Just back from a wonderful stay at The Star hotel in Kingussie. We stayed for a 5 night break in Sept. and cannot find fault.
We were welcomed by the owner, and shown to our room.
Good size, with large double bed, nice dressing table & warbrobe with plenty of space for all our walking gear. Tea & Coffe making facilities aswell as an iron & hairdryer. You can have the option of having a bath or shower, we chose bath, which was huge!
Ample car parking behind the hotel which also doubles as a little beer garden.
Breakfast & dinner included in price...and to be honest we have never eaten so much in our lives!!! Absolutely amazing especially for the price! A full range of choices for breakfast, fruits, cereals & of course porridge! Orange juice on tap! Once you've devoured that, a full breakfast menu to choose from...from the full traditional fried breakfast with all the trimmings, or a pick & mix, poached, scrambled or boiled eggs etc and lashings of toast with tea or coffee! More than enough to set you up for the day!
Heading out, Kingussie is an ideal spot and central for reaching most places, fort william, aviemore, mallaig etc...but even staying within the area, some lovely walks in and around for the beginner up. Newtonmore has a great "cats trail" 10k walk which is fairly flat and easy, and crosses some spectacular scenery.
When returning to the hotel and after a nice hot bath, prepare yourself for dinner...its mammouth! Select a starter, the soup is always highly recommended-pea & ham especially! Main course is varied every evening, and a great selection to choose from, wither it be the lamb, beef, pork, fish all are mouthwatering!!! And absolutely no scrimping on the size of portions!!!
If you can manage a pudding after all that...great traditional favourites, ruhbarb crumble is to die for!!!
The highland banquet is something else...haggis is even piped in!!!
Remember to starve yourself for this night....you've got 6 courses to get through...and everyones mamouth & mouthwatering!!!
After tea & coffee you can take yourself through to one of the bars, or one of the quiet lounges, or up to Ruthven Suite where a good mixture of entertainment is laid on, ranging from the traditional scottish nights, comedy & dance, country & western & 60's & 70's. All are great with a good atmosphere.
All staff were very very friendly, making you feel as one of their family, very hard working and always on call to cater to any requests.
Highly recommended to everyone, an absolute bargain & we will defo be back!
A nice mixture of guests, with some older guests returning year after year, we are in our late 20's and early 30's and had a thouroughly enjoyable time and would recomend this hotel to anyone at any age.