Located in Port Ellen, No. 1 Charlotte Street has a garden, shared lounge, bar, and free WiFi. The rooms in the hotel are fitted with a coffee machine.
Grant
United States of America
Great location, beautiful views. Staff was super helpful and breakfast was delicious.
Featuring a fitness center and a garden, Machrie Hotel & Golf Links is located just outside Port Ellen. This 4-star hotel offers a 24-hour front desk and free WiFi.
Angela Barbara
United Kingdom
Very modern room in an excellent location. Golf was excellent. Views are stunning. Food is excellent. Staff are great.
On Islay’s famous Whiskey Coast, in the fishing village of Port Ellen, overlooking the harbor and marina and just 2 hours by ferry from Kennacraig on the Scottish mainland, The Islay Hotel offers a...
Glenegedale House offers accommodations in Glenegedale and is located 5 miles from Port Ellen and 6 miles from Bowmore. Each room includes a flat-screen TV.
David
United Kingdom
Breakfast was really great, welcome was also great. Overall, really nice. Beds were super comfortable. Location great, but would advise to guarantee an evening meal, as it's quite a treck to the nearest town. Common areas encourage mingling with fellow guests in a relaxing manner.
Bridgend Hotel is offering accommodations in Bridgend. With free WiFi, this 4-star hotel has a garden and a bar.
Jeffery
United States of America
The breakfast was excellent. The room was clean and comfortable and it was nice to have coffee and tea available in the room. Our dinners were great and the mac and cheese is a must have. Ian and the crew were extremely helpful and went out of their way to help us with taxi rides and tour reservations. Great place to stay.
Lochside hotel is located in Bowmore and features a terrace. Featuring luggage storage space, this property also provides guests with a restaurant. Free WiFi is available.
Within 15 minutes’ drive of 4 of the Isle of Islay’s whiskey distilleries, Skerrols House has uninterrupted countryside views and is just a 5-minute drive from the coastal village of Bridgend.
Ric
United States of America
This was the absolute best placed we stayed on our entire trip. And now one of my favorites ever. Thomas was amazing at communicating, making you feel welcomes, cooked an amazing breakfast and responded to our every request. Then there are the beautiful and impeccably kept accommodations. Stay here once and you'll want to return to Islay just to stay here again. And be sure to visit the Islay Woolen Mill nearby, a true classic. If I could give this more than a 10 rating, I would.
Featuring free WiFi, Port Charlotte Youth Hostel offers accommodations in Port Charlotte. Free private parking is available on site. Each room has a shared bathroom.
Portbahn, Bruichladdich is located in Bruichladdich. Guests staying at this holiday home have access to free WiFi and a terrace. The 3-bedroom holiday home consists of 2 bathrooms and a living room.
Lovely, small and scenic, set around a beautiful bay and...
Lovely, small and scenic, set around a beautiful bay and also with a ferry terminal (note, this was main reason I selected Port Ellen for the destination of my final 3 nights on Islay; unfortunately, just before the trip, CalMac had announced that all ferry trips to/from Port Ellen would be diverted for the period from early Sept through mid-November to Port Askaig (on the eastern side of Islay). Since traveling that direction via bus can have a more difficult bus schedule to coordinate with the early ferry (for connecting at Kennacraig on the mainland to bus to Glasgow), so I ended up booking a Loganair flight back to Glasgow for 9/28 to ensure getting there in time for my early a.m. long-haul journey GLA/AMS - AMS/SFO on 9/29.
In general the town has wonderful dining options, scenic walks, both a small Co-Op and a Spar as grocery options, fantastic aged stone buildings, and the paved whisky trail at the far end of town to get to Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg on foot or bicycle, and if you have the energy (and often good rain-gear), you can keep going a few miles further on foot to the historic Kildalton Cross and Chapel.
And I would be remiss to not mention the lovely flock of swans at the north end of White Hart Beach!!!
Sharon
10
Scored 10
The food at the Islay Hotel was superb and very reasonably...
The food at the Islay Hotel was superb and very reasonably priced. The service was excellent too. We also ate at the Seasalt bistro and this was nice too, slightly more expensive than the Islay Hotel.
If you arrive on a Monday like we did you may not be able to get into the Islay hotel unless you have booked in advance and the Seasalt is closed Mondays. We got a Chinese takeaway from Ellen's Wok - the food was good but we found the rice a bit stodgy.
The other thing was for 2 meals we ended up with 4 plastic take away boxes with lids and food remnants that we couldn't recycle. Apparently there is no food recycling on Islay at the moment which means that everything goes to landfill. However this should change in the near future. The litter bins in the street were full of everybody else's take away meals too!
