Anchor Hotel and Seabed Restaurant

Warm room, good location. Good choice for travellers back from Islay on late night ferry.

We arrived soaked after a lengthy bike ride and wanted to get into a warm bedroom as quickly as possible. There was no-one on reception and instead I had to wait rather too long for one of the overworked waiting-on staff to appear and check us in. The room was cold. There was no information at all so we weren’t able to get any heat with asking further. We were also advised to not even bother with the towel rail as none of them worked in the hotel. All far from ideal when you’re trying to dry out soaking clothes. The tap was very loose and worst of all there was a huge crack right across the seat of the toilet. Totally unhygienic. I mentioned it when we went down again and was thanked for telling them - but it clearly wasn’t going to be fixed for us. The room should stayed unused until it had been fixed. There was also only one, tiny shower gel and one tiny shampoo between the two of us. You get the picture. The food in the Seabed Restaurant was reasonable but was not a patch on the standard when we ate there last two years ago.

Superb venue with free car parking opposite the hotel next to the harbour. The Breakfast was excellent and we went to the Restaurant for an evening meal which didn’t disappoint. The Staff especially Ghosh were excellent and provided very attentive service. Unfortunately the WiFi in the Room was absolutely dire and failed to work . We did mention this on two occasions but nothing was done to improve the situation. We did expected some form of compensation for this but nothing was done. This marred our stay and we left with some disappointment……..