Columba Hotel, Oban

Stayed 27th October 2025

Delighted with our stay at the Columba Hotel, Oban. Staff were very courteous, helpful and pleasant. Our room was very good and we were comfortable. Breakfast was very good and the Evening 3-course meal was excellent. We would return if the occasion arose. Overall Delighted with Our Stay!

Stayed 21st October 2025

Excellent stay - staff helpful and friendly.

Stayed 29th March 2025

Had a fantastic stay at the columba everyone was very welcoming will definitely be back thank you

Stayed 25th March 2025

I'd considered this hotel a couple of times. I knew the location which is excellent. Downside is lack of parking. There is a strip alongside the bldg., but only for about ten cars. A pay and display car park is right beside it, but if you're staying longer than our two nights, who wants to possibly pay every day. Our room was not too spacious, but at least had two chairs. Why some hotels only provide one when two people stay is beyond me. The en suite consisted of a shower cubicle and toilet, of which the seat needed tightening. It was very close to the always on heated towel rail and I nearly burned my leg twice when the seat slid sideways. The bed was very comfortable. Not a lot of storage space. Breakfast had less choice than other hotels. I like a bowl of mixed fruit to start, but one morning there was only a choice of prunes or gfruit. I don't like the former, and can't take the other because of the medication I'm on. The bacon on both mornings was thick and tough to cut, as were my partner's tattie scone. Unusual there was no haggis. Evening dinner was a different ball game. First night I had fish and chips, (£3 extra? Unheard of), she had sea bass. Both enjoyed. Second night she had sea bass again, I had Aberdeen Angus steak, cooked beautifully. We retired with a drink to the upstairs section of the bar, where a lovely view of the town frontage and harbour with the lights on could be had. The staff were all friendly and polite, and unlike some of the Highland hotels which can be a bit worn looking, the Columba was clean, fresh and tidy. I would certainly consider staying again

Stayed 24th March 2025

Ignore previous comment re lift not going to 3rd floor, it does. Good value .

Stayed 23rd March 2025

Pleasant stay great staf good,bit dated but clean and bright.

Stayed 18th March 2025

Enjoyed our stay, staff friendly and helpful, room ok could be doing with a bit of a refresh. Food was good and a good hearty breakfast to start the day. One big draw back is parking, there is over 200 rooms in hotel with only 8 parking places. There is a public carpark but it costs £1 and hour to use and you will probably struggle to get a space in it during the summer.

Stayed 17th March 2025

Lovely Victorian hotel, well positioned with great views, very clean, nice staff, good food especially the breakfast. The only downside is the very small lift you have to ooerate yourself. At our advanced age ( 76&80) we found the heavy doors difficult to close. We did enjoy our 2 day stay.

Stayed 7th March 2025

We had a lovely stay at the Columba hotel. We decided to upgrade our room to room 12 which gave us a corner view. Room was huge and very comfortable with brilliant views out to the sea. We enjoyed watching the ferries passing during the day. We ate at the hotel’s bar/restaurant and the fish we ordered was delicious. We would definitely come back.

Stayed 7th March 2025

Lucky got a free parking space not always available warm welcome from the staff they are always willing to help with any information good room comfy bed very efficient shower good breakfast plenty to choose from we booked the evening meal option it's a set menu with 6 mains to choose from starter main and sweets were very good especially the sea bass I wold certainly advise using the restaurant as we noticed a lot of locals did that tells you how good the restaurant is this was about our 6th stay will certainly book the Columba again

Stayed 24th February 2025

Hi. We enjoyed our break hotel staff were very helpful and friendly food was great. Thank you

Stayed 24th January 2025

Amazing staff who can't do enough for you from the minute you enter the hotel until the minute you leave you are made most welcome we were there during storm Eowyn and it caused the whole of Oban to have a 12 hour power cut we were still kept well fed and kept safe we were given extra blankets and a lovely young man sorry didn't get his name made sure we got back to our roon safely even tho there was emergency lighting e xhecked every floor on the hour all night and even served us breakfast the next morning Gita on reception was amazing nothing was any bother for her we enjoyed it so much we have booked again for April

