A great country house in the old tradition. Staff friendly and very efficient. Quality and presentation of food excellent.
Superb location for touring the magnificent countryside in Perthshire.

Simply the best service! We got married at Ballathie House Hotel last May and could not fault it! Service was fantastic especially as we organised the wedding from London. In comparison to service at other scottish hotels, we also stayed at the Scotsman in Edinburgh and found the hospitality rather lacking.

Must have a fabulous past life,with the river Tay running by,birds,rabbits,spring flowers and great trees.
However it now needs management,money,makeover,and trained manpower.
From booking to paying our bill I think we only met one native english speaker.One of the breakfast waiters at least was learning basics on the job.Their well regarded chef left them last year.We did not take dinner,but breakfast was rough,slow and ordinary.
As usual on a Saturday a wedding reception was taking priority, no we could not eat lunch,use room service.No menu in the room,and a five pound service charge later,a lot later,we had a good sandwich and flask of soup.
The riverside annex is behind the staff quarters,and looks drab but the room was pleasant,with a back door facing the river and a small patio.However as mentioned by others noise from the room above is bad.This block is only seven years old,blame the builder?
The riverside walk to the main house can be pleasant,weather permitting.
Sad the hotel has lost its charm and style.

Our free tijme is very limited so when we do have a break we tend to head for an upmarket hotel where we can expect a bit of luxury and delicious food.

We chose Ballathie because it had the same AA grading as the fantastic Loch Torridon Hotel. We expected things to be on a par. Not so. On arriving in the lobby, the porter looked at us and took to his heels. This was a poor start in comparison with Torridon where on arrival on a very wet night we were met at our car in the carpark with an umbrella, our luggage taken to our room and we were immediately offered refreshment. We were directed by the receptionist to our room - no 25 at the end of a very long corridor. We had asked for a river view and it was there if you craned your neck.

The first night dinner was reasonable, not fantastic, but reasonable. Breakfast the first morning - I chose fresh fruit salad with vanilla stock syrup. Guess what? no syrup - only dry fruit salad, mostly apples

Second night menu was disappointing as only a couple of items had changed, one new starter and one new main. The puds did not alter all the time we were there. My vegetarian mushroom dish supposedly served on a green bean salad (2 beans, lots of lettuce) should have been served with a chive cream sauce, which arrived after prompting by which time I was nearly finished.

The Monday menu on display at the front door was still on display when we left on the Thursday.

On our 3rd night we ate a delicious dinner at Let's Eat in Perth - highly recommendable.

The worst part of the stay was our room, which was adequately furnished but with a very poor t.v. The bathroom was very nice.

Room 25 should be given over to the housekeeping staff as a storeroom. The problem is it is above the trades entrance and deliveries start very early in the morning. One morning at 6.30 a delivery man did his drop off and then proceeded to have his flask and piece, while reading his newspaper with his diesel engine still running right under our window The old black van the baker has is particularly noisy. The worst was a van arriving at 4.30 (one morning only) to make his drop off. On top of that staff congregating outside to have a fag and a blether. I was for going home after the second night.

Would we go back - in a word no. It was too expensive for what we got and we did not return home feeling rested and refreshed On a positive note the grounds and situation are lovely.