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Carlton Hotel

2.5 star property
Hotel in Forres with a bar

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Bar (on property)
Front of property
Reception
1 bedroom, free WiFi
1 bedroom, free WiFi

Reviews

7.2 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • Pet-friendly
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
The current price is S$119
includes taxes & fees
13 Aug - 14 Aug

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1 bedroom, free WiFi

Comfort Room

Highlights

Separate bedroom
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi

Family Room

Highlights

Separate bedroom
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi

Family Triple Room

Highlights

Separate bedroom
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi

Basic Quadruple Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)

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Separate bedroom
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Single Beds

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1 bedroom, free WiFi

Standard Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)

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Separate bedroom
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi

Basic Double Room

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Separate bedroom
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi

Traditional Double Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)

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Separate bedroom
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
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About the area

Map
67 High St, Forres, Scotland, IV36 1AE

What's nearby

  • Moray Coast Trail - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Ben Romach Distillery - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Dallas Dhu Historic Distillery - 5 min drive - 2.9 km
  • Brodie Castle - 7 min drive - 9.0 km
  • Findhorn Foundation - 10 min drive - 9.9 km

Getting around

  • Forres Station - 12 min walk
  • Inverness (INV) - 32 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Forres Fish Bar - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Costa Coffee - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Mosset Tavern - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Brodie Countryfare - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Kimberley Inn - ‬8 min drive

About this property

Carlton Hotel

Property highlights
Carlton Hotel provides a bar and more. Guests can connect to free in-room WiFi.
You'll also enjoy the following perks during your stay:
  • Full breakfast (surcharge)
  • Guest reviews give top marks for the helpful staff
Room features
All guest rooms at Carlton Hotel offer amenities, such as free WiFi.

Languages

English

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free offsite parking

Food and drink

  • Daily full breakfast available 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: GBP 10 per person
  • A bar/lounge

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Accessibility

  • No lift

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Minimum check-in age - 15

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from noon - 11:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

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

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: from approximately GBP 10 per person
  • Pet deposit: GBP 10 per stay
  • Pet fee: GBP 10 per pet, per stay
  • 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
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts

Property is also known as

Carlton Hotel Hotel
Carlton Hotel Forres
Carlton Hotel Hotel Forres

Frequently asked questions

Is Carlton Hotel pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property. There's a deposit of GBP 10 per stay and a fee of GBP 10 per pet, per stay. Service animals are exempt from fees.

How much does it cost to stay at Carlton Hotel?

As of 15 Jul, 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Carlton Hotel on 20 Jul, 2025 start from S$118.94, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Carlton Hotel?

There is free parking nearby.

What time is check-in at Carlton Hotel?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: 11:00 PM. After-hours check-in is not available.

What time is check-out at Carlton Hotel?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Carlton Hotel located?

Situated in Forres, this hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Moray Coast Trail, Dava Way and Grant Park. Suenos Stone and Ben Romach Distillery are also within 1 mile (2 km). Forres Station is 12 minutes by foot.

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Carlton Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 47 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 47 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 47 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 47 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 47 reviews

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

6.2/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Josette

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
We tried to save a little money by staying here and I guess we got what we paid for. The room was sparse, the mattress was uncomfortable, the room was too warm, and it was noisy. There is no parking on premises, but free parking down the road. Breakfast was fine, and the checkout was easy.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Grant

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I enjoyed my stay. Staff were pleasant. There was a difference in the price charged by Hotels .com and the receipt from the hotel. The hotel explained they had given me a receipt for what they were charging. I would have to go back to Hotels.com regarding the difference which they could explain.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Shaiju

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice property with excellent staff service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Helena

Comfortable sleep and good breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

machel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great value. Decent room, free drink voucher, free breakfast. Friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Greg

Liked: Staff & service
the staff that this hotel was extremely helpful. Basic hotel good for a couple of nights stay
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Samuel

Very cute place right in the center of town. Comfortable bed, lovely staff, charming town.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Tricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was very unique, beautiful, and comfortable. The pub was lively! Very interesting place to stay, would return.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Baxter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was cozy and clean, staff was extremely friendly and enjoyable to talk to. The bar/pub downstairs was a great chill atmosphere filled with people who clearly knew and loved each other. Plenty of options for food in the area, and the pub was priced very reasonably. Will absolutely be staying again
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Theodore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was old but affordable but lacked parking nearby.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Maxwell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The room was clean and recently decorated but building was old fashioned.The staff were very friendly and efficient
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Skye

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really great staff and comfortable stay. There are stairs and no lift so it’s not suitable for people with physical disability. It takes time to get the water running hot but the place was quite nice and much better than I expected from the ratings. Breakfast was not that great but the complementary drinks and coffee machine in the room was a nice bonus.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gavin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Always stay at the Charlton, 3-4 times a year. Every visit is the same.. warm, welcoming and a feel of home away from home. Staff are great, facilities perfect, location great and parking at rear. Go for the Comfort Room (4 poster bed) as the rooms are bigger, comfier and comes with great facilities.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Forres hotel.

