I have just come back from a short stay in this hotel. The setting is wonderful, but the hotel itself is very run down. It seems to be functioning on the back of an old website for Skyewalks. This was organised for us, but was very informal. Although the owner, Kev is very friendly it is obvious he does not have experience in this field.
The room which we had was shabby, cold, and damp. The TV did not work. The beds were clean, but the bathroom was small, lacked ventilation and very cold. We were offered the use of TVs in any of the other rooms but none worked. The shower curtain was ripped. The carpets were dirty.
The food was not very fresh, particularly the bread and soup. Breakfast was the best meal served.
The two local guides Kevin used for the walks were very friendly, knowledgeable and were very happy to take us out. However they seemed rather unhappy with the arrangements.
This is not very good value for money and was a great disappointment.
This place has such potential if some money is spent to modernise and upgrade the facilities.

After 7 hours on a train to Skye, three hours of driving and two hours of climbing, I was so hopeful that when I rolled into Duntulm Castle Hotel, I would find a semi-clean guest house with decent food.

What I found was a cozy, clean and warm house with AMAZINGLY fresh and tasty food, and Guiness on tap. What more can one ask for.

Dinner was fresh mussels and the freshest Lamb Chops I might have ever had. My full SCottish breakfast was pretty damned good, as well!!

Really, if you are doing Skye in two days, it's the perfect place to stay inbetween. Do the east side of Skye (Portree, Trotternish, Quirang), make your way to Duntulm, and then go down the west side (Dunvern, Cuillins, Elgol).

Duntulm Castle is absolutely fabulous. We are bikers (oh yes dreadful hairy arse bikers) no in fact we are all in our 40s and respectable business people, but lets face it thats the usual thought. We arrived at the hotel through a dreadful blizzard, soaking wet and we were welcomed warmly by Kevin and his wife who put all our wet clothes to dry by the open fire. We were treated to a wonderful meal of the freshest fish we had ever tasted and we had a wonderful evening to follow. The rooms were so comfortable and the views spectacular. Kevin was full of interesting stories to keep us amused and after a wonderful breakfast (which Kevin tried to ply us with more of) we very sadly parted. I would dearly love to return and I really hope I do some day.

I agree with much that has been said in the previous reviews and I have stayed at the hotel before, about 2 years ago, under the previous owners.

This year however we stayed for 3 nights. Everything was fine for the first 2 nights – the excellent food, views, sunsets etc. The third night a group of 8 “bikers” arrived. Not bikers as in “greasers” but a group of middle-aged men from the NE of England who acted like overgrown schoolboys on a night out without a teacher being present. In order to get to the bar at about 10pm we had to step over various bodies sprawled out on the floor of the lounge as they played some stupid games and my wife was the subject of some sarcasm. While we sat in the bar various members of the group continually came in to buy drinks, including triple ports! Their language was often appalling and I am no prude! We decided that it was not worth going to bed as our room was directly above the lounge. Even the locals in the bar were disgusted with their behaviour.

In the end though we did go up to bed and on our way told the landlord/owner, Kevin, of our concerns. He said that he wouldn’t let it go on much longer but was less than apologetic. We just sat up in bed as the noises of the many conversations below were so loud we could not sleep. They eventually went to bed at about 1pm.

We were both very disappointed that the owner did not warn them about their raucous behaviour and suggest they have some respect for the other guests staying at the hotel that night. The whole episode spoilt an otherwise excellent stay in what is a superb, peaceful, undisturbed setting.

If the hotel is trying to build up a successful business then it should clamp down on this type of behaviour quickly before the wrong kind of reputation is made.