Name: Melfort House
Address: Loch Melfort By Oban, Oban, PA34 4XD, GB

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jul 2026

Rahul

Small cosy cabin that literally has everything you need for a comfortable stay. Really felt like a camping trip which we absolutely loved.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

17 Jun 2026

Jamie

Lovely breakfast. Clean spacious room

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2026

Sandra

We loved our two nights stay at Melfort House. It was peaceful idyll that restored us somewhat as we were nearing the end of our road trip through Scotland. Matthew is a wonderful host, and we felt welcome in his home. The breakfast offerings were top notch, and our room and bed were so comfortable. The location was perfect for a day trip to nearby Oban, which should not be missed, particularly for the seafood and Oban Distillery tour. Thank you Matthew for the opportunity to stay; we will long remember it.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 May 2026

JAMES

With just 3 rooms this beautiful B&B is the best I’ve ever experienced. Situated in a tiny hamlet 15 miles south of Oban, it is blissfully quiet and remote. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2026

Allen

What a lovely room! We stayed in the Hill room with a garden view.
The home was beautifully appointed.
We enjoyed a great night sleep, and then breakfast in the dining room.
A walk around the property was the perfect ending.
Sorry we didn't get the chance to dine here, but Matthew had great
recommendations for us.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Sep 2025

Michelle

Gorgeous scenery and home. Breakfast gorgeous made lovingly and expertly by the host.

Leisure Pet

10/10

Exceptional

27 Sep 2025

Stephen

Excellant location, brilliant relaxed atmosphere. Lovely dinner.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Aug 2025

Mark

It was a pleasure and a privilege to stay at Matthew’s house.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2025

Graeme

We stayed 2 days and it was excellent. Our room was spacious and very comfortable. The large drawing room that overlooks Loch Melfort was also available for us to use which we enjoyed. We enjoyed a delicious 4 course dinner on the evening of our arrival prepared and served by our host Mathew. This was our first visit to Melfort House and hopefully we will be back again soon.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jun 2025

Emily

What a gorgeous place! The view from our room was absolutely stunning. Our host was kind, helpful and made us a wonderful breakfast the next morning. 10/10!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 May 2025

Christine

Exceptional one night stay.

A haven of peace and tranquillity. The house is very spacious, welcoming lounge with amazing loch views. Full of interesting objects and books.The gardens are beautiful with mixture of wild bluebells but also lawns and a magnificent monkey puzzle tree. The breakfast was tasty and good choice.
Thank you and would love to return when in the area again.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 May 2025

James

Matt was a great host and his home was incredible.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2025

Geret

The highland Coo’s was the reason why we came. Place is fine. Views are wonderful.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2024

Prantika

Excellent stay. Great hospitality and cuisine. Highly recommend Melfort house B&B

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Sep 2024

Margaret

A memorable visit to Melfort House

Enjoyed our stay with every comfort and superb dinner. Many thanks

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Sep 2024

William

Absolutely stunning property and experience at Melfort House! Matthew ensured we had everything needed to make this a 5-star stay.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Aug 2024

joanne

If you appreciate art, history, fine dinning as well as exceptional beauty and hospitality...then Melfort House is the place for you! From the moment we drove up to the house, stepping into the foyer and receiving a warm welcoming greeting from Leah, we were awestruck! The entire house and property is a work of art. The bedroom made us both gasp with it's charm - a complimentary decanter of Scotch whisky on the antique dresser. The king-sized bed was so very comfortable. The bathroom had the most comfortable soaking tub. The sitting room and dining room simply beautiful with so many antiques and quirky items on display. The view from the drawing room and grounds - magnificent! Matthew is a passionate and accomplished Chef. We highly recommend Melfort House. As we commented in the guestbook: \"It was like staying overnight in a museum\"! Our intention is to return next year.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Aug 2024

Verified traveler

Absolutely stunning house and room. The host is exceptionally friendly and warm, and his cooking was simply spectacular. Would return and recommend without hesitation.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Aug 2024

Yury

Great place

Amazing hotel in every possible way - location, appearance, cleanliness, view, welcoming atmosphere, Mathews the host and the chef, dinner and breakfast. We highly enjoy our stay there and will gladly come back the next time we are in Scotland.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jul 2024

Kieran

Abosutley stunning property in a lovely, calm village.

Breakfast was fantastic. Once in a lifetime experience.

Would recommend this to anyone heading to the west of Scotland!

