Beautiful location; huge room with sea view; lovely old building; cheerful and highly attentive staff; fascinating wine list; hundreds of whiskies; generous portions of well-cooked food - we loved it... read more all!

  an exceptionally great place to stay , quirky and old , with lots of history and ambience around it . the staff were beyond excellent , the food and drink... read more was great , as was all the service by the the staff

  We ate here twice during our stay on Muckle Roe after popping in for tea and coffee while waiting for our cottage, the staff are so welcoming, great service delicious... read more coffee and shortbread, the meals both nights were delicious, home made and plentiful. The long room is lovely for a pre dinner drink or coffee and the service is excellent they even recommended a place for us to visit as it was sunny when we first arrived we took the advice and had a lovely afternoon at Eshaness.

  The Covid precautions are spot on. I had no worries about using the restaurant. Had a very good meal. The staff were excellent. They have a pager system for ordering... read more the meal and any other queries. Book early - Shetland was quiet when we were there but the hotel restaurant was busy.

  Recently stayed here for one night with evening meal & breakfast. The staff are going above and beyond to provide an amazing level of customer service. They have... read more worked tirelessly to establish extra cleanliness protocols and sanitation stations. Extra cleaning staff going around also. The rooms are classic and quaint. You can’t get this type of experience anywhere else. The food was absolutely delicious. Well worth the money for the accommodation and the quality of the delicious food. And well done to all the staff for being so professional and treating your customers so well. We will be back.

  A fabulous few days at a beautiful hotel. Fantastic food, amazing wine, gin and whisky lists and absolutely incredible staff. Nothing was too much trouble- even organising a last minute... read more taxi to Up Helly Aa.
What a great team of people - we were sad to leave and will definitely hurry back. There’s nowhere else we would rather stay in Shetland now!

  Myself and my wife recently stayed at the Busta house hotel, the stay was fantastic.

Firstly the welcome we received was brilliant, the rooms are well prepared with clean... read more and comfortable beds.

The menu had a wide variety to choose from this also changed daily which i have never stayed at a hotel that does this (nice touch !) the meals we received were well presented and were exceptional. Unfortunately we did not get to meet the kitchen / chef to personally thank them.

Lastly the service from the staff was exceptional, we were greeted firstly from the actual owner of the hotel. The politeness of the staff was amazing, the owner of the busta house should be very pleased and proud with all the staff.

Well done to all.

Best Regards
Mr and Mrs Brown More

  Hotel is in nice quiet rural location. Room was perfect and a very good size. Long room is really good for relaxing - reading and having a drink. Staff are... read more excellent. Very welcoming and friendly. Really good meals - breakfast and dinner.

  We have visited Busta House several times since we moved up to live on Shetland in 2017, and on every occasion we have been delighted with the atmosphere of the... read more place, the delicious meals and the quality of service, so our son and daughter-in-law decided to hold their wedding there.
Right from the outset we were very impressed by the professional yet friendly manner in which all the details and requirements were taken, and arrangements were made to get the ball rolling. During the months leading up to the wedding, we spoke to several people who had either held their own wedding there, or had been invited as guests, and every single person said "You`ll have nothing to worry about, everything will be perfect, they will take care of everything!"
And they were absolutely right. The friendly, efficient yet relaxed manner of service, the impressive quality of the meals, drinks and surroundings; nothing was too much trouble to the staff, right down to helping us carry luggage and wedding paraphernalia from our cars up to our rooms.
We cannot praise the whole team at Busta House highly enough. A huge `Thank You`to you all.

  3 of us stayed for 3 nights. Ate in the restaurant twice. Rooms have plenty of space and are clean. Decoration in places is a bit tired but kind of... read more adds to the charm. Food is lovely. Staff are really friendly and accommodating to every request and are happy to give recommendations on where to go and when.

Covid meant a few things were a bit different to what they would have been, but it didn't affect the enjoyment of our stay at all.

Every time we told anyone we were staying at Busta, they always told us we'd got the best hotel on the island. Have to say, I think we agree!

