The Restaurant at the Colonsay Hotel in Argyll & Bute

Beautiful restaurant with large windows and a view to the sea and Jura. Great music, art on the walls, lovely decor. Really delicious food. Great service. It was a high standard but relaxed and welcoming. Ideal restaurant, would love to go again. Breakfast is also amazing.

Une cuisine simple et bonne, exactement ce qu'on attend dans ce type d'établissement. Un serveur polonais particulièrement sympathique, et une bonne ambiance au bar grâce à un concert.

This is a very civilised hotel located on a beautiful Hebridean island. Given its location it's no surprise that fish and shellfish are a speciality, and we enjoyed an excellent dinner of scallops, mussels and salmon. Service is efficient and friendly. The restaurant is a lovely airy room with huge windows overlooking the hotel garden. However, the lack of curtains and the highly polished wooden floor creates an extremely resonant acoustic, and even though the restuarant was only half full when we arrived, the noisy conversations from other tables were so loud that we had to move into a side room in order to hear one another speak.

We enjoyed wonderful meals here: a variety of breakfast options, lunches you can take in the pub or dining room which has great views. Dinners featured delicious seafood and other excellent choices. Popular and you must have reservations as ootions are limited on the island. Chef has a wonderful touch and selection of menu items. A bit short staffed.

The hotel could be so much better. During our 3 night stay we felt that there was no one competent in charge. There was certainly no warm welcome, which was disappointing. First impressions were why had no one cut the grass or picked up cigarette butts outside on the gravel? The hotel sits in a lovely situation on an elevated sight a short distance from the ferry. So in theory a lovely place to stay. Bedrooms certainly need renovation, maybe this won’t matter if house keeping was up to an acceptable standard. Breakfast was poor, cold and undercooked served by young overworked staff. No sign of any one in management checking that all was ok. Until our final morning when a new manager introduced himself. I sincerely hope he can quickly improve things for paying guests and islanders alike. Colonsay is a magical place and visitors deserve better.

This restaurant serves excellent, well thought out dishes. After dining once we made a booking for the next night, it was that good ! Starters.... cauliflower in batter with chilli sauce..... mussels (the best I have tasted) Mains....pan fried salmon with crushed potatoes and green beans. Ribeye with sweet potato slices, asparagus, mushroom with wee tomatoes and to die for sauce. Well worth a visit.

Four of us went to the Colonsay Hotel twice during our stay on the island. The first visit I ordered rib eye steak with a red wine jus medium rare. I received a well done rump steak, with a sauce of little taste. Not to keep the rest of the table waiting I ate it, however don't just serve up something that was not ordered! A quick word from the kitchen would have helped. The other three meals were very good. On the second visit we had planned for two courses but despite arriving at 7.00 we only got one course by 9.00, so we gave up & went home to have cheese & biscuits. Also the website states there are always 2 specials, one of which is vegan. The staff knew nothing about this!! Staff were really good.

Whist staying on the island we popped into the hotel to book a table in the restaurant to celebrate my wife’s birthday. Bizarrely even though we were in the hotel talking to a member of staff we were told we would have to book on line! This we did and had a pleasant enough meal, served by staff who were attentive but not intrusive. The food was well cooked and hot, if one was being picky you would question why you needed to serve custard (crème anglaise) with tiramisu? A mismatch of flavours and regonality surely. However, the whole experience was spoilt completely when we decided to go into the bar to finish our wine and have coffee and perhaps a Drambuie. The only other occupants of the bar were a group of people who were obviously the worst for wear, overly loud, and using inappropriate language. No effort was made by the staff to deal with the situation so we left having cut short our visit.

A pretentious hotel with a bland atmosphere and poor acoustics. We had been asked to order our food the day before, when we booked the table for 8 people ?? We were shown to our table and the food arrived without any further interaction from staff, wine list, water all had to be asked for after the food arrived. The wine bottles when they did arrive were just placed on the table complete with screw tops, no offer to open or pour. The 3 burgers were exactly that, a tasteless burger in a bun, no garnish and condiments had to be asked for. Other dishes fine but overall prices are at least 30-40% above what I would have expected to pay for what was essentially bar food and bar service. Not an unpleasant evening but it could and should be a whole lot better.

