Oban
Bright and modern Ee-Usk (how you pronounce iasg, Gaelic for fish) occupies a prime pier location. Floor-to-ceiling windows allow diners on two levels to…
Must-see restaurants in Southern Highlands & Islands
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Southern Highlands & Islands
The success of this cooperative is such that it now lends its name to dozens of restaurants throughout the UK. But the original is still the best, with…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
This attractive, very welcoming restaurant does simple, stylish seafood of brilliant quality. A great variety of specials – anything from classic French…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
In the centre of Tighnabruaich village, this place offers a touch of eclecticism focused on solid British ingredients, with simple classics like asparagus…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
This picturesque stone cottage is right by the water near the ferry slip. It's the place to go for fresh seafood: local lobster, delicious oysters and…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
The excellent restaurant at the Pierhouse Hotel enjoys a view across the water to Lismore, and specialises in local seafood and game. The bar menu also…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
This cool little cafe serves Bute's best coffee, alongside a range of home baking, soups and sandwiches with imaginative fillings. It also sells CDs,…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
The cafe of the Kilmartin House Museum has a lovely conservatory with a view across fields to a prehistoric cairn. Nourishing, delicious, home-style…
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Loch Lomond
Don't miss this low-ceilinged howff (drinking den), just north of Ardlui, with its smoke-blackened stone, kilted bartenders, and walls adorned with moth…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
This fine-dining restaurant at the Crinan Hotel offers gourmet dinners featuring local seafood. The multicourse menu changes monthly and offers choices…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
Attached to Skipness House, near the castle, this place has a great summer scene on a fine day, serving no-frills but delicious local fish and shellfish…
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Waterfront Fishouse Restaurant
Oban
Waterfront is housed on the top floor of a converted seamen’s mission, and the stylish, unfussy decor, bathed by the summer evening sun, does little to…
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Oban
If you want to savour superb Scottish seafood without the expense of an upmarket restaurant, head for Oban’s famous seafood stall – it’s the green shack…
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Harbourview Grille & Black Sheep Pub
Southern Highlands & Islands
Part of the Royal Hotel, elegant Harbourview Grille offers the best eating in town. The menu is a mixed bag, with standard pub fare complemented by some…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
A welcome spot among the somewhat tired line of pubs around this part of Tarbert's waterfront, this cheerful, locally popular cafe has bright and breezy…
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Oban
Specialises in hand-crafted chocolates (you can watch them being made) and also has a cafe serving excellent coffee and hot chocolate (try the chilli…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
There are great scenes at this welcoming modern bistro with an attractive interior and views over Rothesay Castle. Its moderate prices and pleasing range…
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Loch Lomond
With its chunky pine furniture and deep, deep sofa in front of a rustic fireplace, the Coach House is one of the cosiest places to eat on Loch Lomond. The…
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Loch Lomond
Curiously the eating establishments in Luss are tucked safely away from the lake; this place is no exception, set behind a shop on the main street. But it…
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Oban
Up a side alley off Oban's main street, this sweet spot has wooden tables and an excellent choice of vegetarian and vegan savoury and sweet bites. The…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
Situated in the Crinan Hotel, this bistro and bar has an appropriately nautical, old-fashioned feel. The menu includes excellent local mussels with white…
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Oban
With a stylishly casual contemporary interior, this place in a former bank offers well-integrated plates with a focus on local game and seafood. Dishes…
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Loch Lomond
One of several pubs in Scotland claiming the 'oldest inn' title (opened 1734), this is an atmospheric, family-run spot with thick whitewashed walls and…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
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…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
Overlooking the pretty beach, this tearoom is a haven of warm chat, ice cream, delicious home-baked cakes and other snacks. Winter sunsets are just…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
There's lots to like about this compact restaurant that makes an effort to source sustainable local seafood. There's a fairly light touch from the kitchen…
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Oban
This always-busy bar and bistro is attractively decked out and sports a no-nonsense menu of old favourites – from haddock and chips or home-made lasagne…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
This pretty little cottage restaurant is a welcome retreat from the vaguely depressing centre of Dunoon, with a cosy interior and a few tables in the tiny…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
This community-owned cafe has a craft shop and displays on Jura heritage. It does tasty home baking, venison burgers, sandwiches and more. Sit out on the…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
On the western side of the canal basin, this coffee shop – run as part of the Crinan Hotel – has great home-baked cakes and scones as well as filled rolls…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
A friendly neighbourhood brasserie and music shop owned by jazz fan Tim, Brechin’s serves unpretentious but delicious dinners on Saturdays, and light…
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Southern Highlands & Islands
At the Lismore Gaelic Heritage Centre, this cafe has an outdoor deck with a stunning view of the mainland mountains. Stop by for coffee and a slice of…
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Loch Lomond
Set in a typically cute Luss cottage, this spot offers appealing outdoor seating for when the sun shines, a rather cafeteria-like interior, and tasty,…
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Loch Lomond
Serving decent portions of uncomplicated pub nosh to walkers and locals, the Drymen is a lively pub in the town of the same name, just southeast of Loch…
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Oban
Opposite the Oban Distillery, this pleasant cafe offers tea and scones, delicious Luca’s ice cream and home-made soup with crusty bread.
