The Ayre Hotel
About The Ayre Hotel
Set in Kirkwall, Orkney, family-run Ayre Hotel & Ayre Apartments overlooks Kirkwall harbor. It offers local produce in its restaurant and traditionally styled rooms, with free Wi-Fi. Free private parking is available on site. Rooms are each equipped with a flat-screen TV, telephone and free tea and coffee. Sea view rooms are available, while all have a private bathroom with a hairdryer. Ironing facilities are available on request. Cooked breakfasts are on offer in the Ayre Hotel & Ayre Apartments’ restaurant, which also provides lunch, bar and evening menus. Local ingredients are used, including Orkney Lamb, steaks and freshly caught fish. The North Isles Ferries are just a few minutes’ walk away, and the Aberdeen/Lerwick ferry terminal is only 2 miles away. Kirkwall is Mainland Orkney’s largest town, and has bars and restaurants within 5 minutes’ walk of the hotel. Free parking is provided, with ancient sites such as Skara Brae are all within a 30-minute drive.
Amenities
- 24-hour front desk
- Meeting space
- On-site dining
- Bar / lounge
- Café / coffee shop
- Breakfast available
- Express check-in / check-out
- Dry cleaning
- Self-service laundry
- Luggage storage
- In-room refrigerator
- Family friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
- Public transit access
- Smoke-free property
- Elevator
Reviews
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Very nice room in convenient location. My only suggestion is the bed has springs which can be felt - an overlay is really required. Most guests seem to be on a tour - but for the other independent travellers it would be great if hotel staff helped with sightseeing info. We discovered that for 2pounds there is a council bus which takes you right around the island. We only discovered this by chance, and bus stop is 50 mtr from hotel.
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Great location for visiting the area. Restaurants & pubs within walking distance. Room was a bit small - we were packed for a month's vacation. Should have stayed 1-2 more days.
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Location Nothing
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Well-located. Friendly welcoming staff. Rooms were clean and tidy. Buffet breakfast was OK. The hot breakfast items didn't look at all appetizing (the previous hotel was similar) but there were plenty of other alternatives for breakfast.
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Exceptional
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The apartment was lovely spacious and easy to get to the town and shops..very comfortable Told at the reception was not able to stay as booking I did was ment to be on a floor with out lift..I was about to have booking cancelled..thankfully a manager put me in an apartment ..
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Nearly everything The wall frame holding up the shower seat requires replacing. Self service breakfast tongs for the hot food were too hot too hold had to use a tissue to hold them as there were sitting with the hot food in the metal container.
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Very good
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Location close to centre of Kirkwall. Evening meal good. Small double bed. Limited breakfast buffet- little or no fresh fruit. Noisy at night as next to a hostel where the residents smoke outside at all hours
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The room was comfortable.
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Exceptional
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Excellent service and accom
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Very good
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Adequate Limited selection for veggies
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Very clean warm and the bed was amazing so comfortable and the pillows had plenty of bounce in them room warm maybe a bit crammed but it was a family room with a double and single bed in it so can’t be helped Welcoming staff no creaking floors in corridors
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First visit to Orkney certainly...
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Location, cleanliness and amenities Nothing
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Perfect location for access to town centre, and staff were all excellent There was some refurbishing taking place, causing some noise, however this was confined to daytime
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It’s location was good as we arrived late from the ferry from Shetlands All the doors in the apartment kept on closing on us
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Great location close to the town centre, food was really good for breakfast and the evening meal. The service at dinner was quite disorganised with different people serving instead of one server looking after certain tables, we asked 4 different people for the bill on both nights, others who had just sat down were served before those who had been waiting for 20 minutes.
