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Corran Esplanade, Oban PA34 5PN, Scotland
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Ranked #61 of 85 Oban B&B and Inns
3.5 of 5 stars 15 Reviews
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Glasgow, United Kingdom
Senior Reviewer
6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“room 6 only!!!”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 September 2010

hotel is handy enough for bars, restaurants etc.
hotel itself is clean but very dated. all rooms really need refurbished and modernised apart from room 6 (for some reason only this room has been modernised)
and dont expect to iron your clothes when you get there, we asked the young foreign girl for an iron / ironboard and she said there was none???
breakfast was good but maybe they could change the variety on the cooked breakfast as the 3 mornings we stayed, it was the same items every day.

  • Stayed September 2010, travelled with friends
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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Strasbourg, France
2 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“staff horrible: ces filles de n'ont pas envie de rien faire”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 August 2010

How rude can one be if answering to the public? Those Eastern girls do not like to move! They hate anybody that gets them away from their mobile phones... The breakfast is served with a SMILE... , the laundry lays on the stairs the better part of the morning (a menace!); and don't get the room downstairs - you'll get the garbage from breakfast thrown in front of your way... ridiculous! Simply the worst service I've seen in Scotland!

  • Stayed August 2010, travelled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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stayed in oban for 3 nights (beautiful small town) and booked in to a guest house called sutherland house .on arrival the girl at reception was so friendly she booked our children in to room 2 next to our room .what a room it was stunning and as i told the owner the nicest room we had stayed in on our visit ,its just been completely refurbished and made our stay in oban even more memorable .thankyou for such a pleasant stay we will definately recommend to any friends heading to scotland

  • Stayed March 2010, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
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“Guest House needs a lot of work done to bring it up to standard”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 August 2009

Stayed at Sutherland House whilst attending a family wedding. The first night I was so cold that I went to sleep with my fleece on top of my nightwear. There was no central heating in the room. The only heater (an oil-filled heater) which had to be plugged into an extension lead under the bed was not working - the owner got it working for the second night!

Carpet in need of replacing and bedspread and curtains well passed their sell-by date.
The room was at the top of the house with a lovely view across the bay (if you could see it since it rained most of the time!) and the wind whistled through gaps in the rotting window!

In order to make a cup of tea the kettle had to be plugged into an extension lead that came out from under the dressing table and had to be placed below the basin -really good having electricity near a basin!

The bathroom had an enormous spotlight which at first seemed very strange until you realised that this was the only form of heating in the bathroom!!

The only good thing about the hotel was the breakfast room and the friendly member of staff who served the breakfast in the morning and also checked us on arrival.

I am not surprised that this guest house is not rated as it would not even meet basic rating with the Tourist Board!

This place needs a lot of money spent on it to bring it up to even one-star rating! The room tariff is too high considering the standard of the accommodation

  • Stayed June 2009, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Scotland
Senior Reviewer
6 reviews 6 reviews
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
“Do not sleep in room 12”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 August 2009

This is a nice little guest house, the views are lovely and it is right next to the centre but the room we had was terrible. It was next to the front desk, next to the kitchen and the back wall was next to the stairs. It all kicks off when the staff begin preparing the breakfast. The staff stairs are also next to the wall. It is a nice place, the staff are lovely but do not stay in room twelve.

  • Stayed July 2009, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
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