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2024

Melinda

Incredible!

The Melfort house is an amazing property with beautiful furnishings, lovely gardens & a spectacular view of the sea surrounded by lambs & song birds.
Matthew, the host, was very accommodating & prepared an outstanding 4 course dinner & made to order Scottish breakfast.
Our visit there stands out as the best in Scotland!

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

19 May 2024

Ian

This one night stay was a disappointment
The host was away & booked evening meal was not available
The visit was no where near approaching the hotel's website aims

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Oct 2023

Verified traveler

Perfect haven in a storm

Why is it every time we visit Oban, there's a violent storm?

We'd booked for two nights but on our day of travel Mathew phoned to advise all the roads were either flooded or blocked with landslips. We agreed to try travelling the following day, which we did - it was eventful and with many detours but got there. Mathew kept in touch throughout to check our progress too, giving us updates on road closures.

When we arrived, we were greeted at the door and shown our room, which was huge and very well appointed. We asked for dinner each night and I must say, the food was of the highest standard ( and I've been to a lot of top tier hotels in my day). Mathew had also arranged at my request for prosecco, flowers and chocolates to be in our room to celebrate our wedding anniversary.

Dinner was preceded with a complimentary glass of sherry and coffee was in the comfortable and well furnished drawing room. We sat at the large dining table with other guests for both dinner and breakfast, so it was great that we got to meet new people throughout our stay, all of whom were lovely and also intrepid travelers.

All in all, Melfort House is a top notch hotel / B&B and definitely a cut above the rest, with fantastic hospitality, awesome food and yet quiet enough to relax in traditional comfort. Thank you !

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2023

Rich

Matthew is a great host. This is a beautiful, well maintained property.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2023

Norma A

Melfort House- A Hidden Gem

Excellent location situated in a lovely tranquil setting. Unable to fault experience in any way. The proprietor was friendly, welcoming and attentive. The dinner he prepared was exquisite. A memorable stay and we would certainly visit again.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Sep 2023

Ian

The B&B lies at the end of the road and has limited mobile phone and internet - but that is not problem for a one night stop. Dinner and breakfast were excellent.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2023

Sharon

The he food is delicious, the setting sublime but it’s the owner who makes it all quite special. He went above and beyond to make us feel comfortable and assisted us with sone logistics for our journey as well.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2023

Riccarda

Absolutley charming

Absolutely recommendable. This storytelling old estate is glamorous and cosy in one go. The owner kept it in very good shape and generously shares it as a b&b. We had a wonderful stay and special thanks to the houskeeper Lesslie, which made our stay even better.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Aug 2023

Verified traveler

Excellent

Lovely B&B in a quiet village. The owner was away during our stay so we were served by his friend who was great. There are only 3 rooms which are quite large with all amenities provided and the ensuite bathrooms are modern. Note that the room doors are not lockable although this was not an issue for us. Only areas for improvement might be that the wifi signal in the rooms was quite poor, however guests also have use of the large drawing room on the ground floor, where the wifi signal is good. The room rates are fixed here, and as we booked quite late the other options were dinky hotels in Oban for only a few pounds less so it was a no-brainer to stay here instead. The road to Oban is mostly recently repaved and relatively wide so it is a fast and smooth drive.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2023

clara

Staying at Melfort House is like a dip into the past of aristocratic lifestyle

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

15 Aug 2023

Davide

The place to be!

The house is amazing, the view lovely, the garden beautiful and the landlord super kind!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Aug 2023

David

A beautiful location with good venues and hiking. My wife enjoyed a beautiful 6 mi walk while I visited gardens nearby due to a bad ankle. Matthew has a wonderful and interesting house and helped with some extra needs for scheduling a harbor trip and laundry due to a spill. We enjoyed our time in this quiet and peaceful home.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jun 2023

Janeen

Idyllic country getaway…

A very beautiful experience —quiet peaceful home surrounded by nature—beautifully decorated and very clean.
Warm welcome. It will be hard to
leave!!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Sep 2022

Mr

Relaxing break

Lovely location, room, service and food

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Sep 2022

robert

Fabulous

Fabulous Matthew is wonderful made us feel at home no pretensions very relaxed and helpful. The room was awesome beautiful views and so comfortable. Food was delicious wholesome cooked to perfection. We would return any time when in the area.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Oct 2021

