Rooms at 31

I spent 4 nights at Rooms at 31 whilst visiting family in the area. It is ideally situated within Stonehaven, a short walk to the seafront and a pleasant (but steep) walk to the war memorial and Dunottar Castle. Stonehaven itself has everything you might need for a short stay: places to eat, groceries etc. Rooms at 31 was clean and adequate for my needs. There were a few minor issues in the room which I have already contacted the owner about, but this did not adversely affect my stay. Breakfast is a self-serve affair with access to cereals, bread/toast, packaged morning goods, hot drinks and juice. The advantage of this set-up is that you can have breakfast at any time and it's not restricted to limited serving times as you would usually have in a B&B. It would have been useful to have had a mini fridge in the room, and access to a microwave, perhaps, for being able to heat food when eating out is not possible/desirable. It would also have been nice to feel that the breakfast room was usable outside of breakfast instead of feeling I needed to eat my takeaway in my room. Overall, I found the stay rather impersonal, not seeing anyone else for my entire stay, except for a very short encounter one morning in the breakfast room with whom I suspected may have been the owner. If I hadn't been visiting family, it would have been a rather lonely stay. This is not a fault, merely my preference. I can see how it would work well for businesses travellers or anyone who prefers the self-checkout in a supermarket and not dealing with other human beings!

Good location. Room was basic but fine. Breakfast options were excellent.

There were no staff available on the premises at any time which felt strange. In my room shower head was rusty and plug did not work. Otherwise room was pleasant. Breakfast restricted to cold, helo yourself food.

Central, convenient, value for money, well equipped room, clean, good communication from hosts, decent ‘help yourself’ breakfast. Will definitely return.

Clean modern room. Mattresses pretty worn out. Breakfast ok. We must share the Badroom with other guests. For this price ok.

for 2 pensioners the bed. mattress did not fit the frame, also the bed was very low to the ground making igt ver painful to get into and out of bed.

Had to carry our bags up 3 fights of stairs. Attic room with low ceilings head strike. Bed mattress set into frame which stuck out leading to bruised legs.Breakfast was great

Great stay in a location close to the Market Square. Room was clean and well presented. Nice touch to have a photo of Dunnottar Castle covering one wall, reminded me of my childhood and walking around the top of the cliffs to get there.