Keith Steel

Review of Balmoral Hotel

Such a beautiful hotel and great staff.

Such a beautiful hotel and great staff.

The room was overlooking the castle and prince's street. What a stunning view! The room was immaculately clean and had just been refurbished with almost everything inside it from Scottish designers, a very nice thought. Highlights included an beautiful deep bath, staring into the sunshine from the sofa and I even found an interesting book in the little bookcase!

We spent our evening in the hotel, first enjoying the great in house snacks (seaweed, cheese popcorn and nuts) served alongside the Innis & Gunn beer at the Balmoral Bar. After that we ate dinner in Hadrian's Brasserie, the Blaigowrie beef, the chicken and the smoked salmon are all highly reccomended. The chateaubriand Straka and the smoked salmon starter were both carved at the table. Later on, the guys behind the Scotch bar were knowledgeable, sincere and very witty... or maybe that was the 500 malt whiskies talking.

Service everywhere was incredible. One staff member recognised us in the street and stopped to wish us a safe journey home. I really don't think I can fault anything about this stay- apart from the fact I forgot to take pictures of anything in the hotel.