Black Isle Bar & Rooms

Property building, Facade/entrance, Street view

7.4Good

(1,271 Ratings)

"Lovely & helpful staff. Great Location. Warm & comfy room with hot showers. Clean and tidy. Great price. ^ Very small concern though and the only thing I could find to comment on at all."

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7.4 / 10.0

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Hostel in Inverness

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High-end valueWell priced for this area

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About this hostel

Black Isle Bar Rooms are located above the Black Isle Bar in Inverness City Center. The rooms and bar are pet friendly. Some rooms overlook the Secret Garden roof terrace bar which is open until midnight so some noise is to be expected.

Amenities at Black Isle Bar & Rooms

Free WiFi/internet

Pets allowed

Heating

Bar

Balcony/Terrace

WiFi/Internet

Garden

Family friendly

Smoking allowed

Contactless check-in/out

Cleaning products

Map of Inverness

Nearby attractions

Highland Wildlife Park

27.3 mi

Rogie Falls

15.8 mi

Available Rooms

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7.4Good

(1,271 Ratings)

"Lovely & helpful staff. Great Location. Warm & comfy room with hot showers. Clean and tidy. Great price. ^ Very small concern though and the only thing I could find to comment on at all."

Verified guest

Don't miss out! Price and availability may change

$$$$

7.4 / 10.0

Good(1,271 Ratings)

Hostel in Inverness

Reasons to book

Great for petsBring all your friends and family, even the furry ones

High-end valueWell priced for this area

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

Map of Inverness

Nearby attractions

Highland Wildlife Park

27.3 mi

Rogie Falls

15.8 mi

Available Rooms

About this hostel

Amenities

Free WiFi/internet

Pets allowed

Heating

Bar

Balcony/Terrace

WiFi/Internet

Garden

Family friendly

Smoking allowed

Contactless check-in/out

Cleaning products

Ratings and reviews

7.4 / 10.0

Good(1,271 Ratings)

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8.0 / 10.0

Incredibly reasonable price

Dog friendly

10.0 / 10.0

Super 👍

Lovely & helpful staff. Great Location. Warm & comfy room with hot showers. Clean and tidy. Great price.

Would feel safer if there was a manual door lock in the inside as well as just a key card lock... There was nobody about & very quiet and Inverness is safe enough, but it was still something that I'd prefer. ^ Very small concern though and the only thing I could find to comment on at all.

10.0 / 10.0

Central, comfortable bargain

Central and cosy

It was great. Obviously a bit noisy as it’s a pub but didn’t take away from the experience

7.0 / 10.0

Inverness I enjoyed more than Edinburgh the atmosphere was more of a local feel which I much prefer

The location and the bar downstairs seemed to always have a good atmosphere.

The room wasn’t brilliant, but can’t complain really for what I paid for a room for myself last minute.

8.0 / 10.0

Very happy with my stay and the staff

Great food and beer right downstairs

TV would be great

1.0 / 10.0

Rubbish

Nothing

Everything

8.0 / 10.0

Good location

The restaurant was really good. The staff at the restaurant were very friendly

The coffee mugs hadn’t been washed. The bathroom could’ve been cleaner around the toilet

10.0 / 10.0

Brilliant place to stay - will definitely be back!

location great

8.0 / 10.0

Very nice location and price

The location, the shower and coffee and tea

The noise… like you were in a plane. Fortunately, it stopped during night. the size of the room, no storage , no table. They should change the window so the noise is contained. Maybe add a foldable table

10.0 / 10.0

A perfect location to get to know the city, especially if youre traveling by train.

Having the bar and food downstairs was super handy and the upstairs outdoor deck was a great bonus!

It is a bit loud with all the people partying in that area, but we knew that before we went....earplugs!

8.0 / 10.0

All good except for toilet roll and soap

Location, staff, room size, shower temp and pressure, room nice and warm even tho it was a v cold night, tea making facilities, hair dryer

Toilet roll was soooooo thin :( and bring your own body wash or shampoo, the stuff in the dispenser might have been anti bac? It didn’t lather and didn’t clean my hair, looked bad all day so had to shower again as soon as I could. A lamp would be nice to help with getting in and out of bed. Otherwise very good.

