Mansfield Castle Hotel

The Mansfield Castle Hotel is one of the traditionally furnished Scottish hotel with lots of tartan. Tain is quite a nice small town with some interesting bits and away from the A9. Service was good on checkin at the dining rooms and generally. We were upgraded to a turret suite as it was busy. Nicely eccentric with a huge bathroom. Dinner was fine, haddock good but Anne's lamb was tough. However some warnings No lift or porter No fridge No safe No hot breakfast (continental only) Also a bit expensive but then it was high season.

To book an executive room (3 in the castle) they charge you extra £40. As a main feature rooms come with the hot tub. When we got there for valentines- we were told that two rooms have the tub and one we will stay at does not! What we had was poorly cleaned room, quarter full bin and a used by previous guest tea cups. No apologies just the blame put on booking.com. Very poor. Rude receptionist too.

We spent New Year’s and the following two days at the castle. It looks exactly like in the pictures — not the most modern place, but full of charm and character, with a clear attention to detail. The staff were exceptionally friendly and helpful; on the day of our departure, we were even driven to the train station, and Mr. Shearer kindly returned to the Castle just to take us there. Both breakfast and dinner were good, and they have a nice wine and whiskey selection. We had a wonderful time at this enchanting castle in the Highlands!