  The setting is charming; room was very comfortable. Food was very tasty. Long room experience was excellent. The internet was very fast; not only in common rooms but in bedroom... read more as well. Overall, terrific experience.

  Stayed one night as part of a tour. Service and food fantastic. Would thoroughly recommend the lamb. Historic house in scenic location. Our only small quibble was that... read more the bathroom in our room was exceptionally small. Anyone larger or with mobility issues might struggle with the gap of only 1ft between the toilet and the accessible part of the bath / shower. Bathroom was recently refitted and immaculate but just a trifle snug.

  Myself and my now wife had our wedding here in 2018 we a magical day, Grant Joel and Alan made the day really special, the food was fantastic as was... read more the surroundings beautiful rooms and fantastic service. In whole this place is special to us. We love it.

  Fantastic. Old hotel with impeccable service. The floors creek and are uneven and the place is a rabbit Warren. Love it. The en suite was nicely updated... read more only negative is wifi is spotty and on the final day house keeping, who does a great job, left our door unlocked and removed a half bottle of wine we were planning on finishing. Told the front desk who said they would look. Into it.
Yes I would return. Great place to walk and relax and the long room is nice with a peat fire. Love it.
The restaurant and bar are very nice. Again with great service and value.

  Very friendly welcome. Hand washing/ sanitising facilities at the door. Room was excellent although no proper chairs to sit on. Meals were excellent, as always. Pre and after meal drinks... read more in the Long room were very well organised with good social distancing - liked the individual buzzers.

  I often have had meals at the wonderful Busta House Hotel but have never stayed overnight. Recently I decided to get away from my home for a night. It’s the... read more best decision I could have made. I had a fantastic time and feel rejuvenated. The staff are amazing, hard working and incredibly nice, enthusiastic and committed to their work. They are attentive without being intrusive. They make you feel special, relaxed and at home. I can’t recommend staying enough. I can’t wait to go back again for another stay.

  Spent three nights at Busta House in July. We were lucky with excellent warm weather enabling us to explore and enjoy Shetkand from Unst to Mousa and Jarlshof.
The hotel... read more was comfortable. Food and drink tasty and well served. Drinks in the Long Room a delight and the young staff friendly and attentive.
Well recommended.

  I actually won this night in Busta House in a raffle, which they had very kindly donated.
As usual, everything was just perfect. We were in the Vementry room,... read more which has a lovely sea view. The bed was lovely and comfortable, and massive lol.
Our evening meal was excellent! We had the prawns for a starter, my husband had the haddock, which was HUGE, and I had the steak, which was cooked exactly as I like it. The Bailey's cheesecake was to die for.
Full Scottish breakfast set us up for the day.
Full marks for the staff. Everyone was polite, attentive, helpful, and smiling.
Hope we get to come back soon xx

  We have just had an amazing two night stay at Busta and feel thoroughly relaxed and pampered. We had a lovely room with fabulous views out over the garden and... read more sea. It had the most enormous bed which was great for sipping the recommended gunpowder gin in! The staff were unfailingly attentive, helpful and cheerful. Nothing was too much trouble. They are a wonderful team who worked hard to make sure everyone is safe. We had really excellent meals from the deliciously opulent smoked salmon and scrambled eggs to a wonderfully tasting char grilled steak. We will definitely be back for more!

  We were both impressed with the room we stayed in (Muckle Roe) and the quirkiness of it. Sadly the hotel and restaurant were much quieter than they would normally be... read more due to COVID restrictions so didn't maybe have the atmosphere it might normally have. That hasn't affected the staffs moral who were friendly, attentive and extremely helpful for the duration of our stay and are a credit to the hotel. The hotel has clearly worked very hard with regards to COVID restrictions and requirements to keep operating and that should be a comfort to anyone visiting as they couldn't do more to try and keep their guests safe. We have both been very impressed with the hotels efforts through the COVID pandemic and wish them all the best for 2021 and beyond.
Ryan and Amy. More