Mary

Our vacation within a vacation

We spent four days at Melfort House and were sad to leave. This is a beautiful, comfortable estate house with a magnificent setting on a sea loch. Our room was spacious and the setting utterly peaceful. Host Mathew is a superb chef: We enjoyed one of his four-course dinners as well as a delicious breakfast everyday. We enjoyed the other guest but felt we also had privacy. This place is a gem!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Sep 2021

Lawrence

Recommended

Very comfortable excellent food and peaceful

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Aug 2021

Pauline

Perfect luxury

Excellent stay. Melfort House is elegant & luxuriously decorated. We had a very peaceful relaxing stay. Matthew was the perfect host & we had a delicious breakfast.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2021

Ian

A most pleasant, charming and clean property in a very nice location; it was particularly good to be invited to have an evening meal despite not having booked one, saving the potential difficulty of a search to eat elsewhere in an era of restrictions where many hotels were only feeding their own residents. I would be very happy to stay there again in the future.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

25 May 2021

P

Outstandingly good!

My wife and I stayed for three nights. It was really excellent: very large room, very comfortable large bed, clean and excellent large bathroom; and a large lounge with lovely views for the guests to use. The breakfasts were also excellent, and the host can offer dinner given advance notice. We had one of his four-course dinners: very good, and we were pleased that each serving was not the customary oversize portions that other places so often want to serve. Note that the host chooses the menu, although you can let him know about any dietary restrictions you may have. And yes, there is wifi available free.

My wife and I have stayed in various places in the Melfort area, over many years. This is the best!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 May 2021

Reddeppa

Fabulous stay

An excellent host. Very serene and peaceful place. We arrived late and hadn’t prebooked dinner however Mathew was kind enough to offer 3 course meal - spare rib, Salmon and Rhubarb, ginger and vanilla plus to finish a French press fresh coffee. Breakfast was nice. Decor of the place, crockery and cutlery are highly selective. Mathew was helpful to guide us what to see around.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

18 Oct 2020

Keith

Great stay, excellent food

Overall our stay at Melfort House was fantastic. What a lovely, clean, appointed country house this is. The owner went out his way to make us feel at home and was able to give us some dinner on our arrival owing to other places all being closed due to Covid-19. Both dinner and breakfast were excellent. The only slight negative was the wi-fi reception and tv in our room, but I guess in normal times we would not have spent as much time there!

Partner

4/10

Poor

21 Sep 2020

Isabel

Disappointed

This is not a fair review as we never got to stay there, Matthew phoned me well in advance to explain that he would not be able to be there and had booked us into Glenmore Country House for the night
That was another story

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Aug 2020

Judith

Wonderful welcome at this hotel

We only stayed two nights but wished we could stay more. Our bedroom was huge and very well appointed. The host, Mathew, could not do enough for us. It certainly felt like being at the home of a friend. The many gardens were well maintained with a wonderful display of flowers. We even saw a deer sleeping in the corner of one section of the many gardens.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2026

Magnus

Stayed only one night but we liked it very much. Still and quiet. You were very welcome there. Nice breakfast.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2026

Marco

Sehr hübsche Unterkunft, liebevoll eingerichtet - und ein aussergewöhlicher Gastgeber, welcher auch ein hervorragender Koch ist!

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

05 Aug 2025

Niklas

Melfort House gives you the best holiday memories

We had an amazing stay at Melfort House and we would love to go back. The house is warm and welcoming, just like Matthew the host. The loch room has excellent views and the garden surrounding the house is green and lush. Matthew is an excellent cook and every guest should take the opportunity to have a homemade multi-course meal in the beautiful dining room with the other guests, truly a unique experience. We had dinner at the pub located in the holiday village next door one night and to our surprise Matthew turned up there to sing and play the guitar- and he is just as talented as a musician as a cook. Thank you Matthew for a wonderful stay and the best holiday memories.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2024

Magnus

Romantisk lyx

Det kändes som vi checkade in på ett litet slott.

Fantastiskt hus! Och vårt rum hade utsikt mot havet.

Väldigt trevlig värd.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2024

Franz

nostalgische Perle in idyllischer Umgebung

sehr netter und hilfsbereiter Gastwirt, großzügiges Zimmer mit vielen netten Details, sehr gutes WiFi, schöner Aufenthaltsraum mit tollen Sesseln und Möbeln und sehr schönem Ausblick

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Oct 2023

Veronique

Hôte très dispo de bon conseil dans un lieu plus que parfait

Leisure Friends