Food & Drink

Restaurants, cafés, pubs, distilleries, breweries and food producers.

41 places across 7 regions.

Restaurants

Isle of Mull

Am Birlinn Restaurant

Restaurant at Penmore near Dervaig, in the north of Mull, featuring local seafood, beef and lamb.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

Ardlui Hotel, Restaurant and Marina

Dining side of the Squires family hotel at the north end of Loch Lomond, two restaurants and two bars with loch-side outlooks, local Loch Lomond salmon and Glen Falloch venison on the menu, malt whisky list of around forty bottlings.

Oban

China Restaurant

Long-running Chinese restaurant on Stafford Street in central Oban, classic Chinese and a smaller Thai section, dine-in, takeaway and local delivery, with vegetarian and vegan options across the menu.

Ullapool

Club House Restaurant, Ullapool Golf Club

Restaurant at Ullapool Golf Club on the north edge of town, open to non-members. Light lunches, dinners and a clubhouse bar with views over Loch Broom.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

Colquhoun Arms Hotel

Village pub and restaurant in the Luss conservation village on Loch Lomond, well-stocked bar with extensive malt whisky list, hearty pub-restaurant menu using local produce, wheelchair access and parking, on the A82.

Ullapool

Essence of India

Indian restaurant and takeaway tucked off West Lane in central Ullapool. The northernmost Indian on the British mainland, a long-standing favourite with locals and visitors waiting on the morning ferry.

Wester Ross

Gille Brighde Cafe & Restaurant

Restaurant at Lower Diabaig on the Torridon peninsula, a single-track-road destination overlooking Loch Torridon and the Skye horizon, known for landed-that-day seafood.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

Knockderry Country House Hotel

Restaurant and bar inside Knockderry Country House Hotel on the shore of Loch Long at Cove, Scottish seasonal produce from local suppliers, light lunch and evening dining open to non-residents, twenty minutes from Loch Lomond.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

Lion & Unicorn Hotel and Restaurant

1635 coaching-house restaurant and bar in Thornhill, Stirlingshire, eight miles north of Stirling, open-log-fire dining rooms with an extensive home-cooked Scottish menu, four en-suite letting rooms above the bar.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

Lodge on Loch Lomond

Two AA Rosette Colquhoun's Restaurant inside the four-star Lodge on Loch Lomond at Luss, panoramic loch and Ben Lomond views from the dining room, Scottish-produce fine-dining menu, open seven days year-round to non-residents.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

MHOR Fish

Wet fish counter, fish and chip shop and small café on Callander Main Street, the Lewis family's second Monachyle Mhor outpost in the village, with daily fresh fish from the Scottish coasts.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

Monachyle Mhor Hotel & Restaurant

Tom Lewis's family-run country-house hotel and destination restaurant on the wooded south shore of Loch Voil, four miles down a single-track road from Balquhidder, working farm supplying the kitchen, core of the Mhor brand (Mhor Bread, Mhor Fish, Mhor 84).

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

Palombos of Balloch

Award-winning Palombo-family fish-and-chip shop and sit-in restaurant on Balloch Road run for forty years, sustainable fish species, soups and baked potatoes and lighter options alongside the fryer menu, vegetarian and gluten-free catering, open seven days.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

Poppies Hotel and Restaurant

This charming hotel (only 4 mins walk from Callander town centre) is family owned and run. Offering superb Traditional Scottish Cuisine with modern interpretations in its highly acclaimed restaurant.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

The Boathouse Restaurant

Loch Tay-shore restaurant and bar inside the Loch Tay Highland Lodges leisure park four miles north of Killin, picture windows and sun decks over the loch, freshest local produce on the menu, open to non-residents through the year, social hub of the wider park operation.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

The Byre Inn

Converted-byre gastro-pub in Brig O'Turk on the A821 between Loch Achray and Loch Venachar, innovative pub-style cooking around fresh local ingredients, log-fire dining room and summer outside decking.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

The Crags Hotel

The dining and bar side of the Crags Hotel on Callander Main Street, with a public bar, a snug and a separate dining room serving traditional Scottish dishes built around Highland beef, lamb and venison.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

The Craigard

Multi-award-winning Scottish restaurant on Sinclair Street in Helensburgh, run for almost twenty years by baker Melanie Andrews, Scottish and Continental breakfasts through to hearty lunches and home-baking, real butter tablet and shortbread, Monday-Saturday opening.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

The Forth Inn

Dining side of the family-run inn on Main Street in Aberfoyle, daily-changing menu sourced from the local Aberfoyle butcher and a local organic vegetable supplier, three real cask ales and around fifty malt whiskies.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

The Inn at Inverbeg

Dining side of the Inn at Inverbeg on the A82, Mr C's Fish and Whisky Bar/Restaurant with around 200 Scottish whisky bottlings and a west-coast fish menu, CAMRA-recognised cask ales, traditional live folk music weekends through the season.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

