The Colonsay Hotel's stylish restaurant offers down-to-earth cooking using local produce as much as possible, from local oysters and lobsters to herbs and salad leaves from the Colonsay House Gardens. The bar is a convivial mix of locals, guests, hikers, cyclists and yachties.
Colonsay Hotel
Southern Highlands & Islands
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