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 visiting 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.

27/07/2026

Too hot? Come to Harris! We have rooms available at the beginning of August. Beautiful sunset last night and the light lingered in the sky long after midnight.

25/07/2026

Wonderful wild Atlantic halibut from Islander shellfish on the menu tomorrow night. We have 2 tables available for dinner. To book phone 01859550238 or message Scarista House.

15/07/2026

After weeks of rain, wind and mist the sun is now shining and we have had some beautiful sunsets this week. We have limited availability, but due to a cancellation room Flora is available from Saturday 25th July for 5 nights. To book, please message us Scarista House or email [email protected]

25/06/2026

Luckily the power cut this evening occurred after we had served the main course. Most of our guests didn’t notice.

13/06/2026

Magnificent turbot from Islander shellfish on the menu tonight. Thank you Ronnie for always supplying us with wonderfully fresh local fish.

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]

Address

Scarista House
Isle Of Harris
HS33HX

Website

http://www.scaristahouse.com/

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