Achiltibuie Piping School Cafe in Highland

Wonderful takeaways which were very much enjoyed during Covid times when other local places were shut. Very efficient service!

I must admit the staff were very strict with Covid rules but they seemed stressed and not very friendly , cake was good coffee average and not hot ,only take away

A great place for coffee and cake on our bike ride from Ullapool, no complaints about the food and drink. Covid-19 measures in place with a takeaway only service, which we were fine with. We enjoyed our takeaway outside, but noticed there were no bins, so I went back inside to ask if I could leave the boxes from the cakes and the coffee cups. I was told I couldn't and that there was a bin at the end of the village. We cycled a couple of miles down the road and only found a bottle bank. Not wanting to dump the rubbish, we had to stuff the packaging into our cycling gear and cycle 25 miles to dispose of it! If we'd have known there were no bins, we wouldn't have bothered. My understanding is that takeaway establishments have to provide bins.

Stopped at the Piping School Cafe while staying in Ullapool and exploring the stunning scenery of Assynt and Ross and Cromarty. Takeaway only at the moment but a nice choice of food and done really well. We drove a short way to a beautiful site overlooking the Summer Isles and watched dolphins, while eating our lunch. Gorgeous weather and no midges at the time.

Open for take out only but still providing a great service and food. We just had the homemade mackerel pate to take out with oat crackers and had some GF crackers too. And cheese and ham sarnies. Impressed as they’re in the middle of nowhere and some of the larger places we’ve visited couldn’t offer GF bread. Lovely lunch.

Sadly I missed my summer visits this year due to having to travel to the Far East. However a couple of weeks in October provided an opportunity for several visits to the Piping School Café before it closed for the winter.Excellent as always with all sorts of odd diets catered for brilliantly and menu items which without exception turn out to be much more generous than might be expected. Don't miss their Angus burgers -- and while we're at it, the chips here are amongst the very best you'll find anywhere in the world.

Good stopping off place to enjoy a reviving tea or coffee. Cakes were good. We were in middle of walk but the lunch menu also looked interesting

Lovely welcoming staff. Very spacious dining room. Food was varied. Home baking was amazing. Such a choice. Definitely worth stopping for lunch or just a cuppa and a cake

After a long but scenic drive we were delighted to find this small but friendly cafe for lunch. The tables have fabulous views over the Summer Isles and the staff are welcoming and friendly. The food is excellent and home cooked, the tea made with loose leaf tea and the choice of cakes is huge. In other words the perfect place to stop.

Looks can be deceiving: the Piping School Cafe is plain on the outside and utilitarian on the inside. BUT, it does have delicious homemade food, we had fish pie for lunch, with friendly service and good prices. Seems to be a local gathering place, and there are nice views from the windows.

Jumbo fishmonger bap was delicious as were the homemade cakes. Great selection,something for everyone. Friendly service and good value.

Great location. The staff are friendly and welcoming. The cafe has a wide selection of teas and cakes, as well as offering soft drinks and coffee. Dogs are welcomed

Very pleasant to sit and look out over the water, and watch the birds feeding at the bird-feeders just outside the window. Convenient to a nice hike to the broch.

Lovely selection of cakes and scones. Soup was a little bit cool but still very tasty. Worth a visit if in the area. Great views over the Summer isles.

Delicious home made cakes and food. It has a homely atmosphere with great views towards the Summer Isles.

This was one of the attractions for us regarding staying in the Achiltibuie area again - and it was every bit as good as we remembered, - in fact the cakes (incredibly) may be even better - lemon and lime; chocolate and Guinness and - a new one for me - banana and carrot... the giant fishfinger baps are still excellent, as is the Earl Grey tea - and having walked for 5 miles in fine rain I rewarded myself with a big hot chocolate with cream and mini-marshmallows; wonderful!. Staff are friendly and cheerful and the service prompt - and watching the birds on the imaginatively constructed bird feeder (animal horns on a pole) is an absolute delight - definitely our favourites cafe in Scotland!

