Hello Paul Thank you for your email. We are sorry that you were disappointed about not getting a drink yesterday evening. During the winter months we do not operate on set hours but rather close the bar when there is no-one in. Yesterday we closed around 1015pm when no-one was in the bar. Most of our customers come in earlier in the evening and it is most unusual for anyone to come in for a drink after 9pm in the winter months. We are one of very few hotels/bars in the Highlands who are open at all at this time of year, most others being closed completely for the winter. We try to operate a service for our customers all through the year but we do have to balance this with operating a viable business. We stay open most nights until 9pm and, at that time, our bar staff assess whether it is viable to remain open or to close. Some nights we remain open until midnight, some nights we close at 9pm. It entirely depends on if we have customers or not. I am sure you can understand that it would not be viable to remain open until 11pm/midnight every night regardless of whether we have customers or not. Economically it would not be sensible and the winter months are hard enough for businesses in the remote Highlands! We have notices in our windows detailing our opening hours but we do not specify the closing times, specifically for the reasons given above. If you are planning to come in for a drink we would suggest you come in a little earlier, or give us a call on 01445 750253 to check our opening status. We hope that this answers your questions and we would like to reassure you that we do our utmost to provide our guests and customers with a warm and hospitable service whilst maintaining a viable business for them to come to. We wish you all the best for the festive season, Andrew & Gail