Forss House Hotel

A warm welcome from a young enthusiastic staff. Hotel is lovely our room beautiful the beds very comfy with beautiful bedding and bathrooms so well appointed. |The grounds are worth exploring as they are very pretty |Dinner was excellent, worth the money. |All in all a beautiful place and I wish we could have stayed longer than one night

Stayed for one night while driving the NC500. Arrived around 3pm - there wasn’t anyone really around to help. The bar man/receptionist was a little off hand - a drink after a six hour drive seemed to be too challenging for him! Hotel is warm, clean and well located. The evening staff and the morning staff were wonderful - a big shout out to the temporary manager who was brilliant. The room we had was not in the main hotel - it was a short walk away which was fine. A little basic and maybe they could use a vacuum in the bathroom rafters for the spiders’ webs. Dinner, a “tasting menu”, was OK but it can far too quickly. The young lads tending to the tables need some basic instruction in how to present lovely food and clear tables - stacking plates up in front of the guest isn’t the best way! Breakfast was great - the ladies provided everything we needed quickly and it was hot and tasty. This is a stop off point on the NC500 - there’s not a lot of choice this far up.

We were travelling around and staying in a different hotel every night and we didnt plan to stay here, but i became unwell one day and so couldnt get on the ferry to orkney to our booked hotel and so needed to find somewhere to stay at the last minute and surprisingly they had rooms available, not in the main house, but in the cottages at the back and we loved this hotel, so did my kids. We booked 2 rooms - as we are a family of 5 - and the rooms were wonderful; large, amazing bathrooms and bath tubs, super king beds, with a lovely view onto a beautiful green garden and space. Its definitely the nicest hotel around. The grand old building is lovely inside, with a cosy intimate lounge and bar and i think the staff were amazing - they couldnt do enough for us and were so helpful. There were great walks with beautiful scenery nearby, i think the price of the rooms was amazing for what we had.

Booked afternoon tea as a treat for my husband. Evan welcomed us to the Forss House Hotel and quickly ushered us to our awaiting table. We were served a wonderful selection of finger sandwiches, warm scones, toasty sausage rolls, fancy cakes, shortbread, as well as sugary confectionary. Every single item was a delight and it was relished by both myself and husband. A number of other guests were in the dining room also having afternoon tea and every table was checked a number of times that we had everything we needed as well as continual offerings to replenish the tea and coffee. Forss House Hotel and Evan did us all proud. If you want a very special afternoon tea then this is the place to go.

This is one of those places that just does everything so well. It’s not pretentious but full of charm. The food is stunning and that includes presentation, quality and taste! Breakfast equally amazing. Couple that with great staff and top with a fab room (we were in Hairy Mary a garden room as we had a dog) and it was a win win. It’s not cheap but somehow you don’t care… we would definitely come back!

We stayed in the upstairs of Millers Cottage which was bleak. It has a lounge with a sofa (not much else) and apart from the bed in the bedroom there’s little furniture (no cupboard or wardrobe). You can hear the downstairs room and sure vice versa is true. The steps down to the cottage are steep and need tlc as does the path to the main hotel. Basically don’t stay in this dingy outpost of the hotel. Dinner was ok but the staff are young and not too experienced and it’s all a bit 1980s. Breakfast was terrible - no excuse to burn scrambled eggs then serve them. Ridiculously expensive but they have a captive market for this part of the NC500 - my advice stick to B&Bs or self catering they’re both by and large better quality and half the price. I did feed this all back on checkout.

Disappointed by our stay on this occasion. Have been a few times before and always enjoyable. Several members of staff appeared simply disinterested, some clearly new but no evidence of any training taking place so they seemed to be left to 'sink or swim' a bit. Breakfast ladies were friendly and efficient. Food was mediocre, cool on occasion. Had to chase up wine most evenings. Very limited menu which never changed - not even a daily special to give some variety - not sure how it is still awarded 2 AA rosettes.

We stayed in the Kiln House. Absolutely beautiful, and very well appointed. Loved sleeping with the windows open, being lulled to sleep by the waterfall. Great breakfast, too. Highly recommend.

we are in the river house, it's charming with a beautiful garden, birds flying about their business, salmon jumping about and wild flowers stretching out toward the sun. The bar in the main house is amazing as is the restaurant. All the staff are warm and friendly. we are here for 3 days, wish it was a week