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.

A nice hotel adjacent to the main road by Connell Bridge. We had room 8, which was a sea view room without a balcony. The room was very nice. All was very clean and looked new. The shower was excellent. A negative point is that the sun shines into the hotel all afternoon, so our room was extremely hot. The single window opens about 3 inches only. They provide a small fan but this is very ineffective. They should shut the blinds before guests arrive in sunny weather. We arrived about 5pm. Car park is around the back of the hotel so you have to wheel your cases over the gravel car park, around the side and into the front of the hotel facing the sea. This proved to be quite tricky. There was no one at reception and we had to wait about 5 minutes for someone to arrive. We had our evening meal in the bar, which was nicely decorated. Wife had fish and chips and I had chicken curry. The meals were below average. Her fish was mostly batter, which was very hard and crisp, had very little fish in it - see photo - and the chips were hard. My curry was OK as a meal, but it was completely devoid of ANY curry flavouring! We also had cooked breakfast the next morning, which was average. However, the view both from the hotel and from our room out over the sea was absolutely wonderful, especially the sunset.

Last minute booking. Hotel was excellent. Great accommodation and top-class food.