Atholl Hotel — Hotel in Aberdeen City

Hello friends family followers of my reviews Barry here again reviewing a fabulous place welcome to the athol hotel Aberdeen read on situated in the west end of Aberdeen sitscthe athol a beautiful building full of character and charm loads of parking it's stunning once inside as my friend and I did the other night straight away you feel a lovely homely vibe it was as ever bustling with people enjoying a meal and that's what we were here for so glad we did! Firstly the staff are absolutely wonderful Gordon the co owner and manager is a true gentleman what a nice person and his assistant manager lee cales was just as lovely we were shown to our beautifully adorned table and presented with menus now my mum and I have gone here for 30 years and it's always been consistently excellent as it was this time the menu is varied with a great selection vegetarians vegans all dietary needs are skillfully catered for starters we both opted for the prawn cocktail with fresh brown bread wonderful in a word juicy fresh prawns with the sweetest Marie rose sauce a fresh delicate side salad and the tastiest brown bread and a wedge of lemon fabulous a great start to our meal! For mains my friend opted for the slow cooked braised beef and I opted for the rib eye steak with wholetail scampi accompanied with salad veg and chunky chips Anna out waitress was so lovely the whole restaurant just had a lovely feeling it was so nice! The mains arrived wow the braised beef was unbelievable so soft and tender melt in the mouth expertly cooked delicious my steak was prime beef cooked to perfection bursting with flavour and the wholetail scampi just added to the sensation and the home cooked chips a delight cooking to the very highest standard what can I say! For dessert we both had ice cream lovely creamy soft iced cream with lovely wafers atop a perfect end to a sublime meal it was excellant ! As readers of my reviews know I don't do bad reviews if I eat somewhere and it's not great I just don't do the review but I'm so happy to tell you everything about the athol is five star the staff the decor the ambience and the food this is one of aberdeens restaurants and hotels a glorious place to relax and unwind if your in Aberdeen you must stop by you will not be disappointed I assure you best wishes...

We recently had our Granda's wake here & when confirming over the phone how many people etc would be there we said around 50 & to be fair they said that they cater for another 20 ppl at least just incase which was nice BUT they forgot to let us know when they would be closing their upstairs venue (which was at 5pm) & we only had arrived there after 2pm so we were VERY DISAPPOINTED when they came round just after 4.30pm saying if we wanted 1 morw drink then to order it now as they was closing upstairs altogether at 5pm. We was not told any of that when we booked the Atholl Hotel as if we did then to be very honest we would've changed venue & picked somewhere else as they were too quick to take our money + they saw how upset everyone was but when it came to 5pm that was it, the shop was shut basically.!!! Not that this matters at this moment in time but we had spent alot of money within the 2 & maybe 3 quarter's that we had in there but as said that's the least of our worries. Then when we came down stairs the Manager couldn't get us out of the Atholl quick enough for some reason as there was no loud mouthed people or drunk people either + by this time alot of people had enough because of the way we was getting treated at a wake, as the manager was basically stqnding in between us all asking what was we going to do ? Erm sorry sir but we have just lost the head of our Family here & you are worrying about what we was away to do after spending a small fortune in your Function room along with the booking fee also. So all in all i would not recommend this Hotel for a wake or anything similar ATALL going by the way we was all treated by the Manager especially. The other thing is we stay in the westend also & are actually only 5 minutes if 5 minutes away from the Atholl Hotel which makes it even more worse but my last comment will do it for us as this was the place that my Granda had 1 of his very last good times in there so that's the very reason why we picked the venue. ( i really hope the Atholl Hotel can read this & hang their heads in shame after reading this as we was all left deflated after. Thank you Atholl Hotel but no thanks, Never Again & we will be passing our opinions along to everyone that we see. Very...

The Atholl is a very special place for many Aberdonians, and above all it really does represent good food at a fair price. Many of the people who work here have been there many years and know the regulars as friends and not just customers. Many family milestones/events are marked here. The regulars really are regular- many for weekly meetings with pals, some just for a drink. For me it's a constant and reliable place to meet friends and family. They've moved with the times and and cater for all generations young and not quite so young. My mother-in-law got a small portion while the young ones got full portions. My Ox cheek "stew" with pastery was almost perfectly cooked - I'd have gone a bit slower for a wee bit longer- but it was very tasty. I'm not sure what the others thought of their lunches but really would be surprised if they didn't enjoy their meals. This is a classic friendly comfortable place to eat and drink. It has kept up to date and if you're looking for a covid safe friendly place for a good meal I can't think of a better place to visit. Well done all of you at the Atholl, many thanks, stay safe and...