Salen Hotel Restaurant in Highland

Stopped off here for lunch . The food was great and the coffee and cake excellent . It’s clean and the service was efficient. Just what we needed before a long drive up the West Coast .

Awful experience. Awful owner. Please go somewhere that will appreciate your custom especially when your income depends on the service you give

I do not want to eat my meal with a dog - not my own- under the table. Absolutely shocking. Left meal and wine. Very poor. Bad experience.

Restaurant quality breakfast, service was great and nothing was too much trouble. It's definitely worth a visit. Eggs poached to perfection and stornaway black pudding delicious.

Fabulous place run by welcoming ,friendly hosts , who not only welcomed our dogs, but gave them a treat . Once we discovered here , we visited for lunch twice and once for coffee and cake . Today's lunch was local prawns and they were delicious . All the food ,and hosting,has been great and we are away home tomorrow,but would highly recommend eating here .

You sometimes need to travel huge distances in this part of the world if you want a decent meal. Not so if you’re in Ardnamurchan, just head to The Salen. Recently changed from a hotel to a cafe/ restaurant. It’s a brilliantly located hostelry run by a charming couple with two equally charming Spaniels. The menu is simple classics done well and reasonably priced. I think I ate there most days during my week in Gorteneorn.

Lovely place with beautiful and very fresh food. Enjoyed it enormously. Only sorry that we’re not here - this time. It looks welcoming and is!

Great food, nice atmosphere, friendly service and good value too. The fish platter was delicious and fresh. Will definitely come back. Dog friendly too!

We stayed locally to this hotel and drove by a few times but weren’t sure it was dog friendly (it looks so lovely from the outside!). We called in for lunch one day and were pleasantly surprised to see it was dog friendly and even has its own gorgeous pub pooch, Basil. My husband and I both said the food was the best meal we’d had in the area (fish and chips), and we even took some cake away for dessert as they looked too delicious to say no to. Staff were so friendly and chatty; the waitress serving us couldn’t have been more helpful. We wish we had tried this place sooner in our trip as we would’ve been sure to return time and time again!

Wonderful to get out at a time when meeting friends in a restaurant is complicated by the pandemic. The Salen Hotel Restaurant has made this possible by keeping their menu restricted. However we found the menu great, the service friendly and the food and wine lovely

Food good if a slightly limited menu if eating there a few nights but definitely best in area. Specials always seem to run out.Staff very attentive and service fast. Hotel very well appointed. Bar….different story, lovely environment but definitely didn’t feel welcome for very long….asked for final orders just after 9pm on a Saturday night, no doubt they have their reasons!

We weren't staying at the hotel but went for meal a couple of times when in Salen. I had langoustines from the specials menu both times because they were so good the first time. I'd recommend booking as they weren't always open.

We were a bit disappointed by the menu as it wasn’t as varied as it appeared on the website and some of the specials had run out by the time we arrived. So my husband being vegetarian only had one choice of a curry which he said was nothing special. My pork belly was ok though a bit overdone. The staff seemed a bit disorganised and distracted even though there weren’t that many people eating. The room we ate in was rather gloomy and there wasn’t much atmosphere.

I twice attempted to use this place. phoned them to book a two night break....sorry we don't take bookings for less 3 nights. Then drove 7 hours and called from the ferry to book a table (booked a room at a nearby B&B). Told them was to arrive at 1:50pm only to be told that was too late as they stopped serving at 2pm?!?Later noticed the hotel was up for sale, not really surprised as the don't seem interested. No great loss as there are two amazing restaurants in Acharacle

Well positioned hotel bar and restaurant that has been recently refurbished by the look of it. We stopped for a drink a couple of days prior and was so taken with the place that we all decided to visit again for their bar meal selection. We thought this would be a nice place to end our holiday. We were not disappointed but half way through the meal while still eating we were told off for moving a chair for a child, l can appreciate the challenging situation we all find ourselves in but a little more privately next time perhaps, service in general apart from this was very good and the gentleman was very nice to us when it came to paying for the meal, which by the way was again very good.

