Review of The Aberdeen Altens Hotel 4*

Really enjoyed my stay at the altens. Beautiful reception area and staff are extremely helpful. The rooms are lovely my only complaint and it’s not major is that the rooms window doesn’t open out far enough as there is a safety bolt on it! There is also a chain on the wardrobe door which isnt handy at all. Staff in the bar and restaurant are also extremely helpful. As there is no fridge in the room either I went to the bar and asked for some ice as nothing worse than drinking warm juice and alcohol lol 😂 food was also amazing and plenty options of food for the buffet breakfast. The only other slight complaint which is more disappointment than anything else was that after a day out in the city of Aberdeen once back at the hotel which was still early afternoon there was a sign up saying that the pool and therefore the other facilities such as jacuzzi etc were also closed. So fine went back to room went and checked a wee while later and it was still up, this time however checked when it might be available only to be told that even though the full sign was up it was staying up even though there was only 4 people in the pool! It’s a first come first served policy however the sign remained up as they were expecting a few families down there! One of the main reasons I booked this hotel was because I could use these facilities. You can’t book the pool so if you want to use it your options are use it before breakfast! I’m lucky I was up for breakfast at 8 let alone go for a swim first haha all I wanted was to relax but couldn’t do that either but overall the hotel is stunning as is the food and service! Just a shame about not getting use of the pool but these things happen just really disappointing that it did. Overall 8.5/10 could have been a 10 lol 😂 oh and it is a wee bit away from the P&J Live Arena so if going there and taking the car and have a blue badge you still have to pay! Public bus service is good but to get to the arena leave plenty of time as you will need at least an hour and a half to get there as there is no direct bus. Buses are cheap as you can get an all day ticket for just £4.70 for an adult or £1.80 single trip. Taxi will cost around £25-30 that’s after 10pm though. These are things that you only find out by asking! So that’s why I’m putting it on here so that who ever reads can plan how they spend their day and on another note if you are brave enough to drive your car into the centre or the outskirts they are well sign posted just very very busy and can be fines for driving in places you aren’t meant to which aren’t obvious and you don’t realise until you get the fine. This is another reason I didn’t take the car as my daughter got 3 in the space of an hour and as she says was the most expensive McDonald’s ever pmsl 🤣