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4 out of 5
Loch Melfort Hotel
Arduaine, Argyll, Oban, Scotland

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 205 out of 324 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 83 out of 324 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 25 out of 324 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 324 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 324 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Randi

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was BY FAR the best place we've ever stayed. It's not just the beauty of of the surroundings or the views, it was the total experience. The staff was truly unparalleled and made you feel like both family and royalty. The dining experience is the best I've ever had hands down. The food was absolutely amazing, their chefs astounding, and service like no other. I didn't want to leave.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

Michael, Seattle

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel is an amazingly beautiful setting with fabulous views. The room was quiet and comfortable and the food outstanding. The only negative was a few of the dining room staff who were rude and unprofessional
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ainslie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great room in a fantastic location. Absolutely superb service by all the staff that we came across. We were, however, disappointed by the truncation of the menu - no beef/venison on the main menu - and we had been so looking forward to trying both. The staff told us that this was because the hotel was about to shut down for the winter. Such was the rest of our experience during this stay, we will be back next year, hopefully with beef and venison restored to the menu.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My wife and I stayed in the Loch Melfort Hotel Romantic Studio Suite. It was a spacious room with beautiful view of the Loch. The room was immaculate, warm, quiet, and nicely decorated. The hotel staff was polite, knowledgeable and very professional. We enjoyed a hike to the Loch and around the accessible Arduaine Estate Gardens. We had an excellent and elegant dinner and a perfectly prepared breakfast to follow in the morning. We highly recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

john

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ainslie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic location, superb food and excellent service by all the staff.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ainslie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic location, superb food and excellent service by all the staff we encountered.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Damian

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Audra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful resort with a sense of family
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

George

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a lovely room with a beautiful view of the lake. The staff were very helpful and friendly and the meals were excellent. However, the brown peaty water in the toilet was off-putting.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brett

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Located on the water with a spectacular view, The Loch Meltfort Hotel is lovely gem of a hotel. The sea view room boasted incredible vews and was the perfect spot for a night's rest. We did choose to dine at the hotel's resaurant and had a very good meal for a very fair price. The menu had several options to suit most people, I should think. My only dissapointment was that we couldn't stay another night as we had to move along in our travels.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing hotel
Has now become our favourite hotel could not fault it or the staff in any way
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Nick

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Dated Rooms let down Fantastic F&B and Views
Fantastic views and F&B offering that is let down by the standard of the rooms and bathrooms which are very dated.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It is not often that we have stayed in a property that speaks so loudly to beauty, contentment, grace and charm. Our room had a patio with incredible views or should I say EVERY room at Loch Melford. Every staff member was professional, gracious and played a major role in the factors noted above. The menu was diverse and creative using local businesses for their ingredients. I could go on and on, but I will promise you that you’ll never be disappointed there. Treat yourself! And they have Coos!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Francis

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location...
Beautiful location with amazing views. All staff very friendly and helpful. Dinner was amazing. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mrs. Lesley

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The best views on the West coast from your patio! Very comfortable rooms, well appointed and thought through. The food in this hotel is up there with the best. The fish dishes are fabulous. Great bar & wines to sip from! If you want comfort, stunning views, fabulous foods and easy car parking with walks at your door this is for you!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Wonderful Hotel
A lovely, comfortable, friendly and inviting hotel. The service was exceptional and the food was consistently outstanding.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Anna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No complaints
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eric

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This secluded property is in a wonderful location, and it comes with a great restaurant with several places to enjoy morning coffee, afternoon happy hour, or evening after dinner conversation. Check out the library!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Superb location and hotel
This hotel had everything we wanted, a great location, a nice modern room, a beautiful view, lovely food and great staff. We stayed on the ground floor of the lodges and really enjoyed our time here. We enjoyed going down to the water and we even went swimming from the beach. From everywhere you get a fantastic view and the hotel is well designed to make the most of it. The food was one of our favourite things dinner and breakfast were a highlight.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing view , lovely food , nice relaxed atmosphere
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Niles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice rooms, excellent food, and a lovely setting.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mr T

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Scotland's best!
First Class in every respect!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Allan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All fine.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Valerie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
a place to go back to.
the place for the view in sun or rain, its always a good.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Kirsty

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Malcolm

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loch Melfort Hotel short stay.
Beautiful location, hotel couldn't be faulted. Food in restaurant excellent.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Lesley

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Susan

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A destination in its own right.
Third time staying here. It’s a lovely place, all the staff are fantastic (there’s a lovely girl originally from Falkirk that was a good laugh and had great banter), the food is amazing (pay extra for the dinner package as the value is exceptional), the rooms are spacious and the beds are huge, the views are superb and the wildlife is right up close and personal. My two gripes would be the service charges (just add a few pence to the drinks, the food or the room) and the lack of international lager on tap, the Loch Melfort lager (just call it Tennents) is passable but something else would have suited me personally, the other half had the choice of about 30 gins and she was chuffed to bit so I was happy. Neither of these will stop us returning and we’ll be back soon. Thank you to all the staff, the owners should be extremely proud.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very peaceful and relaxed, a perfect getaway.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic hotel with amazing views
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous hotel
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous two night break
Fabulous stay in a beautiful spot. The service and food were both great couldn’t find fault with either. The only negative was a lack of storage and no window which we could open during the night.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bernadette

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stewart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful
Fantastic location. Very attentive staff. Lovely room. Excellent meals.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Judith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Calm, professional, friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

Jackie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The staff were very good and really friendly , the food was very nice. The hotel clean and comfortable , the down side was our bedroom was above the bar and I am all for having a good time but not to the detriment of other guests. We were woken up by a very loud group in the bar. Which carried on for an hour or so. Made it impossible to sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Manager on 8 Mar 2023
We are delighted to hear that overall you enjoyed your stay. Apologies that you were disturbed by other guests - a very rare occurrence. Please be assured that if you had contacted a member of the our team via Reception at the time we would have asked the group to quieten down or moved them to a different area. Hopefully this rare occurrence won’t deter you from visiting our hotel again in future.

10/10 Excellent

Carol

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE
What a wonderful experience. Room with a balcony on to the most stunning scenery. Staff are just so lovely. Can’t wait to go back
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marian

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023