History

The Aberfeldy Weem Hotel, now affectionately known as ‘The Weem’ – and with a real authentic traditional highland country inn feel,  is an historic Coaching Inn situated at the foot of Weem Rock, near Aberfeldy, next door to Castle Menzies, and was famous as barracks for General Wade’s troops while building the nearby, famous Wades Bridge to cross the River Tay in the 18th century.

The age of carriages produced coaching inns, where the stagecoach stopped for the night or changed horses. A network of wayside inns was established and many are still going strong today

Ask anyone who eats out regularly in Scotland to name some of the top restaurants, and you can guarantee that some great Scottish former coaching inns will feature. The Peat Inn near Cupar, the Three Chimneys on Skye, the Old Inn at Gairloch, to name a few. And of course, ‘The Weem’. These are some of the finest country restaurants and friendly hostelries in Scotland, set in traditional surroundings, with quaint, characterful and very rustic and cosy bedrooms.

A clan society for the Menzies name was first set-up on 6 October 1892 at Weem Hotel. The members joined with the local clansmen of the Castle area in 1894 to help celebrate the Jubilee of Chief, Sir Robert Menzies. He was the seventh chief of Clan Menzies to have led the clan for 50 years and was 77 years old. This event was celebrated on 26 September 1894 (his birthday) and Sir Robert was presented with an illuminated address. He had requested that the donations gathered should not be gifted to him but he would like the Society to set-up a charitable fund to commemorate the event. This was called the “Sir Robert Menzies Benevolent Charitable Fund”. All subscriptions received were to be invested and the interest earned used to help distressed clanspeople.