We have visited before for dinner last year and had a lovely meal. This year we were keen to return. I enquired twice before we arrived about whether the hotel is open for meals and was told firmly that no, it is only open to locals due to Covid. I was told it was open for take away. When we arrived, I phoned the hotel to ask what is available for take away. No one called me back, and the hotel looked deserted during the day so I assumed it was closed to all customers. I tried calling again near the end of the week, and was told it is open, on a pot luck basis, turn up and if a table is available they will fit you in. When we arrived, we were told rather rudely that there were no tables available until 8pm, this was at 6pm We were also told that take away was not available either. This despite lots of people calling in to collect takeaway! I could see that the restaurant was nearly empty, so felt puzzled. We went in again to ask if we could sit outside when a table became free, and spoke to a member of the serving staff, who said we could come in but food would probably be some time. Once seated, we found out that only three items were on the menu! We ordered fish and chips expecting it would take an hour as indicated, but it came reasonably quickly and was edible , though disappointing. No one wore masks, either staff or customers which was surprising. No one took our contact details either.When we asked to pay, we were told that it was cash only. No one had told us this and we had seen no signs to that effect. The chef then appeared (I assume it was he, since he wore an apron) to say very rudely that he had told us it was cash only. He had done no such thing. His manner was rude and unpleasant. This was the same person who had initially told us that there would be no tables until 8pm when the restaurant was empty, and no take away either. At this stage we were literally the only people eating indoors. All other tables were not taken and the outside tables were also vacated . The only people in the pub were locals having a drink. We paid by bank transfer and left. We won't be back next year after that experience, that's for sure. I am not sure what is going on, but suspect that food sales are being kept off the books for whatever reason. Not impressive. I understand that Covid has put pressure on businesses, but there is no need to be rude and to make up the rules as they go along.

Had dinner here with the family during a recent holiday. A small menu choice but all very well cooked. We had 2 plates of prawns caught locally by one of the guys sat having a beer in the pub as we ate them!! Now that’s provenance!!Friendly proprietor who came out to speak to us and ask if we’d enjoyed our food etc. I mark the score down 1 point simply because the menu is so limited (just 4 types of pizza, prawns, lasagne and scampi on the day we visited) a few more options and it would be perfect.

We’d heard great things about Salen Hotel and had a pleasant meal there in previous years and during our recent visit to the peninsula we wanted to make a return visit. However, this time we were completely ignored... We approached the bar area to ask if there was a table available and as there was no response we sat at an unoccupied table that wasn’t reserved. The waitresses clearly saw us and served another couple who arrived after us. After waiting for maybe 20 minutes or so we decided to try somewhere else and got up to leave. As we left one of the waitresses actually went to the table and pushed in the chairs as we were passing the window. I don’t think we’ll make a return visit. The only positive I can give is that we found a wonderful restaurant a little further along the road which we will most certainly be recommending in future.

Whilst on holiday with my family in Lochaber we visited the Salen Hotel for drinks. We were impressed by the menu and decided to book a table for dinner. The hotel has a large conservatory as part of their restaurant and this is pet friendly so we could bring our dog in instead of leaving her in the car. The staff had a very easy going but proffesional approach which made us feel at ease. The food was excellent with a wide selection of local produce and seafood. They also catered well for vegatarians and the cheff even gave our dog some dog biscuits so she wasnt left out. We booked again later in our weeks stay and would totally recommend the Salen Hotel as a place to eat when you are in the area.

Ardnamurchan is hugely popular with visitors at the weekends so book up if you want a meal esp on a Fri night. We got there as they opened up for meals at 5.30pm & we’re told it was fully booked. Had a nice pot of tea sat at tables outside enjoying the landscape & moved on.

While staying at Mingarry Park Hotel, my partner and I went for dinner at the Salen Hotel. It’s a pleasant hotel although the food is more pub-style than restaurant. That said, it was good wholesome food and the staff were very attentive and pleasant. Its a shame that Tripadvisor only give a rating of average between poor and very good. The Salen Hotel is somewhere between but still, if you’re after honest food and nice people, it’s a decent place to go.

The staff were most helpful and welcoming. One of our party was not very well and the staff were most understanding and helpful. The homemade lasagne was delicious as was the pizza. Lovely thin crust with lots of topping.

We did not make a reservation but the restaurant was quiet because of the World Cup football. The service and food was very good and the staff were very welcoming to our dog.

Enjoyed a few nights out for dinner, the food was very good and the staff were very friendly and helpful

Whilst staying in Salen on holiday, we had dinner 3 times in the hotel. The restaurant and bar are lovely, the service was excellent and the food was delicious each time.

