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Reviews of Columba Hotel

3 out of 5
Columba Hotel
The Esplanade, Oban, Scotland

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 85 out of 450 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 217 out of 450 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 97 out of 450 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 39 out of 450 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 450 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Hadas

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

JANET

Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

4/10 Poor

Iain

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Not good this time
Can be a bit hit or miss with this place some rooms are fine others are not due to noise through the walls (loud Americans)and various fans and extractors being loud. Also the shower was very poor. All in not worth £100 for a night.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spring holiday
Great weather , lots to do .very interesting location .Sea trips offer lots of choice .
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

4/10 Poor

Elizabeth

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The heated towel rail in the bathroom did not work and could not be fixed by two staff. The bedroom radiator was not working. The lift is ancient!
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very central and friendly
Nice hotel, we only stayed for one night but staff were very friendly. Room was small but very clean with sea view. Good breakfast and reasonably priced. This is an old hotel but has character. Will definitely stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Jack

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022
Response from Zak Robb-Gillan on 1 May 2022
Thank you for your review Zak Robb-Gillan General Manager

8/10 Good

Shirley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022
Response from Zak Robb-Gillan on 1 May 2022
Thank you for your review Zak Robb-Gillan General Manager

10/10 Excellent

Gail

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022
Response from Zak Robb-Gillan on 20 Apr 2022
Thank you for the kind review Zak Robb-Gillan General Manager

2/10 Terrible

Donald

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lacklustre, overpriced, empty
Very disappointed in the lacklustre, underfurnished, deserted hotel with no obvious catering on site. Like living on the Marie Celeste. WiFi (and therefore streaming TV channels) did not work in our room - which was very inconvenient and if the weather had been bad, it would have been infuriating. The location and sea view were the only positives for me, the latter less enjoyable because of the perfunctory furnishing. Therefore vastly overpriced.
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed one night on room only basis. Not worth £110 for basic room and tiny bathroom of which door didn’t close.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was ok tv broken electric socket not working room small but its what i paid for Food was very good breakfast as much as u wanted staff very polite and helpful Overall 8/10
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location
Location is great if you want to be in the centre and worth requesting a sea/bay view. Friendly staff. It's an old building so don't expect modern touch but it has everything one needs as a hotel bedroom. Will be very happy to stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

john

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Parking
Could be doing with more car parking spaces
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Staff & service
Older Hotel in a great location
Hotel is in a great location in Oban with easy walking access to everything. Junior suite on the top floor offered a decent view over the harbour area. Room and the hotel in general were in good condition but could do with an upgrade in certain areas. The lift is extremely small and has self operated concertina type doors.The hotel staff were friendly and helpful.We didn’t eat or drink in the hotel. There are 8 free hotel parking spaces in the adjacent public car park
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Lyle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I'd stay there again
All in all, it was good. The view out the window was pretty (we had a sea-view room). The elevator is ancient, and its doors have to be manually closed or else it stays where it is, meaning that someone on another floor can't summon it, and therefore, has to take the stairs. The TV monitor was also ancient, and had no HDMI input, which meant I couldn't watch Netflix on it via my laptop. Both of these are of course minor things. The location is excellent - lots of places within walking distance. The restaurant was pretty good, and accessible without going outside. Be sure to make reservations, because like all places, they get booked up.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Vishal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A nice room for a weekend getaway
We stayed there for 2 nights as we visited Oban for a weekend. It was a nice stay. The room was clean and tidy and probably one of the best rooms I've stayed in wrt the view from the room. There was a bit of an issue with the bathroom with the water pressure in the shower which was nill. It was a real tough time taking the shower. we reported this and hope that the next guests don't face the same issue. However, the view from the room and the breakfast in the morning were big winners.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pleasant old fashioned hotel. Very clean with a decent breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Jean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really nice hotel was central and had a sea view
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

6/10 Okay

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Oban break
We love coming to Oban and the Columba is a great location. Property aging now. Breakfast disappointing, had always been a plus point. Served barely warm from trays, not fresh. Staff lovely as always.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Dirk

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

6/10 Okay

ANTHONY

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Columba Hotel Pluses and Minuses - 7/10 overall
The Columba was an OK 3 * hotel given its price range. Good points: Centrally located, friendly staff, good individually cooked breakfast and good COVID precautions set-up. Room for improvement: The double bed was a bit hard and the bathroom needed a makeover - in particular the shower grouting. Early morning traffic was pretty noisy - no double glazing.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

