This hotel is right in the heart of Castlebay on the Isle of Barra. The views are absolutely…read morespectacular. If you are staying here I highly (really demandingly) recommend you get a bay view room. I had my window open the whole time to let the fresh sea air in. Also if you call ahead and make arrangements they will accommodate your pet with a minor cleaning fee. Brando, my big spotted dog, felt right at home in the Castlebay Hotel. I think by the time we left the Isle of Barra he may have been the most popular tourist that weekend. The customer service is outstanding and very nice and helpful, but to be honest everybody on Barra seemed very nice and helpful. The first evening I came in on the Ferry, which was unfortunately delayed substantially due to fog. I had inquired about a place to get food at 9:30pm in this small town and lady at the front desk was very apologetic that all the restaurants were closed at 9. But, she volunteered to make me a sandwich from what was available in the kitchen!! What a sweetheart, and I was starving. Also, it was a good thing I ate because I don't think I was prepared for the nightlife of Castlebay! The room is nothing fancy per-say, but the views more than make up for it. The bed is very comfortable and had a tartan headboard. The place was very clean and Wifi is complimentary. I really have no complaints. Next door at the Castlebay Bar was live music and a packed house. I don't think I have taken that many Jager Bombs since college. There was a local band playing called the Vatersay Boys that brought the house down. The detached bar is owned by the hotel too, but they were wise to separate it from the sleeping quarters. The sounds of bagpipes and accordions, I imagine, are not the easiest things to sleep through. Somehow I managed to wake up early every morning after being out with the fabulous people on the island. I am going to say it was the fresh air of the ocean coming in my window, along with breakfast at the hotel that got me going in the morning. It was a good spread of cereals, fruit, yogurt, toast and a variety of hot plates as well. My favourite was the decent French pressed coffee. Don't be surprised if the person who checks you in is your waitress the following day or the maid is your bartender, that is part of the gloriousness that makes this Isle and hotel so fabulous.

A fine pub with grand views overlooking the bay itself. Pool table and refreshments available…read more Drinks including Carlsberg, whisky, vodka, gin etc etc Have a look yourself and enjoy your day. :-)

Lovely hotel and lovely people. I really enjoyed my few days here where the food was magnificent…read moreand the atmosphere was truly welcoming and lovely. Thanks also to Brian for driving me around the island - this has to be the best place to stay by a long margin.

I've visited and stayed at this beautiful, hearty and homey hotel with a bus tour group (Caledonian…read moreTravel) for four nights with my granny which all of this was my early birthday present from her this year which it's was the absolute best present I ever had even though I've wanted to do a coach holiday to the Outer Hebrides for two years since the pandemic until this year where my wish had come true. Our room was beautiful and we got the best views from the front and the side. The room was spotless and also our room was massive even though the ensuite bathroom was very roomy. Even some Tea, Coffee and biscuits were delivered to our room doorstep daily which was great. The free hotel wifi was excellent, comfortable and cosy beds and lots of storage especially the wardrobe for our clothes and shoes. We had a great night's sleep and great hot baths every night after going on our great adventures in The Outer Hebrides during our stay. From day one to the day we were leaving, The staff, especially Sandra had been outstanding with a huge passion for running such a lovely hotel like The Isle Of Benbecula House. Also, They were caring, loving and understanding about my hidden disability "Autism" and even they took some time out from their work duties to have a wee chat with me every evening during dinner when I go to the bar lounge to get my soda drink, especially on the final day when we were leaving the hotel to start the long journey home to Coatbridge. They asked me how I'm doing and how my adventures in The Outer Hebrides were and make sure that everything is okay with me. Even Sandra, Nicola and the rest of the fabulous hotel dream team had gone beyond the extra mile by arranging our meal times around our busy coach tour schedule that week without any trouble at all they've wanted to make sure that we all have got proper meals before we go on the excursions and after we get back to the hotel from our excursions on the coach, even they had put on a huge late evening buffet for us when we got back from a busy day in The Isle of Lewis on the last night staying there which it was brilliant. The food was absolutely outstanding and modern. All of the meals we had at the hotel were all great quality products and homemade throughout and I loved every bit of it. Every morning the staff organised a breakfast buffet for us with lots of things laid out in a beautiful way with all of the cooked items on one side while hot porridge, cereals, fruit salad and yoghurts, fruit juices and milk on the other side. The Stornoway black pudding, the back bacon rashers and beef and pork sausages were absolutely the best I've ever tasted in my entire life that I had it every day. I love homemade porridge, fruit salad and honey nut flakes cereal. Two evenings during our stay, we had two fabulous three-course dinners with three choices in each course that my granny and I had fully enjoyed. The two three-course dinners were absolutely delicious in a very special Hebrides homemade way. My favourite dishes were roast beef, Sticky Toffee Pudding, North Atlantic fish pie and the Black pudding and ham hock terrine. It is absolutely the best Sticky Toffee Pudding I've ever tasted. On the last night, the hotel staff had put on a lovely late-night buffet for us when we had returned from the Isle Of Lewis with a very great choice of dishes inspired from other countries including Mexico, Italy, India and Thailand which it's was brilliant, especially the Red Thai Beef Curry and The Chicken Korma curry, outstanding. Brilliant Customer Service all-round from start to finish with the first-class treatment of smiles, delicious food, lovely rooms, joys, love and care. I'm 100% recommend this lovely hotel if you're heading to the Outer Hebrides on your holiday this year or you're looking for a perfect place for your love ones with special needs, then The Isle Of Benbecula House Hotel is the right place for you and your love ones with special needs as long as you email directly to the hotel two weeks in advance to notify them what your child/adult needs to make sure the hotel staff are prepared to make your holiday enjoyable just like mine. If you would like to put in a special hotel request like food allergies, a special required room or anything you wish to have, the hotel is always more than happy to accommodate you with your special requirements before your holiday begins. A Big Thank You To Heidi, Sandra and Her Fabulous Team For All Of Their Hard Work To Make My Dream Outer Hebrides Coach Holiday Really Special. I'll return to this wonderful hotel someday in the future.