This was an excellent little cafe, good selection of meals and friendly staff. Bit on the cool side, but bearable. Free Wifi.

Really good to have a good quality, reasonably priced cafe available during the day. Very friendly staff, well prepared homely food with a good choice.

Stopped in for a lunch . Great soup and scones and probably the best bacon rolls in the world! Good home baking and very friendly staff. Dog friendly too Well worth a visit. Opens 10 am till 4 pm

Excellent soup and sandwiches. Nice coffee and really, really good cakes. Location in Achiltibuie is very picturesque and remote. Nice place for lunch but would soon be too busy so get there early.

visited twice over a 2 week stay in the area, both times for a light lunch + tea and cake. incredibly friendly and helpful staff, very chilled atmosphere , great views, tasy food and a clock that goes backwards (dont miss it !;-)

Do not drive too fast ar you’ll miss the cafe... I had a nice warm coffee with vegan carrotcake. The view from my table was amazing. Once you step outside, there is a lovely walkingpath to the sea.

Had a good breakfast here there was quite a long Waite for our breakfast to arrive so it was a good job we were on holiday, there was only us there and the wate was about 45 min but when it arrived it was good.There was plenty of parking on site for quite a few cars with good signage to find the cafe.Some local art for sale in the cafe.

Detoured to Achiltibuie to visit the cafe after climbing at Reiff. Passed at least one 'cafe open' sign en route but when we arrived at 3.55 there was a large Closed sign on the door.

Soup was stunning and hot scones really added a lovely touch so quiet and a real amazing ecape from the rain for half an hour. Would defo go back again! I miss it already.

The restaurant is in an old drill hall and offers fabulous views to the sea.....it isn't the most inspiring place to sit but all is forgotten when the food arrives. Our party divided into 2 groups....the cake eaters and the burger eaters and both teams were so impressed by the presentation, portion sizes and quality. I can personally say that my burger was the best I have ever eaten in a British restaurant.

This wonderful cafe is based in the Achitibuie Piping School hall.

After a very blustery walk this was a real gem. Welcoming staff and even biscuits for the dogs!! Bird feeder outside with lots of activity. Lots of choice of tasty cakes plus delicious Angus burger, bacon and egg rolls and chips. All reasonably priced.

This place is a little gem! We stopped by here and had a great lunch, with a beautiful view. I am a vegan, and they had lots of choice for both vegans and non vegans alike. Staff were very friendly. Definitely stop by if you're in the area!

stopped here for a tea break, it's a really fantastic place, loads of choice and as a vegan I was delighted to see a choice of about four different vegan cakes. There was plenty for the other members of my party to choose from as well. They were so friendly, even bringing treats for my two dogs.

This is such a nice place to drop into, great food and charming people serving plus you can take the dog in. The soup was traditional Scottish with pearl barley and everything and I loved it!

The Achiltibuie Piping School Cafe is exactly what it says, and is situated in a rambling building with views of the sea and the islands. They offer a very good selection of hot snacks, sandwiches and cakes - all at very good value.

It looks rather unprepossessing and attracted us initially because it is the only real cafe for miles around. However, we have returned there many, many times during our fortnight's holiday because the cakes are so delicious! The staff are very friendly and helpful and there is information about the area - the building itself is a key part of local history. Great views over the many bird tables - and there are bird books, etc. to help you identify them.Brilliant for coffee and cake and also for lunches - do try the jumbo fish finger baps! All the cakes are made on the premises and there is a breathtaking array, - our favourites include carrot, lemon and lime and chocolate and Guinness, but they are all good.

Stopped here for coffee and a fantastic bacon and egg role, great location and it offers a great walk afterwards with great views

What a really nice little place. Ran by really really nice ladies. Everything is home made and truly delicious.

Very friendly basic wee place but has the best ever savoury hot freshly made scones! Great find at the end of a wonderful mountain range. Also had an interesting exhibition of local landscape photography.

An unexpected delight. Informal, friendly, real family feel. Great cakes and much else. Large bird feeder outside and a lovely view.

