Be calmed at the Anchor Hotel.

We describe ourselves as a little harbour hotel with a huge personality. Our guests love the sounds of the harbour, the sights of the sea and the tastes of Loch Fyne. We’re a natural stopping off point for walkers and cyclists en route to the Isles of Islay, Jura and Ghia; sailors enjoy our warmest hospitality along with an oyster shot or ten; whisky afficianados sample the finest island malts; golfers buy rounds and share rounds; divers exchange tales from the deep and often bring to our kitchens the freshest of shellfish.

They say that Tarbert never leaves you, and it never does. You can still taste the local food, smell the sea air and hear the gulls chasing the fishing boats long after you’ve left this beautiful part of Scotland. And we very much hope that as you browse these pages, you get a sense not just of the area, but of The Anchor.

We know that you’ll be calmed here. Our menus are based on local, fresh produce that include hand-dived scallops, Island game and dairy produce (venison in the evening, pheasant for breakfast, Arran brie to finish) and vegetables and herbs grown locally whenever possible. We don’t have everything all of the time – sometimes catches are bad; sometimes an Irish fishing boat comes in and fresh herring becomes a prize ingredient. Langoustines can be temperamental little crustaceans, but we feature them heavily when they’re in plentiful supply. Mussels. Squat Lobster. Oysters. If they’re out there, they’re on the menu.

And our bedrooms are designed to make the most of harbour views where-ever possible. Simply furnished with the comfiest of downies and the squashiest pillows we could find, you’ll wake up well rested for whatever the rest of the day holds.

So be calmed at the Anchor. Be welcomed. And become completely and utterly in love with this beautiful part of the world.