very disappointed. Booked on line to include a dinner and breakfast. Turns out their restaurant has…read morebeen closed and they send you nextdoor to a bar to eat. Their speciality bar also closed. They have no problem taking your money on line for something that is not available. Your money is nonrefundable. The rooms were expensive. You can't turn your heating on in your room. You need to wait till they turn on the hotel heater at night. NO elevator. You must carry luggage upstairs.

We were at the restaurant. Service was great. Meal was average. Think there are better places in…read morethe area.

For our HONEYMOON the wife and I stayed at the Skeabost House Hotel in their new Gatehouse…read moreproperty, a small separated dwelling on property just a 15 minute walk from the hotel. It's Gott two bedrooms and a single large bathroom, with a lovely livingroom and smart TV to hang out and enjoy. The only thing the Gatehouse lacked was a kitchen. But with the hotel restaurant just a few minutes down the road, it wasn't much of an issue. It's expensive, but it's a great place to stay. It's private and secluded but still feels like a wonderful party of the hotel. The Gatehouse was in wonderful shape, and the bathroom is downright incredible. It's super comfy and cozy and we adored every minute of it. It's just very expensive, so be prepared - but at the end of the day it's meant for more than two people so perhaps our perspective is skewed. The grounds are lovely, primed for a wonderful post-breakfast constitutional every morning. But what's even lovelier is the staff. Literally everyone is just cheery and happy and smiley and full of good conversation. Seriously. They took such good care of us, and were just a delight to be around. I'm so grateful for the staff here. Dinners were decent; the dining room is sort of odd. Definitely good food, but the lighting is strange. It's at once sort of dim, and also a very uncomfortable color temperature. They are at like a good 5500k and should be much closer to a 4000-4500k. I'm super sensitive to color temperature of lights, so your mileage is gonna vary here but I found that sort of odd. Anyway, breakfasts here are also just intensely awesome. Wonderful service, super fabulous dining room, and I just ate porridge and bacon the entire time because if you order the porridge they'll give you syrup and sugar and WHISKY to put it in it. It's amazing. And also genuinely delicious. And porridge is SUCH a better name for oatmeal than oatmeal. Everything's better in Scotland! Especially given that on the Isle of Skye it can be very difficult to find dinner if you've not previously made reservations or aren't in the center of Portree, it's wonderful to have a home base for your time there where you know you'll be able to get in and get food every night. And to have it be so very wonderful and delicious and served in a wonderful space by wonderful people who feel more like friends than staff? This place is amazing. I'm so grateful for it, and the people there, and it was all I wanted for my honeymoon. I'm so happy!

We had dinner here in June 2023. They have a beautiful, elegant but relaxing atmosphere. The staff…read morewas wonderful. My husband had the venison, it was delicious and really tender. I had fish which was cooked perfectly. After dinner we went for a walk by the water, accompanied by a very independent kitty. Our server gave us a ride into Portree, a top notch memorable evening

The service, staff and entire team were so pleasant and very accommodating long story our room…read morewasn't ready and had to stay in a smaller one which they comp of course and discounted our stay due to the error. We were there for leisure and were pretty laid back unlike the other guests that were out right rude. Such a peace full of and beautiful hotel. Amenities were great add ons. Food was good and breakfast was included which was very nice

Great hotel in Portree / Isle of Skye. Spacious rooms, modern with great customer service…read more Very easy check-in and helpful staff. Excellent breakfast, included with our stay. The rooms are quite modern and very clean with comfortable beds. Easy walking distance (5-10 minutes) to the center of town and great launch point for so many adventures around Portree / Isle of Skye.

Perched on a small hill at the waters edge this quaint friendly pub and hotel in close proximity to…read morethe Oban ferry. We attended a post wedding function here - it was a great spot for this.