Oyster Inn Connel

I can't tell you about my stay as I booked the wrong dates. As soon as I found out, I phoned The Oyster Inn to cancel but because I used Trip.com, they said there was nothing they could do. I cancelled on Trip.com and the message said that they'd contacted the hotel to confirm if it was ok to cancel FOC. According to trip.com, no response was forthcoming so my booking was not cancelled. My booking has since been "completed". When I contacted the hotel the following day to ask why they had not approved the cancellation, they said trip.com had simply asked for info, not to approve cancellation. Who is lying? Suffice to say, I will not use trip.com again and have decided to stay elsewhere in Oban.

Stayed for one night with a family. Very pleasant and welcoming staff, perfect dinner and breakfast. Very clean rooms. Would stay here again. Thank you

The profile picture needs updating as the right hand side is now additional accommodation. They have been done tastefully although a few essentials are missing. Views from the room though is exceptional and once the updates are done, it will be a great venue

Stayed here on a Friday night before taking a ferry from Oban the next day. As someone who has regularly visited the area the price of accommodation has been creeping up over the years. I look for a reasonable deal with security and parking my main considerations. The Oyster Inn is on the road to Oban and it has always looked busy when I passed by so I was happy to book it. On arrival I had a friendly exchange at check-in before being shown to my ground floor room. I was asked if I wanted to eat in the busy restaurant/bar and offered assistance to book a taxi when I said that I was meeting friends in Oban. My double room was a good size with all the amenities needed for a short stay. It had a window that looked out on to the car park since it was at the rear of the hotel. The shower room was clean with the space well used. I slept well and enjoyed my breakfast where there was a good selection of fruit juices, pastries and cereal. Since I was going on the ferry later I opted for the full breakfast. If I can get a good price I will happily stay here again.

The Oyster Inn is a mixed bag. The location is stunning but next to the busy main road so traffic noise an issue through the night. Our bedroom carried a hefty price premium for a sea view but was quite small with little room around the bed. The bar is atmospheric but at 6pm on a Monday there was no place to sit as all the tables were set for dinner. It’s no secret that diners are more lucrative than drinkers. It’s a feather in their cap that every table in the bar was filled. We were allocated the restaurant. It’s a windowless room with little or no atmosphere. In this location that’s a real shame. The staff are very helpful and the building is well maintained but our group having collectively spent around £750 for a night and dinner we felt we might have had more value elsewhere.

We had read rather mixed reviews of the Oyster Inn and we're unsure what we would find. We need not have worried. We booked a Classic King and stayed in Room 9. It's at the back of the hotel so it's quieter than some rooms (the main road runs past the hotel). The room was not large and we had just a skylight window but it was clean and modern, bed was very comfortable and the large, modern bathroom had an excellent shower. For a one night stay this was all fine. We had dinner in the restaurant and were very pleased with our food. The chef is new and he's certainly doing well. This was an overnight stay to locate us conveniently for the Oban ferries and it's ideal for that purpose. Happy to recommend the Inn for such a stopover.