Oban Bay Hotel

4-star beachfront hotel overlooking Oban Bay with exclusive Thermal Experience spa

Dining & Bar

The Oban Bay Hotel houses The Grill Room, an award-winning restaurant that serves fresh local seafood and organic produce. The bar offers a wide selection of local spirits and cocktails, and the sun lounge stretches the entire length of the hotel with bay views. Guests can also book Afternoon Tea or lunch in the conservatory while watching the sunsets over Mull and Kerrera.

Spa & Thermal Experience

The hotel's Thermal Experience provides a private and exclusive area on the Sea Deck with a sunken Canadian-style outdoor hot tub, a Swedish oak barreled sauna, a Roman acrylic steam room, and a Zen relaxation room. Guests can book 90-minute slots for this facility, which is separate from the main spa. The full-service spa also offers a range of treatments including facials, massages, body wraps, and body scrubs.

Pet-Friendly Accommodations

The Oban Bay Hotel allows dogs in public areas, including the bar and conservatory during breakfast and dinner. Rooms include a welcome pack for pets with treats, stainless steel bowls, and even a doggy wall of fame. Dogs receive a sausage at breakfast, and staff are known to make a fuss over four-legged guests.

Location & Local Activities

Set along Oban's Esplanade, the hotel offers direct views of the Firth of Lorne and easy access to ferries that connect to islands such as Mull and Kerrera. Guests can go whale-watching nearby or play golf at Glencruitten Golf Club. The hotel also organizes walking tours, bike tours, and themed dinner nights, with Dunstaffnage Castle, Oban Distillery, and McCaig's Tower all within reach.

Rooms & Suites

Accommodations range from Classic Doubles to the spacious Somerled suite, which offers a bay view, a wet room with free-standing bath, and a well-stocked fridge with treats. Bay View Double rooms provide sea views across the water, and all rooms are dog-friendly on request. The hotel has been freshly renovated with modern amenities, though some rooms retain traditional features like rotary phones.

• Thermal Experience: outdoor hot tub, Swedish oak sauna, Roman steam room & relaxation zone
• Dining: The Grill Room serving award-winning local seafood
• Dog-friendly: pet access to public areas, welcome packs, dog breakfast sausage
• Location: beachfront on Oban Esplanade, next to ferry to islands
• Spa treatments: facials, massages, body wraps, and spa packages