Delightful position and bar/lounges. Furnishings very good.All the staff who we dealt with were unfailingly courteous and helpful but they were rushed off their feet so the service was sometimes painfully slow. There was no sign of a regular manager. On arrival in an evening, our room had not been fully prepared and we had to go to the kitchen to request teabags and soap. Returning the following evening after a day out, our room had not been serviced at all that day, although we had hung the appropriate notice on the door handle. Maybe some gentle scottish background music might lift the slightly funereal atmosphere in the large dining room. The fire door at the head of the stairs should surely be held open during the day so that guests do not have to struggle against it? We had expected a better experience in this price range. Hope to come again one day, if reports look better.

Stayed at Colonsay Hotel for 4 nights, its in a lovely location on the beautiful island of Colonsay where accommodation is limited. Staff very friendly, bedrooms are tired and need updating, overpriced for what you get, breakfast average and evening meal menu didnt change in the four nights we stayed there (not lots of choice). Disappointing overall for price paid.

We stayed 3 nights in the hotel and ate in 2 nights which was enough as we'd had what we liked off the menu, without resorting to burgers and chips. We had expected more seafood so were disappointed int that. However what we did eat was very good and not too expensive - day 1: veg tagine, fish and chips, day 2: salmon pate, cod goujons sandwich for lunch day 3: cod cassoulet, pork loin and lovely rhubarb crumble and ice cream and chocolate bread and butter pud. Drinks £6.50 for a Colonsay IPA and £7.50 for local G&T. Friendly service. Light and airy dining room with pleasant views over the garden out to sea. Let down by uncomfortable hard chairs and it's oh so quiet - maybe some light music would help as you can't help but overhear other's talking. However the bar lounges are very comfy and welcoming with sofas and fires burning.

My wife and I had a lovely meal at the Colonsay Hotel. We shared oysters to start and they were lovely. I had an argyle steak and my wife had a really tasty burger. The food was perfect, the service was good and the waitress really nice. It had been a very cold and wet day and we had been out walking. We thought we would have a nice relaxing meal but the restaurant was freezing cold. They have a very nice looking solid fuel stove which was not lit. There were two old electric heaters, one was on but the thermostat was as low as it could be and the other would not work. I asked about the heating and was told the fire couldn't be used as it smokes the place out. We were kindly moved to another table near a heater and that's when I saw the problem. The restaurant is connected to the hotel by a short corridor that has a polycarbonate roof, which only has very minimal thermal insulation qualities. Any heat from within the restaurant goes through the roof, which isn't very good for the climate and I think is not allowed under the building regulations!

Enjoyed a couple of drinks at the hotel, but couldn't believe being charged almost £40 for 2 pints of lager, and three gin and tonics! Nice place, but left feeling ripped off!

Lovely hotel with a stunning setting on a very pretty island. We ate in the restaurant a couple of times during our stay. For somewhere with such great produce both the menu and the execution were a bit underwhelming but the charming staff and surroundings made for very pleasant evenings. As an aside the hotel is missing a trick by not offering a simple all day snack menu - especially when the ferry is delayed!

Colonsay speaks for itself. Stunning and an enjoyable trip getting there. The hotel is welcoming, spotless. Staff are just so nice and helpful. None of the stressed out "avoid eye contact" here. They all seem motivated to do a good job yet retain the informality that is appropriate for this type of place. And the food .... great menu, and just superb. No complaints. Everything we had over 3 days/2 nights I would have again. One wee comment - Dinner didn't start until just after ferry leaves in evening. Thought that a bit odd, but there are options. Desperate to return!!

Very accommodating in our need to eat before catching the ferry. The food was absolutely delicious, especially the sea food linguini. They even managed to offer and extensive range of gluten free options, just a shame that the sea food platter is only on the lunch menu.

The staff at the colonsay were excellent and polite, the food was brilliant quality and it catered to all our needs!

My family and I have been to Colonsay at least six times and this year has been the best. Whilst we’ve never stayed at the hotel, the bar and food experiences have been immense this year. David and Megan have been most welcoming and attentive, and the food has been fantastic! David is the best hotel manager!

