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Loch Kinord Hotel

3.0 star property
your current months are January, 2025 and February, 2025.
January 2025
February 2025

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Terrace/patio
Property grounds
Room (Woodland Lodge)
Reception
Desk, iron/ironing board, cots/infant beds, rollaway beds

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Laundry
  • Breakfast available
  • Pet-friendly
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

Map
Ballater Road, Dinnet, Aberdeenshire, Aboyne, Scotland, AB34 5LW
  • Cairngorms National Park
    14 min walk
  • Loch Kinord Hotel
    1 min walk
  • Insch Station
    40 min drive
  • Aberdeen (ABZ)
    51 min drive

Room options

Room (Master)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

Room (Woodland Lodge)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

Room, 1 Single Bed

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Family Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

Superior Twin Room, 1 Single Bed

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed

Standard Twin Room, 1 Single Bed

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed

Superior Double Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Double Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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for 1 night
includes taxes & fees
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About the area

Aboyne

With a stay at Loch Kinord Hotel in Aboyne, you'll be a 1-minute drive from Cairngorms National Park and 8 minutes from Ballater Golf Club. .This eco-certified hotel is 13.5 mi (21.7 km) from Balmoral Castle and 32.2 mi (51.9 km) from Glenshee Ski Centre.

What's nearby

  • Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve - 4 min drive
  • Ballater Golf Club - 8 min drive
  • Ballater Library - 8 min drive
  • Balmoral Castle - 16 min drive
  • Glenshee Ski Centre - 41 min drive

Getting around

  • Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) - 51 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Boat Inn - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Spider on a Bicycle - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪The Balmoral Bar - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Clachan Grill - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Corner House Tearoom - ‬6 min drive

About this property

Loch Kinord Hotel

Eco-certified hotel with a coffee shop and a restaurant
Loch Kinord Hotel offers 22 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms.

Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Stay in one of 22 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have showers and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. Additional amenities at this hotel include ski storage, barbecue grills, and a banquet hall.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the coffee shop/cafe. The hotel also offers room service. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Full breakfasts are available daily from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8:00 AM and 9:30 AM.
Loch Kinord Hotel has a restaurant on site.
Room service is available.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Tourism Program, a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Languages

English, French, Hungarian, Polish, Swedish

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee daily 8:00 AM–9:30 AM: GBP 12.50 for adults and GBP 10 for children
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Family friendly

  • Cots/infant beds available
  • Laundry facilities
  • Rollaway beds available

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Newspapers in reception

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Ski storage

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Cots/infant beds available
  • Heating
  • Rollaway beds available

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Contactless 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 4:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 72 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation

Renovations and closures

The following facilities are closed seasonally each year. They will be closed from November 1 to March 31:
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Dining venue(s)

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 10 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available
Cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 12.50 for adults and GBP 10 for children
  • Pet fee: GBP 10 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

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
Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve cribs/infant beds and rollaway/extra beds
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Loch Kinord Aboyne
Loch Kinord Hotel Aboyne
Loch Kinord Hotel
Loch Kinord Hotel DINNET, ABERDEEN SHIRE
Loch Kinord DINNET, ABERDEEN SHIRE
Loch Kinord
Loch Kinord Hotel Hotel
Loch Kinord Hotel Aboyne
Loch Kinord Hotel Hotel Aboyne

Loch Kinord Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 39 out of 78 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 26 out of 78 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 78 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 78 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 78 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Søren

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Abigail

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Loch Kinord Hotel was perfect for our weekend at the Highland Games. It was cozy, but a little out dated, however we had everything we needed for the stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Viktoria

Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lorna

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved friendly hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Beverley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent service, comfortable rooms, food excellent. Would go back.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Julian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing hosts who couldn’t do enough for you Would definitely return and highly recommend Food in the restaurant is better than any restaurant we have ever eaten at !
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

6/10 Okay

Frances

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Was very overpriced it is an old building which was beautiful but rooms very very small beds were hard and uncomfortable. Bathroom was tatty . We had to pay £20 extra for breakfast but would have rather went to a cafe and got something instead
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely staff, friendly, helpful good service without being intrusive. Traditional, comfortable hotel , good food and efficient service .
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
We had a lovely stay at Loch Kinnord. Everyone was really friendly, the food was excellent and our room was really quaint and comfortable. Will definitely be returning.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

David, Manila

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice place - staff great - a bit let down by the room. Small and a bit cramped with no view.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

6/10 Okay

Nix

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Room ok and clean but nothing special. Restaurant was closed and no bar food
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Casey, Haywards Heath

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place to stay and great breakfast! Craig was a wealth of information on places to go in the area and beyond!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Mrs R M

Stayed 1 night in May 2020

10/10 Excellent

Pawinee

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Terrible
Miserable! Arrived to this dog friendly hotel and were greeted by a friendly manager who showed us to our room. When we walked into the room the curtains were closed but it was made up nicely enough with a balcony. Unfortunately, the room was tiny - definitely not big enough for two adults and a big dog. Having said that, apart from the peeling wallpaper and orange gunk around the taps it was adequate. There were tea and coffee facilities in the wardrobe, I’m not sure where we would have plugged the kettle in if we had wanted to as there was no surface space - perhaps the floor? My husband was advised on popping downstairs that the only time available for us to eat was at 6.30pm as they were fully booked. Later, when I took the dog out for a wee walk I asked a bit more about this as I had presumed we’d be factored in for dinner at time of booking as with most country hotels with nowhere else to eat in a 5 mile Radius. I was advised that we had been and that 6.30 was a reasonable time to eat dinner. I entirely disagree when we had not long arrived - check in is at 4pm and after a long day walking we needed showers and some chill time. The bar area was quiet to say the least. No music and no other people. I asked about popping the rugby on at a low volume and was told this wasn’t possible. We decided that given the time of dinner, lack of atmosphere and general feeling of the hotel, we would go into town. A £20 taxi there and we found ourselves in the balmoral bar which
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enjoyable stay
We booked a room on the spur of the moment as it was too late in the day to travel south. Craig, The Manager, made us very welcome and was extremely helpful, professional and efficient, he is a great asset for the business. We would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

BILL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is a great base for walking in the northern Cairngorms. Its also only a few miles to either Aboyne or Ballater which has bars, restaurants, supermarkets etc etc
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We were treated like royalty. Such a class act establishment. Every question we had, they had an answer and a kind response. They gave directions and suggestions and made our time in Cairngorm so special. The food was delicious. The breakfast was out of this world. We don’t have anything bad to say and we have run out of superlatives to describe our stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommended.
Excellent hotel , Superb restaurant with great service.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

ciaran

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff; very helpful; nice lounge and garden area; good food; good service; Only thing needing improvement was the bed and the room we slept in.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Whilst the dining and bar areas were ok, the bedroom was inadequate. It was very small, the bed was uncomfortable and the shower was extremely poor with weak water pressure, but excessively hot. All in all the room was very tired and in urgent need of an upgrade or a lick of paint as a minimum. The staff were very friendly and helpful, however there was no enquiry as to how we enjoyed our staff when checking out, probably for fear of the reply.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019