Chaplin’s Coffee House & Ice Cream Parlour
The Cairngorms
Traditional family cafe selling delicious homemade ice cream.
Must-see restaurants in The Highlands & Islands
Shetland
At the caravan park at Braewick, this licensed cafe has tasty light meals served with stunning views over St Magnus Bay's eye-catching crags. Much food is…
Outer Hebrides
The cafe at Lews Castle does decent coffee and cake, but also serves breakfast rolls, hot lunches and afternoon tea (Fridays from 2pm, per person £20).
Highland Perthshire
Bookshop-cum-gallery-cum-cafe that serves delicious homemade soups, sandwiches and cakes. Best to book for lunch if you want to be sure of a table.
The Cairngorms
An appealing little cafe tucked behind the Mountain Sports shop, with a sunny terrace out front and a balcony at the back overhanging the river.
The Cairngorms
A great little cafe serving excellent coffee and tempting lunch platters featuring locally sourced deli products (cheese, ham, salads etc), including a…
Skye
A cute little wooden shed at Armadale pier has some outdoor tables and serves good seafood salads, pizzas, fish and chips, and coffee. You can sit in or…
Skye
A farm shop selling fresh local seafood to take away, including oysters (£1.25 each), cooked mussels and scallops, lobster and chips, and seafood platters.
Skye
Sells groceries and takeaway soup and sandwiches – try the 'Elgolian', a bread roll filled with locally caught squat lobster and seafood sauce.
Outer Hebrides
The cafe in the Callanish visitor centre serves a range of homemade soups, sandwiches and hot lunch specials, as well as good coffee and cake.
The Cairngorms
Coffee shop serving the finest and freshest of local produce, amid a homewares store stuffed with quality furniture, accessories and gifts.
Skye
This hotel bar serves delicious, gourmet-style bar meals – try the haddock in beer batter, venison burger or traditional shepherds pie.
The Cairngorms
Taste is a relaxed little cafe which has armchairs in the window bays, and serves homemade soups, sandwiches, coffee and cakes.
The Cairngorms
A cosy coffee house with an open fire, specialising in home baking and mouth-watering homemade burgers.
The Cairngorms
Serves light lunches and bistro dinners made with fresh Highland lamb, beef, venison and salmon.
Shetland
Though this looks down-at-heel from outside, and the public bar on one side is a bit tatty, the restaurant area in the other wing has been pleasantly…
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…
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…
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…
Kirkwall
In the Albert Hotel, the Bothy has a contemporary smartness about it, plus B&W photos of old-time Orcadian farming and low tables providing old-time cheer…
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…
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…
Orkney
Just above Rousay's ferry, this simple place does burgers and standard bar meals, and provides coffee or whisky while you wait for the boat, or a chat and…
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…
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,…
Central Highlands
In Kinloch there’s a tearoom in the village hall that opens for evening meals in summer (must be booked in advance; use the website contact form). The…
Orkney
In the centre of South Ronaldsay's main settlement, this inn does uncomplicated but tasty fare, including curries and local crab and scallops. The bar is…
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…
North & West Coast
On the clifftop in the centre of town, this pub by the campsite offers great views from its window tables. A cosy restaurant area does OK bar food in…
North & West Coast
This cosy cafe in the tourist office building serves home baking and light meals. On Friday and Saturday evenings it does decent fish and chips. Check the…
Orkney
This central hotel does decent local seafood dishes plus a few Indian curries and skewers, with a few vegetarian options. There’s a lounge bar with…
Skye
This place dishes up decent bar meals, including vegetarian haggis, and fish and chips, and serves real ales from its own microbrewery. It also has a…
Shetland
Just by the Unst ferry slip, this place is a fine spot to wait for the boat. It offers decent coffee plus sandwiches, panini and breakfast fare.
Oban
Opposite the Oban Distillery, this pleasant cafe offers tea and scones, delicious Luca’s ice cream and home-made soup with crusty bread.
Outer Hebrides
Snacks are available at the Lobster Pot, the tearoom attached to Ardmaree Stores (a grocery store near the causeway).
Outer Hebrides
One of the blackhouses in Garenin village is home to this basic cafe serving coffee, cake and light snacks.
Central Highlands
There’s a tearoom and craft shop above the pier, which also acts as an information centre.
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