Jurys Inn Aberdeen

‘Generic’ sums up this six year old hotel in central Aberdeen. It’s perfectly functional, but don’t expect many frills or anything fabulous. The best thing about this place is its location, right on top of the Union Square shopping mall, where there’s a Cineworld, 20+ restaurants open until 10pm-​ish, and 40ish shops open till 8pm during the week. As with all hotels in Aberdeen it’s expensive, you’d pay 30% less for the same standard of hotel in Glasgow, Manchester or Birmingham. The rooms are a good size, modern, spotlessly clean. The beds are comfy, there’s extra pillows n blankets in the wardrobe, along with the obligatory ironing board. You’ll also find a flat screen with 20ish free channels, there’s free basic wi-​fi (book online for complimentary upgrade to super fast wi-​fi, perfect for Netflix!). You’ll find some basic toiletries and plenty of towels in the bathroom, and the shower’s great. There are no mini bars, but there are ice machines in the hallways, I’d stock up on bottled water (or booze) across the street at the Sainsbury’s Local. The buffet breakfast offers a good selection (inc. haggis!), but expect to serve yourself, there’s no waitress service not even for drinks. Room service is odd too, order from your room, but collect form the restaurant on the ground floor (so not really room service). This place is also handy if you’re travelling by train, the stations right next door to Union Square. So all in all its ok, nothing wrong with it, a generic business mans hotel. Oh, no gym either.

Modernes Hotel über bzw. an einer Einkaufspassage. Hier gibt es sogar Mischbatterien im Badezimmer!!!
Die Einzelzimmer haben eine anständige Größe, so dass endlich auch mal der große Koffer auf dem Boden nicht stört.
Frühstück ist der normale Hotelstandard, das Essen im Restaurant (unsere Reisegruppe hatte ein Buffet) war sehr gut.
Die Lage in einer Einkaufspassage direkt am Bahnhof habe ich nicht als störend empfunden. Da die Zimmer klimatisiert sind, lässt man das Fenster eben zu.
WLAN ist kostenlos verfügbar.

Stumbled upon this hotel while lost in Scotland (driving tour with Google Maps didn’t go so well — Aberdeen is one confusing place to roam!)
The shopping mall that’s connected is great, everything to choose from. I’m told this is very much a college-​town, lots of universities and people in their 20s. A few bars nearby as well.
Hotel served its purpose (we needed a very last-​minute place to sleep), but otherwise, it was nothing special. No WIFI in our room, I think we had to use it in the lobby. Room was fine, again, nothing special. And the hotel bar didn’t really «match» the hotel. And breakfast was expensive, I recommend going to a café in the mall instead of eating at the hotel.
Glad we had somewhere to sleep, but I probably wouldn’t go back.

The good: A quite good 7 story affair in the middle of town. Nice bar and restaurant. Its located in an upscale mall with lots and lots of food choices, including — seriously, a gourmet food shop — quite incredible really. Remind me to tell you sometime about Scottish oatmeal wafers topped with a sliver of 72% dark chocolate and dipped in organic cherry yogurt.
Plus…its connected with the rail in Aberdeen, so getting to and from destinations near and far is as simple as a train and a bus — incredible really.
Plus plus… service is ultra friendly and accommodating: gotta love those Scottish accents!
The bad: Why, you might be wondering is this not a 4 or a more likely (according to my off balance grading scale) 5 star. Well, I’ll tell you why: The shower curtain stinks. Yeah — its musty. Surely the staff and management of the hotel have noses?
I’ll stay here again, but cmon’ people, get this fixed please.