Macdonald Pittodrie House

Stayed here recently, had a fantastic room, really friendly staff and one of the best evening meals we’ve ever had, great location and stunning setting We had to arrive in our work clothes but were made to feel very welcome none the less! Will definitely be returning

We had a very relaxing 2 night deal here that included dinner one night, afternoon tea one day, plus tickets to Dunnotar Castle. It is a stunning hotel with welcoming and comfortable furniture and our room was very well appointed. There are some decor issues but it didn’t affect us. All the staff were very friendly, cheerful, attentive and helpful. The hotel is purported to be 4* but the food let it down. The dinner menu has limited choice, made worse by being told the blade of beef was not available and the chicken didn’t come with dauphinois potatoes. At breakfast on the second morning the poached egg yolk was hard and the scrambled egg had no taste. At breakfast on the third morning the bacon was dry and the tatty scones were like leather, and again the fried egg yolks were hard. We would need to see an improvement in the catering before we consider staying again.

A beautiful hotel, in stunning grounds. Food was lovely. Lovely breakfast cooked to order with a good selection. Staff were so nice and helpful, nothing was too much trouble especially the barman. Would definitely stay here again when I come back to visit family in the area.

I booked a family afternoon tea at Pittodrie House to celebrate my sister’s 86th birthday. I was very disappointed when we arrived to be told there was no record of my booking. The staff member sent us to sit in the bar ( no staff there) so she could investigate and talk to the chef. After waiting a while we were then told the chef said we actually could have afternoon tea and we were escorted through to a table where I was shown a piece of paper with a handwritten record of my booking which had been made for the 27th of May- 4 weeks later than the date I requested. We were offered complimentary drinks however an acknowledgment and simple apology for the mix up would have helped ease the very uncomfortable situation. I do understand that errors can be made but the off hand non apologetic manner in which we were dealt was not pleasant. Despite being made to feel an inconvenience the actual afternoon tea was nice - on a lovely sunny day in a lovely setting.

Lovely Staff , lovely food , lovely rooms. A romantic castle with a view of mountains. The ultimate romantic Scottish getaway fantasy come to life.

Beautiful hotel has a lovely feeling to it staff are very nice food lovely atmosphere brilliant loved everything about it thank you will definitely stay again great area for photography got some lovely shots of red squirrels and plenty of birds