My husband and I stayed here early May 2021 while there were still some Covid restrictions in place. The hotel and staff were very friendly and nothing was too much trouble. At the time we stayed, restrictions meant you had to sit outside to drink alcohol and the weather was typical for our lovely Scottish Islands, very wet and very windy. The hotel was very well equipped and had a gazebo with heaters and the staff were happy to supply blankets to keep you warm while you ate and had a drink outside. The hotel also has various different relaxing lounges inside where you could sit and keep warm by a log fire. I cannot honestly recommend this hotel enough.

My partner and I visited the Colonsay Restaurant with friends who live on the island for dinner. We were seated very promptly and our order was taken quickly, with the waitress being super lovely and attentive. The food was delicious and the view was beautiful...

It can't be easy running an upscale restaurant on a small island but The Colonsay has certainly cracked it this season. Dinner on a damp August night warmed the heart with a range of imaginative dishes featuring tons of local produce and making the best...

Our two dinner experiences at the Colonsay could not have been more different. We had a later booking on the first night because there was an early event on in the restaurant. We were seated late and the food took ages to arrive. When it...

We had a lovely meal here on our last night on Colonsay. Service was excellent. The food was delicious. The spicy mussels were excellent.Our hungry son said he would have liked bigger portions but we thought portion size was just right. The hotel is on...

We arrived without a booking for dinner and the staff were very helpful, even rearranging the dining room to fit us in. Service was excellent and the smoked haddock risotto was delicious!

Came here for a Pre-ferry dinner. The menu is a little expensive for what it is. The burger was more like fried mince in a bun, and the accompaniments were poor. The crème brulle was nice but the stewed rhubarb was completely tasteless. The building...

This hotel has no competition on this lovely island so seems to be able to get away with a low standard of service. It appears to be run on a shoestring - simply put, there are insufficient staff to deal with a dining room or...

I am sure that if you are a resident in the hotel a 5-star review is completely justified, but there seems to be a peculiar ambivalence about non-residents. There is a board outside that details the opening times and looks wecoming, and there is no...

Im Rahmen einer Fahhradtour verbrachten wir zweieinhalb Tage auf Colonsay und nächtigten in diesem Hotel. Von außen und beim Betreten...

We had dinner here on the Friday night and breakfast on the Saturday morning. The hotel is beautiful with a stunning outlook and the service was great and so friendly. Can’t wait to go back!

Colonsay house hotel restaurant was outstanding The food was fresh, sublime in flavour and presentation Each evening a new menu was carefully prepared This is definitely Michelin star worthy Accommodation was also very comfortable A beautiful restful relaxing slice of heaven

We ate here twice during our stay on the island. Both times the food was excellent and the service was fine.

We ate here twice for dinner during our stay and both meals were excellent. Fish dishes in particular were great and I now know how to eat a langoustine properly. Great staff who all clearly enjoy working there and provide really good customer service. Nice...

This hotel seems the idyllic place to stay off grid and by the sea, full of charm, character and ease. We only tried the restaurant having visited many years ago during a sailing holiday. Although they advise you to book, I believe that they will...

Menu prices on the high side so we expected exceptional quality. Crab cakes stodgy and little taste of crab. Seemed mix had been blitzed until uniform textureless consistency. Lettuce was wilted and brown at edges. Beef casserole tasty but nearly half of meat was gristle/fat....

We had dinner here one night though we were not staying at the hotel. The dining room was lovely - light and airy with a great view. The food was delicious, beautifully presented and the menu was varied. The price was fairly steep but for the quality, it compares well with restaurants we ate at in Glasgow and elsewhere - and this was a remote island! The wait staff were excellent. A couple of reviewers have complained that there were no Scottish staff. But our servers, while European, spoke excellent English and were delightful. I’m just sorry we only had a chance to eat here one time.

We were rather disappointed by our one evening meal here, perhaps because early October is end-of-season.

Stayed on the Island for 3 nights in early Sept and treated our hosts to a restaurant meal at the Colonsay Hotel restaurant. It is one of the best hotel dinners I have enjoyed for a year or three, for example the ribeye steak was wonderful and still £10 cheaper than the same dish at a very decent rural pup outside St Andrews in Fife. Also the wine list was incredibly sharply priced - one of the best value wine offerings I have ever encountered. Staff (mostly East European) are highly friendly and efficient. In addition to all that it is a most charming island to visit.

El restaurante del hotel colonsay es gestionado por un equipo estupendo, y las ostras y mejillones valen el viaje solo! Una buena lista de vinos que disfrutamos de nuestro grupo, la próxima vez que esté en Colonsay yo evitar la tentación de pedir el filete y alcanzarás el marisco que realmente destaca por encima de la carne.

