Dating back to the 16th Century, Busta has a long and intriguing history; which you can read more of here.
Busta House Hotel is the ideal place for a romantic getaway, a family celebration or as a base for an action packed Shetland holiday. The house is a historic building full of character. Originally the local Laird's residence, the earliest parts of the house date back to 1588, although it was later extended in the early 1700s and furthermore in the 1970s & 1980s. There are 23 rooms, each with its own individual character.
Busta House was first opened as a hotel in the mid 1970s and has operated as such continually ever since. In 2015, the hotel was purchased by Grant O’Neil & Joel D’Eathe. Both men had been working at Busta for a number of years, they started out washing dishes at weekends whilst students and have worked their way up over the years, finally realising their dream of running the hotel themselves.
The menu serves up non-fussy meals using local produce wherever possible, whether it’s hot smoked shetland salmon with local ‘Hensington Palace’ eggs for breakfast or Lerwick Brewery beer battered haddock and chips for dinner. Lunches are served daily from 12noon until 1:30pm and evening meals are served between 5:30pm and 7:45pm.
The hotel's long room boasts an impressive collection of whiskies and is the ideal place to relax after a long day exploring all that Shetland has to offer.
The long room is also used as small intimate venue for weddings and celebrations, and the beautiful grounds are the perfect backdrop for photographing a special day.
