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Good Hotel Guide Review
‘What a fabulous place to stay!’ write trusted readers this year of this former Highland village blacksmith’s house and workshop, which Robert Bryson and Glen Russell now run as a restaurant-with-rooms. ‘We were very warmly welcomed by Robert, with home-made cake and tea.’ Four compact house bedrooms are decorated in attractive cottage style. Two have a king-size bed, two a 4ft 6in double. All have handmade soaps and fluffy robes. While two rooms face the road, they are quiet thanks to double glazing. If you want to stay a while, to explore the West Coast, maybe to climb Ben Nevis or take a scenic ride on the Jacobite Steam Train (aka the Hogwarts Express), book the Bryson Suite in the old smithy workshop. It has a ground-floor lounge, double bedroom, a bathroom with shower, and a spiral staircase to a twin-bedded room on a mezzanine. In Russell’s restaurant, Glen’s menus showcase local produce in dishes such as West Coast scallops au gratin and herb-crusted rump of lamb with pearl barley risotto, or for vegans maybe squash, chickpea and spinach curry. ‘The evening meal was delicious.’ (John and Val Norris, LM)
Hotel details
Address
Roy Bridge Road
Spean Bridge
Highland
PH34 4EU
Scotland
Telephone
01397 712335
Bedrooms
5. 1 suite in adjacent cottage.
Open
all year except 25/26, 31 Dec, restaurant closed Mon all year, Sun, Tues, Wed, Jan–Mar.
Facilities
garden room, restaurant, in-room TV (Freeview), parking.
Background music
in restaurant.
Children
not under 7.
Dogs
not allowed.
Credit cards
MC, Visa.
Prices
D,B&B doubles from £220, suite from £355, based on 3 sharing. À la carte, min. 2 courses, £45.
Other reviews
What a fabulous place to stay. We were very warmly welcomed by Robert, with homemade cake and tea. Showed us our comfortable bedroom ,
Evening meal was five star .
Would stop here again if in Spean Bridge.
- - September 2021
What a delightful hotel. Robert was charming and full of information. Our room was spotless, comfortable and every attention to detail covered. The evening meal was delicious. We would thoroughly recommend to stay here. Robert even provided us a breakfast in the evening as we had to be away early in the morning - how thoughtful.
- Lynn Middleton - September 2020
Every visit to Smiddy House exceeds expectations. 17 April was no exception : a warm welcome, excellent beer on draught, a comfortable room with good shower and nice toiletries, and, of course, the food. Cooked and served to perfection.
The following morning, Glen obligingly drove me back down to Gairlochy to continue my walk along the Great Glen Way.
- Philip Bright - April 2019
A great place to stay with wonderful food. The moment you walk in it is obvious that care and interest and a real flare has been shown in the decoration. Our bedroom was beautiful. Our dinner was wonderful, served in the quirky dining room with wallpaper that looks like bookshelves. Our breakfast was lovely.
- JT - March 2019
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