mary. We didn't fancy one on this occasion but a nice quirky extra.

Rather dated decor. However, to be fair I think they are in the middle of a re-fresh. Thought the bed was huge until we realised it was 2 singles pushed together. Didn't offer us an upgrade to a bigger/better room even though the place was more or less empty - we should have asked I suppose.

All in all the place feels like it's had better days and hopefully has better days to come.

We recently stayed at The Mansfield Castle Hotel in Tain, Scotland. We were in the area to attend a family wedding. We were very happy with the authentic and attractive structure of the hotel and its lovely grounds. The staff was extremely helpful and friendly. We also felt that the food was excellent. We would gladly stay there again.
Kathy, Deephaven, MN

We had originally selected this hotel as we had a morning ferry to the Orkneys on the following day, and this property is 45 minutes closer to the ferry than would be an Inverness hotel. What a great find! We had the Tower Suite --- unlock the door then up a private flight of stairs to two bedrooms and the bath, then up a circular staircase to a sitting room, then finally up another circular staircase to the top of the tower and your own private battlements --- with views in all directions over the town, the valley, Dornoch Firth and the North Sea beyond. Rather than have dinner in the dining room, we asked the staff to deliver it to our sitting room, up three flights of stairs from the kitchen. They did great! The next morning we had an early departure to drive to the ferry, leaving well ahead of breakfast hours, but the staff set up breakfast for us anyway. They were also quite eager to pack box lunches for our drive. Really only one complaint --- while the room lines were freshly laundered, the blankets on the beds had dark hairs and stains. Of course most hotels do the same – change the sheets between guests but not the blankets.

If it helps, here are the hotel GPS coordinates:

Lat/Long N 57.80.40; W -4.05.67
Lat/Long N 57º48’24”; W 4º03’40”