The Station Hotel

Excellent Hotel & Staff. Caris, Hanna & Brodie were professional & fun. Excellent dining & whisky bar. Glenrothes innthe middle of Speyside. Lots of distilleries. Stayed in the Glenrothes Suite. Very accommodating, great bath room. Would stay again and suggest to anyone. Nice job, Station!

As usual I was working away and we chose the Station Hotel, despite its price bracket as there were not (as far as I could find) any other suitable hotels in the immediate area. Can’t fault the hotel or its accommodation itself, it’s clearly top notch. Modern fixtures and fittings are of a high standard and it was spotlessly clean in every single way. Coffee machine was difficult to operate on the first morning (a member of staff helped me) and on the second morning, it wouldn’t switch on at all. Could’ve been me, but as I’ve had similar coffee machines for the last 15 years, I doubt it. I was also surprised that at over £200 PP per night, there were no Scottish shortbread or biscuits in the room, or bottled water, which to me seemed to be a bit mean. We had breakfast booked for both nights, but I only went on the 2nd morning. My breakfast was seriously overcooked. Haggis was bone dry, bacon was burned and I needed to really ‘saw’ at the Scottish Scone to cut it. Even then it was inedible. It seemed to me that there were insufficient amounts of serving staff to deal with the guests. The lady who served me (god bless her) was jogging from the kitchen to the breakfast area! I also found out that my colleague received a ‘free dram’ on arrival at his room. I didn’t, not that matters much but you’d think each room/guest would be treated the same and that the service would be consistent. Can’t fault the staff whatsoever. Across the board pleasant, attentive and helpful. Some minor issues, that wouldn’t take a lot of effort to address.

We went for dinner on 16th July and received a very frosty reception and did not feel welcome at all. We enquired about dinner as non residents at 6pm and were told this was not possible until 8pm as the restaurant was busy however there were only 2 other tables present. We persuaded them on the basis of just ordering soup which we had in the nearly empty bistro. We were refused menus and had to ask for the bread that came with the small soup. We then went to the empty bar for a drink and received the same welcome. The waitress rolled her eyes, for the second time, at my friend when she was paying for the drinks. The whole atmosphere was very tense and I couldn’t wait to leave. I’ve never felt this awkward in a place before.

I went to whisky afternoon tea for Whisky Festival, the staff were amazing and so was the food. Ann was very welcoming and pleasant. I will be back for lunch or dinner. The hotel looks ok from the outside but when entering I had a pleasant surprise with the decor.

Had the most beautiful afternoon tea yesterday as part of the whisky festival events . Absolutely perfect in every way Beautiful food and perfect service Ann was just a diamond , what a lovely lady . A fabulous team of staff Will be back soon most definitely

Still and stove experience with Carys was very good. Great food, pretty good whisky pairings and excellent company. Good service, clean environment. All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable evening. Thanks to Carys; her patience, knowledge, enthusiasm and banter were just perfect.

My partner and I thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Station Hotel, the staff were lovely and we felt very at home, plus the food was fantastic. The whiskey bar is very impressive as well, perfect for sitting and relaxing while sippinh on a dram of whiskey or yummy cocktail! Plenty of activities to do around the area, I would highly recommend Linn Falls walk and Speyside Falconry.

We had a very poor experience in the restaurant. The choice on the menu was not the best, but we ordered the duck and the burger. We waited 45 minutes for our food to come. There were only two other tables in, so it wasn’t extremely busy. When the food came, both dishes were not very warm. The portion of my duck was tiny, and for the price of the dish, I don’t believe to be worth it at all. It didn’t taste very nice and the flavour combinations did not seem to work, I did not enjoy the confit leg and the duck was quite tough. The cabbage was the best part! My partners burger wasn’t anything special, better portion size, but he said the meat was dry and again, not very hot. We did mention this to our server and she kindly took money off the bill, however we definitely will not be back. Really disappointing as this hotel is meant to be 4 stars with a 2 AA rosette restaurant. We really looked forward to our meal too, but this was a very poor experience.

We were visiting Macallan and decided to dine at the Pagoda following a review in the Scotland on Sunday newspaper. The whole experience was superb from booking, to the meal and the fantastic service. Anna who took our booking remembered my wife was.Vegan. She provided great vegan options for her. Anna was super professional and friendly. The food was really excellent. Locally sourced and brilliantly presented. My advice is to book well in advance. We were lucky to get in at 7 pm. The restaurant was full shortly thereafter. Sensible prices too. Well done to the team.