Golf View Hotel Review

I stayed here with my girlfriend for a midweek getaway. We wanted to recharge after a manic year, and a busy Christmas.

It should have been an excellent stay, but was made "only good" by some shortcomings. The mistakes and niggles were not much individually, but taken in the wider picture, we felt that we expected more from a 4-star hotel.

Really beautiful spa hotel with great staff, food is as you would expect from a top class hotel with service to match.
Tip - the afternoon tea I a very special experience.

Wonderful place to stay. Food was delicious, spa was super relaxing, hot tub outside was very nice. Rooms are well equipped and Clean 5 stars

Hotel with a very nice location and good facilities. The family room was large and the indoor pool with steam room, sauna and outdoor jacuzzi we liked very much, as you have a beautiful view of the sea.
The dinner was quite good, but the portions were just a bit of a snack (Was better at the Newton hotel nearby). The breakfast was very good and with a large selection (including smoothies, ...). Unfortunately, our waitress at breakfast obviously no desire and seemed a bit annoyed. Therefore, and because of the small portions of the expensive dinner, there are only four stars.

Very friendly and helpful staff.
Wonderful relaxing Spa facilities.
Thank you.

Stayed a night taking dinner and breakfast. Great location for views over Moray Firth and sea walks. Food good and staff very pleasant but a bit dysfunctional!

Used the pool, very nice and friendly staff. Pool warm.

I was only a visitor to the leisure club so can't comment on hotel rooms but pool and outdoor hot tub are lovely. Great to sit and listen to the waves on the beach nearby. Friendly staff and hot showers too

This was a lovely touch for our room. Loved our stay. Thank you

Well, I have to say, this was fabulous value for money. Beautiful views from the pool over the sea. We only attended the spa day. Clean facilities. Changing rooms could do with accommodating a few more people though. Staff lovely. Now I would not normally mention people but Courtney looked after me and my daughter who had a pregnancy massage and she was brilliant. I appreciate we all like different but this was the best back, neck and shoulder massage I have ever had.... and I've had them all over the world. Outside hot tub clean and hot! Pool had a few noisy kids which was not great when having a spa day. The whole idea is relaxation which is hard around screaming kids.... two things that would make this place fabulous.... a quiet room with no kids and a laying down lounges as they are all in upright seated positions. Had the afternoon tea. Comfortable surroundings. Nice cakes. Cater for dietary requirements. Parking before hotel checkout is a little bit difficult. Staff in general were friendly and nice....Get Courtney for the treatments! Not tried anyone else but if I get a chance I will return and request her! Excellent.

Very nice place. Great family rooms. Quite expensive

Amazing massage and lovely lunch. Recommend fish and chips portion huge

Excellent stay
staff were very welcoming and friendly
food was delicious

Very friendly employees, hotel let down by minor maintenance

An old hotel.
For the offered power too expensive.

Fantastic would definitely recommend and stay again! 10 star.plus.

A lovely place to meet up with friends for coffee. Beautiful surroundings whether inside or out and the scenery is to die for. Staff are always friendly and very helpful.

Beautiful hotel with fantastic views over the Firth. Managed to see dolphins whilst wating dinner! Only downside is breakfast at 0730 doesn't really suit business travel.

Best hotel in nairn has it all staff are very good food is great

Great to see dolphins swimming close to the shore first thing in the morning from bedroom window.

Very nice staff at dinner who were attentive, nice venue. Mushroom risotto was very salty, multiple guests could not finish it! Had a good time overall.

Great place, room was big, clean and comfy. Friendly staff and good swimming pool with a little gym.

Food choice was minimal though and if you haven't breakfast included it's very expensive.

Take a trip out for food, a nice walk along the sea front but take a torch if it's dark! Jackos was good for everyday good food.

Appalling service from staff and management. Hotel been refurbished beautifully. Money would be better spent training staff. Like Robots apart from a couple of them.

Ball of hair on the floor in the room.
Shower didnt drain and filled up like a bath. Was in room 21 on the 2nd floor.
Shampoo bottle dispensor didnt dispence and had to be squeezed Hard to get any out.
Got woken up at 1.30am to the sound of pissed up golfers gate crashing the room next door. Then were given ear plugs at 03.30 am so i didnt hear the tv next door.
Will never stay here again!!!