6/10 Okay

Ian

Liked: Staff & service
You would think with COVID the room and toilet would have been cleaner
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Perfect hotel, staff very friendly, room was very spacious and very clean, we had a sea view room and it was perfect sitting on a night time watching the people enjoying themselves, hotel is ideal for every type of people I would certainly recommend this hotel
Stayed 4 nights in May 2021

8/10 Good

Claire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

6/10 Okay

Colin

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Privacy
We could hear the couples conversation in Room 110 quite clearly, acoustic's between our room and this one was not very good
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
Short business trip, hotel was clean, comfortable and welcoming.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2021

4/10 Poor

Murray scrimgeour

Business traveller
Disliked: Room comfort
We arrived at 5.30pm our room was freezing !
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020

6/10 Okay

pat

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Lovely hotel clean but cannot really say warm. No central heating in room and need to be on full
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020

8/10 Good

Graham, Herefordshire

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The property is starting to look dated. It's time for a facelift
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from reception on 6 Oct 2020
thank you for your response, we appreciate your feedback.

8/10 Good

arthur

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Columbia hotel oban
friendly staff, comfortable room good view.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from reception on 30 Sept 2020
thank you for your response, we appreciate your feedback.

8/10 Good

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Columba hotel
Clean rooms, good views across the bay and an easy to follow one way system around the hotel with hand sanitiser to help minimize the Covid 19 risk.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from reception on 30 Sept 2020
thank you for your response, we appreciate your feedback.

6/10 Okay

Frederick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The breakfast was not good Guests complained. Staff did not take payment for it. Quite right. This spoilt what would have been a pleasant stay in Oban.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from reception on 30 Sept 2020
thank you for your response, we appreciate your feedback.

8/10 Good

Sherzad

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from reception on 22 Sept 2020
Thank you for your response, we appreciate your feed back.

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really enjoyed our stay.The staff were excellent and the breakfast was very well planned under the current situation
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from reception on 5 Sept 2020
thank you for your kind response. We are delighted you enjoyed your stay, and hope to see you return. yours kindly

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from reception on 1 Sept 2020
thank you for you response. your feedback is appreciated.

8/10 Good

Cecilia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
1 night getaway
Hotel was good. Price didn’t include breakfast which was disappointing.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from reception on 1 Sept 2020
thank you for your response. We appreciate your feed back. Hopefully breakfast will be back included in the price on the web page very soon.

2/10 Terrible

Theone

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very poor service
We did not stay because COVID-19 did not allow us to travel. They would not refund our deposit nor did hotels.com help us. Very disappointed in both!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Janette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from reception on 26 Aug 2020
thank you for your response

10/10 Excellent

Willie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from reception on 19 Aug 2020
thank you for your response, we are happy you enjoyed your stay with us and hope you return soon

6/10 Okay

Megan, York

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Paid extra for a seaview which was lovely. Hotel in good position. Room had nice high ceiling and shower good. Room interior was tired. Felt room was overpriced especially as breakfast not included
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from reception on 19 Aug 2020
thank you for your response, we are disappointed you never got the experience you were hoping for we hope you return soon so that we can change this

6/10 Okay

Albert

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from reception on 19 Aug 2020
thank you for your response

6/10 Okay

Kathryn

Liked: Room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from reception on 13 Aug 2020
thank you for your response. We hope to see you again. yours kindly

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Great location
An ok stayed due to COVID 19 precautions rooms weren’t serviced. Great location.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2020
Response from reception on 12 Aug 2020
Thank you for your response. We are happy you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location. Excellent hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020
Response from reception on 5 Aug 2020
Thank you for your kind response, were are happy that you had a nice stay with us and we hope to see you soon again

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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There's no room cleaning service due the coronavirus crisis. I really understand the sanitary reasons, but the Hotel is not cheap and they didn't inform that circumstance until we arrived. You should advice to the clients about all unavailable services before
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2020
Response from reception on 5 Aug 2020
We are very sorry that you didn't have the experience you were expecting, due to the circumstances, this is a learning curve for us all. We do hope you return so we can have the chance to meet your expectations. yours kindly

4/10 Poor

Ian

Disliked: Staff & service
Booked bed & breakfast wasleft garbled voice the night before stay to say that breakfast was grab & go, a sandwich. Was told it was to do with ovid restrictions but in same breath asked if we wanted to book for dinner no restriction there. Hotel should not have booked to many people if they did not have capacity for a cooked brrakfast for those booked. Have stayed at Colomba previously on multiple occasions but this has made me think twice about rebooking.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020
Response from reception on 5 Aug 2020
good morning and thank you for your response we are sorry that you didn't have the experience you were expecting, due to the circumstances this has been a learning curve for us, as we tried our best to adapt to the situation. We hope you do return so that we have a chance to meet your expectations. yours kindly