We stayed here for five nights while honeymooning in Scotland and we enjoyed this hotel the most out of all the places we stayed. The room was big, nicely decorated, new bathroom and relaxing. The hotel is rated 2 stars (?!?), however feels more like 4 and should be considered a higher standard compared to some of the other places we stayed! The family who runs the hotel are all very friendly. The best part of our stay was the pub downstairs which served excellent food and ales in the evening! The hotel is 20 minutes south of Oban and is a great stopover to explore the western coast.

The Cuilfail Hotel is family run and quite small - about 5 rooms or so. In my experience this is always a good sign. This was also true for the Cuilfail.
Our sleepingroom and bathroom were clean (except windows - who cares) and had a decent size. The furnishing looked a little odd but this doesn't really matter. Staff was very friendly and always helpful. Breakfast was good.
We didn't eat at the pub but enjoyed a drink there. The pub's very "rustic" and looks pretty good. I really enjoyed being there.
I can absolutely recommend the Cuilfail for a stay.

My wife, son and I stopped in a local hired cottage for a week and found the hotel to be very welcoming. To start with the bar staff were friendly when we first visited and advised that our dog (well behaved) was also welcome.
We chose from the bar menu and had very good food on the four occasions we visited to eat, on other trips we just had a drink. The food was well priced for the standard of presentation and Andy the chef does a competent job with everything he prepares. In particular we were impressed by his homemade burgers, truly meaty and not greasy at all, they are as good as any I have had in the UK and nearly as good as those from the specialist restaurants in the USA.
The beer is something that the joint proprietor Simon appears to be passionate about, he shows great interest in the quality of the cask conditioned ales and only offers them for sale when they are to his satisfaction.
Overall we miss the evenings we spent in the Cuilfail Hotel now we have returned home and plan a return later in the year.

My partner and I were attending the wedding of a couple of close friends at Ardfern which is approximately 8 miles away from this hotel. We arrived late on the Friday evening but found that the hotel were more than willing to put food on for us, which was enjoyable and reasonably priced. The Guinness wasn't great but the real ales available (Under Milk Wood themed, oddly enough) more than made up for that.

The room was fairly dated, with the exception of the bathroom which looked more modern, and the owner did point out that the hotel is undergoing significant long-term revonations. The beds however were extremely comfortable, and all in all the room was an excellent base for the weekend.

The breakfast on the Saturday morning was top-class, with attentive staff and a freshly-cooked Scottish breakfast available as well as cereals, juice etc. The only downside to the whole experience was the wifi access in the room, which was very difficult to access
and ultimately frustratingly pointless.

The location of the hotel was reasonably convenient and seems well-placed for Oban and Lochgilphead. However the real key factor was the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff, who were diligently and promptly responsive to any requests we made - in particular the owner's good nature when met with drunk revellers at early hours of the morning was shame-facedly appreciated!

All in all the Cuilfail was comfortable and made a significant contribution to what was overall a very memorable weekend. I would recommend this hotel to anyone travelling through the area.