Enjoy a dream Highland Wedding with Mackays Hotel

A Scotland wedding venue with a difference

Start your journey with us

It’s not often that you get the opportunity to create history. But by getting married, you are choosing to do just that. Whether you want your wedding to be part of an existing family tradition, or the start your own family history, Mackays Hotel, Wick, is the best place to do it. You could say that weddings are part of the brickwork here. At the heart of the hotel sits a unique archive of all the weddings, christenings and golden weddings which have taken place here since 1976. A bit like a “family tree” for big events in your family’s history, we make it easy for you to choose the same wedding breakfast menu as your mother and father, or return to Mackays Hotel thirty years later and hold a re-enactment of your big day again with the same timings, same menu and even the same guests!

It’s not just our attention to detail which makes us different, Mackays Hotel has a few quirky claims to fame of its own. Marriage is the start of your journey through life together, and we can think of no better place to start that journey than at Ebenezer Place, the world’s shortest street measuring just 2.06m or 6ft 9″ in length. From Ebenezer Place, you can move in no less than five different directions, a fitting metaphor for married life. Getting married can be exciting, however, the preparations can be daunting, so a little bit of expertise can go a very long way. Murray Lamont, the proprietor of Mackays Hotel, has many top tips for your wedding preparations, you will find these really useful. Mackays Hotel has been in Murray’s family for over 60 years and, as current day owner, Murray’s experience is unsurpassed locally with over 30 years practice of holding weddings. You can be confident that his advice will be the best in the business.