We had our wedding at Auchen Castle on 10 September 2011. It was the best day ever. We booked it in June 2010 and a month later the Castle went into receivership. We stayed with it because we loved the venue so much and thankfully Glen and his team took over and gave us a day we will never forget! Everything was organised to perfection, the food was out of this world and the Castle looked fantastic. We couldn't have asked for more. If you are looking for a beautiful setting and excellent service on your wedding day I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Auchen Castle. Thank you to all staff for making our wedding perfect!
Rosalind & Steven Watt

Had a lovely family wedding .Stayed overnight in one of their fourposter bedrooms very clean and tidy.Food lovely,staff very friendly.Will think it will get even better when new people settle in to the castle .Hope they get the televisions working though?

Booked 2 rooms at this hotel in March for a stay in September. Suddenly had a telephone call last week stating hotel was closed. I was told the hotel had been in recievership for the past year and I was talking to the new owner. When I mentioned that it was still possible to book all dates on line through the Auchen Castle Hotel web site I was told that this site belonged to the previous owners and nothing to do with the new. I have been refunded the money paid in March, but surely the past owners of Auchen should not still be taking bookings and deposits on a hotel they do not own. Be warned.
I have had to put that we stayed in July 2011 as no provision for hotels not visited available - chance would be a fine thing

My boyfriend and I chose to visit Auchen Castle as it is the sister hotel of Castle Venlaw, in Peebles, the location of our first ever break away together. Unfortunately, Auchen is not of the same standard of Venlaw, but it has a charm of its own. Like Venlaw, Auchen is more stately home than castle. It has an air of neglect, in a romantic sense; the long winding approach is quite overgrown, the walls are mossy, and the gates tilted and rusted, while the building itself is well lived in.
Our room was spacious and cosy but not luxurious, although the view across the hills was nice and the en-suite bathroom was large and clean. A major criticism has to be the bed; although it was very big and comfortable, we were kept awake all night by an inexplicable heat that seemed to come from the mattress; it felt like lying on hot sand, odd as it sounds!
The food was very nice, (although Venlaw was outstanding) but the atmosphere was poor- partly because there were so few guests, but also because the dining rooms were pretty bare and the staff weren't very enthusiastic particularly the bar man, or boy rather, who clearly doesn't enjoy his work.
Breakfast was markedly better, with beautiful china, a good selection of food on offer- continental self service and table service for cooked breakfast, and beautiful views.