7.0 / 10.0

Good

Good location and the main bar is brilliant, lovely staff, and good pizza. Basic rooms, ideal for a short stay for a few nights out in Inverness. Really good value for money.

Lots of small maintenance issues in the rooms. USB sockets not working, basin very slow to drain with no plug, extractor fan not working. The bed sheets and towels although clean, are very much past their best, one of the towels I used was threadbare.

8.0 / 10.0

Great for enjoying inverness night life

If your going for a fun night then it's amazing, right in the heart of the nightlife

Unfortunately we went as we had to visit someone in hospital and after a long drive we needed a sleep and it was a Saturday night so very noisy

8.0 / 10.0

Perfectly adequate & as advertised

Central location. Clean & well presented small single room. Easy access through the bar or by a side door

N/A

10.0 / 10.0

Great experience

Great value for money. The place was very clean and comfy, paired with the fact that is right in the city center and it also hosts a bar with one of the best beers i ve ever had made the experience great. 10/10 would recommend

8.0 / 10.0

Great location, comfy beds but slightly stuffy in the room

Very friendly staff, downstairs is a bar and the room is just on 1st floor. Recommended to try their pizza and beer. Delicious and the price seems ok. Location pretty centred and easy to get around with bus and walkable distance to River Ness, East Gate Mall and Mark & Spencer Food Hall. Around the hotel have some good restaurants and laundry service as well.

The room is a little bit warm stuffy even I turned the radiator off and open the window for natural cold air to flow in, the window can make it slightly bigger opening. I suspect the heat and stuffy came from the lighting.

9.0 / 10.0

Excellent communication and stay

Lovely staff and great location for a good price. The information given before our stay gave us an excellent idea of what to expect. The bar has delicious beer and pizza, too. We had a great night.

Would be improved by better accessibility (all rooms are up one or two flights of stairs) but the hotel was very upfront about this in communication before our stay and would be bound by what is possible in the building.

7.0 / 10.0

Value for money !

Small room that was clean and had its own ensuite WC and shower. Shower was powerful with lots of hot water. We had a kettle for teas and coffee . All in all excellent value for money. Also very close to station and restaurants. Staff were very pleasant and very relaxed, and left us to enjoy our stay.

Room faced on to a road that service vans used and got very noisy early in the morning. The noise of seagulls scavenging woke us up around 6am. Windows could benefit from being double glazed. As the room is so small it needed ventilation and we had to open the window, as there was no extract fan in the shower room..No room for wardrobe. Regardless of this we managed to have a nice stay.

10.0 / 10.0

Everything was lovely. As they stated the location is in the centre of Inverness so there was indeed night life and nois

Warm welcome and a very comfy bed

Can’t complain

7.0 / 10.0

Will use again.

Ideal central location, staff very friendly and helpful. Small issue with lamp in room - staff informed and dealt with it speedily. Information about the room was accurate - advised there could be some potential noise from secret terrace - this was minimised by closing the windows.

Bathroom mirror light not working - not a major issue.

2.0 / 10.0

Not again.....

Location was very central

The room was not as what you expected to be clean and comfy. The tea cups were unwashed, the beds were very uncomfortable. The loud noise from the street was disturbing. Parking was additional charges Overall, it was not worth the money.

7.0 / 10.0

Simple accommodation in a pub environment

Great location near all the sites and bars, good pizza and beer available. Room was clean and tidy with all that you need.

Was overpriced, may have been because I booked last minute but was very expensive for a bunk bed and bathroom that had slow draining/blocked sink and shower.

7.0 / 10.0

Good location and room however needed a fan or AC

Good location and great venue. Room was great.

Bedroom was far too hot without a fan. Please provide fans or AC

3.0 / 10.0

No value for money paid ( £120) not a good night!

The room was clean.

Room one was hot and couldn’t have window open because of noise. No breakfast included at that price . limited surface for items. Large Green night light immediately above the top bunk. Finally the shower was boiling with no cold water adjustment.

5.0 / 10.0

Not good …

The lication

Rooms are really basic and there is no confort at all. Rooms are not cleaned, towels were not clean. There is not even a cupboard or a table and there are only bunk beds. And it was really expensive !

10.0 / 10.0

Would definitely go back

Great cider, great pizza, comfy wee room, great staff!

