Nine of the ten rooms look straight out over Loch Indaal, and the bar downstairs pours more Islay and Jura whisky than most places twice its size.
Ten rooms, family-run, right on the seafront in Port Charlotte's conservation village — nine of them looking out over Loch Indaal (the tenth faces the village), with the beer garden sharing that same view. Traditional music sessions take over the bar on Wednesday and Sunday evenings through summer.
The restaurant draws on Islay's larder — beef, venison and lamb from local farms, and scallops, lobster, oysters, crab and prawns landed by the Islay fishing fleet, with wines from Corney & Barrow. Recommended in the Michelin and Good Food Guides. Lunch 12–2pm, dinner 6–9pm.
The bar is bespoke carved wood under low beams with a woodburning fire, known island-wide for live traditional music — Gaelic singing, fiddle, pipes, accordion — on Wednesdays and Sundays in season.
Gaelic singing, fiddle, pipes and accordion take over the bar every Wednesday and Sunday evening through summer — a session night known the length of Islay.
Port Charlotte Hotel, portcharlottehotel.co.uk