The Brae Hotel

A great hotel in a central location. Brae is great for sightseeing and for birdwatching. Rooms are clean, comfortable and spacious. The staff offer outstanding service- particularly Scott and Curtis on the breakfast team. A brilliant stay and would certainly return again.

The Brae hotel is centrally located and prefect if you are planning to use the hotel as a base and travel around the islands for day trips. Easy routes to Yell and Unst as well as Lerwick and the airstrip. The hotel is on the main road, near the famous Frankies, fish and chip shop. We spent 4 night and 5 days at the hotel and an awesome time. The rooms are well equipped with tea, coffee, hairdryer etc. The staff, namely Tracey, Scott and Curtis, at the Brae Hotel made us feel very welcome and cared for. The team are always willing to accommodate you if they can. Breakfast, was a massive spread, cooked by Scott and Curtis and served with friendly chat and banter. There was live local music in the bar on evening with refreshments. Thank you to the team for looking after us!! Famida and Tam

I spent one night here and the position is favourable to visit Shetland. There's parking in front of the hotel and the bus stop is close too. The hotel is comfortable although a little "colder" (not referring to temperature) than smaller hotels, offering more standard services. Room was clean and comfortable, bathroom was comfortable too.. the issue was that I couldn't charge my phone close to the bed. Dinner was tasty and I had to book my table: soup, fish main course and ice cream.. I was able to get gluten free options and I appreciated it. Breakfast was included: full English breakfast plus a small buffet (juice, yogurt, butter,..). It was an enjoyable stay overall.

We thoroughly enjoyed our weeklong stay at the Brae Hotel. The staff we interacted with - Dave, John, and Ilsa - were attentive, personable, well informed about the area, and very helpful. Dave was exceptionally generous in sharing his detailed and insightful knowledge of the islands and he gave us recommendations that allowed us to explore sights we would not typically have visited. We had breakfast every morning and two dinners, all of which were excellent thanks to Scott, Curtis and Maurice. Given its central location, the Brae Hotel is ideally situated to explore the main island and to access the ferry for the outer islands.

We stayed at the Brae Hotel from 31 May to 4 June with two other couples. We couldn’t fault the place, the rooms are very clean and comfortable, the food is great and very good value. Tracy, Suzanne and Dave have a great team of staff; so friendly and welcoming across the board. Special mention has to go to Scott and Curtis who run the bar, wait on tables and also run breakfast ! They made our holiday with their excellent service, morning karaoke (!) and all round can do attitude. We can definitely recommend this great hotel, very well situated in North Mainland too. Can’t wait to visit here again!

Highly recommend this hotel. I was travelling alone for work and stayed here for 2 nights. As a solo female traveller 600+ miles from home I planned to stay in my room with my laptop when not out working but the staff here are so good I didn't stay in my room much at all. The reception staff are so friendly and Curtis and Scott made my trip! They are so eager and great at their job, they couldn't have done more to make me feel so comfortable. Breakfast in the mornings was cheery with their singing too! They literally do not stop! Even when I came in late one night from work they were just heading out the door to go home but stopped when I came in to make sure I have everything I need before they eventually left. They even had my stresshead husband back home relaxing as he knew i felt comfortable and well looked after because of them! Managers take note because these boys need a promotion and high recognition. Will definitely be staying again