Andy Murray Launches New Restaurant at His Luxury Five-Star Hotel

It’s been 76 days since Sir Andy Murray’s glittering career came to an end with a final swansong at the Paris Olympics.

But the double Wimbledon champion appears to have quickly moved on from life as a professional athlete as he has revealed plans to create a new restaurant at his luxury five-star hotel, Cromlix. Shifting from tennis icon to restaurateur, Murray and his wife Kim want to build a new 80 cover restaurant which would replace the current eatery known as The Glasshouse.

The new restaurant at Cromlix, which is near Murray’s birthplace of Dunblane, Perthshire, would form an extension to the C-listed Victorian mansion with views over the hotel’s lawns through huge glass windows along a new terraced area. The Glasshouse would be retained under the move but turned into a space for afternoon teas and private events.

Plans submitted to Stirling Council reveal Murray would also add three new ground floor bedrooms to the hotel within the main building. Another win for Sir Andy as Cromlix nets a prestigious award for best hotel

He wants to convert a kitchen area into an accessible suite while an additional bedroom will also be created on the first floor. If given the green-light, it would see the number of rooms available to guests at Cromlix increase from 15 to 19.

A laundry room will also be turned into a staff canteen while a store area is earmarked to become a toilet area. The council will issue a decision on the new plans in due course.

Murray bought the 15-room venue near his home town for almost £2million in 2013 and it has become the venue for several family celebrations. The tennis hero held his wedding reception at the hotel in 2015 and his elder brother Jamie was also married there.

Cromix boasts five stars and is set among 34 acres of woodland and landscaped gardens. It comes with its own chapel, tennis court and trout loch. It reopened last year following a three-month refurbishment programme overseen by Kim.

Murray bought the 15-room Cromlix venue (pictured) near his home town for almost £2million in 2013 and it has become the venue for several family celebrations

Plans for further repairs at Cromlix were approved earlier this month. He had applied to carry out work on an outbuilding at the site and was granted permission after officials ruled the work posed no threat to bats.

The work will see a former stables which was being used as a workers’ cottage renovated with a new slate roof on the building and new roof lights. Just last month, Sir Andy added to his trophy cabinet after Cromlix was named the best hotel in Scotland at the AA Hospitality Awards in London.

The judges said: ‘Owned by Kim and Andy Murray (the tennis star, who was born in nearby Dunblane), this stunning hotel has been appointed to a luxurious standard.

‘The expansive grounds are secluded and ideal for relaxing in; among the places of interest are a kitchen garden, a loch (stocked with trout; rods available) and a tennis court resplendent in Wimbledon colours.

Sir Andy and wife Kim own the five-star Cromlix hotel near his birthplace in Dunblane, Perthshire. Murray said he is enjoying retirement after playing his last match for Team GB at the Paris Olympics.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4, he said: ‘Since I’ve stopped, I feel really free and have got lots of time to do whatever it is I want.

‘I can dedicate time to my children and have free time to play golf or go to the gym on my own terms. ‘It is really nice and I didn’t expect that. I was expecting to find retirement hard and be missing tennis a lot and wanting to get back on the tennis court on tour. ‘So far it has been the complete opposite to what I was thinking.