‘What a delightful place!’ write regular Guide correspondents this year, of the Doull family’s restaurant-with-rooms..

Long praised for the generous hospitality of its hosts, Derek and Celia Kitchingman, this ‘very quiet’ 19th-century tweed mill-turned-restaurant-with-rooms on the banks of the River Gynack is gaining attention, too, for its food.

In ‘one of the wildest and most beautiful locations’, Tanja Lister and Sonia Virechauveix run their small hotel with ‘informal warmth’.

Between mountains and sea loch, Lesley Crosfield and Colin Craig’s restaurant-with-rooms is the UK’s most northerly Michelin-starred outpost, an accolade held by the self-taught chefs since 2009.

‘We needed a break from our busy day-to-day, and we got it.’

There are whisky and castle trails to strike out on, but begin, perhaps, with a stroll around the Matheson family’s ‘lovely’ mansion – ‘the grounds are wonderful,’ say Guide inspectors in 2017.

On a single-track road that traces the wild coast of the Knapdale peninsula, Clare Johnson and David Wilson’s unassuming, red tin-roofed cottage houses an award-winning and ‘thoroughly enjoyable’ restaurant-with-rooms – ‘our favourite’, say regular Guide correspondents this year.

Follow the fabled Road to the Isles and pass the head of Loch Shiel to reach Ina and Kieron Kelly’s 17th-century coaching inn, today a friendly family-run hotel with ‘comfortable bedrooms’ and ‘outstanding meals’.

‘The restaurant, the room and, in particular, the hospitality exceeded our expectations,’ say returning visitors this year.

The candlelit rooms, secret doors, and nooks and crannies of these conjoined 16th- and 17th-century buildings overlooking the Royal Mile weave a spell over charmed guests.

Come for the Michelin-starred cooking, stay for the well-appointed rooms and excellent location.

In a ‘pleasant town’ close to the scenic Southern Upland Way, Robert and Mhairi Ash’s ‘lovely house’ is praised for its ‘well-appointed rooms’ and ‘fantastic cooking’.

Guests receive ‘the warmest of welcomes’ from Robert Bryson and Glen Russell at their ‘lovely’ restaurant-with-rooms on the scenic West Highland rail route.

Katrina and William Reynolds run their ‘good-value’ restaurant-with-rooms in a rural village by the River Whiteadder.

‘Nothing disappoints’ at this ‘well-presented’ restaurant-with-rooms in a village close to the North Sea coast, say Guide readers in 2017.