We recently stayed in The Newton Hotel in Nairn and it was lovely. We booked an Executive room on bed and breakfast. This allocated a room (115) in the newer extension part of the hotel. The room was large with a huge (bigger than kingsize) bed. The bathroom was one of the largest I have seen in a hotel with separate bath and separate shower, a huge sink area with lots of room for toiletries and a tiled floor with underfloor heating.

We ate our evening meal in the hotels restaurant. It was a little pricey but you pay for the convenience. The meal was from a set menu (table d'hote) 2 courses for £20 and 3 for £25. Although there was no a la carte there was a good and varied choice from the set menu and everyone in our party found something they liked. Breakfast was also good with cereals,pastries and fruit self service and then a good hot breakfast and toast served to your table.

The bar area of the hotel is very comfortable and welcoming with lots of armchair type seating and a lovely fire.

The setting of the hotel is beautiful with a well kept mature garden. Parking is free.

I was sad we only had one night here on our touring holiday and will definitely return for a stay of 2 or 3 nights next time.

A lot of complaints from the reviews seem to be based on rooms in the old building so I would definitely make sure you have one of the rooms on the new building. I would guess the Standard rooms would put you in the old building.

Also I don't think this hotel is part of the Swallow group anymore.

Stay away from this hotel by all means. We booked a master room and prepaid for it. When we reached there, they tried to put us into a standard room thinking we would not notice. When we pointed out, they acted in surprise and told us that they already rented out all master rooms.

We didn’t have a choice as it was too late to look for another hotel. The room was smelly, carpet had stains all over the rooms, mold around tub, plaster coming off on corners. There were 2 faucets for hot and cold water a foot apart on sink with a warning that hot water is too hot. If you just resort to use cold water, it would cause hypothermia as you can not mix both. I can’t even begin to explain the faucet in tub. The trash can had garbage we checked in was never collected during our stay. Shampoo and body wash were never replaced in the bathroom.

We stayed at this hotel for a weekend away in January 2008, on arrival we were upgraded to the Macmillan Suite which was larger than my house, this was situated in the old part and could be doing with a little bit of TLC, but in general it was a comfortable room. Breakfast was okay but oyu have to be early to make full use of the continential breakfast as it doesnt seem to get replaced that often. Evening meals were very nice. One thing I would point out is that some websites advertyise this hotel with a leisure club which is situated in a sister hotel 500 yards away, this was the main reason i booke it, on my arrival I discovered that they were no longer part of the same chain and therefore could not use the facilities at this hotel. Overall, adequate for a couple of nights especially if you are planning to use it for a base to go sightseeing.

The hotel was lovely in every way. The only issue was the check in. The receptionist took my credit card and charged £2 to for no reason and gave no explination.
Also she never gave any details of dinner or breakfast. Poor arrival experience.