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McKays Hotel Bar & Restaurant

3.0 star property

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Welcome to the reception area, where friendly staff are available to assist with your stay.
Traditional stone building with a pitched roof and symmetrical facade, featuring a window and hanging flower baskets.
Relax in a stylishly designed room with a comfortable bed, sofa, and flat-screen TV.
Relax in a spacious living room with two sofas and a coffee table, featuring a high ceiling with exposed beams and a window with curtains.
Enjoy a warm atmosphere with a mix of modern and traditional decor, featuring a large map and comfortable seating options.

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Business services

Explore the area

Map
138 Atholl Road, Pitlochry, Scotland, PH16 5AG
  • Pitlochry Festival Theatre
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Bells Blair Athol Distillery
    ‪15 min walk‬
  • Edradour Distillery
    ‪4 min drive‬

Room options

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Mckays Superior Rooms | 2 bedrooms, premium bedding, individually decorated

Mckays Superior Rooms

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(14 reviews)
  • 400 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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2 bedrooms, premium bedding, individually decorated

Mckays Small Double room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Mckays Deluxe Room | 2 bedrooms, premium bedding, individually decorated

Mckays Deluxe Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Cottage | 2 bedrooms, premium bedding, individually decorated

Standard Cottage

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 King Bed, 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Free toiletries, hair dryer, towels, soap

Townhouse Single

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 250 sq ft
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Townhouse Family Room | 2 bedrooms, premium bedding, individually decorated

Townhouse Family Room

  • 350 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Free toiletries, hair dryer, towels, soap

Townhouse Classic Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(5 reviews)
  • 300 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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2 bedrooms, premium bedding, individually decorated

Mckays Single

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 250 sq ft
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Suite | 2 bedrooms, premium bedding, individually decorated

Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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2 bedrooms, premium bedding, individually decorated

Mckays Classic Rooms

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(7 reviews)
  • 300 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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2 bedrooms, premium bedding, individually decorated

McKays Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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2 bedrooms, premium bedding, individually decorated

Townhouse Double Room

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(6 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About this property

McKays Hotel Bar & Restaurant

3-star Pitlochry hotel with 2 restaurants
This smoke-free hotel features 2 restaurants, a bar/lounge, and a snack bar/deli. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a meeting room, express check-in, and tour/ticket assistance are onsite.
McKays Hotel Bar & Restaurant offers 39 accommodations with hair dryers and complimentary toiletries. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Beds feature premium bedding. Televisions come with digital channels. This Pitlochry hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. The property also offers a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This Edwardian hotel also offers a terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and a garden.

McKays Hotel Bar & Restaurant is a smoke-free property.

Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8:30 AM and 10 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in local cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Onsite venue #2 - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.

Languages

English, Polish, Romanian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: GBP 14 per person
  • 2 restaurants
  • A bar/lounge
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • 18-hole adjacent golf course

Family friendly

  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • In a nature reserve
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • Hardwood flooring in public areas
  • No elevator

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 2 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Comprehensive food waste policy
  • Double-glazed windows
  • Edwardian architecture
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Smoking not allowed
  • Vegan dining options
  • Vegetarian breakfast available
  • Vegetarian dining options

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle

More

  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately GBP 14.00 per person

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

National rating

This establishment has received its official star rating from VisitScotland, the National Tourist Board for Scotland.

Property is also known as

McKays Hotel Bar Pitlochry
McKays Hotel Bar
McKays Bar Pitlochry
Mckays Bar & Restaurant
McKays Hotel Bar & Restaurant Hotel
McKays Hotel Bar & Restaurant Pitlochry
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McKays Hotel Bar & Restaurant Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 303 out of 563 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 164 out of 563 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 62 out of 563 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 17 out of 563 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 563 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Linda

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

john

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

Never again

Not as expected attick room which was at the end of what could only be described as a Rabbit warren. A new concept to me is they do not make up the room unless you ask no hot water or heating on second night Staff on the bar were very good not so sure about reception. Would not stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hotel, would recommend, just be wary of service charges on the bill.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Laureen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

June

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A deceptively spacious hotel with lovely individual rooms. Quiet too although on the main street. The breakfasts were delicious with lots of choice. Would thoroughly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Ali

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
There was nothing wrong with this property. Our room was fine but access to the rooms, out the back of the restaurant having walked past people eating, was not ideal. I had to report the hairdryer as it was making a terrible noise and overheated which I feared could be dangerous. Breakfast was satisfactory.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Knowledge from staff very well received. All amenities excellent. fantastic size of tv but maybe too big for the time you stay, would have preferred smaller tv and a mirror on wall for drying hair, make-up etc. Still a great hotel! Thanks McKays.. Mrs.B.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Richard

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
McKays is not so much a hotel as a pub complex with rooms. Our room was excellent, quite newly decorated with a great bed and a good TV. It did overlook the compressors for the pub equipment in the yard so if it's warm and you want the window open it's a bit loud. Otherwise the room was great, bathroom and shower were excellent. There is a very small car park so don't rely on getting your car in, and on-street parking nearby is difficult. There are public car parks nearby which are free from 6pm to 8am. Location is really excellent, right in the centre of Pitlochry. Staff didn't seem terribly happy. There is a residents entrance which gets you out towards the back of the place and the car park but there's some sort of drain which means you're always stepping over a trickle of foul-looking liquid as you enter or leave. A rubber link mat might sort that. McKays is a complex of bar/restaurant, ice cream stand, fish and chip shop and there's a townhouse across the road, so it's not quite a small family run business. The above sounds overly negative but to summarise, our room was excellent, some issues were sorted very quickly, and the central location is hard to beat. Car parking would be the only deal breaker in terms of our returning.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

James

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Colin

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly hotel. Staff are excellent. Good that they allow dogs.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ellis Anne, Brevard

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
So cozy and quaint
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Kevin

Traveled with partner
Liked: Amenities
The staff were really nice. Hotel is in a great location. My complaint was we couldn’t get warm water from our shower, room 101.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed for a night while on our honeymoon trip. They let us check in early and we were able to park with no issues. Beautiful area and friendly staff. Room was clean and comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

ELIZABETH

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Vaule for money staff helpful polite and very efficient would highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

T

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great hotel a good base for walking.

A very lovely hotel close to the train station, only took us 2 minutes to walk from the station to the hotel. First impressions were great, food was good in the restaurant, then we got checked in, room was lovely. We stayed in room 207. Although the noise from the fans outside did keep us awake at night.That was with the window closed as well. The room did become quite warm as we could not sleep with the window open because of the noise outside. I wonder if there was any way that these fans could be covered? So that the noise is not affecting the sleep of customers. Apart from that could not fault our stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Agnes

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fabulous Quirky Hotel !

Fabulous gem in the centre of Pitlochry. We had the small double which was fine for the one night. My parents had the larger double & huge bed. Lovely Highland Soap toiletries in the toilets. The staff were really lovely and attentive. Fantastic breakfast the following morning. It would have been good to have the option of fresh fruit.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Douglas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Andrew

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel, lovely room although quite small, parking difficult, overall a pleasant hotel, would recommend !
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stacey

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had an excellent stay. Service was excellent
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025