Hemos cenado en el Colonsay Hotel muchas veces a lo largo de los años y la calidad ha variado. Este año fue decepcionante. Algunos de nuestros clientes tenía una costilla de cerdo muy agradable como plato del día. Aquellos que elegimos pasteles de pescado era...

Colonsay es una isla pequeña con muy pocos lugares para comer fuera. El Colonsay Hotel es la "opción de categoría "pero no toman el Mickey con precios inflados. Hemos estado yendo a Colonsay por 4 años (self-catering) pero utilizamos el hotel para un par de comidas cada vez, así como el bar. La zona pública y jardín es amplio (y más atractiva) con muchas habitaciones y cómodos asientos para días fríos y excesivamente frío o húmedo. El comedor es muy espacioso, con grandes ventanales y bellas vistas. El menú es limitado y altera ligeramente con cada día. Ciertas opciones son ligeramente rebajado (Michelin), así que uno puede tener una comida de 3 platos por 20 libras. Hay algunos platos principales, carnes y mariscos de calidad, en £20 + pero incluso ir completamente a la carta, usted debe fácilmente quedarse bajo 30 libras por 3 campos. Hay algo de imaginación en los platos, pero el menú no es muy emocionante y algunos elementos son simples comida de pub (hamburguesas o pescado y patatas fritas). Fortalezas incluyen patés, ensaladas y postres. Las porciones son adecuadas más que grande. La calidad en general es sin duda mucho mejor que la media, pero no excepcional. Aquellos personal que he estado ahí para > 1 años son eficientes y muy acogedor. Al llegar a la isla, usted recibirá un paquete que incluye una copa de vino en este restaurante vale, y la lista de bebidas es generalmente buena. Fábrica de cervezas de la isla son más frías y gaseosas de barril, pero no está tan mal en la botella. La zona del bar es agradable y en ocasiones con música en vivo. En conclusión, el hotel es un lugar fiable y relajante para comer, que mejora con cada visita - sin duda ir allí al menos una vez si te alojas en esta maravillosa isla.

Nos alojamos por 4 noches en el hotel y comimos en el restaurante cada noche. Buena relación calidad-precio de las exquisitas comidas cada noche. Pescado fresco y ostras en el menú cada noche. Teniendo en cuenta su en una pequeña isla escocesa no era caro en todos

Éramos un grupo de 3 comimos en el hotel dos veces y en ambas ocasiones tuvimos una comida agradable, ya que es el único hotel en la isla tenía un ambiente agradable y relajante. El director Ivan era siempre servicial y encantador. Nos alojamos en una casa perteneciente a Colonsay estates que era servicial cuando tuvimos un pequeño problema que dejó el hotel y llegamos a nuestra asistencia. Buena comida a todo el personal en el hotel

Este restaurante, situado a sólo hotel colonsay, es grande, cómodo y tiene bonitas vistas sobre el puerto de la isla y al mar.

This looks like someone's house. Big and beautiful. Inside is amazing. Very spacious and clean and tidy. The bar is fabulous. Service was excellent. Staff Extremely helpful. Parking is limited spaces. Would highly recommend this place.

Nos sorprendió gratamente lo bien decorado el hotel y lo atractivo de los diversos bares y otras habitaciones. La comida estaba bien, nada especial, y supongo que para lo que era caro. Para un grupo de 6 a 4 adultos y 2 niños nos £160 incluyendo la propina comparado con 115 libras en el Colonsay Despensa (donde la comida era superior) pero din

Este es un restaurante encantador para visitar con personal muy amable. Creo que las ostras locales son probablemente los mejores y más frescos que he probado jamás. Lo más destacado, fue el casero, inusualmente helado de miel miel local hecho de néctar! Volví al día...

Difficult to find staff but once found very helpful and friendly had very nice meal good portions nice hotel

Service was very nice and helpful. Menu is quite simple, but food is really good and fresh. Especially loved my halibut and vanilla creme brulee. A winelist is good. The restaurant and the hotel as whole is very tidy.

Really friendly staff and welcome here, with space to relax before and after the meal, with the bar right nearby. Food fine, and nicely served. Have eaten here now for three holidays and would like to stay too.