This is a lovely wee hotel with 2 dining areas which are both delightful to eat in. We managed to squeeze in a last minute booking for dinner on a Saturday night and were glad we chose this hotel in the area. The food is your above average pub food (special mention for the hand cut chips) and is cooked well and tasty. There are also a few specials which are available too.The service from the young guys who were waiters was very professional and polite. We had a feeling one of the waiters might have been the owner's son ... in which case what a charming young man he is. I think my brother was quite taken aback by being addressed to as "sir" all evening. A lovely evening was had by all.

We stopped for lunch which was lovely. Service good and nice surroundings. The seafood was particularly good, with nice wine also

Great location backed up by excellent food, great service from really friendly staff an all round super experience. Well done to the owners for creating such a great experience for our family trip to Scotland.

We popped in here on our way back to our holiday cottage. I ordered a special (Guinea fowl) which was excellent. My daughter had prawns- again very good. My wife had the last battered fish and my son had the child's fish finger. Weirdly, we were asked if he wanted chips, beans or peas (there was just the choice of one option) with his fish finger. This has never happened before and usually chips and peas/beans are standard in every restaurant/pub we have eaten in. The battered fish my wife had was average and overcooked- so much so that it was pretty tasteless. The service was very good and the reason I only rated the place average is due to the mixed nature of the food coming out of the kitchen.

It is clearly a place of choice for the locals, which is a good recommendation in and of itself. The hotel has a good selection of food and the flavours work well together. A really nice meal out.

Had an evening meal here as we were stopping close by.

We had two dinners in this hotel. Each time the food was outstandingly good. The chicken breasts stuffed with haggis were excellent and the sauce with them was just as good. I'd never eaten haggis but decided to try it, and was very pleased indeed with the flavour. Desserts were good too, and the wine was modestly priced. Staff were friendly and cheerful and very willing to help. I think this hotel must have an excellent chef and give full marks for originality.

we were staying at a nearby island and popped in on the chance of some dinner, ordered 2 steaks rare, when they came and we tasted them WOW. cooked perfectly in fact possibly the best steak I have ever had, great service. sent compliments to the chef, very family friendly place to stop

We onoy stopped here for a quick coffee so can't comment on accomodation, meals etc. Coffee was good although a small cup. Also had a half pint of Alloa Best - very nice beer.

During our stay in Salen we ate here 3 times. There were 4 of us and we had starters and main courses on all occasions- the quality and variety of food was excellent. Local produce was used - the Chicken stuffed with Haggis was fabulous. The Loch Sunart prawns were also excellent. We all enjoyed every meal and were very impressed with the friendly service and reasonable prices- we can thoroughly recommend this restaurant. Booking is also recommended as it can get busy.

Went there for lunch. Good menu, service quick and efficient, attentive staff. Food very good, we enjoyed the fish and...

Ate here last year and enjoyed it. Friendly helpful staff. This year we found same staff same menu but not...

Had an evening meal here in the sun room. Food was very good so we returned for lunch another day.Friendly, young staff.Advise booking though because we saw a few people disappointed when they arrived without a booking.

Just called in a couple of times for a drink on the way back to where we were staying. Didn't eat here so can't comment on the food but the proprietor was very friendly and welcoming. The drinks were also very reasonably priced compared to other places we visited.

One night on a tour of Western Scotland. Excellent stopover on way to ferry at Kilchoan.Rooms comfortable in a friendly pub/hotel . All the staff seemed set to make us very welcome. The restaurant at the front of the hotel was very pleasant and we all enjoyed our meal (particularly a superb rare steak) served by a couple of cheerful young ladies who were as efficient as they were cheerful. Another young lady behind the bar was equally friendly. Breakfast plentiful and well prepared to set us on our way. If we are staying in the area again we will return. We have no doubts about recommending it.Please note this is the Salen Hotel on the Ardmurchan (sorry this spelling is from memory) peninsular not the Salen on the Isle of Mull with which it is sometimes apparently confused.

We had lunch here and the food was very good. It seemed like the only waitress there was a little bit over worked, but she stayed friendly even though she was definitely running around a lot! We had 5 different dishes and everybody was really happy!

Rien à déclarer concernant le restaurant: bon, à un prix correct et avec un service agréable, ambiance chaleureuse.Par contre, notre nuit n'a pas été la meilleure expérience. Remisés derrière la bâtisse dans des préfabriqués de «bidouillage» très mal insonorisés et où les radiateurs ne marchaient pas. Trop cher pour cette prestation!!!

