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Reviews of Royal Golf Hotel

3.5 out of 5
Royal Golf Hotel
The First Tee, Grange Road, Dornoch, Scotland

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 60 out of 99 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 27 out of 99 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 99 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 99 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 99 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Royal Golf Hotel is first class foe a nice break away with loads of walks around the area and right on your doorstep. Very polite and friendly staff on hand to help with your every wish.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Rose

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Shabby hotel in need of maintenance
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Ian, Summit

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff extremely friendly. Dinner really good with the most incredible view. Easy to walk to Dornoch which is a lovely Town and well worth a look. Sadly only here for one night as there are beautiful walks which I would have liked to explore
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Golfing in Dornoch this hotel is by far the best to stay in . Great location and excellent staff .
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very good location. Good food. Enjoyable stay
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ivan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing views. Great food. Comf beds.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Angela on 8 Apr 2023
We are glad to hear you enjoyed your stay here at The Royal Golf Hotel in Dornoch. We hope to welcome you again, kind regards, The reception team.

10/10 Excellent

THOMAS

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
THANK YOU STAFF, WE HAD A LOVELY STAY HERE & OUR DOG WAS MOST WELCOME, HE ALSO ENJOYED THE STAY, THE DOGGY BAG & THE TREATS FROM THE NIGHT PORTER. A LOVELY BASE FOR OUR NC500 VISIT. WILL VISIT AGAIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Angela on 8 Apr 2023
We are glad to hear you enjoyed your stay here at The Royal Golf Hotel in Dornoch. We hope to welcome you and your dog again, kind regards, The reception team.

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Angela on 8 Apr 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave our 10 out of 10, much appreciated. The reception team

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Angela on 8 Apr 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave your 5 out of 5, much appreciated. The reception team.

6/10 Okay

Deborah

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

James

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Location on the North Sea...links course surrounding the property a plus.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

franklyn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location on golf course with ocean views. Very peaceful.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful location on Royal Dornoch golf course. Lovely dining overlooking golf course. Easy walk to pretty little village of Dornoch
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Brett

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff and as I had to leave early organised a early light breakfast and beverage. Hotel has an amazing view over the golf clurse
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice
Was nice location Nice staff Room was clean Asked few times for more tea in room and got a whole 2 teabags and a 10 sugars!? Asked at breakfast if we could move table and got told no , it wasn’t possible when plenty tables available. One fire door was letting loud noise out and when asked staff if they could sort noise got told no and they didn’t know it was fire door. Noticed place had many Americans staying and staff was happy to run around after them I felt I did not get the same level of service!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Leigh Ann

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Candice

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stunning location, comfortable luxury, very attentive service and truly dog friendly
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gerry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel and the staff could not have been more helpful. Stayed there before and will again. Thoroughly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
November getaway
Great stay, fantastic location and views. Friendly, helpful service.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
One of the best hotels I have stayed at in the Highlands. Good value. Love the view out of the room onto the golf course and sea. Food was good quality. Spoilt for choice at breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Fiona

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gorgeous decor and spacious room
Really comfortable stay, lovely staff and great kippers for breakfast. Swimming and beach jogging around 1 minute from the hotel. Doesn’t have to be golf. Thank you
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Hannah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Response from x on 24 Sept 2021
Thank you for taking the time to rate us. We hope to welcome you back

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Last stop on NC500
Great stay at the Royal Golf, friendly staff, comfortable room and delicious evening meal and breakfast. Adjacent to first tee at Royal Doroch and 5 mins from lovely beach, highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from x on 24 Sept 2021
Thank you for taking the time to post such a favourable review. The staff will appreciate your comments. We hope to welcome you back.

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Landed at Dornoch so stayed somewhere nice
Pretty good overall, close to the airfield so we stayed here as it was about a miles walk and easy to get to. Lovely place to visit
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from x on 24 Sept 2021
Thank you for taking the time to post a favourable review. We appreciate your comments. We hope to welcome you back.

10/10 Excellent

Ferghus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021
Response from x on 24 Sept 2021
Thank you for taking the time to rate our hotel. We hope to welcome you back.

8/10 Good

Rachel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant place to stay
We stayed here as a one night stop as we did the NC500. A pleasant hotel with good COVID arrangements in place. We ate in the main restaurant which was OK, although service was slow on the evening we were there.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from x on 24 Sept 2021
Thank you for taking the time to post a review. Your comments are appreciated and will help our staff meet our guests needs.

10/10 Excellent

Vince

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What a hotel, what a setting
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from x on 24 Sept 2021
Thank you for taking the time to post your review. We hope to welcome you back

10/10 Excellent

Edel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mini break
My husband and I stayed for a two night break which was wonderful from start to finish. I had requested a room with a view and we were given a beautiful room overlooking the first tee. The whole hotel was spotlessly clean and the service was first class. The receptionist was especially helpful when trying to source a days fishing for my husband. Breakfast on both days was cooked to order and delicious. We had dinner on the second night and that was also delicious.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Avril M

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were really good and helpful
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disappointing stay. Arriving at 6pm to check in I was asked if I would like to eat in the restaurant but then bizarrely immediately told it was full - why even ask? On responding to say I was hoping so since it was a long day the lady at reception seemed really accommodating saying she would go check. However when getting to the restaurant, at the allocated time, the professionalism of staff seemed to go out the window. Had to sit and listen to a constant beeping behind me due to the fire door being open. When questioned if it could be closed (even the sign on the door said ‘keep closed’) I was told no. On check in, due to covid rules I was informed I needed to book a breakfast slot. Although immediately told the restaurant was almost full and I could only go down at one of two slots - way earlier than I intended. As it was just myself staying I booked a single room. Layout of the room made things awkward, nowhere in the bathroom to store/hang a towel, the radiator looked like it needed changing many moons ago, unless you are 6ft you couldn’t reach the blinds to close/open, you also needed to close the bathroom door in case of setting off the fire alarm. Overall not the best of stays and I haven’t even had breakfast yet.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very homely and welcoming
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Erica M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sallyanne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location and view of golf course and coast.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were really nice probably the friendliest hotel I have ever stayed in. Room I was in was equivalent to a Travelodge room but the view was totally stunning., I would definitely stay here again. I did come away feeling cheated though as I purposely booked a room with a King size bed and it was a tiny bed room was nothing like picture. I went to reception and asked about bed and was told that it was classed as a minimum sized King Bed. This is simply not true its a small double. My recommendation is to stay at this hotel as location is amazing a really short distance from beach and village. Staff are lovely, Hotel is clean and food is good. But do understand it is not as described as far as the bed is concerned its a small double.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kate

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommended
We had a fantastic stay. The room was beautiful with a sea and golf course view. The service and food was excellent we would recommend it to anyone
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

6/10 Okay

Heather, Lancaster

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Parking was good. Service variable to poor. No heating during the day. Bed hadnt been zipped and linked. Shower took 20mins to get hot. Failed to respond to criticism when highlighted.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2020