We stayed for six days at the hotel, and loved it all. The food was very good, and it was served with a friendly smile.The views out on to the garden, and down to the pier were also a joy.We particularly liked the bar area where guests and locals mingled, and that there were also various areas of comfortable seating to enjoy a pre meal drink.All in all a splendid break on a wonderful island, which we both enjoyed.

We dined in the hotel whilst enjoying a self catering stay on Colonsay. Lovely, friendly attentive staff, food delightful. Two and three course deals good value for money when considering quality of the food.

My wife and I were guests at the hotel and dined in the hotel restaurant 5 nights in a row. The service was impeccable and the food was delicious. The prices were reasonable for the quality on offer and the fact that this is a fairly remote destination.Well worth a visit.

Although the food we ate in the hotel was of a good quality and well cooked, the choice on the menu was very limited and we were disappointed that there wasn't more traditional Scottish fayre on the menu.

Crab claws lovely and we had high expectations for the fish and chips but they were terrible! Soggy batter and grey fish. Shame.

We visited Colonsay in July this year (2015). The Colonsay Hotel is the centre of everything on the island - the locals drink there, visitors drink there (it's the only bar), and it's the island's only restaurant for dinner (although there's a café that's sometimes open late). So, unless you're self-catering, it's pretty inescapable.We were there for two nights, and the experiences couldn't have been more different - the first evening not pleasant, the second excellent. In fairness, probably little of the bad experience was down to the hotel itself.Evening one's food was OK, but nothing special. The salad greens were uniformly tough (I guess it's often the case when everything is brought in), and the scallops indifferent. My companion had a rib-eye steak that was very tough indeed. The wine was sploshed into glasses by a 'sommelier' who seemed more enthusiastic than informed. The evening was not at all improved by a couple with a screaming child, who allowed it to continue screaming, and a huge party of wah-wah yachty types who proceeded to hold a cross-table conversation about winds, tides and boat lengths in an only slightly muted roar.Our second evening couldn't have been more different. The restaurant was full again, but of smaller tables of quietly chatting people. The food was beautiful - some delicious (and tender) pork, and excellently prepared langoustines. The home-made honey ice-cream (made from Colonsay honey) is a must-try experience.The hotel is elegantly furnished in a pale minimalist fashion, reflecting the wildness of the island. The bar serves delicious beer brewed on the island, and it's the home of the island's popular quiz night. Visit and enjoy it, but make sure Home-Counties-in-boats aren't visiting before you book a table.

We got a beautiful day on Colonsay: sun and open weather and we enjoyed the food in the hotel-restaurant... Very original, very honest food and a complete surprise in this faraway place..' Really worth going!

Decided to head along here on our 1st night's stay on Colonsay & enjoyed a delicious Steak & Ale Pie followed by local honey vanilla ice cream. Great food. Highly recommended.

We have been going to Colonsay for the last 15 years and whilst we always stay in Self Catering accommodation on the island we always treat ourselves to at least one evening meal at the Colonsay and end up most nights having a drink in the bar..As almost all other reviewers have said the mostly local food is well cooked, the staff are always attentive without being intrusive and whilst the restaurant is a bit barn like there is a good atmosphere. Yes, it is a bit expensive but considering its location it is to be expected,What really galls is there is apparently two price lists (definitely in the bar not sure about the restaurant) one for the tourists and a discounted one for the locals. I find this particularly annoying and would like to think that if the owners of the hotel had the same (lower) price for everyone they may well get more custom from those of us that stay in the self catering accommodation.Top tips:- Quiz night is always good fun and you will be amazed at where all the people come from.Away from the hotel the concerts in the village hall are always very enjoyable.

We were spoiled by having home cooked meals most of our stay on Colonsay. We did venture out one night to give the chef a well deserved break! The Restaurant at the Colonsay Hotel was excellent! I highly recommend the oysters and scallops. Super fresh seafood right out if the Atlantic. Save room for the dessert of the day as it melted in my mouth. The atmosphere was very relaxing and the service was friendly. We really enjoyed our meal!

Excellent, especially the seafood. I enjoyed anything with salmon.Others in the party had large helpings of mussels.

Great food and wonderful service. The staff were very helpful and very flexible in filling our somettimes difficult orders. A good dining experience and I would be happy to eat there any time again.