Since we stayed in a B&B in Salen we went to the hotel for a couple of drinks after returning from a dinner in Tobermory. Bar has a nice selection, friendly service and a couple of locals are also going there which is always a good sign. The only other restaurant in Salen (Mediterannea) was closed due to some family issues when we were there so the hotel was a good choice.

We arrived just in time for a table before peak hours and were seated in an airy section of this charming restaurant. The menu was more or less a standard menu for this type of restaurant. My wife enjoyed the beer battered haddock fillet, but my rump steak seemed to be more cooked than fried and was not to tender.. When composing a dish like this it would have been a better choice with some veggies instead of the ordinary salad which is normally served with burgers and chips. The pepper sauce was good, and now problems to ask for extra sauce. The waiters were attentative and polite, but one of the younger female waitresses could have smiled a bit more. This restaurant will not be on my top 10 list, but still a place to eat when there aren't exactly too many restaurants in this erea.

Spent a week in Mull and visited the hotel twice, once with the dog and once on our own, lovely food and very friendly staff. Will be back

My family and I have been many times, this time however we were a little disappointed. Food was a bit too cold, plates cold, service slow. Such a shame as we loved this place previously!

I have been reading reviews and they are a little bit mixed. We have been here quite regularly over the years and really like that we can take our dog.We visited again at the start of our holiday, this year but my husband did not think it was as good as in the past. I actually enjoyed it but they did mess up our order and one steak was missing and the other was supposed to be medium rare and was too well done, also messed up my ice-cream. Perhaps avoid steaks?Staff very apologetic.

There is little choice of accomodation in the area. The hotel is a lovely old building with a conservatory in the front where dinner and breakfast are served. Our room was very good with a comfortable bed and a decent shower. Dinner wasn't very good. Main and desserts only just edible . Breakfast was bizarre. No buffet. Everything had to be ordered from a waitress. Took ages . Terrible coffee.

Called in for a beer had a cheese garlic bread 2 thin slices off a French stick in a 4 inch bowl, see photo.food not value for money. My partner and I called in the next day for an evening meal.I had for starters home made chicken liver pate, not home made 2 little peices cut off a big block one piece of toast which was one small slice off a French stick only one mouthful. My main meal was chicken stuffed with haggis with chips the chicken arrived no chips 10 minutes went by still no chips I had to send my meal back as it was cold when the chips arrived, it came back microwaved chicken dried up the vinegar for the chips was cloudy and full of bits see photo . Very expensive for poor service and poor food. It will be our last vist ever to this place. They don't seem to care as they have captive customers no where else to go for food without a distance to travel.

Dined here as both Mingarry Park and Ardshealach Lodge in Acharacle do not do dinners on Mondays. An excellent choice as friendly efficient staff serving quality, reasonably priced, food in the conservatory at front of hotel.

What a lovley hotel. Nice old building, well equipped, good kitchen and nice rooms. We loved everything during our two-night-stay. Breakfast with everything from 8-9 a.m. was good and in the evening the restaurant / pub were packed with many people! After a burger or some fish you know why: because of the good food! The rooms (not so many, I guess only six?!) were clean an we had a new built bathroom. We loved it!

Ci siamo appoggiati al Salen Hotel per cenare e ci siamo trovati bene. L'ambiente è caratteristico ed accogliente, i prezzi nella media ed il cibo è semplice ma abbondante e gustoso. Abbiamo usufruito anche per cenare della zona pub.

Lovely restaurant, great conservatory area with views. The food is very good, as you can see from my giant prawns from the loch. Had a very good three course meal with aperitif and bottle of wine £100. Well worth it and good service too. Dogs allowed in, as they are in all the better places. Izzy laid down and went to sleep.

Very nice hotel and restaurant serving good food and even better in the sunshine sitting outside . Good food and nice staff who are very helpful .

We arrived without a reservation on the last evening of a self-catering holiday, tired and depressed because we'd just been turned away by another establishment that took one look at two pre-schoolers and one baby and decided they couldn't possibly serve us. By contrast the Salen Hotel was magical, the staff were positively pleased to see us. There was a children's menu with a picture to colour in, proper chips, interesting grown-up food for adults, and the children's desserts had so many favourite components that our expert pudding-eaters couldn't finish them. We really enjoyed the meal and were grateful to be made so welcome.

