Places to stay in Inverness

Lady Festina · 09 February, 2011, 04:34:50 PM

Any recommendations of places to stay in Inverness? Have to come up for work and thought I'd get some opinions from the Hi-Exers....

Taxpayer's money paying the bill so something flash and ostentatious would be great

Keef Monkey · 09 February, 2011, 06:00:58 PM

We've been down that way a couple of times but stayed in a hostel both times so that's probably not very flash and ostentatious!

We did end up drinking in Jimmy Chung's though post-gig, which seemed to be an Irish theme pub with a chinese buffet, which struck me as surreal but brilliant. Recommended.

locustsofdeath! · 09 February, 2011, 06:16:59 PM

Wherever you stay, don't room with Roger.

stacey · 09 February, 2011, 06:35:34 PM

Quote from: Lady Festina on 09 February, 2011, 04:34:50 PM
Any recommendations of places to stay in Inverness? Have to come up for work and thought I'd get some opinions from the Hi-Exers....

Taxpayer's money paying the bill so something flash and ostentatious would be great

We stayed in teh Ramada for Hi Ex, it's very nice and has a swimming pool downstairs. Maybe we should all come with you and have a mini Hi Ex meet up :-)

Richmond Clements · 09 February, 2011, 06:46:43 PM

Quote from: Keef Monkey on 09 February, 2011, 06:00:58 PM
We've been down that way a couple of times but stayed in a hostel both times so that's probably not very flash and ostentatious!

We did end up drinking in Jimmy Chung's though post-gig, which seemed to be an Irish theme pub with a chinese buffet, which struck me as surreal but brilliant. Recommended.

Close! Jimmy Chungs is upstairs from a bar called Johnny Foxes- I suspect in your drunkesness you have merged the two into one.

And yoeah- the Ramada is nice, as is the one across the river who's name I forget but Mike stayed in a couple of years ago...

Keef Monkey · 09 February, 2011, 07:27:46 PM

Quote from: Richmond Clements on 09 February, 2011, 06:46:43 PM
Close! Jimmy Chungs is upstairs from a bar called Johnny Foxes- I suspect in your drunkesness you have merged the two into one.

Ah, I see! Yeah, I'd had a few. Fun place Inverness, good times!

Gavin_Leahy_Block · 09 February, 2011, 09:14:52 PM

Quote from: Richmond Clements on 09 February, 2011, 06:46:43 PM
And yoeah- the Ramada is nice, as is the one across the river who's name I forget but Mike stayed in a couple of years ago...

Might have been Best Western Milton Hotel, stayed there last year and it's really nice and I'd definitely recommend it.

dangermouse3597 · 09 February, 2011, 09:41:11 PM

Maybe it was the Columba? It's pretty nice we had our Christmas meal there a couple of years ago. The Craigmonie is nice too my Dad got married there and made me miss getting Frank Quitely's autograph at Hi-Ex2.

Lady Festina · 10 February, 2011, 09:08:04 PM

Thanks for the suggestions. Maybe I'll retrace your Hi-Ex steps and find some of those lost memories.... :-)