Scarista House

Comfortable, elegant small hotel with restaurant open to non residents. Self catering cottage. More Winner of 2012 Good Hotel Guide Cesar Award.

Scarista House is one of the most beautiful and remote places to stay in Britain, with lovely views of the Atlantic Ocean, heather-covered mountains, and a three-mile long sandy beach. There has been a tradition of hospitality at Scarista House for a couple of hundred years. In former times the minister who lived in this Georgian manse, now a Grade B listed building, would have played host to visi

ting members of his congregation; now it is a comfortable small hotel where guests can enjoy traditional comfort in well-furnished guest rooms, open fires in the sitting rooms and natural, skilled cooking and good wines in the dining room. A large self-catering cottage, also with an open fire, is also available. Listed in the Michelin Guide, Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay and 3rd place in the Sunday Times Ultimate 100 British and Irish Hotels. We serve dinner at the set time of 7.30pm each night. Dinner consists of a set menu with no choice, however, we are more than happy to cater for dietary requirements/food dislikes, if informed in advance. The cost of dinner is £58 per person for 3 courses and £66 per person for 4 courses. Booking is essential. We do not serve lunches, but we do serve afternoon tea. Afternoon tea consists of our homemade oatcakes with crowdie, filled sandwiches, homemade scones with fresh cream & homemade jam, homemade shortbread & cake along with loose leaf teas, herbal infusions or ground coffee. The cost of afternoon tea is £18.50 per person, and is served between 3.30pm and 4.45pm, booking is essential for non-residents.

03/04/2026

We look forward to welcoming our first guests for the 2026 season on Wednesday 8th April. It’s a bit chilly here, but beautiful in the sunshine.

13/02/2026

Another beautiful winter’s day on Harris

03/02/2026

Beautiful moonset this morning.

14/01/2026

Approaching storm.

27/11/2025

A TASTE OF SCARISTA HOUSE

CHRISTMAS HAMPERS

A chance to enjoy some of the things we serve here at Scarista House including:
our own muesli
fruit compote
Seville orange marmalade
all butter shortbread
oatcakes
chocolates
marinated olives
Christmas pudding and
Mustheb Christmas edition mustard.

We only use the finest ingredients, organic when possible, and biodegradable or reusable packaging.

For more information or to order, message us or email [email protected]

10/10/2025

We are now closed until April 2026. Thank you to all our wonderful hard working staff who make Scarista House such a special place to stay. Many thanks also to the lovely guests we have had here this season. We are planning some repairs and redecoration over the winter and we look forward to reopening in the Spring.
Tim and Patricia

29/09/2025

Rooms available this week:
Elsa, twin/double room in the main house available from tonight for 6 nights.
Flora, suite in Glebe House just across the garden from the main house available on Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd October.
Our restaurant is open every night for dinner for non residents until Thursday 9th October.
To book, please message us or email [email protected]
With thanks to guest Eleanor Skinner for the lovely early morning photo taken last week.

11/09/2025

LAST MINUTE AVAILABILITY
Due to a cancellation, room Flora is available on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th September and room Lily is available on Thursday 18th September. A ferry booking is also available if required. To book, please email [email protected] or message us.

19/08/2025

August availability
Due to cancellations, we have the following rooms available:
Room Dot is available from Tuesday 26th August for 5 nights.
Room Lily is available for two nights on 27th and 28th August.
To book, or for more information, please email [email protected] or message us.

18/07/2025

Last minute availability.
Due to a cancellation we have three rooms available this weekend. For more information please message us or email [email protected]

11/07/2025

The conrcrake is craking, the machair is in flower, the sun is shining and it’s not too hot to sleep at night. Escape the heat and dust and pressure of mainland life for a few restorative days on Harris. Rooms available from Wednesday 16th to Tuesday 22nd July inclusive. For more details, Message us or email [email protected]

03/06/2025

Two rooms have cancelled because they can’t get to us. We therefore have two rooms available if anyone is unable to get off the island due to ferry cancellations.

Address

Scarista House
Isle Of Harris
HS33HX

Website

http://www.scaristahouse.com/

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