"I loved staying here, the location is great. It is about a five minute walk from the train station, and within walkable distance to the center shops, dinning, and great areas to site see. The room wa..."
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About this bed and breakfast
Bed & breakfast with a restaurant, 8-minute walk to Inverness Castle This smoke-free bed & breakfast features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and free WiFi in public areas. Black Friars offers 9 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas and include desks. Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels.
Bathrooms include designer toiletries, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. This Inverness bed & breakfast provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include portable fans and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is provided daily.
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9.0Outstanding
(322 Ratings)
"I loved staying here, the location is great. It is about a five minute walk from the train station, and within walkable distance to the center shops, dinning, and great areas to site see. The room wa..."
Bed & breakfast with a restaurant, 8-minute walk to Inverness Castle This smoke-free bed & breakfast features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and free WiFi in public areas. Black Friars offers 9 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas and include desks. Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels.
Bathrooms include designer toiletries, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. This Inverness bed & breakfast provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include portable fans and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Amenities
Internet / Wifi
Wheelchair accessible
Family friendly
Things to know
Additional fees to expect
Cleaning & other feesWe include all stay related fees in the Cleaning Fee line, which may include cleaning, property manager, resort, tourism and other stay related fees. All Expedia properties are professionally cleaned after each stay.
Service feeThis helps Expedia provide a safer and more secure booking experience.
TaxesTaxes on accommodation such as Occupancy Tax, VAT, or GST. May also include tourism fees.
Customer support
Customer support is handled by our partner Expedia
Ratings and reviews
9.0 / 10.0
Outstanding(322 Ratings)
5.0 / 10.0
Great cooked breakfast and a large range of buffet items.
5.0 / 10.0
Fantastic stay and the tavern was great.
5.0 / 10.0
They let us check-in early, offering us complimentary snacks and breakfast during our stay. The room was beautiful and cozy and every clean—would 100% recommend staying above this pub.
1.0 / 10.0
After going out for dinner and drinks, we came back to find that our front door key didn’t work and which resulted in us being locked out of the hotel. We were unable to reach anyone there, and had to check into another hotel. We returned the next morning to share our story - the staff tried our keys and confirmed they didn’t work and couldn’t explain why.
3.0 / 10.0
Room had a slanted floor so had to sleep at the opposite end of the bed. Pretty loud street noise. Restaurant below is nice and good proximity to bars and restaurants.
5.0 / 10.0
Black Friars was an absolutely lovely place to stay, conveniently located away from the busiest streets, but still within walking distance. It was quiet; the staff was great; room was clean. We recommend!
Things that may matter to you: there is no elevator, or air conditioning.
Recommend the bar scene, and if you're there on a night "Old Fools" plays, don't miss them!
5.0 / 10.0
Very well kept room and bathroom. We stayed for two nights and it was a very nice room with a great restaurant down below which we were very bummed we couldn’t go more than once.
8.0 / 10.0
Wonderful hotel. Great stay. Only issue was the lack of an elevator. I knew it going in, but it was harder than I thought.
5.0 / 10.0
Fantastic experience. The rooms were right in the thick of downtown. Being above a well stocked pub also fulfilled my vacation wish list. You won’t be disappointed.
4.0 / 10.0
Great room, but the hot water situation was a problem…as in, there was no hot water first morning we were there. Also, lacking a secure location for luggage storage when we got there early. That said, room was great and the pub was quite good too.
10.0 / 10.0
I loved staying here, the location is great. It is about a five minute walk from the train station, and within walkable distance to the center shops, dinning, and great areas to site see. The room was beautiful and very clean, the bed was incredibly comfortable, the bathroom was very spacious and very nice! There was also a very stocked up welcome basket in the room. The staff was friendly and very helpful, and check in and out was quick and easy. Didn't try the food downstairs, but the drinks were delicious and the bar was very nice. I would definitely stay here again!!
