Macdonald Aviemore Hotel

Spacious, clean room, helpful staff.

Everything from check in to check out was fantastic room was amazing breakfast so good & so much choice will definitely be back

Hotel on resort we booked was closed for night so our reservation has been moved to the highlands hotel . We did not recieve any communication or notification regarding this , we arrived 1 hour after check in time to a dark deserted hotel with a note posted on door telling us to to go to highland hotel reception nearby , so this was ever so slightly frustrating and stressful with 3 kids in the dark . Highland hotel had booked us in to 3 adjoining rooms which were lovely and great to have space for our family but communication from the hotel of the change would of been greatly recieved and welcome.

Room was dated, lighting didn’t light the space, room was never cleaned despite us asking on numerous occasions. Mould on bathroom ceiling and taps. Rusty radiators. Threadbare carpets. Unhelpful staff. Very expensive food and drinks on site. Breakfast was poor quality in choice and quality. Pastries always undercooked. Toast never actually toasted. Hot food over salted and often burnt.

Staff were nice enough. Room kidding on it was posh. Poor job hoovering though my daughter made some money on the coins found. Not so happy she was picking up Kirby grips, sharp hair pins, hair bobbles and those things plastic tags from new clothes from our room floor. Great finds for a family room when you have a young child. Some suspect substances on bedroom wall and back of toilet door (green). No information about what was on in resort. All posters up about cinema times/films more than a week out of date. No info on ice rink. Nothing about the play room next to pool and soft play. No opening times, what they offered. Assumed it was just for toddlers from what we could see through window. Until we noticed a young girl with craft stuff. Sign at our hotel reception gave pool opening hours but said to ask at pool reception for info on times for slide and eaves. Walked over for the guy at the pool to keep repeating the pool is open now like we had two heads Then of course we go a different day to discover not only was the slide not open yet but they had no towels. Pool was freezing, not just a little cold. Spa pool broken, steam room out of order. Thought there might have been evening entertainment on for kids as it is a family resort...not that we found despite it being the Scottish October holiday. Whilst breakfast was fine and staff attentive. Having so many stand and watch ready to pounce when you put a bowl down is disconcerting. Restaurant in our hotel shut.

have stayed here a couple of times over the years, the hotel i getting very tired now, rooms are dated and i was running marathon the next day and was leaving early, asked if i could get something for breakfast (that i paid for for my whole family) but was just told no. it was not a cheap room and was left disappointed.

Nice hotel.

The property is dated and the pictures do not show a true reflection of what it’s really like. Very bad breakfast, for having a hot plate everything was cold. Mattresses so worn down it was impossible to sleep. Excellent parking but overall a very poor experience that definitely was not value for money. I do not recommend this hotel.