Lovely old building, very comfy bed. Right on the high street. Amazing staff. It was quite noisy until the bar closed but it meant we had the chance to meet the friendly locals and have a few drinks. Great weekend break.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Heather

Liked: Property conditions & facilities

Decent sleep, but skip the breakfast

The rooms are clean and comfortable, though a bit noisy late at night (but they gave earplugs…). No lift, so did have a lot of stairs to climb. The main disappointment was the breakfast. Poor quality food, overcooked, wrong items, and scarcity of food on buffet. Staff were friendly and helpful; checkout was easy.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Helen

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No designated parking only on street which was full and a block or two away from hotel. area had indigents walking streets, did not feel safe leaving rented car in streets
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jani

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Dont stay here - the reviews are beyond inaccurate. I never write reviews, but when I saw the dreadful state of the place and clientele, I politely said I wouldn't be staying and could I have a refund. They declined - which is in keeping with the experience. A truly unpleasant place to stay - I seriously question Expedia's rating system. Dump.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
We booked breakfast for 8.30am there were no staff in the building we had no breakfast had to leave. Other guest faced same issue
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Fiona

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Need bed fixed as made a noise everytime i moved
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

robert

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely Staff but a few niggles

The Hotel is on a street corner and parking nearby is limited we had bags and a child with us and our room was on the top floor and no lift available so 6 flights of stairs the room itself was well presented and clean but this is where the niggles came in our bed sheet had a cigarette burn hole in it and the shower which was very complicated to use the main handle was hanging off had had to be constantly pressed back on it was a windy old day and the top floor windows which where old sash cord type windows and had the wind stopping resistance of a seive however its not all bad staff are lovely breakfast was amazing not sure if we would use again but its not all bad
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

5

I was rather up set that room we had windows where banging and there was draft coming from them my son was too scared sleep in room so was up all nite so was us me and my wife it shouldn’t of been let out
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

4/10 Poor

Anita

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Review of the Carlton Hotel, Forres.

The room was clean but wires everwhere. Slippy shower room mat. Nowhere to hang towels in shower room. The bin hadnt been emptied. The TV didnt have a remote cintrol that worked. The door outside our room creaked badly and we had crowds of drunk people under the window of our room. We also had a guest making a loud call outside our room at5am. Breakfast was ok though there was no cutlery. The dining room staff and check in staff were very pleasant but the dining room manager was overworked.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Billy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Honestly- there was nothing to like. We arrived and had to go looking for someone to check us in. Barmaid came through and did this in a corridor. I asked to use ladies toilet, DISGUSTING didn’t cover it. The room was a basic mis match with no wash hand basin in bathroom but in bedroom??? This place is in the dark ages. We left in the morning and there were glasses some full, some empty, lying all over the floor of the hotel and spilled out over into the street outside. Left us ear plugs but those weren’t equipped to drown out the noise from downstairs. A complete disaster never slept a wink. If not for my husbands poor health I would have left after our function at night instead of morning. Sorry guys…….but you did ask.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

T

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We have stayed in the Carlton before & it was OK, this time it was terrible. Checked in on a Friday for a 7 night stay, Saturday morning mid shower there was no warm water. Went for breakfast, the young lad who was serving on seemed to have no interest in what he was doing, the urn had not been switched on so no hot water for coffee/tea, there was no bread for toast, no fruit. We had to complete a pre order for breakfast so they knew what we wanted so there is no excuse for items to be missing (Black pudding Sat & Sun, mushrooms Tues & Wed) Also the only butter available was a tub of utterly butterly that had the previous users toast crumbs in it.On Sunday he turned the urn on but there was no water in it. From Monday onwards the service was a lot better apart from the missing mushrooms, hot water, bread fruit & individual butters. Our room was not serviced properly I had to ask for it to be done on the Sunday so we got clean towels & replacement coffee & milk, toilet rolls - we resorted to buying our own just in case we were not given any & we were right to do so. The room was only vaccumed once in the whole week & after Sunday I had to ask for it to be serviced on a further 2 occasions, one time we had to leave our key because they had lost the master keys. There was never anyone there to complain to all dealings went through the bar staff or the waiting staff. There was hardly any storage in the room, definitely not enough for 2 people who were staying for a week.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Leigh

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Would waste your money.

I have probably stayed in 30+ different hotels whilst i have travelled for work. And to be honest this has to rank rop 5 worst ever. Upon arrival, i was a little confused on the parking scenario. There was a few parking spaces on the main road, most of them occupied. But no sign of the hotel parking as stated when i booked it. For this is was infact a bit of a trek to dind it. And in no means somewhere id feel safe leaving it. Checking in was a little confusing as there was no reception. Only a bar full of punters! After getting my room key i climbed to the top floor which was 4 floors up. Entering the corridors it freezing. Hoping my room was warmer i opened the door to disappointment. The out of season cold snap had left my room like a freezer. Unhappy i asked for a heater to warm it up. Only that wasnt the only thing i got. I was also told i was unable to use my shower as it leaks to the room below. A fault promised to be fixed asap. As the night passed the wind rattled my window banging it throughout the night. An issue i soon found to be a complaint in a previous comment. Breakfast was a little miss sold. The sausages are not gourmet but more like walls sausages from the cooperative accross the road. The next day i enquired if the shower was repaired. The answer i got was 'sorry no' after complaining and waiting for the manager to communicate. I was told there was a mix up and it was... it wasnt they lied it still leaked. Needless to say that stay was cut short
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023