10.0 / 10.0
Great place to stay. An authentic Public house. Short walk to the train station and bus station. Walkable to restaurants shops etc. downside of the location is it’s a bit noisy at night.
6.0 / 10.0
We paid more than $550 per night. The room was ok, but the breakfast was awful.
10.0 / 10.0
Traveling with kids can be complicated, but this stay was absolutely excellent. The rooms were both spacious and comfortable. The staff was friendly, attentive, and check in/out was a breeze. There’s no lift, so be prepared to carry luggage up the stairs.
5.0 / 10.0
This is the quaintest little hotel in the heart of Inverness. We were in Scotland for 11 days, and our 3 day stay at Blackfriar was the absolute best. 10/10 recommend.
10.0 / 10.0
Great stay
8.0 / 10.0
It was such a quaint room right in the heart of town, near train station and lots of walking trails.
10.0 / 10.0
Fantastic place. Everyone was very friendly, nice, and helpful! The restaurant was also great!
8.0 / 10.0
The rooms were nice and well kept and the manager let us stay an extra hour after checkout to accommodate our plans. The check-in was a bit fraught. We were told check-in was at 2pm so we had lunch in the restaurant (issues with that also re every 5 minutes a different excuse why we didn't have our food). At 2pm the strange excuses started as to why we couldn't yet check-in. In the end supposedly there was some kind of walk out by the cleaning staff and the manager had to clean all the rooms. A few hours later we finally were able to get our room. Some amenities were missing or low (tp) but that was rectified the next day. We were also told breakfast was at 7am then we came down and the woman told us 7:30a so couldn't eat. The next days breakfast the woman told us it wasn't included but my reservation said it was (it was). After the first days issues the only other issue was that the walls are thin and the floors very creaky; you can hear everyone walking in the rooms above and next to you. The food options on the block were good (the Moroccan place across the street is EXCELLENT!). Overall a positive experience but their communication needs work.
8.0 / 10.0
We had a nice cozy room above the Pub. The owner was very kind. The location was convenient to both the bus station and the train station. Our booking on Expedia was supposed to have included continental breakfast. The continental breakfast options were almost non-existent (think dry cereal and toast). The accommodations combined with the limited breakfast made it not worth the price we paid.
10.0 / 10.0
Staff were incredible!@!
6.0 / 10.0
PROS: Walkable to train, busses, taxis, pubs, restaurants, markets, bridges across the River Ness and shopping! Location was excellent. Unless you wanted to travel outside of Inverness for a sightseeing tour or drive, no transportation is needed in this area. The bathroom was also big with a great shower.
CONS: I think the food at the Blackfriars restaurant right below our rooms was probably decent.. but on our 2nd visit to the restaurant we were taken to a table then promptly ignored for more than 20 min.. we sat and watched multiple servers walk past us many times waiting on other tables but we were completely overlooked. We’d seen this happen to another couple the night before, but just thought they may have been impatient, as they walked out after about 15 min of being ignored; however, once we experienced it firsthand, we realized that sadly, this might be a regular occurrence. To add insult to injury, when we finally had enough waiting, we got up to leave and were asked “how we liked everything?” We explained we never got service and that we were also guests in the hotel. They let us walk out without any explanation or apology. And we never went back there to eat again for the entire week. And they never reached out at any time during our week long stay to try and make it right.
Our room was also extremely small and the floors were VERY slanted and creaked REALLY bad with every step taken, which you could hear at all hours from the rooms above as well.
6.0 / 10.0
The reception was quick and efficient but several other areas were in need of improvement. The rooms were tiny and I had to duck my head to get into the bed. No air conditioning which wasn’t a surprise in Scotland but it was very noisy when the windows were cracked to obtain cooler air. Drunks screaming at 3 AM and loud cars roaring down the street. Great TV with the easy ability to access prime, Netflix, etc (using your own login, of course) . The continental breakfast was not very good, definitely would not pay for it.