What a beautiful meal we had here. They have their own pizza oven for really authentic homemade stonebaked pizzas. I had a homemade gluten free pizza and it was delicious! My husband had the sirloin steak and thoroughly enjoyed it; it was the best steak he had ever eaten apparently. All of the desserts were received well and were delicious. Our dog was made welcome in the conservatory area, which was beautiful to eat in; much lighter than the restaurant. The staff were lovely and attentive too. Lovely family run hotel.

Stopped in for lunch on a recent visit to the peninsula.It was superb especially as we arrived towards the end of the lunch serving time. Staff brilliant service with a smile and also a genuine interest in their customers.Food was first class and reasonably priced served in very comfortable surroundings.May well return here to stay!!

We visited the hotel in December. We didn't stay there, but had dinner several times. The food is very good. The menu is very authentic and just right. The staff is very welcoming and the service is good.

After many visits to this eatery, we were very disappointed today to be greeted by the most miserable front of house guy we have ever met, who ignored us until we asked for service. He continued to offer very poor customer service and remained extremely dour. To finish off our visit today I had bone in the ham of my Hawian pizza which almost cracked one of my teeth. When I complained about this while paying for the meal, Mr Dour didn't know how to deal with this so kind of apologised, so we left. We were both ill this evening with unavoidable trips to the bathroom! This was our last visit to this eatery.

We stopped here for lunch on our way from Craignure to Tobermory. Good beer and a standard pub menu - we had Cellen Skink - very tasty. The staff were welsoming and friendly.

The Salen Hotel is a well modernised Victorian building overlooking the yacht anchorage at Salen on the shore of Loch Sunart. The setting is fine example of the best of west highlands scenery,N with clear blue water of the North Atlantic and mountains in the distance. It is a beautiful place and the hotel does justice to the beauty of the surroundings.You will get a warm welcome at any time of year at the Salen Hotel.the bar is cosy and there are always local characters or deep ocean ' yachties' to give character to the company. The restaurant is excellent and the food is inpretentious and locally sourced wherever possible. The service is always cheerful, disarmingly so sometimes with young people from the area. Sea food figures prominently on the menu of course. The dining room decor is simple and friendly, but quite modern in an oiled wood sort of way.Salen is a great centre for visiting some of the finest scenery in the West Highlands. Mull and its incomparable capital, Tobermoray, is only a few miles away by boat and you can get there by ferry from Oban. Loch Shiel, Castle Tioram, Loch Ailort, Glen Finnan and other famous sights of the west highlands are all nearby, but for me Salen is the gateway to one of the most fascinating geological areas in the world on Ardnamurchan Peninsula. At the West end of ''this finger into the Atlantic Ocean" are rocks that belong to other parts of geological history, volcanic eruptions and massive movements of tectonic plates. Salen's jetty Shop is a short walk from the hotel and a simply glorious place to have a fresh croissant, excellent coffee and a Sunday newspaper! I have visited that excellent shop (designed for well healed yachties) on many occasions.I can only say that a visit to Salen with its hotel, scenery and the wonderful Jetty shop is a wonderful experience. Try it!Tony Andrews

So we decided to have an evening meal here after passing a couple of times, Cracking views across the loch, decent quality food and unbelievable value, we had a main each, I had 2 pints and the war office had 2 cokes... £33.80!! Left a £5 tip as I was expecting a £50 bill

We stayed for a week in a cottage in Salen and on the final night we decided to dine at The Salen Hotel. It was delicious. The service was great. The food was local and plenty of choice available. There was a great 'local' feel about this hotel and bar. Everyone was extremely friendly. All the meals were well presented and very well cooked. The sticky toffee pudding was superb! Definitely would recommend this hotel if you in the area.

Every year we come to this area and thought it was time we tried the Salen for dinner. We were greeted by a very friendly bar maid and shown to our table by a very smiley friendly waitress who was great all night. They have quite a vast menu with a good selection mainly Italian and some traditional meals too. We all had something different, the food was good. One member had the carbonara which was tasty but had a lot of rind from the bacon which was inedible. That was the only complaint we had. We also had a young waitress who served us at the end who was very attentive.Perhaps some music in the dining room. All in all a good evening. We will be back! Thanks

Calle din for supper on the way back from Fort William. Made more than welcome. We asked to move table as there was a dog near us and we didn't want any possible scenes with our dogs. No problem. I had rump steak which was excellent. Bloke on the next table had a Lamb steak and I had food envy, his looked nice as well. Nothing too much trouble for the staff. They were very young but obviously knew what they were doing.I would certainly recommend visiting here if you're in the area.

