This review involves the restaurant. The staff was quite friendly and we had no issue making a booking for a Sunday afternoon at 5:00 pm. I mentioned that I had a food allergy to paprika and suddenly the menu became limited to just a few options. That was quite disappointing to me, as I had not encountered such limited options in any of the other restaurants where we ate over a 2 week period. The fact that the Buchan Hotel restaurant had such limitations makes me feel that much of the food is not made fresh. Paprika can be in broth based food, but otherwise, is generally used as a garnish that can easily be eliminated when made fresh. I ended up choosing the small version of the Sunday Roast with the pork, as the chicken option was depleted. My pork was cold, which did concern me, as I had no idea how long the food had been sitting out with it being a Sunday Roast that began around noon time. As a result, I ended up eating the vegetables, and left quite disappointed with my meal. Our dinner was on Sunday, 17 Sept.
Overall nice hotel and nice people, but there was one HUGE problem with my stay. The shower water smelled HORRIBLY like...sewage or something rotten. My hair smelled absolutely disgusting two weeks even tough I washed it many times. Please, dear hotel staff, fix this issue.
Breakfast fantastic. Evening menu very poor needs to update or do daily chefs specials. Staff brilliant ladies.
My room was noisy and i found it difficult sleep, in 2023 you would expect double glazing to help reduce the road noise (room 115), i left early as i had a long drive, 3 hours sleep if that prior to checking out, shower took forever to heat up, bathroom window would not open or close. Evening meal was mediocre and bland, thankfully it was only a very short stay, i doubt my company will book this hotel again, it needs a full refurb to bring it up to todays standards. Staff were ok.
Thanks for having me, all be it briefly for the EGM. Really enjoyed my stay. Made some brilliant friends and the breakfast did the job!
Sorry, we don't have any current events or offers for this pub.
Sorry, we don't have any current news or jobs for this pub.
Sorry, we don't have any menus listed at the moment.
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, AB41