Nothing :)

6.0 / 10.0

City centre bus and train station within 5minute walk

Central location

No tv ,room okay but shower needed a repair handles loose

2.0 / 10.0

The sum not worth.

We liked location.

The room smelled strongly of smoke upon arrival.The bed linens had an unpleaseant odor,like sweat from a previous guest,and there was visible dust everywhere.At around 2a.m.the smoke alarm suddenly went off,causing a major disturbance. Two fire engines arrived to investigate the situation. It was an incredibly stressful and uncomfortable night- we felt unsafe and deeply unsettled by the whole experience.

7.0 / 10.0

Okeish

Location,

There were beer cans from previous visitor in our room and they were still there when we left. A clear stain in the carpet in the room and the corridors also could have been cleaner.Quite noisy late in the evening

8.0 / 10.0

Great location and very friendly staff if you're good with a basic room

Central location, great staff, lots of hot water.

The bed wasn't the most comfortable and there was nowhere to sit in the room.

8.0 / 10.0

Excellent location very near to the bus and train stations and the centre of town.

The location was perfect, the staff were friendly and helpful, and the room, although very basic, was comfortable. The shower was powerful and hot water was plentiful. Regular replenishment of tea bags and milk, and the provision of a hairdryer, were much appreciated. The bar itself was lively and the pizzas and organic cider were excellent.

There was nothing I disliked. There was noise from the bar and the Secret Garden, but the venue warns that this may be the case, and it didn’t cause a problem. I’d have liked more than one hanger on the clothes rail!

9.0 / 10.0

Great place at Inverness

Great location close to everything in town, the railway, the river, tours pickup sites and local shops. The staff was polite and helpfull. The bar downstairs is just great! Great shower and comfy bed.

The one down side was that our room was facing the street and on the weekend, it gets busy and a bit noisy.

10.0 / 10.0

great location clean, great shower and cheerful

excellent stay

8.0 / 10.0

Great

Location was perfect , room was clean and tidy (bit warm ) but that’s a personal choice .

8.0 / 10.0

What a location - in the city center, near the river AND above a pub!

Finally got "staying above a pub" ticked off from my bucket list. Friendly staff Central location Pub sounds in the bathroom made us feel like part of the party. And all quiet by midnight. World famous Leakey's Bookshop almost next door (another bucket list thing done)

I missed a reading lamp beside the bed.

9.0 / 10.0

Perfect stay for solo traveller

Very clean room, with all the necessities provided.

The room was located at the back with the window to the pub terrace. So be mindfull of the noise if you are a light sleeper. The terrace closes at midnight tho, so personally I didn’t mind the noise too much. The stairway hall had an unpleasant smell.

6.0 / 10.0

Room small , bunk beds no good for a 70 year old.

Location

Bunk beds not stated , simply said twin room. If I wanted bunk beds I would have stayed at a hostel for 1/4 of the price

5.0 / 10.0

Room for sleeping only, not spending time in.

Location was spot on. Room was small but clean and I only used it to sleep in. Spent more time outside so it was really used for storing my stuff and sleeping in. The shower was good but with the room being small the shower was small.

For the room I stayed in for £79 per night (Number 2) I would have only valued it at about £40 or £50 for the size and the fact that the window looked out on to a brick wall two foot away with no view. There was no TV either. It was a bedsit and a tiny one at that. However, it did the job of storing my stuff but the price, with no breakfast, was a bit disappointing. If I had come up the River Ness on a dingy and claimed asylum I would have got a better hotel room for free.

FAQs

Is parking included with this hostel?

Parking is not specified as an available amenity at Black Isle Bar & Rooms. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this hostel?

We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this hostel. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.

Is Black Isle Bar & Rooms pet friendly?

Yes! This hostel is pet-friendly. For more information, we recommend contacting the booking provider about animal policies.

What amenities are available at Black Isle Bar & Rooms?

We found 11 amenities for this rental. This includes free wifi/internet, pets allowed, heating, bar, and balcony/terrace.

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Hostel in Inverness

Reasons to book

Map of Inverness

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

About this hostel

Amenities

Ratings and reviews

FAQs

Is parking included with this hostel?

Is there a pool at this hostel?

Is Black Isle Bar & Rooms pet friendly?

What amenities are available at Black Isle Bar & Rooms?

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