Quite disappointed sauna wasn't working and had to wait a long time for afternoon tea because they had ran out of some items.

We had a lovely stay at the Golf View Hotel. Clean room with sea views, excellent food, and really friendly staff. We also felt they did a great job with social distancing (due to the COVID19 pandemic) within the hotel. We would happily stay again.

Lovely setting and beautiful views we were only in the spa but well worth a day's visit

We attended a spa day at the hotel. All staff were extremely friendly and welcoming. The spa facilities were very old with access to jacuzzi, hot tub, steam room, sauna and pool. The treatments were also excellent.

Great party night but lack of heating in our room in December was disappointing

Rooms nice, clean. Restaurant completely inconsistent, nice eggs Benedict one morning, next morning the muffins weren't toasted and it was refrigerator cold. Dinner was awful. asked for newspaper each day, never got one in 4 nights stay. Also set up 4 am wakeup call. It never happened, thank goodness for my phone. This nice hotel badly needs a good manager overseeing.

We give this establishment two stars for the setting and the spa and pool facilities.
For the rest a lot to say about many details that do not make this hotel an exceptional place. We are used to traveling in this type of 4 or 5 star hotels and are disappointed with our choice for the 4 nights spent in Nairn.
Regarding our "family room" do not rely on the view of the North Sea but rather on the fire escape, bins for parents and a patio for children.
Children's mattresses are worn (springs) and those of parents deformed.
Children do not have blackout curtains for their window!
Only one chair for 4 in the room, how to put our clothes?
Only positives of the room: its size and the bathroom nice.
Regarding the breakfast, the service is very slow, no hot chocolate for children every other morning and what about the buffet devastated and not restocked at any time.
What about the dishes that fall on the floor and is put back on the tables?
Overall this hotel deserves better, where are the management and the managers ??
The swimming pool and the spa make up for this establishment if we do not take into account the dilapidated locker rooms.
Last detail for us, the water of the flowers at the reception was not changed during our 5 days of presence!

If the other 4 stars in the street have free rooms for your stay, go there, you will have the view 2 minutes walk.

We give this establishment two stars for spa and pool facilities. For the rest a lot to say about many things that do not make this hotel an exceptional place. We are used to having four nights spent in Nairn. Looking for our "family" room in North Sea but rather on the fire escape, for parents and a patio for children.
The children's mattresses are worn (springs) and those of the deformed parents. Children do not have blackout curtains for their window! Only one chair for 4 in the room, how to put our clothes? Only positive points of the room: its size and the bathroom pleasant. Regarding breakfast, the service is very slow, no hot chocolate for children and everything about the buffet and not restocked at any time. What about the dishes that fall on the floor and is back on the tables? Overall this hotel deserves better, where are the management and the managers ?? The swimming pool and the spa make up for this establishment if we do not take into account the dilapidated locker rooms. Last detail for us, the water of the flowers If the other 4 stars of the street for free, go there, you will have the view to 2 min walk ....

Went for a spa day it was good, the treatment was great, no problems for me but could have been more helpful for the friend I was with.

Nice rooms food good value stayed a week ago very quiet.

Really like this hotel. The location is lovely, next to a beach which is nice for a stroll especially if you have a dog with you. Food is great very tasty and good selection including vegetarian options. Rooms are clean and spacious with very comfortable beds.

Had tea & with shortbread. Lovely, view too, cosy lounge, friendly staff. Call in after a walk along the beach.

Amazing for a spa day and can even suit gluten free diet

Food is absolutely stunning , the chef is brilliant with any dietary requirements and this is shown by the dairy free pudding he made one night for us . The hotel is right next to the stunning white sandy beach.

Firstly it was Alicia on reception. What a warm genuine welcome. She is an asset to the hotel. Secondly the spa staff. Amazing treatments; really lovely girls. Myself and my Daughter has the best time. The room was beautiful (36) comfy bed and bathroom. Bonus sea view that I wasn t expecting. Recommendation to the management would be the changing rooms in the spa are not in keeping with the rest of the hotel which is lovely. I m sure you will already be aware and working on this; and the steam room door doesn t seal so it leaks out the steam and doesn t stay steamy. That said we will definitely be back and would definitely recommend the hotel.

