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The Shetland Hotel


Holmsgarth Road, Lerwick ZE1 0PW, Scotland
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3 of 5 stars
Glasgow
30 Jul 2009 | Trip type: Business

I'm not sure what the hotel competition is like in Shetland but found this hotel to be overpriced for the service in comparison to mainland hotels which have dropped in price considerably of late (and improved in standard). On the positive side the room was a reasonable size with a modern bathroom albeit looking over a carpark and rather gloomy... more

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1 of 5 stars
Scotland
3 Sep 2008 | Trip type: Business, Solo travel
2/2 found this review helpful

I was put up in this Hotel by my work so I am glad I was not paying for this hotel . The evening meal was really terrible , starter I had Prawn Paster , lucky if there was one half of a prawn in it . Main course I had beef in red wine sauce , the sauce was... more

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1 of 5 stars
Shetland
26 May 2008 | Trip type: Friends getaway
3/3 found this review helpful

We stayed as a party of 4 in two rooms, they were both dismal! We got to the hotel and were checked in with the least hospitality and customer service possible, we were given poor directions to our rooms but fortunately it is just 3 long dark corridors so ended up wandering until we found them. The door in our... more

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1 of 5 stars
Scotland
3 Mar 2007
8/9 found this review helpful

One member of staff smiled the rest are cold and dour, the place is in time warp, 40 years out of date, the food is awful, there is no atmosphere and is way over priced - kept alive by the oil industry, avoid at all costs more

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  • Shetland Hotel Lerwick
Address: Holmsgarth Road, Lerwick ZE1 0PW, Scotland