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Welcome to The Tongadale Hotel, your Portree “home away from home.” The Tongadale Hotel aims to make your visit as relaxing and enjoyable as possible, which is why so many guests continue to come back year after year.
Close to some of Portree's most popular landmarks, such as The Lump (0.0 km) and Somerled Square War Memorial (0.1 km), The Tongadale Hotel is a great destination for tourists.
Free wifi is offered to guests, and rooms at The Tongadale Hotel offer a flat screen TV and a desk.
Guests of The Tongadale Hotel are also welcome to enjoy breakfast, located on site.
If you’re looking for an Indian restaurant, consider a visit to Taste of India or Prince of India, which are all conveniently located a short distance from The Tongadale Hotel.
The Tongadale Hotel puts the best of Portree at your fingertips, making your stay both relaxing and enjoyable.
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HOTEL STYLE
Centrally Located
Family
Languages Spoken
English
Location
Wentworth Street, Portree IV51 9EJ Scotland
The Tongadale Hotel
359 reviews
Getting there
Great for walkers
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With covid the hotel had sanitiser on hand upon entering, and staff all wore masks. The staff very friendly and accommodating when possible. Rooms basic, but clean. Hotel Central, and the restaurant in the hotel had tables set out with enough space between them, to which obviously we had to book to make sure we had a table, and same said for the bar. My only complaint was the breakfast, we couldn't sit down to a cooked breakfast, offered filled rolls to which were cold and not very appetising, (we also know that this is due to covid). So we were disappointed in that, but everything else was fantastic and would highly recommend this hotel, restaurant and staff. Can't wait to return to the Isle.
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Date of stay: September 2020Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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The hotel is right in the middle of the town. If you are travelling by car, note that parking is quite limited and pretty much impossible outside the hotel. You may be able to park in the square, which is very close, but also very busy. You walk straight into the bar area but there is a small reception right in front of you and if no one is there at the time, they will come over from behind the bar to help you.
Rooms are quite small but reasonably comfortable. Quite expensive for what you get but then Skye is a fairly expensive destination. The main issue with the room was the soundproofing; there didn’t seem to be any. Part of the problem is down to inconsiderate guests holding conversations in the corridor, but the walls could be better insulated against noise.
We didn’t eat at the hotel, other than breakfast, but they seemed to do good trade so I guess it must have been fairly good. Disappointed that the cooked breakfast did not include potato scones and you were stuck with hash browns. I guess it’s cheaper to tip a load of frozen hash browns in a fryer than provide something more local and certainly tastier, but for all the difference it must make, why ruin a nice meal with something introduced to the country by an American fast food chain. Kippers as an alternative to the fry up would have been nice.
This is a good location if you are doing the Trotternish Loop. We were there for 5 nights and found all the staff to be very friendly and helpful.
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Date of stay: August 2021
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I base my reviews on quality for cost. This is a cheap stay away, I stayed in room 404 it is nice and clean with two single beds, a desk and a TV with a small shower room attached, there is also an open area with hanging rail. The hotel has a bar and resteraunt, the restaurant has a good choice of meals that are fairly priced and also serves breakfast. The staff are all really friendly. Overall its a very good stay and I would recommend.
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Date of stay: February 2020Trip type: Travelled on business
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The bar area is nice, traditional and offers a range of drinks at a good price.
The restaurant (and dinner) appeared quiet chaotic. On arrival, we were told to take a photo of the menus on the door as we wouldn’t be given one (everyone was told the same). This in itself was a very strange arrangement for a restaurant.
The range of food on offer was decent and varied. However, this is where the positives ended: our food was undercooked (red and bloody burger, still frozen chops, uncooked garlic bread soft and wet). While the options varied, the quality was very poor and the prices did not reflect the standard of food - for the quality on offer, the food is dramatically overpriced. Service itself appeared very chaotic; long wait times to be served, different people running in and out and not easy to know who the staff were as some were in a version of a uniform while others were in t shirts and sports leggings with trainers.
Breakfast was acceptable and offered a range of cereals,fruit juices, cooked items and toast. Tea and coffee were both available at the counter but bother were quite cold. The one complaint was the hash browns with the breakfast - they were served drastically undercooked and multiple tables around us were complaining of the same thing.
Our room was on the first floor, just above (and behind) the bar and entrance area. The room can only be described as basic, for want or a better word. A long, narrow space with two single beds squeezed in with the most basic of furniture and amenities, overlooking a flat roof and wall. The TV was so small that, due to the length of the narrow room, couldn’t be watched from one of the beds. This however, can be accepted but the real issue came during the night and early morning: the noise.
A key point to note is that there was only one plug socket for the whole room which, in this day and age proved problematic and was very surprising.
