The Coumba Hotel is situated only a very short walk from Inverness City Centre and the front of the hotel overlooks the river Ness. Parking can be a problem as its on-street with a two hour maximum limited wait until 6.00pm at night until 8.00am the following morning so if you want a long lie beware the traffic wardens!

Reception was quick and efficient, but the rooms were a bit tired despite the claim that the hotel had recently been refurbished. Decor is rather dull and dismal. Our room was at the rear of the hotel and was very quiet and peaceful.

Breakfast was buffet style and was poor. Clearly the sausages, bacon and eggs had been cooked sometime before and left on the hotplate and was luke-warm and unappitising. They could certainly do without the canned music - who wants to listen to a trombone at 8.00am in the morning whilst having breakfast?

However at £79 per night for two people B&B it was OK. I probably will look elsewhere in Inverness rather than return to the Columba.

My boyfriend and I stayed in this hotel in April '07. This was our first break away and so it was booked as a romantic break where a bottle of champagne was meant to be there on arrival, and robes and slippers.The receipt we received upon check-in confirmed this.Unfortunately this was not the case, there was a bottle of warm fizzy wine which wasn't pleasant to drink at all. NO robes! NO slippers! The decoration was dreary and dull and in need of renovation. The room we had was above the alleyway beside the hotel and as a result of the noise we had to keep the windows closed to allow us to sleep.

The pictures look lovely looking out onto the river but please not these are rare and you have to pay a premium to stay in one. We booked on a DBB basis and the food served was shocking (poor choice and strange combinations). I have tasted better from a camping stove. The breakfast was terrible (cold, overcooked, was not replenished even though we were down 45mins before the end of service) and the staff were more interested in talking to each other rather than serving any customers.

However, the location is very central and some of the restaurants in the area are fantastic. I would recommend Inverness and the walk up the river is lovely on a dry day but I will never return to this hotel.

We had a really nice weekend at this hotel. The location is great with views over the river and a few minutes walk to the town centre. There are many good restaurants and bars nearby but the hotel has both which are comfortable and pleasant.
We had a standard room in the older part of the building which was immaculate and large. The only thing negative is that it was a bit cold. This a perfectly good hotel to stay for a weekend and is great value for money.
We will definitely be going back.

We stayed at this hotel at the start of March. We were a little apprehensive at first as this was our first stay in Inverness and we were unsure about spending a Friday night in the heart of Inverness city, and panicked we might have a sleepless night! This hotel was perfect though and we got a peaceful, comfortable nights sleep.

The hotel did look slightly intimidating at first when we arrived and walked into reception, my boyfriend and i made a joke that we might get thrown out for simply wearing our jeans! But were happy later to realise we were dressed the same as the other guests.

The receptionist was not the most friendliest but checking in was very easy and we were given good directions to our room but were given the wrong time for breakfast, but luckily the correct times were in our room.

The room itself was basic but lovely and the bed was very comfy. The only issue we had with the room was we were unable to get the shower to work properly and only managed cold water from it, so both had a warm bath instead. We didn't report this to reception as in too much of a hurry, in the morning! We didn’t get a view of the river, and looked out to some flats on a side street, but for the cost we were very happy with this.

Breakfast was lovely, we had to wait awhile to be seated, but the staff were friendly and the tea was lovely :o) It was self service for breakfast and the food was very nice. If we were to stay at Inverness again, we would defiantly go here again as we got a brilliant deal of £60 for the night including breakfast :o)