One visit rapidly turned into four visits in three weeks. Beefburgers to sink your teeth into and chips which can be described only as "absolutely superb". Not only are there gluten-free and dairy-free cakes, there is also diabetic cake available -- all baked on the premises. And excellent friendly service into the bargain.

Hard to find as signpost had fallen down …..you have just to keep going. Friendly service and freshly made generous sandwiches at a reasonable price. Watch out for unusual birds. It is the only cafe for many miles, has toilets and is easy to miss which would be a shame. Bear in mind that it is a remote cafe.

Really enjoyed our bacon rolls and scones here. Nice friendly place and they are happy to welcome well behaved dogs even giving them water and a biscuit. Prices very reasonable too.

This delightful café affords fabulous views out over the Summer Isles. The food is delicious and freshly prepared. Prices are good for such a wonderful situation. For me the winner is that they serve loose leaf tea NOT tea bags. I wholeheartedly recommend this café to all.

After a long hill walk a group of us stopped in for burgers, lovely cakes and real tea! Dog friendly. Lovely views and attentive staff.

Had a lovely bowl of soup with views looking out to the Summer Isles. Had a great range of cakes inclining vegan and gluten free. Did not try the main courses but the choice was good with a good selection of vegetarian meals.

We recently went to Achiltibui which is a tiny remote place with very few eating places so we pretty much tried them all! Really liked this cafe and had lunch there twice. The food was nice e.g. home made soup, salads and hot meals but also a fantastic selection of cakes. Portions very generous I kept half my cake to take away for the next day. The staff were lovely and our favourite thing was the bird feeder just outside the window with a guide at your table to identify the birds...We had 4 goldfinches to look at while we had lunch. Only drawback is It's not open in the evenings but for lunch or an early supper (if you had kids and want to feed them by 6pm) it is perfect.

Visited this cafe after looking on trip advisor for cafes in the area. Lovely little cafe, very friendly staff and nice selection of food. Hubby said his lasagna was lovely. So nice to sit eating lunch watching all the different birds feeding.

A quaint building that has a varied history currently serves lunches and morning and afternoon teas. It no longer operates as a Piping School and the cafe is a separately-run business. We enjoyed an Angus hamburger served with some salad and a plunger coffee (cafetiere) for lunch. The bird feeder outside the window attracts a frenzy of birds and beyond there is a wonderful view of the headland.

We were only here for an afternoon tea and snack, but found it a lovely place. It was very interesting. When we arrived a table was lined with desserts, so there went our resolve to only have tea. The cakes were delicious and the dining room was sweet and clean with excellent service.

In the middle of nowhere and a reasonable selection of food for lunch. Had a tuna roll and my wife had the soup plus coffees.

Stumbled upon the Achiltibuie Piping School Cafe on a wander today after spending a few days at Port a Bhaigh campsite.

Wanted a nice meal at lunchtime and this was just the ticket. Both hotels were closed and we ended up here. Soup and burgers with chips and salad plus a delightful selection of cakes were just the ticket on a cool day.

Sitting in this cafe, gazing across at the Summer Isles whilst drinking tea. That's the life. Pleasant service adds to the experience. Wonderful.

Dropped in on our way back from a walk - the selection of home cooked cakes (with many vegan options) was super and the staff made our little stop fun and educational!!!

Amazing homemade food, lovely soup with a scone, fantastic view anc lovely funny ladies in the kitchen. Thank you for a lovely experience!

Great cakes, fantastic views over the bay and friendly service. Good choice if Gluten Free and vegan cakes. Welk worth a visit

Stopped in after a wee walk, were welcomed and order taken, we sat outside as was a nice day and we had a dog with us, who was welcome inside anyway. Great little selection of homebakes. Thry even bought a wee plate of doggy treats out!

We stopped for coffee and cake. My husband had the gluten and dairy free carrot cake while I enjoyed the chocolate cake. Beautiful pictures were on sale.