The Inn at Kippen

Dining and bar side of the family inn on Fore Road in Kippen, contemporary cooking around high-quality local produce, broad cask ale and malt whisky list, beer garden and ample parking on the A811 between Stirling and Aberfoyle.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

The Kilted Skirlie

Loch-view restaurant and bar at Loch Lomond Shores in Balloch on Ben Lomond Way, balcony for al fresco dining over the south end of Loch Lomond, Scottish ingredients in traditional recipes with a contemporary line, open through the day for coffee, lunch, dinner and cocktails.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

The Lade Inn

Traditional inn at the A84/A821 junction at Kilmahog west of Callander, with three exclusive house cask ales, a kitchen weighted to Highland produce, weekend folk music and the Scottish Real Ales specialist shop attached.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

The Old Flax Mill Restaurant, Carvery & Bar

Converted mill restaurant, carvery and bar in Glen Dochart on the A85 between Crianlarich and Callander, run by Andrew and Lynette McNie, cold buffet then traditional carvery roasts then home-made desserts, weekend bar lunches and evening meals, conservation-area position.

Ullapool

The Seaforth Restaurant & Chippy

Quay Street restaurant, fishbar and chippy in the heart of Ullapool, landed-that-day seafood, traditional fish-and-chips and a sit-down dining room overlooking the harbour.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

The Tullie Inn

Dunbartonshire pub of the year on Balloch Road next to Balloch railway station, Maclay's-run lounge bar and restaurant, real ales and whiskies, Sky TV for sport, weekend entertainment (quiz, disco, live music, karaoke), summer patio bar and grill.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

The Village Inn, Arrochar

CAMRA-award pub and restaurant in Arrochar village with Loch Long and Arrochar Alps views, Scottish fayre and seafood menu from daily local produce, range of Scottish cask ales, food served noon to 9pm with bar meals until 4pm.

Cafés

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

Loch Lomond Homes and Gardens

Three-star visitor attraction garden centre with Roasts Cafe on Stirling Road A811 half a mile past Balloch, light lunches and home baking alongside the garden and home retail floors, easy stop on the road between Balloch and Drymen.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

MacGillivray's Scottish Gifts and Coffee Shop

Gift shop and coffee shop combined on West Clyde Street in Helensburgh, Scottish gifts and souvenirs alongside a working coffee counter with home-baking, soups and salads, scones and fresh pancakes the regular morning trade, online ordering for the gifts side.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

MHOR Bread

Bakery, tearoom and food shop on Callander Main Street, run by the Tom Lewis family as the village arm of the Monachyle Mhor farm operation in Balquhidder.

Sutherland

The Elphin Tearooms

Tearoom on the A835 at Elphin, on the Sutherland-Wester Ross border between Ullapool and Lochinver. Soup, sandwiches and home baking, a long-standing road-trip stop on the route north.

Isle of Mull

Tobermory Bakery

Bakery and café on the main street of Tobermory, baking on-site for the island.

Isle of Mull

Tobermory Whiskey Den (at the Pier Cafe)

Whisky bar at the Pier Cafe on the main street of Tobermory, with a focus on Scotch malts and island distilleries.

Wester Ross

Torridon Stores and Café

Community-owned village shop and café in the centre of Torridon village, groceries, takeaway lunches, bike-hire and tourist-information point. The principal stop for walkers and cyclists working the Torridon glens.

Pubs

Wester Ross

Applecross Inn

Iconic seafront inn on the shore of the Inner Sound at Applecross, reached over the Bealach na Bà or the longer coastal road from Shieldaig. Rooms above the pub plus a renowned seafood restaurant.

Takeaways

Isle of Mull

Hooked Fish & Chips

Fish and chip shop on the main street, Tobermory.

Oban

Nories Fish & Chips

Long-running fish and chip shop on Oban's George Street.

Ullapool

The Seafood Shack

Seasonal seafood takeaway in a converted horse trailer on West Argyle Street, Ullapool-landed langoustines, hand-dived scallops, hake wraps and chowder. Outdoor seating only, summer trading.

Fine dining

Wester Ross

The Torridon

Country-house hotel and inn at Annat on the eastern shore of Upper Loch Torridon, set under Liathach. Includes the main hotel, the more informal Torridon Inn, and a working farm, collectively one of the most comfortable West Highland country-house bases.

Other food & drink

Sutherland

An Cala Bunkhouse and Café

Bunkhouse and café on Culag Road in Lochinver, on the Assynt coast. Affordable shared and private rooms above a daytime café, a common Sutherland touring base for walkers and cyclists.

Lochaber

Ballachulish Visitor Centre

Visitor centre at the gateway to Glencoe, beside Loch Leven. Information, café and shop covering Glencoe, the West Highlands and the Lochaber UNESCO Global Geopark.