A delightful lunch stop on the way to Arisaig. Very friendly owners/staff and the bar was full of locals, having been to church, including two priests!We enjoyed a simple lunch of soup and smoked salmon – superb.Not may people use this road so not too may tourists, I guess, but what a delightful stop.

My friend and I called into the lovely hotel and were very warmly welcomed by the staff. It was a very friendly atmosphere at The Salen and the meal we had was absolutely delicious. Large (exceedingly fresh prawns fresh that morning) prawns and delicious vegetables and a brilliant dessert. It was a delightful experience and I wish everyone there all the very best as they were so good to us. A fantastic meal!

What a lovely clean, bright establishment, friendly staff, just wish we stayed longer. Great views and great location for stunning drives...

Turned up here 'on spec' for a drink and based on the ambience we decided to stay and have dinner. They found us a table and made a big effort. The food is good quality, not 'fine dining' per se, but using good ingredients and prepared by a chef who understands flavours and seasoning. We focused on local seafood and enjoyed the meal. I would put it ahead of any 'chain' such as Cafe Rouge in terms of quality. Rustic setting, clean, plenty of room and efficient service. Prices accurately reflect what you get and I would go there again.

The place was lovely, the staff excellent and the food nice. Food was very fresh, nothing outstanding but nice. The staff excellent. Both nights they made room for us when fully booked. Very very quick service. Our choice of meal was on table in 10 mins. Lovely place, can't go wrong.

Lovely building great service. We came here for a drink and to play a game of pool as we were docked on the marina. Not a far walk at all from the marina. Bring a light after dark as there are no street lights.

Superb lunch in the Salen Hotel's recently refurbished restaurant! The food was excellent. The service personable, helpful and intelligent - we were in two minds about ordering a particular wine and our extremely helpful server brought a small glass for each of the party to try it! I thouroughly recommend this place.

This hotel has a stunning view from the area in front of the hotel across the harbour. We ordered a simple one course meal. Trio of cold salmon ( various smoked versions), smoked salmon linguini and pizza. All were good and were enjoyed. Service was attentive. The conservatory atmosphere helped. We had walked from the boat moored at the pontoon. The walk back in the late evening sun was delightful. Several folk were enjoying a large plateful of fish and chips which is obviously a favourite. In the past I have stayed overnight in one of the lodges. It is clean, quiet and comfortable.

Having never visited this Hotel, even having stayed just outwith the ardnamurchan peninsula for a great many years it was a very good and appealing decision to visit hear on a friday night a week past ,i was staying close by at a campsite where my Daughter, Son in law, and grandchildren were staying in a large tent and i was asked to join them for the week-end arriving after six o clock at night, we decided to dine here a very wise choice it turned out to be. Arriving about seven we were seated in main dining area a quite busy evening a lot of other diners before and after us very pleasant and responsive staff, drinks order taken followed by starters and main courses, which were all excellent in both presentation and taste and then finally make a little room for delicious pudding selection a very pleasant and relaxed dining experience one i would be very happy to repeat ....

Ate in the sunroom three times during our week in Salen, homemade carne pizza was lovely and my wife enjoyed the burger, fish and chips was average, the fish was a bit oily and broke into small pieces when trying to eat, but overall the hotel was good for a quick meal or drink. Would advise booking for evening meals as this is when it seemed to get really busy.

We wnjoyed a really nice meal here on our second night in the area. We had phoned ahead but were dining early as our boys were tired and hungry, so had the luxury of attentive service which was prompt and we enjoyed good food. It became moderately busy so although we could have eaten a dessert we didn't, this turned out to be a good decision as all of a sudden it seemed that the few waiting staff were a wee bit overwhelmed with orders etc. So getting the bill and paying for the bill took ages but we got there in the end! Food was good though.

We dropped in here for drinks only, late afternoon on a pleasant day. The hotel overlooks the loch and little marina from a high point so it's quite picturesque if you're sitting outside. Inside the bar was modern looking and furnished to a good standard. We had a good chat with the friendly young barman, but as we couldn't see much on the menu that day to tempt us we decided to eat elsewhere.