Lovely little café offering delicious sandwiches as well as hot food. My wife and I had tuna rolls and my daughter had the burger. All was excellent quality in simple but clean and relaxing environment. Looking forward to next visit!

This old piping school was such an interesting place to visit. It's quite informal, which suited us very well, because...

4th visit here this year, this place never disappoints....apart from the time they'd run out of Guinness Chocolate cake.

Lovely, unusual little cafe with fabulous cakes. Delightful to watch all the birds from the window. All the food we...

A little gem of a tea shop/café with great views across to the Summer Isles. Nice staff, nice food, good...

Visited here with my husband for breakfast. As the title says, lovely convenient little cafe with excellent views and a...

Took a car trip out from Ullapool and was looking for an afternoon snack and totally by accident came across...

An unpretentious cafe serving delicious and interesting cakes and snacks. Well worth a visit and MUCH better than the Summer...

Lovely friendly people and nice selection of snack items, worth supporting them, great stopping off place for a local walk.

Try the home made cake and coffee and watch the birds feeding in the garden. Well worth a visit. Great...

Came across this place unexpectedly while visiting the Summer Isles area. A friendly welcome. A good selection of home cooked...

There are not too many places to eat while in this glorious part of the world. This is a great little place to enjoy a coffee or tea plus some home baked treats. The view is wonderful too- watch the birds at the feeder and try and identify them using the charts available. There are also may other local brochures available.Friendly service, toilets and reasonable prices tick all the boxes.

A lovely place to shelter from the summer rain! Lovely selection of home-cooked cakes and delights. Friendly service.Only had coffee and cakes but the hot food menu looked great and worth a try.

We stopped over when on a driving tour to avoid the rain. Well worth the stop as the chocolate and banana cake was lovely. A decent amount of tea as well.

We stopped here for lunch. Fabulous home baking. We had lovely home made soup which was served with a warm scone. We will definitely be back. Staff were very friendly

Worth looking out for, this cafe is just off the road in an old village hall that has been turned into a piping school. The cafe is at the back of the hall with views over to the Summer Isles. There was a super choice of homemade cakes, I went for the boiled fruit cake, which sounds yuck, but was moist and delicious. Very reasonably priced. Also interesting to read about the history of the pipers and all the old photos on the walls.Also just next door is the new village hall come community centre that has an exhibition of local arts and crafts, as well as their library and health centre.

un lieu très chaleureux pour prendre le temps, le temps d'être bien au soleil, avec une tasse de thé et un bon gâteau, ou un burger salé selon les appétits, une veille école de cornemuse avec les portraits des illustres joueurs, une vue vue sur la baie, juste avant de partir marcher au bord de l'eau....très joli moment !

Often it is difficult to find good coffee, cake, sandwiches, etc in remote places such as Achiltibuie. The location is serene, the service good and the food and drink excellent quality and value. After a 3 mile 'summer' walk accompanied by sunshine and sleet(!) this was most pleasant. The hot chic was lovely and the lemon cake devine. All locally sponsored and staffed - do give it a try if you are nearby

We came across the cafe by accident. We stopped for tea and cake. The lemon and lavender cake was first class, as was the chocolate Guinness cake. The service was friendly and efficient. A bonus was was watching birds attacking the bird feeders in their droves - brilliant! These small places deserve all the support they can get.

Visited on a Sunday.Surprised to come across this handy cafe for a welcome break.Looks like a village hall, part used as cafe serving wonderful home baked fare.Splendid view.

we visited the café twice in July 2017 and enjoyed a warm welcome. They provided doggie biscuits for our lab which was much appreciated and we had a lovely coffee with cake. The lime and lavender cake was great; the pumpkin scones amazing and our daughters were delighted with the chocolate milk shakes - which looked fab!

We were driving "The Wee Mad Road" and continued on around, popped in here for lunch. Great leek and potato soup, tea and scones, and I had a nice tuna roll. Sweet service, and we had a wonderful view of the bird feeders juxtaposed against the background of the water and the summer isles. The spotlight was on a beautiful table with a surprising variety of freshly baked cakes and desserts, which looked so delicious, I wish we'd ordered some to take away.All in all, we are very happy that we took the path less traveled and found this wonderful place. A very happy surprise, and we'd go again!!!