My recommendation for food is to book in advance to avoid disappointment!
Helen
United Kingdom
6.0
Scored 6.0
Beautiful location for taking a break from busy life.
Beautiful location for taking a break from busy life. Amazing beaches and plenty space to enjoy quiet and tranquility. Not a great place for dining out surprisingly. We’ll stock stores though for anything you need.
Gita
10
Scored 10
Port Ellen isa very pretty and friendly village.There are...
Port Ellen isa very pretty and friendly village.There are not many dining out options available though. What's there is tasty. We had trouble with our ferry being cancelled, so would recommend not to make tight connections
krystel
Australia
10
Scored 10
Port Ellen is a wonderful place. A great beach.
Port Ellen is a wonderful place. A great beach. Just the right number of places to eat. It has a smashing traditional Pub called The Ardview where visitors can meet `The Locals` all in all a first class base to visit the rest of Islay.
Richard
8.0
Scored 8.0
Port Ellen is a tiny village on the south of Islay with a...
Port Ellen is a tiny village on the south of Islay with a mainland ferry port. However, sometimes the ferry is cancelled so be prepared to travel back up to the north of the island if this happens. The village is extremely picturesque but if you like hustle and bustle Bowmore is more touristy. However there are 3 main distilleries within a few miles and the beaches are superb. If going remember to take clothes for all seasons as in Scotland the weather can change in seconds, from a blisteringly hot day to freezing and wind-buffed. But scenery is out of this world.
We arrived after quite the kerfuffle having had the ferry cancelled and then booked on to another one, which then went to Port Askaig instead of port Ellen - but to be greeted to a lovely calm guest house made all the difference. There was not problem with our delayed arrival. Breakfast with Laphroaig waffles was off the charts wonderful!!! Probably the best B&B breakfast I've ever had! If you're in Islay and wanting to visit the Port Ellen distilleries this is the place to stay.
It was a perfect stay on Islay!
Very friendly people there, perfect, well cooked scottish breakfast.
Large, comfortable, clean and quit rooms. A bar is located direct to the hotel. You can take your drinks to the outside; there is a very nice resting area across the street.
We loved it. A good starting point for cycling across Islay (better than car driving when visiting the distilleries).
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Niall was so welcoming and accomodating and the room is exactly as described with a gorgeous view of the beach and a stones throw from a restaurant, takeaway, pub, and post office! It is a perfect location to explore Islay and just around the corner from the start of the 3 distilleries walk.
The room was quiet and the bed super comfortable. Breakfast in the mornings was delightful - cooked to order. We ate all but one dinner in the hotel restaurant and the menu, preparation, and presentation was always exceptional. The nightly specials were always a treat.
Stayed at Cala Sith guest house right next to Port Ellen for 2 nights as a base for cycling on Islay. Hostess was genuinely warm and friendly. Facilities were excellent and 'breakfast room' so handy for making a cup of tea/microwave meal or simply to sit in and read.
Great place.. just two doors down from the bar.. and 6 or 8 doors from the restaurant.
Port Ellen is very small. Don't expect to much from it.. but great for discovering the Whisky distilleries.
And off course the great Scottish breakfast with haggish!!
We really enjoyed the continental breakfast each morning, Well equipped kitchen shared with two other rooms. The bedrooms were spacious and very clean. The Lodge is on the main street of Port Ellen and overlooks the bay which can be stunning at sunset.
Excellent stay here. The owner provided a wonderful welcome pack which was really appreciated after a very long journey. Everything you needed was provided, a short walk to Port Ellen, lovely clean and peaceful. Would definitely recommend.
Staff and proprietor couldn't have been more helpful, friendly and accommodating. Accommodation was very comfortable and warm which was much appreciated after being outdoors in poor weather. Good and varied continental breakfast.
Great breakfast and Naill is a fabulous and informative host. A great base for a visit to Islay. There is plenty parking on the street close to the B&B. It is very close to the ferry if you have a morning ferry.
Central spot along the main road in Port Ellen. Owner was helpful in messaging early to recommend making early reservations for food/distilleries as most places were booked solid for dinner.
It’s a lovely hotel in a perfect location for smoky scotch. The Scottish breakfast was tasty and the room was comfortable. we really enjoyed our stay. Just remember to book dinner in advance.
Well-equipped kitchen with everything needed for cooking and cleaning. The property is well situated with a quick drive to Port Ellen and many of the distilleries on Islay.
Top Location on Islay. Near the Water, calm, everything possible on Foot (shopping, restaurant), even Laphraoig destillery (or Ardeg and Lagavulin in some time)
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