The Kirkwall Hotel

Good Location in front of the port, the restaurant food is good and there is a local pub next to the hotel. The rooms are spacious enough with the view on the port. The service is good and overall the hotel is clean and tidy. Perfect for a short stay in Kirkwall

Two night stay at The Kirkwall Hotel in September 2024. Lovely, comfortable room with sea view overlooking the harbour. Large, comfortable bed with amazing bedding. We slept so well! It looked like the bathroom had recently been refurbished and everything looked to be of very high quality. Great shower! Did not dine here in the evening but breakfast was very good. Partner can recommend having kipper here. Its self service but all of very good quality and checked regularly. Did not have too much interaction with the staff but the ones we did were very friendly and professional. I think the location and history of this hotel makes it so good. Its within easy walking distance of shops, bars, cafes and St Magnus Cathedral. Would like to mention the lift. It's great! Must be the original from when the hotel was built. Like stepping back in time. Thank you for a great stay.

We stayed at this hotel as part of a tour group for four nights. We arrived on the ferry from Aberdeen, which meant a very late check-in. We were allocated a small but nice room with a very comfortable bed overlooking the harbour. The compact shower room was very well appointed. There is also a nice lounge area on the third floor. One feature of interest was the very old style small lift to the upper floors, which required external and internal doors to be shut manually. If not left fully shut on exit, the lift would not be available for future use. Breakfast in the restaurant also provided plenty of choice including catering for dietary requirements. We did experience a housekeeping issue related to the standard of bed making, which was reported, but overall our stay was very good. We would stay again if needing accommodation in Kirkwall.

Came for an evening meal, having been a couple of times before. The young waiting staff were super, friendly and pleasant. The food was really not good enough - The haggis dough balls tasted awful (opinion of someone who likes haggis), the grimbister cheese was tepid and the accompanying cream, just plain odd. Our mains weren't much better-over cooked salty beef and unappetising vegetables. The decor upgrade is great, the food really let's it down. I certainly won't go back.

We had a great overnight stay in the Kirkwall Hotel. We stayed in 204 overlooking the harbour, which was a beautifully decorated room. The location was perfect for the ferry, which we had disembarked at 11pm following a rough crossing from Shetland. Despite the late hour, we got a warm welcome at reception and our room was all ready with an extra bed made up for our son. We were particularly delighted by the real coffee and cafetière in the room - a lovely and much appreciated touch! All the staff were friendly and welcoming. Unfortunately we had to depart quite quickly this morning for the ferry to Scrabster, but we had time for breakfast which wasn’t a huge selection but had everything we needed. We would definitely stay again if we needed accommodation in Kirkwall.