Home Food Restaurant Reviews Recipes Drink Distilleries Whisky Gin Craft Beer Locations Scran Podcast A remote Scottish island is home to an award-winning hotel and pub - the only one on the island. The small hotel ‘in the middle of the Atlantic’ which was named one of the best in Scotland is well worth a visit, despite being a three hour ferry journey from the mainland. The Coll Hotel on the eponymous island, a three-hour ferry trip from Oban, has 10-bedrooms and is also home to the island’s only pub.
Located in Arinagour, the business is family-run and, in 2021, was named joint winner in the Independent Hotel category in the Catering Scotland (CIS) Awards alongside the five-star Glenapp Castle in South Ayrshire. That’s not the only accolade the hotel has been awarded. It has VisitScotland Gold status for exceeding expectations in all areas the business and won ‘Best Hotel Experience Under 20 Rooms’ and ‘Best Eatery Experience’ at the 2022 Highlands & Islands Tourism Awards.
A few years ago, the Oliphant family who run the hotel, doubled the hotel’s number of bedrooms and added an extension which includes a new restaurant, kitchen and bar. While the hotel has a modern new look, it’s been a business on the island for 150 years. Peter Irvine’s book Scotland the Best calls it a ‘haven’, saying: “Julie and Kevin Oliphant and their daughter Laura continue to win accolades for their exemplary island hotel and restaurant.
A fixture for all of 150 years, .
