3-Star Hotels in Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

Absolutely love this hotel. Service was superb. Staff is really warm and friendly. Eateries are nearby. Love the room, it s clean and modern and quiet. The bed is super comfy. Highly recommended.

The room was very clean and comfortable. Pity it had limited TV channels and no WiFi facilities within but you could access WiFi in the main lobby. Another downside was you had to pay £5 each to use the swimming pool which was a real shame as this was not known to us prior to booking. Breakfast was absolutely fantastic with a full Scottish spread with very friendly staff. It was the highlight of our stay. Overall, a very pleasant experience at the Waterside and we would stay again.

I spent 4 nights at Rooms at 31 whilst visiting family in the area. It is ideally situated within Stonehaven, a short walk to the seafront and a pleasant (but steep) walk to the war memorial and Dunottar Castle. Stonehaven itself has everything you might need for a short stay: places to eat, groceries etc. Rooms at 31 was clean and adequate for my needs. There were a few minor issues in the room which I have already contacted the owner about, but this did not adversely affect my stay. Breakfast is a self-serve affair with access to cereals, bread/toast, packaged morning goods, hot drinks and juice. The advantage of this set-up is that you can have breakfast at any time and it's not restricted to limited serving times as you would usually have in a B&B. It would have been useful to have had a mini fridge in the room, and access to a microwave, perhaps, for being able to heat food when eating out is not possible/desirable. It would also have been nice to feel that the breakfast room was usable outside of breakfast instead of feeling I needed to eat my takeaway in my room. Overall, I found the stay rather impersonal, not seeing anyone else for my entire stay, except for a very short encounter one morning in the breakfast room with whom I suspected may have been the owner. If I hadn't been visiting family, it would have been a rather lonely stay. This is not a fault, merely my preference. I can see how it would work well for businesses travellers or anyone who prefers the self-checkout in a supermarket and not dealing with other human beings!

Great host, nice setting and does all the simple things really well