Stayed 13th January 2025

You couldn't fault the hotel ideal as 5mins from the train station I would give 10

Stayed 5th November 2024

We had a lovely corner room with 3 windows overlooking the Oban Bay - what a view! Only fault I had was the mattresses on two adjoined single beds, definitely need replaced & a tube hoover to clean the dust off the top of the curtains. Otherwise a lovely stay with friendly staff & excellent food. We would return!

Stayed 26th March 2024

Thoroughly enjoyed our 2 night DBB stay at the Columba Hotel, from 26th to the 28th March this year. We had room 201, sea view room (suite). We paid an extra £20 per night for seaview & it was worth it. Evening meals were good, breakfast was good, plenty choice, only complaint would be that on both mornings the bacon was a bit over cooked & dry. Would still recommend this hotel as rooms were clean, comfy & staff very pleasant. Location is very central but hotel parking limited, we got a free space just outside hotel and as we never used car, we had it for the entire stay, plenty parking close to hotel but not free. Lift is quant, old Victorian type, but added to the charm of the hotel.

Stayed 23rd March 2024

absolutely great weekend as usual.clean spacious room.very friendly staff who really did help with any requests the we made.cracking breakfast fresh and plenty of options.would recommed you give it a try.also within easy walking distance of oban's main attractions.

Stayed 14th March 2024

We had a very nice overnight stay here. We were given a corner room with lovely views of the harbour and out to sea. The breakfast was excellent and the staff were lovely.

Stayed 12th March 2024

Great Hotel food very good all staff very helpful great stay at this hotel

Stayed 10th February 2024

Room good comfortable a few more hangers would be good clean and tidy

Stayed 16th November 2023

Booking No 497687. We booked these two nights following on from the previous booking so had the same room 112 throughout our stay, the room remained rather chilly due in part to the pretty old, large single glazed windows and the position of the only heat source in the room being badly placed, i.e. not in the main part of the room. It actually felt warmer in the corridor!! There were a couple of niggles in the otherwise beautiful bathroom too, plug in basin not working properly as water escaped all the time and shaving light not working.(reported at the time) Having said all of that we did enjoy our first stay away for some time, however, though I have already mentioned the breakfast arrangements for me were OK as I could pick and choose what I wanted, it was not so easy with the evening meals, choices for me (Gluten Free) were quite limited and a longer stay would have been quite difficult as half the choices were pasta/pizza options. That said I would still go there again perhaps in warmer weather and we have no complaints about the helpfulness of staff, who were all very pleasant during our stay. MS

Stayed 15th November 2023

Booking No 497686. We arrived late afternoon and were given our room number which we made our way to and found a pleasant room with view overlooking the inner bay at Oban town centre. Everything looked good and we were happy to find a bottle of wine in the room as promised, however the room was rather cold so we switched on the heater, then popped out for a wander around town and went for a meal at a nearby restaurant as we were not booked in for dinner that night. When we returned the room was still pretty cool and it did not warm up much more in the course of the evening. Breakfast was fine for me as a Coeliac as I was able to make my own choices, and we found all of the staff pleasant helpful and friendly without exception.

Stayed 11th November 2023

stayed here for one night made really welcome cant fault it.A very clean hotel with great views we will return again thanks.

Stayed 3rd November 2023

A lovely old hotel. Very disappointed with the buffet breakfast. Most of the items were cold. No eggs left and were not replaced. The hotel fire alarm went off at 2.20 and 2.45. We were up and dressed, it was a false alarm but we had to phone reception to find out. They should have phone every room that had guests. Sadly, we won't be returning.

Stayed 10th May 2014

excellent hotel

Stayed 30th March 2023

First visit to Oban, Hotel staff very attentive, breakfast was good and a buffet style.