The Caledonian Hotel

Good basic hotel, comfortable warm rooms, easy free parking - decent breakfast and dinner avaliable. A bit tired around the site but reasonable prices reflected.

Enjoyed our stay but could've been better if there was some entertainment during one or two evenings.

The hotel is VERY basic - imagine Travel Lodge (20 years ago). We had to have dinner there, food was very basic and bland. Breakfast (£12.50) was like a greasy spoon. On a positive note the views from the room were good and the staff were very friendly.

The hotel is quite a way out of Fort William and there is not a frequent bus service. Also the bus stop is about a five to ten minute walk up the road depending on your age. This meant ordering a taxi to get us into town and back, which at £8/10 each way will add to your costs. The hotel was clean, but the sofas and carpets in the lounge/bar and communal areas were stained and dated. The menu in the bar was very basic and mainly burgers and standard pub fare. We paid extra for a loch view room, which was nice but this was spoiled for us by a shed opposite constantly using power tools to sand tables and an angle grinder to cut other things. The weather was good but having the window open was very noisy that we closed it. Also the road is very busy and noisy during the day. The staff however were very good and Maggie in the breakfast room was a lovely cheerful start to our day. Breakfast was very good but only served until 9:00 a.m. which was a bit early for us as we like a lie in on holiday. We enjoyed our stay, but probably wouldn't stay here again on account of its location.

Only stayed the one night. Evening meal was fine and reasonable value. Breakfast was Help yourself no issues at all.