My wife and I recently stayed at Rivendell on a trip around Scotland from the USA. Tommy and Marilyn (both originally from Lancashire) could not have been more friendly and gave us the warmest welcome and an enormous bedroom and sitting room upstairs.

Rivendell has tons of character (chickens outside the front door etc!) and Tommy's breakfasts were superb and the setting is perfect - overlooking Little Loch Broom where we had a nice hike and saw otters outside the B & B. Tommy is a great raconteer, cook, fisherman, guitar player and loves a dabble on the horses! He's also featured on a BBC food program about catching and cooking lobsters and Marilyn was as kind as could be. We would definitely go back there on another trip. There was good pub food in the village and also a 5 star restaurant and Shieldaig is not far from Torridon and the beautiful Inverewe Gardens.and a good jumping off spot to explore the Applecross Peninsular.

Easy on the pocket, good breakfast and friendly staff, but room was stuffy and certainly would need some renovation.

It's time Marilyn and Tommy got the accolade that they deserve.
OK the house is a bit wonky but the hospitality is fantastic!

I run a B&B in Kelso (Duncan House) and choose to go to Rivandell for my holidays. The locals and the hosts embrace you and the welcome from the whole community makes the experience totally worthwhile.

Love to Marilyn & Tommy

Jeff & Kate

This was our second trip to Rivendell this year and it exceeded our expectations second time around.

As a B&B proprietor in the lowlands I have my own standards to compare with, maybe the rooms leave a little to be desired in part but so what. The food is great and the hospitality fantastic. If you enjoy seafood ask for the local crab, lobster or langoutsine - fresh as can be!

Visitors to this part of Wester Ross need to understand that the nearest builders merchant or Tesco involves a 150 mile round trip so if they break something a replacement may not be immediately available.

We will certainly return.