Melville Castle Hotel

Great location, lovely view. Large spacious rooms, comfortable bed. Blackout curtains that were really effective. Excellent customer service with helpful, friendly and kind staff.

Arranged our 2-night stay as a combination birthday present for my wife and an alternative for our honeymoon (which we had to cancel in May due to a parent being hospitalised). We chose the location as part of our trip to Edinburgh for the 75th Military Tattoo (which unfortunately was cancelled on the night we had tickets for due to Storm Floris). The Castle and grounds are at the end of a half-mile-long drive that takes you through woodland and follows the river. The Castle car park is in front of the main entrance so not too far to carry bags etc. Our room (a junior suite) was as impressive as we thought it would be, and very comfortable. The furniture is looking a little tired and worn; again, a little varnish or polish would change that. The food we had for breakfast was very nice, with a good selection to suit most tastes and appetites. The grounds are surrounded by woodland and has a river running through, this makes for an enjoyable and peaceful walk at anytime of day. Overall, it was a stay in a castle, not a budget hotel. We were celebrating (trying to celebrate) a couple of events from this year, and this place will have memories for us for many years. We have rebooked the Tattoo for the following week and booked in the castle again for just 1 night.

The castle was lovely and the staff were great, and they brought breakfast in bed on my partner's 70th birthday on request and sang happy birthday which was nice, the bar staff was nice and friendly and did have a lovely meal one night of our stay.

Thought it might be interesting to stay at a REAL castle on our UK/Scotland vacation. Overall Melville Castle was a nice change from your average so so hotel. Why we were not THRILLED is apparantly, this place is also used for catering. So outside in a window or two you could see unsightly chairs up against a window...and if I recall there was a tent for catering on-site too...I might have that wrong. In the castle as you are walking towards the lobby from your room again you pass some disheveled room where a lot of chairs. are,..some poking thru a curtain just messy...Also had a musty smell passing that room. If not for the catering stuff we loved the stay otherwise. We did have an issue with our toilet that was to not working ....would not flush, but staff was super great had it fixed within in minutes. Resturant was ok....not amazing but it was good. Overall a unique experince, nice room...but the darn catering mess we saw makes me detract a star or two....Breakfast was good btw.

The location was absolutely beautiful and we love exploring the grounds. The castle itself had some beautifully kept and well-maintained main rooms that were fun to look at. It was like stepping back in time.