Kames Hotel

6/10

Pleasant

07 Sep 2025

Peter

Not worth the money

Food excellent, accommodation not worth what we paid for a couple on a two night stay. No hot water. Infact turned hotvtap on and nothing came out. Had to go down 3 flights of stairs to report. Bedroom very cramped and the bed was literally on the floor. Very basic room. Bar area and staff great.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Aug 2025

Heather

Lovely clean room - perfect. Staff were super friendly. Vegetarian breakfast was amazing - we'll definitely come back. Thank you!

10/10

Exceptional

07 Aug 2025

Meg

Gem of a hotel

Really lovely people and great service. Food was amazing and plentiful

Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Aug 2025

Anne

Beautiful location, lovely food. We had an attic room with a small window which was roasting, so I would avoid that. Good value, would stay again.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jun 2025

Judith

I have rarely used exceptional to review a hotel but the Kames was. We travelled here from New Zealand on holiday and we only had one night but it was exceptional.
The restaurant menu is top class, the range on the menu was great and seriously 10/10. I had locally free dived seared scallops from the loch, I had the slow roasted goat shank with lentils - exceptional, and we shared a lemon tart with fresh berries. I loved the Kames and I seriously recommend both the hotel and the restaurant.
That is my honest feedback, Thanks, Phil.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2025

Karen

The Kames hotel is in fabulous location overlooking Bute and a great base for exploring. We spent a week here and still so much to see. The hotel is lovely blend of old and modern - rooms were spotlessly clean, comfortable and well furnished. We are each night in the restaurant and enjoyed great variety of delicious meals . The owner and staff are warm, welcoming and friendly. Our dog was made welcome too!

Leisure Pet

10/10

Exceptional

14 May 2025

Norris

Fantastic location. Parking is on quiet road outside hotel. It is limited when hotel is busy...

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Feb 2025

Erin

Our stay was absolutely perfect, the hotel was lovely and the staff were absolutely superb, I especially loved watching the chickens outside in the garden. It was that lovely we are heading back in July.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Dec 2024

Ian

Fantastic hotel, quiet, had a room overlooking the loch. Lovely walks in the area. Hosts were amazing, Irene and Scott plus others. Food was brilliant. We met some lovely people and made new friends. It was quite perfect for our first break away at Christmastime. Hope to be back in 2025. A big thank you to all. Ian and Caroline

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Oct 2024

Donna

We had a great couple of days. Very comfortable. The staff were very friendly & the food was delicious.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Aug 2024

ian

Nice base to explore the area. Nice comfy bed and good breakfast

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2024

Cheryl

We had a lovely 2 night stsy at Kames Hotel. The scenery/ views are stunning and the water was cristal clear which allowed us a dip in the water.
The choice at breakfast was excellent and we also had food in restaurant at night which we also would not fault.
To say it us dog friendly is an understatement and would highly recommend.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

11 May 2024

Stuart

A Hidden Gem!

Fantastic stay with awesome hospitality and fantastic food! Well worth a visit with stunning views over to Bute!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Oct 2023

Morag

We were marooned in the Kames Hotel when excessive rain, flooding and landslides closed all the roads out. We could not manage to get to the wedding we had come to attend (neither could the celebrant, hairdresser, makeup artiste..) but we sat in all our finery with glass in hand beside a roaring log fire in the guest sitting room and thoroughly enjoyed the Google Meet wedding of the year !

Great food, company and staff who did all they could to make our stay comfortable.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2023

Frances

Worth a visit

Beautiful room with sea view, very clean, friendly staff, plenty choice at breakfast.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Sep 2022

Joe

Another Night Away

A Gem in Scotland. Can’t say more.

The meal was excellent, my starter of mussels was normally what is served as a main down south.

Business

8/10

Excellent

26 Sep 2022

Keith J

Stunning place

Its a realy nice hotel just a few little things let it down, breakfast was ok but could be better.
The hotel looked to have a staff shortage and they seemed to be a bit stretched, the evening meals were very good.
The staff forgot to make the bed one day but i suppose that is down to lack of staff. The shower in our room was nearly impossible to use it was either scalding hot or freezing cold nothing in between. The staff were very friendly which made the few problems easier to overlook.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Aug 2022

MARTIN

Kames

Have stayed many times before as you are always guaranteed a warm welcome . Excellent service, tasty food and gorgeous location. Nothing not to like .

Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Jul 2022

Ann

Lovely setting overlooking the sea and the Isle of Bute. Nice bar and friendly staff. Although we knew our room was a 'small', we weren't prepared for the fact that there was a cam ceiling and we could scarcely stand up on it. Suffered a few bumped heads🤕

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2022

Verified traveler

Happy with stay

Hotel very clean, lovely decor, staff very friendly, however our room wasn’t the best with sloped ceiling, also shower tube didn’t hang up so bit awkward trying to use bath & wash hair! Breakfast was ok, can’t comment on Evening meals as we didn’t eat in.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2022

Ian

Friendly hotel in quiet picturesque town

Awesome, friendly staff and beautiful town. Heated bathroom floor was a really nice touch. Bedding did not look very clean though, and no body soap was provided, but the rest of the experience overshadowed this for me.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

25 Apr 2022

JOHN

Friendly efficient service and goodquality food

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Nov 2021

Nigel

We came back for good reason

Just fabulous again
Ohh the salmon and prawn linguine
We will be back again again

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Nov 2021

William

Beautiful hotel

Beautiful hotel and idyllic location .
A few minor maintenance and housekeeping issues could be improved to bring this hotel the high credit rating it deserves.
The staff were friendly and helpful and our stay was most enjoyable.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

04 Nov 2021

Verified traveler

Great place

It was OK, food was great but expensive.

Well everything was extremely overpriced, and it was very warm, like the heating was on constantly.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Sep 2021

Verified traveler

Wedding break

Nice comfortable stay with a good breakfast - excellent food

Partner

8/10

Excellent

31 Aug 2021

Elaine

Lovely hotel,pleasant staff, great location,room 7 attic room with coomed ceilings, kept bumping our heads

8/10

Excellent

25 Aug 2021

Verified traveler

Peaceful stay apart from the background music

Lovely location, friendly staff, nice peaceful stay. Generous portions of tasty food for evening meal. Only downside is loud background music at breakfast which detracts significantly from the relaxed atmosphere- it’s unclear why this has to be on

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

Very beautiful location and extremely friendly staff - food was delicious and locally resourced.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jun 2021

Nigel

Location Location Location

Just an amazing location, the staff were all brilliant.
Food is first class and the view, wow.

We will be going back at the first opportunity

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2021

Steven

Great hotel

Lovely hotel with fantastic views over the loch. Nice place for a drink outside. Great food.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2021

RK

Very relaxing and enjoyable - wonderful setting

Kames hotel is a great place with a relaxed and comfortable feel and good quality, locally sourced food and drink. The setting and views are the stand-out features and the the hotel is perfect for such a serene and beautiful spot alongside the Kyles of Bute.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 May 2021

Garry

Great Hotel And Location

Amazing location and great hotel. Room was very new and hotel had fresh decor throughout will definitely be back. Big thank you to Irene and her husband.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2020

Kiril

Fantastic hotel in a beautiful and quiet setting. Staff were very friendly and helpful ! Would come back in a heartbeat!

Leisure Pet

8/10

Excellent

19 Aug 2020

David

Great location and food

Great location and good food, especially the seafood. If you’re tall be careful to avoid the sloping ceilings in the rooms on the top floor.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2020

William

Hogmanay Stay

Irene and her staff made the stay, nothing was ever too much trouble for them. Great location, food was excellent. We'll be back

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Jul 2019

Martin

All good

Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Jun 2019

Bartholomew

Good small cute hotel

Lovely small hotel and cute rooms the staff wear very helpful and happy to help.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 May 2019

Verified traveler

On-site parking would have made the place perfect. There is no lift, so mobility/accessibility is not ideal. Allowing for those things, we loved this place, and would be happy to recommend to others, and return ourselves.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

18 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

The hotel was closed when we arrived and was being decorated, we were the only people there so we left.

Leisure Pet

10/10

Exceptional

15 Feb 2019

Rona

It was just great... staff are friendly and efficient

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Lovely hotel, Beautiful views, great food

lovely hotel, great experience. Clean, recently modernised, you will not be disappointed

6/10

Pleasant

16 Mar 2018

Sarah

Cold room.....brrr!!

We have stayed at this hotel many times. It is in a gorgeous location but our weekend away was not great. The hotel is being refurbished (a rug doctor machine was left outside our room) and the bedroom was freezing.... it was so cold we struggled to sleep. We paid £140 for one night (that included £10 for our dog). When we explained how cold it was the next morning, a man did ask 'why did you not tell us?'. There are no phones in the room so we would have had to go down stairs and ring a bell to wake someone up. This did not sound appealing. As it was off season, work being done on the hotel and the temp of the room it did not feel worth it. It has put us off returning.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

23 Oct 2025

Olaf

Der Standort ist perfekt und das Personal sehr freundlich.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Sep 2022

Serge

Perfect eten, vriendelijk personeel, mooie locatie, aardig voor onze hond. Een aanrader