Newton Hotel - Nairn, United Kingdom 

What can you say about the look of the Hotel? Amazing! You drive up the tree lined drive towards the hotel and then you see this amazing building set in well kept land. We arrived on the friday evening to notice an evening wedding do was in full swing, needless to say that the parking was a nightmare as the car park isn't that big. Check-in was friendly and efficient, and then to our room in the original part. A large room with a small double bed, and as has been mentioned before it needs some updating, as the bed wasn't the best and it had seen better times. Only one member of staff covering the bar for approx 50 guests, not a good idea as the service was slow. Breakfast was what you'd expect and staff where helpful. For the wedding reception and evening do i'd have to say the staff where top quality and very professional. The wedding dinner was good but the pudding was out of this world. Overall a good place to come and stay, and the staff do a very good job at making the wedding party run smoothly. Would have been an excellent rating, but the rooms need updating in the original part of the building and the lack of staff on the friday night was a letdown.

We recently stayed in The Newton Hotel in Nairn and it was lovely. We booked an Executive room on bed and breakfast. This allocated a room (115) in the newer extension part of the hotel. The room was large with a huge (bigger than kingsize) bed. The bathroom was one of the largest I have seen in a hotel with separate bath and separate shower, a huge sink area with lots of room for toiletries and a tiled floor with underfloor heating. We ate our evening meal in the hotels restaurant. It was a little pricey but you pay for the convenience. The meal was from a set menu (table d'hote) 2 courses for ?20 and 3 for ?25. Although there was no a la carte there was a good and varied choice from the set menu and everyone in our party found something they liked. Breakfast was also good with cereals,pastries and fruit self service and then a good hot breakfast and toast served to your table. The bar area of the hotel is very comfortable and welcoming with lots of armchair type seating and a lovely fire. The setting of the hotel is beautiful with a well kept mature garden. Parking is free. I was sad we only had one night here on our touring holiday and will definitely return for a stay of 2 or 3 nights next time. A lot of complaints from the reviews seem to be based on rooms in the old building so I would definitely make sure you have one of the rooms on the new building. I would guess the Standard rooms would put you in the old building. Also I don't think this hotel is part of the Swallow group anymore.