We were staying closeby the Salen Hotel at a local B&B and visited the hotel for dinner one evening.We made a reservation in the afternoon, as the young lady tending the bar advised us that even it was a Monday evening, they had two fairly large parties and a number of residents requiring dinner that evening. It was just as well we did, as when we got there, the place was pretty well full!We sat out in the sun lounge/conservatory at the front of the hotel and thoroughly enjoyed our evening. From the moment we arrived, we were given a warm welcome and at no time during the evening, were we ever hurried, even it was busy. Neither did we wait excessively long for our meals.I enjoyed a bowl of leek and potato soup and then a plate of really tasty fish (haddock) and chips, while my wife enjoyed a lovely plate of scallops and prawns. All this food was well cooked, well presented, well served and was all extremely delicious.Throughout the evening, the young staff were extremely friendly, very helpful, knowledgeable on the menu - and quite fun too. The hotel was also very good value for money, being most reasonable overall and the standard the food was extremely good. We thoroughly enjoyed it all and will certainly be back again, when next we are in the area.

We were staying in a local self-catering house nearby and decided to have a meal in the local hotel. What a great find! We liked it so much that we ate there 3 times in one week!The owner and his staff couldn't have been more welcoming. We ate in the sun room overlooking Loch Sunart. As we were checking the menu on the first night, the owner came to the table and let us know that if we were happy to wait for 15 minutes, the prawns had just been delivered from the boat.......we opted to order our meal straight away as we had young children with us but about 10 minutes later, the owner brought us a sample.....a prawn freshly cooked and steaming......20 minutes from water to table! It was so good we ordered an extra course for our meal!The food was delicious and well presented......the atmosphere in the hotel was welcoming and friendly......I would heartily recommend anyone to eat here.

Stopped here just for lunch with the family (6 of us). Found a very hospitable lady behind the bar. Relatively standard pub lunch menu at reasonable prices together with a few local specialities. Between us we tried the fish and chips, burger and chips, smoked salmon linguine and peperoni pizza. All were freshly and well prepared and obviously home cooked. Meals cam with dressed side salad and condiments. Lady behind the bar could not have been more friendly and helpful and did not seem at all worried when a couple of cyclists turned up warning of 15 more arriving in dribs and drabs for their lunch. They were also happy to prepare the linguine with the smoked salmon in cream sauce but omitting the white wine and salt. They also had a couple of well kept real ales behind the bar.

Wasn't sure what to expect with mixed reviews! What a fabulous time we've had! The rooms were clean and very comfortable! Kept period details whilst still providing modern comforts. The staff were great and knew their stuff. The food was totally amazing! Would recommend the roll mop herring and , particularly, the duck! Fabulous all round! Highly recommended! ☺

Four of us ate in the restaurant we were all pleased with our food thought they had a good choice and nicely presented. dog friendly too which was a bonus.

I had a rump steak medium to well done it arrived burnt to a crisp couldn't even cut it with a serrated steak knife, sent it back 15 minutes later after my partner had finished her meal another steak arrived couldn't belive it was just as bad as the first steak couldn't cut it or chew it the waitress came and took the plates away I said I would pay for what I ate chips onion rings and tomatoes. Not good for me.

We were well looked after by Gerry, Claire and their team. Standard pub grub, well cooked, presented and served. Good atmosphere. Doesn't serve food late.

we had lunch and dinner here over our holiday and really enjoyed the friendly welcome. Great food and drinks which is what it is all about!Dog friendly which is a bonus.make sure you book for evening meals!

Ten years since we were last here and this lovely hotel had a nice facelift with the conservatory redone in stone/natural timber. Staff very welcoming and cheery but food " could do better" given the prices? For example "new" potatoes are just that- freshly boiled not reheated in the microwave resulting in soft squidgy, tasteless articles? Such a shame as the Dressed Crab they came with was delicious? Side salads need invigorating and portions resized? However this is a lovely hotel, stunning location, nice atmosphere and welcoming staff, it's not off the list!

We ate here a couple of nights. Cosy bar to eat in or a front area to accommodate larger groups. Good menu food all well cooked. Host maintained customer contact through the evening. Well worth a visit.

We went here for an evening meal whilst on a bike trip to Ardnamurchan. My wife had the Seafood linguine which she enjoyed. I had the Spaghetti Bolognaise which was very disappointing. It tasted more like traditional mince on a bed of pasta, no real flavour, I can definitely make better myself. The lemon and lime cheescake was tasty.

We're in a cottage very close, so we popped in for lunch....seriously good and it seemed pretty busy which is always a good sign! Attentive happy team who clearly enjoy what they do....get it booked!!

The sun room extension to the front makes an great dinning area. While a soup lunch might seem standard fare, if the soup itself is good, you get a well satisfied customer.