Fabulous stay my friends and i had a lovely spa and meal with friendly relaxing service. Would defo go back again. Thank you golfview hotel and staff

Lovely hotel, fabulous position, great spa, excellent food

Very nice place. Great family rooms. Quite expensive

Went here for food only so can't comment on accommodation. Went for a steak night. Steak was good but a little overcooked. Wine option was good but the service was a little slow at times. Settings are great.

Massage was amazing, afternoon tea was spectacular, the spa is tired and the outside hot tub wasn't working... Again!

Lovely venue, great staff, 5 stars if the place had a refresh.

As husband's were away for golf holiday my friend and I took advantage of their offer of spa treatment, bed and breakfast and 6 course taster dinner.Could use the pool etc from morning of our arrival and next morning as well.The taster dinner was excellent as was the breakfast.We had up grade on our room as there was noisy work being done in hotel.Weather didn't let us use the outside hot tub.Good excuse to go back.

I am editing my review from a 3 to a 5 star. I stayed here once from Sept 2 - 3 and had a PERFECT experience. I then stayed from Sept. 9 to 10 and was very displeased as the room I was staying in on the third floor (56 I believe) was next to a thumping broiler. Unfortunately whenever anyone in the hotel needed hot water, the boiler thumped and since it was cold, it thumped all night. After not being able to sleep, I contacted the front desk and at 11:30p that night, they moved me to another room so I could sleep. THIS WAS EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE and much appreciated. UNFORTUNATELY, the room category I had booked was sold out, and the only room available was the one next to the boiler. HOWEVER the initiative the front desk took to move me to a quieter room shows that the hotel wants to accommodate customers whenever they can. I WILL DEFINITELY BE VISITING AGAIN. Only suggestion would be for the hotel to find a way to insulate the boiler from guest rooms.

Superb food, service and staff. I am a repeat guest and will continue to be, as I struggle to find fault here.

Overnight stay with some friends. We had multiple rooms booked and they were all really spacious. We had spa treatments and spent time in the pool. The spa area has a pool, sauna, steam room and outdoor hottub. The view from the hottub was beautiful looking out over the water. The only issue I had was the billing, but I think this was because there were so many of us. It was difficult to check and split the bill as everything had been bulked together.
I would definitely recommend a stay at this hotel. It was clean and the staff were helpful. Some of us had the taster menu which was lovely and there was also a great choice on the a la carte menu too.

Went for a spa day. Had a great massage and use of all the facilities. The pools were lovely and warm. Robes, towels and slippers are provided. We also had an afternoon tea, which was delicious.

I really liked the rooms and the pool the breakfast was a bit poor though

Staff were a delight - especially Stevie and his colleagues in the restaurant who made us feel very welcome despite 2 tiny children and lots of noise. Dinner was great too. Thank you all.

Stopped for dinner on the way back to the cottage. Very tasty food for a good price. Looks neat, friendly service and a very nice view over the water and the mountains.

Great find. Perfect for Inverness airport, arrival or departure.

Great hotel and amazing holiday destination. The food in the hotel is world class

Great location, food was superb although service was noticeably slow at getting food out.

Really nice hotel got covid procedures down to a tee nice friendly staff good food as well will be back

Paid for a spa day away from the kids to find out that there were kids lessons in the pool. Afternoon tea worked out about 20-25 pound each and was mostly egg mayo sandwiches. Other than that food was great and spa was clean.

Hello, we stayed at Golf View for three weeks and we enjoyed everything very much. The team is great and friendly, the food and breakfast were very good. Tastes are different and whether I like the furnishing style or not is not relevant, it was nice, clean and tidy. This hotel is an "old hotel" and therefore you can't expect miracles! Informing beforehand helps, then you don't have a rude awakening. We were completely happy and VERY satisfied with everything. We got married right by the sea, in the garden of this hotel and this was a dream too, this incredibly beautiful view lets you forget all your worries and worries. Just beautiful! We will definitely be back in 2021 ........ and hope to meet this great team there again!
Ela & Jonny

Lovely meal great place to eat and chat with the family.

Absolutely fantastic hotel. Always enjoy our stays from start to finish. Wonderful food, delicious cocktails and mocktails. Comfortable rooms and friendly staff. Highly recommend!

What a Fantastic ay spent at Golf View Spa...nothing too much for the Staff, Wonderful Hot Stone Masssge...Ace Afternoon Tea...will be back!

Excellent spa and restaurant facilities. Very friendly and helpful staff.