8.0 / 10.0
Lovely location. The room was very charming and clean. Comfortable bed. Friendly staff. Only downside was the food in the dining room was not very good (undercooked/bland).
10.0 / 10.0
We didn’t eat dinner there, and there was live music for awhile at night, but it ended around 10pm, so it was quiet when we wanted to sleep. We did eat at the restaurant for breakfast, and it was very tasty. We checked in around 8pm, and the owner/manager walked us to our room. He was very friendly. It was a convenient place to walk to various places, like Leakey’s Bookshop (right behind the hotel) and Greigg’s Bridge to get a good view of Inverness. Parking is not on-site, but it was a quick walk from the Old Town Rose Street car park. We only stayed one night, but I would recommend! It was clean and comfortable!
10.0 / 10.0
It was great to have the restaurant right below us. We were able to walk everywhere without getting a car. Lots of freebie treats in the room were a nice touch. We would definitely stay there again!
10.0 / 10.0
Great family room close to train station and short walk to the river and restaurants.
10.0 / 10.0
The vibrant atmosphere of the property overall. Mattress was great for a good night's sleep! Ps. A big shout-out to Caitlyn for her professionalism!
8.0 / 10.0
This property has a lot of character, it’s overall clean, but it does need a little bit of TLC. It is very difficult to get heavy luggage up the narrow stairs
10.0 / 10.0
Unique boutique style accommodations with great view of city and wonderful restaurant downstairs!
10.0 / 10.0
Such a cute and nice private hotel. The staff is all very sweet and kind. The room was very clean and had yummy snacks stocked for us as well.
10.0 / 10.0
This was the most amazing stay we had during our 2week trip. Rooms were comfortable clean and spacious. Owner and all staff were amazing and friendly !
5.0 / 10.0
We loved our stay at Black Friars! The room was spacious and very comfortable. We were able to store our luggage the day of arrival and departure which was super helpful to allow us to explore Inverness. We enjoyed conversing with the proprietor and learning about Scotch. We also enjoyed a couple of meals at the tavern.
8.0 / 10.0
Really loved this stay! It was only one night so we didn’t get a full on stay experience. The owner greeted us and was so helpful getting our keys and showing us your room. Only thing was the bathroom had a bit of a funky smell but with us being there one night it was unbearable if you kept the door closed. Very comfy bed and super close for walking to everything!
10.0 / 10.0
A huge mention to Niahm who delivered in an amazing service from the moment we walked in to us leaving.
This place has completely over exceeded on my expectations and an amazing value for the money.
8.0 / 10.0
Amazing room, feels like home with a big bath and amazing shower also, only food was taken too long to be served other than this everything was great.
8.0 / 10.0
This property has excellent reviews but I just couldn't give it 5 stars. The radiator in our room didn't work so it was cold when we got there. The cleaning staff were cleaning other rooms and had turned off all the heating on the floors while they worked. After several trips to the bar/reception to try to get the heating in our room going it wasn't resolved so we used a little fan heater. The paintwork is a bit tired and the grout i the shower could use a deep clean. The staff were friendly and tried to help where they could.
10.0 / 10.0
We enjoyed staying at Black Friars. The staff were really great. The food and drinks were good as well.
10.0 / 10.0
The Black Friar was a great place to stay in Inverness. It was really convenient to the bus station. Close to everything that I wanted to see and walk to. The staff were helpful and accommodating. The room was perfect and had a great shower! Would stay again.
4.0 / 10.0
Nice pub style restaurant nice clean comfy room
FAQs
Is parking included with this bed and breakfast?
Parking is not specified as an available amenity at Black Friars. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.
Is there a pool at this bed and breakfast?
We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this bed and breakfast. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.
Is Black Friars pet friendly?
Unfortunately, this bed and breakfast is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"
What amenities are available at Black Friars?
We found 3 amenities for this rental. This includes internet / wifi, wheelchair accessible, and family friendly.
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