The bathroom was nice, clean and the shower was of a good quality.
Given the location of the room, any time someone walked through the corridors, let the main door shut or staff moved around, the noise could be heard to the point where our room vibrated. In addition to this, when nearby rooms used their shower and/or taps, a roaring noise appeared in our room. The overall noise level was appalling in this room and I assume it is due to the location. Sleep quality was very poor and we ended up deciding to get up at 4.30am as all attempts at sleep had been interrupted multiple times with banging, slamming and noisy pipes.
I am unsure of the lady’s name but the lady who served us at dinner and breakfast was a pleasure - she was friendly and helpful every time we spoke to her.
Overall, I can fully accept more basic facilities, although I believe prices for such rooms should reflect the condition, size and location of the room. However, the noise proved to be wholly unacceptable and, in hindsight, we would rather have stayed elsewhere as a result of this.
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Date of stay: October 2022Trip type: Travelled with friends
Room Tip:Parking in Portree is tricky but it is free from 6pm-9am - it’s worth finding somewhere from 6pm...
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The Tongadale Hotel has a traditional Scottish pub which is very popular with locals and possibly a little less so with tourists. It is a down to earth traditional watering hole. It is not a place for cocktails and nachos. I cannot comment on it as a hotel. We called in for drinks. We really liked the place. The landlady is very friendly and welcoming. She is very particular in sanitising everything according to Coronavirus guidelines. The locals are extremely friendly ‘salt of the earth’ types. One of them introduced us to Bunnahabhain malt whisky. Thank you, Robbie! We will go there again when we are next on Skye.
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Date of stay: August 2020
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Slightly tired pub/Hotel in Portree, stopped for two nights.
The staff really friendly and attentive and the bar staff definitely up for a laugh.
Breakfast was excellent quality and served on both mornings within 8 mins of ordering.
Only dropping a star because it is a well used pub with a large footfall and as such along with some aspects of the accommodation is definitely looking tired in places (resteraunt area is in good order)
Would def recommend for value accommodation on a short stay.
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Date of stay: August 2021Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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It is the staff that really make this place a good place to stay, they are all so helpful and friendly. The hotel is centrally located and there is free parking just up the hill, you can reach anywhere in Skye for a day trip using Portree as a base. The hotel itself is basic but it is clean and has everything you need lets face it, Skye is so beautiful you only need a hotel room for sleep. There were lots of walkers staying when I was there, which might explain why breakfasts were so huge, enormous choice too and nothing was too much trouble. If you want a place to relax in and enoy seaside views this isn't the hotel for you but if you are looking for somewhere central to base yourself whilst exploring this beautiful island then Tongdale will set you up nicely with a huge breakfast after a comfortable and quiet night sleep. I can't rate the staff highly enough.
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Date of stay: May 2021
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Laura and the team were extremely accommodating to our two large groups staying with them in September and October. They went above and beyond to assist the guests and made us all feel extremely at home. Rooms are comfortable and the food is delicious with nightly specials. The hotel’s really well located in the centre of town and the surrounding countryside is just beautiful. Thank you all!! X
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Date of stay: October 2020Trip type: Travelled on business
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The hotel was centrally located and above the bar: restaurant. The rooms were small and basic, no real personality to them, bed very soft. Soap provided for the shower. The breakfast was included with the room rate and there was a selection of cereals, tea/coffee and hot offerings, bacon, eggs, beans, tomatoes, vegetarian sausages as well. It served a purpose for a night. The wait staff were very pleasant.
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Date of stay: May 2022Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Parking is limited in the pay and display, if you get there after 6pm you are good until 9am the...
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I got a double twin bed room. The room was decent in size, but the carpet was dirty and I felt the need to keep shoes on my feet. You could feel that the mattress had a plastic protector surrounding it. The decor was outdated and blah. There was an 1/8" gap down the knob/lock side of my door which made me feel uncomfortable and unsafe. My room (Room 101) was at the top of the stairs from the bar below and directly above the two public restrooms; therefore, until midnight the restroom hand dryers could be heard very well in my room every 5-10 minutes. They did provide a good, complimentary full breakfast and I did take advantage of it. Their staff was very friendly. I was thankful I was only there for two nights - I would not stay there again.
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Date of stay: June 2023
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Hi,
Thanks for your enquiry.
We are always happy to have dogs come and stay with us. We only have a small surcharge of £10 per stay for a dog.
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"We were on a bus tour, so we didn't have to be concerned with parking. The town is quite small, so make arrangements ahead of time if you bring a car. Definitely worth it!"
There are more places to choose from in the Portree area.
PRICE RANGE
C$204 - C$250 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
United KingdomScotlandThe HebridesIsle of SkyePortree
NUMBER OF ROOMS
25
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