Columba Hotel  

Excellent staff.

I booked a room with a sea View and was allocated one with a view of of a bit of the beach and the main road along the front of Oban, as far as I was concerned this was not a sea view. When I complained I was told in the hotels opinion this was a "sea view". However the excellent lady at the reception moved us to another room with a proper sea view. Top marks for customer care. I would only stay in the Columba again if I was sure I would be allocated the same room or one with a similar view.

The hotel is in a good central location, great for the walking areas round about. There is a tourist information almost next door with excellent maps for hill walks. We did 6 of them in 3 days. We had room 305 with a view from 3 small windows as on the Booking.com site, with a lovely view of the harbour. It's worth the small extra expense. The staff were polite, the younger staff at breakfast very willing to help. The bed was very comfortable and the room extremely quiet.

There is only 8 parking spaces which are always full. You have to pay 80p hourly between 9am and 6pm in the public area immediately outside. The hotel is desperately in need of updating, tho I think this is ongoing at the moment. The lift is pre-historic and only works if all the 3 pull along doors are properly closed on all levels. We ran upstairs on several occasions closing the doors rescuing elderly who depended on it. The stairs are a challenge for the unfit. Breakfast was a fat and sugar hit but Tesco is a 10 min walk away for fresh fruit, natural yogurt, seeds and nuts. Otherwise its all fried, extra sweetened cereals and yogurt and very cheap white and brown! Bread. You can get a poached egg on request. The bathroom was tiny with dirty grouting and a shower which was either boiling or freezing. We had to use the bath and rinse with a water bottle. Wi fi is not free any more. We didn't dine there due to the breakfast quality but there is an excellent fish restaurant next door called Eeusk.

Good location,well priced and clean and tidy

no issues , staff on the ball

We needed an extra bed, arrived late in the evening and were in a group but nothing was too much trouble. Our problem was solved efficiently with no fuss even though the hotel was full. The breakfast was excellent and well organised. Things seemed very well run altogether.

The fact that it was central to Oban's restaurants and bars. Had really nice views from the rooms. Front desk staff were really freindly and helpful.

Could have done with more car parking spaces.

Very comfortable well placed for railway station food in restaurant very good breakfast very good

The location was probably the most beneficial factor, right next to the shops and Distillery and across the road from the harbour. Perfect location. The designs of the rooms were lovely and the dining rooms and staircase were spectacular.

The bathroom was very inconvenient, even for myself as a solo traveller. The shower head was extremely dirty and grimey, along with the bottom of the shower itself. There was no shelves in the shower and due to the small size, it was rather difficult having to keep bending down to grab shampoo bottles etc. The water was extremely annoying, it took 10-15 minutes for the water to get hot, this was becoming a real nuisance for me, when it did get hot it was boiling hot, and took a further 5 mintues for it get to the right temperature. This was so annoying, not to mention the amount of water getting wasted. The toilet was far to close to the shower and basically no room to move at all. The tv didn't work, could not get any signal at all. Also the room itself hadn't been vacuumed properly, that was very obvious.

The Breakfast was very good, the location and view from our room

The bed was small and uncomfortable and the parking situation was not well advertised prior to the booking. I always look for on site parking when I choose a hotel. I thought this one had sufficient but was mistaken. They had 8 or 9 bays, the remainder being in the co-located pay and display car park. Didn't appreciate having to shell out for parking in the p&d then hope to chance a space would become free. Miffed at that.

Good rooms & Good Breakfast

Close to the ferry at oban good price, excellent breakfast, free overnight parking

The staff at the Columba hotel exceded our expectations in every way. They were friendly, helpful and should get an award for going 'above and beyond' by finding my daughter's passports in the hotel room before we even realised they were missing and posting them on for us. Thanks to the quick thinking and actions of the staff a disaster was avoided and my daughter and her boyfriend were able to fly back home to France on time. Many thanks, kirkpatrick family.

The hotel is very central in the town. Staff very helpful, especially reception staff and young girl serving breakfast. I liked the idea you could control the heater in your bedroom and that it was not centrally controlled.