This is a great find and a super place when what you need is tea and a bun. What a selection of buns there are too. We enjoyed a slice of moist boiled fruit cake and a squash scone. The team running this cafe have an obvious enthusiasm which shows in their welcome, care and superb baking. Will definitely return. It was a bonus seeing so many garden birds on the feeders outside the cafe windows, think they were hiding from the raptors overhead!

We stumbled over this three days ago...what a treasure! A warm welcome, "real" loose leaf tea and fabulous cake. The Guinness chocolate cake is fabulous. The table my wife and I had not only had the most stunning views over the Summer Isles and beyond but also had the entertaining view a one of the busiest bird feeder stations I have ever seen. We're home now... I wish I'd brought a bit of that Chocolate Guinness cake with me.

Hello again ! This place is another case of, hunting for an elusive pick nick spot or shop to buy food on the road, only to fail miserably at finding either and ending up having lunch in the most improbable place. It does say piping school café. And yes it is a piping school with many a picture of the people in kilts playing baggies. And yes, it does have a café, serving cake, coffee and tea. And Glorious cake it was! but i'll have a word on that later. What this place does not advertise is it's rather simple but delicious menu of burgers, salads, sandwiches and plates of home made scottish delights. All prepared by the ladies of the restaurant. The service was impeccable as usual in these remote areas. Smiles and welcome as a staple of Scottish hospitality. The Restaurant area is doubled by a terrasse of sorts , and if you're in luck the sun hits the terrasse with the usual seaside golden ferocity. Add to that a slight breeze and all of a sudden a simple wooden bench becomes heaven. Of course if the weather is "scottish" : stay indoors. That being said , the restaurant eating space is sunny and comfortable. But that "terrasse" , well it's just a door to the garden with a few wooden benches, was about as good as it gets.I sat down on said bench, and was rejoined by the cyclist we kept passing on the road to get to Achiltibuie. The gentleman had veggie curry and tea which looked the treat. As for me, well the menu was as expected and a tad bit more! This little traveler had the angus burger with a side of fries and a salad. all well served, cooked as expected, delicious and filling.Then there was that cake, which once again put everything in perspective. The cakes where sooooo good, we almost tried all of them. I think we left the chocolate one and at the fudge. The lemon tart, the lime key, the banana chocolate and the apple was wolfed down by the whole group in short order with cries of "MOAR" heard ever so often in between squeaks of joy.to summize : simple delicious wholesome food served with a smile under the sun with a view of the sea. Difficult to beat!

From the outside this cafe set in a wooden former piping school does not look very inviting but the welcome was warm. We were able to get a table by the window overlooking the bird feeder and were kept entertained by the antics of our feathered friends. The view out to sea was also very pleasant. There is Wifi available.Tea arrived, good old fashioned leaf tea with a jug of hot water and a tea strainer (some younger customers had never come across this idea before). There was a choice of 5 or 6 types of cake, my lemon cake was really good and the portion size generous. Cost for two came to £9.We returned later in the week and although we didn't get a prized window-table we enjoyed our second visit as much as the first.

What a gem. That is all. Words can't explain how this works so well. Be careful of the road journey as it's full of passing places but well worth the effort. Just stare at the views. Don't question it.

Was nice to see this place still here since it was 6 years since we were last here. This is one of those little local gems that serves good food and has great friendly service. If you go here the biggest problem you are likely to have is deciding which cake to have for dessert. Great location and the views from the windows are just magic.

Driving round the coast from Ullapool we came across this cafe and stopped for coffee and cake. What a find. Absolutely gorgeous cakes. If you are in Achiltibuie do not pass this place by. They raise money for their piping school and what better way to do it than by feeding people. Absolutely fantastic cafe.

