Name: Riverside Apartments
Address: 1 Victoria Place, Wick, Wick, Wick, KW1 4AP, United Kingdom
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

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Free Wi-Fi

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Free parking

Free Parking on Premises

Parking

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Pets Not Allowed

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At the apartment

Wick Heritage Centre

Old Wick Castle

Wick Airport

Kirkwall Airport

Riverside Apartments

Wick

great apartment and very easy to check in with great support from the owner

Great riverside location- large, comfortable and well maintained.  Slightly musty smell in bathroom but very clean. Recommend

Lovely clean and comfortable apartment. Modern and well equipped. Handy location for our visit. Quiet and pleasant outlook despite the disappointing river Wick. But we could also see the shortest street in the world so that made up for the river.

Lovely stay

Property was good and as specified. We had apartment 4 which had 2 good sized bedrooms. We enjoyed the balcony especially being able to dine outside. Despite the negative reviews we were thrilled by the antics of a sea otter and spied on by a great seal. All rather marvellous. Would have stayed 2 nights if I would off realised how much to do in the vicinity.

As Described.

I hope I caught them on a bad week, as reviews on Booking.com are generally better than the stay we had.
First off the positives, so you can make a decision.
Very centrally positioned on a quiet side street, with parking close by.
Walking distance to town centre and loads of restaurants, pubs and clubs (see my review of De Vitas)
Lovely comfy bed, equally comfy huuuge sofa.
Lots of hot water, and the shower was pretty good.
Now the problems. Possibly covid related.
A month before our visit I tried to contact to make sure all OK. No reply to phone or email. Website not working. I sat for two hours on the Booking.com chat line to see if they could help. No reply on the numbers they had.
They assured me that the place had people staying so it would probably be OK. Which is nit good if you turn up and have to sleep in the car.
Later that week I found a number on the website and a female voice agreed that the booking was OK.
So we get there Saturday, at the required time. No one to meet and greet. I knocked on door of no 1 and had to open it and shout. Lady came and said we were in next door. So off we went.. Door locked. Maybe we enter through the garden. Nope scaffolding and warning that builder working on roof. Back to no 1. Apparently we should have had an email. We hadnt.
She showed us to the key security locker, and we managed to get in. First impressions have to say really good. Nice shower room/loo, nice bedroom and sitting room. All nice light wood, except sofa of course. Lovely and clean.
Big Tele with Sky.
However.
No directions on how to use Sky, Tele, oven, hob, microwave. Could these not have been emailed as other renters have?
No indication about which rubbish went to recycling, which bins to use.
No password for wifi. I emailed via Booking.com, but still await a reply.
Last day, wanting to watch football, Sky fell down.I spent two hours following on screen instructions, gave up, went next door, no-one in.
So I spent a half hour getting logged on to BT wifi. By which time I had missed the match.
And the water heater. At first I thought I was hearing water being drawn in other apartments. It just went on and on, then stopped for ten minutes, and started up again. I suspect that we could have turned it off at one of he neon switches in the kitchen area. But no details given!
This place could be such a resource with a bit more hands on.
Im sorry folks, but I value my integrity as a reviewer, so have to tell it like it is.

Please read on

Disappointed due to the scaffolding outside windows blocking the view (not informed period). Smell of dampness on arrival and the constant noise of toilet system filling up.

My partner and I had an excellent weekend stay in one of the apartments. 

Very clean, spacious and a beautiful balcony that over looked the river absolutely incredible value for money. 

Also some great local knowledge on where Is best to eat and Drink in wick. 

Thanks again we will definitely visit again.

Liam Walters

We were a party of four and rented a ground floor two-bedroom apartment for two nights. This was a good central location which was quiet and had views over the river. 

On-street parking was available close by and, as electric car users, we found the charging point in a nearby free car park very convenient for overnight charging.

Sufficient kitchen appliances, crockery and cutlery are provided to enable self-catering and there is a reasonable choice of take-away and eat-in restaurants within walking distance. Recommended.

Spacious and comfortable central location

Not saying that Wick is high the list of destinations but as most tourist, we were driving the NC500.  This is a self-catering apartment so cannot comment on service but plenty of positive features to mention.

- Lovely balcony with river view
- Massive apartment, suitable for 20 let alone 2
- Ideal location
- Seamless booking and key pick up
- Great value for money
- Alexa kept us entertained

A diamond in the rough

Excellent stay, only couple of points are that the double bed could be replaced as it’s really springy. Neighbours were really noisy at night.

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