Had early evening dinner here three times during our stay in one of the b & b's in the village. Food was consistently excellent, the views were amazing as were all of the staff. Highly recommend this lovely place

Ate here with a small group of friends . Very quick service by pleasant staff My husband had a rump steak which he ordered medium rare and when it arrived it was tiny (5 or 6 ozs) and was well done. Probably over cooked because it was so small. I had a special. Pork fillet also overlooked and chewy all our plates were cold so the food cooled very quickly. We didn't complain and were hungry so we ate most of it Desserts were better and my chocolate dessert was very good. The cheese board was small and poor value. No attempt to explain the origin of the cheeses. We are all in the trade so really do understand the stresses and strains of selling food and the restaurant and general ambiance was very good . The chef needs to be a little more generous with his portions and to make sure the plates are really hot before playing up.

Mid April and perfect weather, at lunch time the boss Jonathan Peill was extremely friendly and served us drinks and main courses.The front dining area is most comfortable.The bar behind rather dark by day.The joined cottage accomodadtion looked good from outside, but next the parked cars.

I only popped in for a short while to have a drink, check my emails on the wi-fi and check out opening times. The staff were friendly and chatty in a nice way. However, my drink wasn't hot which was a shame as it was a cold day. We did intend to go for lunch or dinner in the week however when I asked I was told it was closed apart from for residents during the week so we were unable to go.

Our first visit to Ardnamurchan and the Salen Hotel. We both chose fish and chips and enjoyed a thoroughly delicious meal followed by an equally tasty dessert. Went again the following night and tried cranachan for the first time and have been making it ever since. Can't wait to return.

Pas très chaud malgré la cheminée mais accueil sympa qui réchauffe de l'intérieur (surtout avec un bon chocolat chaud). Repas bien présenté et correct, sans être transcendant. Wifi disponible. Une halte bienvenue pour nous en ce jour de tempête.

Lovely hotel with fantastic restaurant. Brilliant local food which tastes amazing! Haven't stayed in the Hotel but eaten there several times and can never fault the food!

Tres noches consecutivas cenamos aquí durante nuestra estancia en la península de Ardnamurchan. Era otoño y no había muchas otras opciones en la zona, pero no lo lamentamos porque la oferta del lugar es variada y la calidad en líneas generales excelente.Las materias primas locales son extraordinarias (el salmón y los quesos sobre todo) y la elaboración de los platos sobresale respecto a la media de los restaurantes de las Highlands. Los *pies* son verdaderamente extraordinarios, con un hojaldre delicioso.La carta tiene además una serie de opciones de cocina italiana nada espectacular pero bastante decente que permite introducir variedad si, como nosotros, se decide repetir en varias ocasiones.

Dining in the conservatory at the front of the hotel is ideal to world the world go by while enjoying a meal in a relaxed atmosphere. The menu gives a good choice and the food is prepared to order. The food is excellent in quality, quantity and presentation. The staff are welcoming, attentive and friendly without being over-bearing. The value is excellent and in general the Salen Inn would be a challenge on all fronts to many larger city restaurants.

A las puertas de la salvaje península de Ardnamurchan, se encuentra el pueblo de Salen: unas cuantas casas idílicas orientadas al loch, y el Hotel Salen, un verdadero refugio gastronómico en un lugar tan remoto como Ardnamurchan.Mi pareja y yo pasamos en la península tres días y nuestra anfitriona nos recomendó el restaurante del hotel Salen para nuestras cenas y acertó plenamente. El personal fue muy amable, trato siempre correcto, muy profesional y al mismo tiempo amigable.Estéticamente nos gustó sobre todo, ya que combina decoración minimalista, a base de madera y cristal para unas vistas ideales (como en toda la península), y en otras estancias, decoración típicamente de pub escocés, con chimenea, billar, lugareños apoyados en la barra del bar charlando distendidamente y un gran mapa de la península para entender la ruta del día siguiente.La comida es inmejorable, una selección de platos típicos escoceses e italianos. Nos gustó especialmente el salmón ahumado, el steak pie (con el mejor hojaldre que he probado), la pasta bastante bien conseguida y la hamburguesa en pan de ciabatta con carne casera. Antes de nuestra primera cena allí habíamos pensado en cenar cada noche en un sitito distinto, a pesar de que en la pensinula no hay muchos sitios para elegir, pero después de probar la comida y disfrutar del buen trato, las tres noches repetimos allí.