We stumbled across this little cafe by chance after a dispiriting experience further up the road at the Summer Isles Bar. What a great surprise : a rough and ready building, with a stunning view from the cafe, delicious home-made cakes to choose from and excellent coffee. The staff were warm and welcoming, the prices most reasonable.We would have had a light lunch here if we had known of its existence.

Stunning location, great service and value. The choice and quality of home baked cakes is brilliant and I can honestly say I have never tasted gingerbread like it.

Home baked delicacies. Also great coffee, staff service and price. Would recommend a stop to try the food.

nice wee local cafe that serves good honest fare.Home made bacon rolls, home made cakes of all sorts.

Achiltibuie is an amazing area of Scotland reached by a beautiful 15 mile drive on a single track road (with regular passing places) from the A835. Here you will find the delightful Achiltibuie Piping School Cafe. My wife and I visited twice - on consecutive days - and were pleased to find that our dog was able to sit with us at an allotted table. We had really tasty food on both occasions - and the staff were very friendly and efficient. There was a stunning view of The Summer Isles from the window - and birds on a nearby bird feeder provided humour and entertainment. While in the area we visited Achnahaird beach and took a (dog friendly) pre-booked boat trip to The Summer Isles.

Well, visited here during a 72 hour stop out in Achiltibuie. We arrived at the cafe, went in through the hand knitted clothing selection and home made cakes and got to the cosy wee cafe at the back. Some nice views out the window but unfortunately it was rather foggy. (picture 1) personally I ordered a black pudding and lorne roll, which was presented beautifully - with a little tomato and fresh greens from the garden. I cut it in half to sample both there brown and red sauce (Tesco value - no idea where the Tesco is though) and would recommed the red sauce. Moist. Can't forget to mention how moist the chocolate cake was. Also lastly the "cakes" they have that you can have with cheese, fruit and or cream - they are good. Would highly recommend before there all scone.... Don't forget to ask for some doggy biscuits as all dogs are welcome! We asked just because we could, and we don't even have a dog! Remember to quote " Ullapool pipe band - yahoo" for 10% off your total bill

Well, not really the end. You have to walk a few steps from there to really be at the end of the world. But then you turn around trace your steps back, get into the Café, have some nice cuppa and the scones to go with it and you know: There must be heaven after you cross this border at the end of the worlsd :-)

What a spot to have a cuppa and a nibble. Friendly service and good wholesome food. They were doing a brisk trade when we were there. It's good to see that the village has something like this after the demise of the Hydroponics place which is now rubble.

Not many opportunities in the area to have a coffee and a relax, but this was perfect.Lots of local art work displayed, wonderful looking homemade cakes and excellent service. Was quiet while we were there but it is quite small so could get busy.

After a beautiful drive to Achiltibuie, it was great to discover this little cafe offering delicious home baking and other delights. The scones especially delicious. Worth supporting.

Lovely home made soup and savoury scones - delicious. Bacon and black pudding roll which needed two hands to hold it & control it. Lovely friendly staff. Great value for money. Our dog was welcome there too and was given her own little plate of dog biscuits/treats ♥️

Recently visited the piping school cafe twice. It is a bit tucked away, with great views. Parking is possible outside, but does fill up quickly. There is another car park across the road you can use too which is much larger. Friendly service and a good choice on offer on the regular menu. Which is supplemented by daily specials. I really enjoyed the angus burgers. There is a wide range of homemade cakes on offer too. Sundays the cafe seems to very busy at lunchtime.

Nice home made meals and cakes, basic but wholesome. Quaint and friendly. Good value. Will go back. A must for the area.

Stopped here for a late am snack of a pot of decaf tea and a Lorne Sausage & Egg Roll which was very good [£6].It is a nice little café several other visitors there as well and it would have a great view of the Summer Isles if I could have seen them for the low cloud/misty weather.Worth a visit when in the area.

We made the detour down to Achiltibuie whilst doing the NC500 and stopped for tea and cake at the cafe. Wonderful views accompanied fresh home bakes (vegan chocolate cake is highly recommended) and freshly made 'real' tea.