The Ship Inn - Regional Winner Best Hotel Experience 2024 Visit Scotland

A lovely welcoming hotel with smartly appointed rooms in a historic building at the heat of the village/town. Comfy beds and a great restaurant. The staff were very helpful both before and during our stay - we came up with 7 family members for a funeral by electric car and were able to charge at the hotel the first night. Second night, couldn't get it to work, but the town car park was 2mins away with a big bank of chargers too, so an excellent destination for electric car drivers. It would be good to come back in the summer and experience the beautiful scenery in the warmth and hopefully without the driving rain!!

We had a very nice stay here for a couple of nights between Christmas and New Year. The rooms were clean, shower very good and bed comfortable. ||The food is excellent. We are both veggie and there was one veggie main course option on the menu which was delicious. However, there was the same veggie option both nights - a change would have been good (we ate elsewhere on the second night for this reason). Background music over dinner was interesting/eclectic - but not in a bad way!

A 2 night trip with my husband to welcome 2026. Room very clean and plenty of space with nice walk-in shower and extra large bed. Tea and coffee making facilities provided. Nice relaxing atmosphere with cozy fire in the bar/lounge area and a lovely home cooked meal on both evenings. Breakfast was also very well presented and cooked to order. Staff and service was excellent. Thank you to all at The Ship Inn

We were attending a wedding so the location was perfect for us in relation to the wedding venue. That aside there are some beautiful country walks, beach walks or points of interest in the area. The hotel was relaxed but service was professional and friendly. The rooms were spacious and the rain shower great! Dinner was of a high standard both in options and taste. Beautifully presented, lovely waiting staff. Small critism was breakfast and I think this was because everything else was of such a high standard. Cooking of the sausage and bacon did not provide any colour, mushrooms appeared tinned. I appreciate I am splitting hairs now but that's the only improvement I might make to a wonderful stay.

Stayed with family in Rooms 5 and 8. Hotel was spotless. Beds soooo comfortable. A few drinks in the bar area on comfy sofas in front of the log fire, a good range of whiskys. Super dog friendly. Bath and shower in room 8. WOW. We found all the staff to be so considerate and friendly and they were able to accommodate a couple of extra requests from us which we greatly appreciated. At this time of year it was also so welcome that they had modern really effective radiators so you could achieve the perfect, cosy temperature. Breakfast was also delicious. Special memories made with family. Would stay again in a heartbeat. Delightful place.

Location was excellent, hotel staff were friendly and welcoming. The atmosphere was nice and relaxing.|The room was spotless with everything needed for our stay. The bedding was good quality and towels lovely and fluffy.|We had breakfast and dinner in hotel which were both really enjoyable. Food freshly cooked with quality ingredients.|This hotel is value for money and we will definitely be returning.

A lovely, comfortable hotel in a lovely village, perfectly placed for exploring the beautiful countryside and coast nearby. We brought bikes and it was great to be able to lock them away in the hotel's bike store. The food in the restaurant was consistently excellent (but not cheap) and service was friendly and efficient. This is also a great location for EV drivers as there are multiple charging points a couple of minutes walk away in the village car park, as well two outside the hotel.

The service was good, attentive without intrusion. The food however was mediocre. Given the reputation we expected better than average pub grub which filled a hole, but didn't excite. I've also never had the experience of being told the soup of the day only to have a completely different soup being brought out, fully plated. I would have expected the staff to check that we were happy with the different dish before bringing it to the table rather than just presenting it. As it was, the "wrong" soup was actually the tastiest dish we had!