Kilmarnock Arms HotelBridge Street, Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire, AB42 0HD
Telephone: 01779 812213
Fax: 01779 812153
Scottish Tourist Board 3 Stars
AA 2 Stars
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Welcome to the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel
Situated in the centre of the coastal village of Cruden Bay and only 800 metres from the world renowned Cruden Bay links Golf Course, the hotel offers an excellent base for golf, angling, riding, walking, shooting or a visit to the spectacular beach. We are also in the midst of the Whisky and Castle trails.
(The Kilmarnock Arms Hotel is named after Lord Kilmarnock, the father of the 15th Earl of Erroll. The Coat of Arms of Lord Kilmarnock is displayed outside the Hotel).
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The Falcon Restaurant has a welcoming atmosphere, with its décor and fresh warm pastel colours and a traditional theme with an open fire.
Our Chef's take particular pride in the quality of cuisine which is prepared, using fresh local ingredients. Whether you choose a family favourite a vegetarian dish, steak from the grill or a dish from our specials board our Head Chef has included something to suit all tastes.
To complement your meal, we offer a selection of fine wines, beers and liqueurs from around the world to choose from. We also offer a selection of over 50 malt whiskies for you to sample after dinner.
The Lounge Bar has a relaxed informal atmosphere and you are assured of a warm welcome, whether you simply want a quiet drink, full meal or snack, the choice is yours.
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Our Function Room is available for weddings, family celebrations, business functions, birthday parties, discos and conferences.
Menus can be prepared to suit all occasions from a finger buffet to full dinner for up to 130 guests.
We have 14 superior en-suite bedrooms which are available as family, double, twin or single. All rooms are recently refurbished to the highest standard with satellite television and tea/coffee making facilities. All rates are inclusive of VAT.
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Bram Stoker first stayed at the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel in 1894. A favourite book written by him during his stay at the hotel was "The Watter's Mou". A strange melodrama about Cruden Bay in the heyday of smuggling in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Bram Stoker told people of how he got his ideas for his stories when he was on holiday in Cruden Bay, walking on the sands to Whinnyfold or scrambling over the rocks north to the castle and the Bullers. Slains Castle, now a ruin, but then the home of the Earl and Countess of Erroll, is a strange, storm scarred building, hanging on the edge of the cliff, looking like the original Castle Dracula, as indeed it might well be.
"When I first saw the place I fell in love with it. Had it been possible, I should have spent my summer there in a house of my own, but the want of any place in which to live forbade such an opportunity. So I stayed in the little hotel. The Kilmarnock Arms".
Thus wrote Bram Stoker, author of Dracular, about his first visit to Cruden Bay in 1894. His entry in the visitors book a the time: "Delighted with everything and everybody and hope to come again". And come again he did, year after year, until Cruden Bay and later, the little village of Whinnyfold became a second home for him and his family.
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Copyright © 2004, Kilmarnock Arms Hotel
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