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Reviews of Balavil Hotel

3 out of 5
Balavil Hotel
Main Street, Newtonmore, Scotland

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 35 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 22 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 63 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Ali

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Service was spectacular. Free parking across the stress was a nice perk. Bar, dinner and breakfast service was the highlight. The room was smaller than anticipated but the service around the hotel would bring us back.

8/10 Good

J G

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Linsey

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Relaxing Atmosphere
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Cairine

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

10/10 Excellent

Douglas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Ronald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
excellent stop on a short tour
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Eamonn

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel
A fantastic stay, and a pleasure to return to such a well-run and good quality hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Marzena

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jean

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Food good, staff friendly and helpful, pool was at
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

P A

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Brian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were very helpful. Nice dining room and lovely meal. A well stocked bar with a good range of malt whiskies. Could do with a larger car parking area. I had to park my car on the Main Street. Very good overall though.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice to get in a decent shower after stay in disappointing hotel previous couple of nights
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

michael

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Ka Wing Jimmy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice room and breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kirsty

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

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing and Welcoming
A quick overnight stop before hitting the local mountains. The food was outstanding - they even provided an additional doggy-bag to take home, as the pate was good! (Great Gluten Free offerings too) Very attentive personal service, with many COVID measures in place but not detracting from an enjoyable and relaxing stay. The log fire was awesome. Thanks everyone, we will be back soon.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Good Stay
We ha a wonderfull time at the Balavil and will surely return the future. The staff were very accommodating and the hotel was nicely finnished and everything was spotless
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ronnie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect central hotel for short family stay
Hotel was excellent - we loved the location, parking, room size/comfort, breakfast, swimming pool and first class service! Newtonmore is perfect to visit surrounding area, but town is lovely too.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

R R

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Diane

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Amazing stay staff very friendly and helpful,food excellent,very clean
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was lovely and would highly recommend it. Only thing I would have liked was a fan for the room. The weekend we stayed was the hottest of the year and the room was hot. Apart from that, it was a great place to stay. The food was excellent, so much so, that we decided to eat there both nights, instead of venturing out for food.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel was nice. Staff were friendly and helpful. Food was really good and we enjoyed the pool.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Balavil fantastic
Another fantastic stay at Balavil our second in last year, rooms fab, food excellent and pool is superb as well as the service provided by the staff.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Linzi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay at the balavil hotel, me and my two young sons stayed for two nights, so we could visit the landmark and the wildlife park, perfect place to get our heads down with a little swimming pool which they loved.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All staff very friendly and helpful. Swimming pool was a bonus.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Lisa, Clydebank

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a great stay as a family. The pool area was great and we had the place to ourselves! The staff were lovely and nothing was too much trouble. Cooked breakfast to order in the morning and the best steak pie I've ever had from the restaurant! Thank you!!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Les

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Abbie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Karyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome!
We were here to see the baby snow leopards so stayed overnight. Hotel was fantastic, friendly staff and the gluten free menu was impressive as my son has coeliacs. Highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel was lovely, friendly staff and room was spotlessly clean, the swimming pool was a huge bonus for our granddaughter. Will definitely book this hotel again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Value for money
1 night stay. Lacklustre greeting on arrival. Room was comfy and clean. Pool was pleasant but communal changing room was cold and lacked privacy for showering so had to shower with costume on. Great food in the evening and more friendly staff than earlier in the day. Value for money overall so pleased.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Possibly a little tired in terms of decor, but a lovely hotel with excellent staff and wonderful food
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value and friendly hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff efficient and friendly. Food and service excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ryan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
1 night at the Balavil
Perfect place to stay for a couple nights in the Cairngorms. Right next to a Co-op, the restaurant and bar are good quality. Enjoyed the breakfast and quiet nights sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Family run hotel with character & good food. Good location for Highlands.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Okay but poor breakfast
I spent one night. The hotel is in a great location, right next to the market and with easy access to other cities nearby. The room has a good size, really spacious, the decoration of the room and the bathroom is really outdated which made the stay a bit weird. Nice bed, hot shower and clean. The breakfast was really disappointing, very few options, no fresh juice, only one muffin option and the full breakfast there was no vegetarian option which was terrible, since I had asked beforehand and I've been told they had it. The swimming pool is really good, warm and clean. Due to the outdated room and poor breakfast I wouldn't stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great locally run hotel.
Used this as a stop over back from Elgin. Great hotel, room was recently refurbished. Pool, was great and food was excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

John, Glenrothes, fife, Scotland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Central for touring
Nice scenery, various places to visit, historical area also wildlife park nearby, Cairngorms and resort of Aviemore within 20miles, all in all a nice area.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Peter J

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Small room for 3 adults but great for an overnight stay in a lovely little village. Staff friendly and helpful. The live entertainment was excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Food and staff were great, room decor was tired and the bed was awful!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff were great, food was excellent. Hotel was immaculate. Plenty of parking. Great facilities. Would definitely recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Can't complain
Room clean and functional. Bed a bit soft for our liking.