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Black Isle Hostel

2.0 star property

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Blackout curtains, free WiFi, bed sheets
Living area
Shower, towels
Dining
Shower, towels

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Housekeeping
  • Kitchen

Explore the area

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47-49 Academy Street, Inverness, Scotland, IV1 1LP
  • Place, Victorian Market
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Eastgate Shopping Centre
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Inverness Castle
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Airport, Inverness (INV)
    ‪16 min drive‬

Room options

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Blackout curtains, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(4 reviews)
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bunk Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

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Blackout curtains, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bunk Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

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Blackout curtains, free WiFi, bed sheets

Basic Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Single Bunk Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

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About the area

Inverness

With a stay at Black Isle Hostel in Inverness (Inverness City Centre), you'll be within a 10-minute walk of Inverness Castle and Victorian Market. .This hostel is 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Merkinch Local Nature Reserve and 0.5 mi (0.7 km) from Eastgate Shopping Centre.
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What's nearby

  • Victorian Market - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Eastgate Shopping Centre - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Inverness Visit Scotland Information Centre - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Inverness Castle - 7 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Inverness Cathedral - 10 min walk - 0.9 km

Getting around

  • Inverness Station - 5 min walk
  • Inverness (INV) - 18 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The King's Highway (Wetherspoon) - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Black Isle Bar - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Platform 8 - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Hootananny - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Highlander - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Black Isle Hostel

Black Isle Hostel offers 10 accommodations with blackout drapes/curtains. This Inverness hostel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests can make use of the shared/communal kitchen. Bathrooms include showers. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 10 guestrooms. Prepare your meals in the shared/communal kitchen. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms with showers are provided.
Featured amenities include luggage storage and lockers.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Lockers
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Shared kitchen access

More

  • Heating
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:30 PM; Check-in end time: midnight

Late check-in subject to availability

Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staffed during limited hours

If you arrive at the property after hours, you'll need to check in at an alternate location: [Black Isle Bar and Rooms]

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • An in-room safe is available for an additional fee

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, and a smoke detector

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Black Isle Hostel Inverness

Black Isle Inverness

Black Isle Hostel Inverness

Black Isle Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

Black Isle Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation Inverness

Black Isle Hostel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 52 out of 92 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 23 out of 92 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 92 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 92 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 92 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Khalid

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Clean room good clean kitchen and close to all the places in city centre
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Trevor

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

James

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Svitlana

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

mary lou

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good

Good hostel. Yes the beds do creek a little but the toilets and showers are good and the place is very clean. Didn’t use the common room area but the location to the city and the station is perfect
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Aruna

Okay for short stays

The rooms are accessible through stairs on the first floor. Reception and kitchen on the second floor. For check ins, keys need to be collected from the Black Isle bar which is 100m away from the hostel. I was in a mixed dorm of 4. Female restrooms can be better maintained. I'm thankful for the staff to let me check in without making payment the first night because there were some issues with my credit card.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Muiz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Brilliant all around
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good place to relax in Inverness.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Christine, BRACEBRIDGE

Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
I am a female travelling solo and was in a room with 5 other make snoring men. They said they'd look after my bags but then got called away from the desk for 2 hours. I wasn't comfortable leaving my stuff unattended. Bathrooms and shower area was gender specific which was nice. My bed too and bottom was very creepy so everytime either myself or guy on the top bunk moved...it was very loud. There was no ventilation so we kept the window open which meant the screaming seagulls and alley arguments also woke me up. Staff were very friendly. I had been in another Hostel and had a much better experience on my stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Muriel

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jamie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I was very happy with my stay. The staff was very helpful! Great, convienent location!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Check in process & customer service all excellent. Toilet & showers giod & ckean. Main issue is the room was like a sauna - did not sleep!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Tommy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
2nd time i stay and rhe same like first time, other guests who stayed are very noisy on the corridors, also when they come inside the room or leaving, all of them totally careless. In yhe kitchen even there are signs , they don't follow, left light on, dirty crockery, as well inside the living room and inside the bathrooms. The last time i came Saturda31/05/25, i called in advanced i will check-in 10 pm, nobody at the reception, so i need to call the emergency number to go out to collect my key fob from nearby pub
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Cooper

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mauro S

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff, great location, very comfortable mattress. Lighting in the shower/ toilet needs to improve.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Easy check in via the bar. Good kitchen and lounge area. Bedrooms good for sleeping. Only slight negative was grubby kitchen, but as only there for one night not too much of an issue.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Aaditya

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Fine for one night and only one night

Didn’t expect much for the price beyond a place to sleep/eat/shower for a couple nights. The day I got there, 3 of the 4 toilets in the female restroom were clogged beyond use and the other had no toilet paper. This was early afternoon when staff were first alerted. The next day, all 4 toilets were completely clogged and could not be used at all. Staff were again informed of this. I had to leave early the next morning and they were still clogged. You literally could not use the toilets. The bed itself was fine, as well as the room. The common areas were not the cleanest, and the entire place could do with a good clean. Would not recommend for more than a single night.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mikaela

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

UJJAWAL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Old school property but good value for money, showers and bathrooms can be nicer with more lighting and soaps/ shampoo
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Basic hostel accommodation. Close location for buses and trains. Check in is simple as long as it’s during business hours.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

David

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Vomit on the hall carpet. Dirty bathroom. Destroyed toilet seat. Its filthy clients poor behaviour
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024