Cobbs Coffee House in Highland

The Cobbs restaurant experience was extremely pleasant for us - a family of four with grown up kids. The food was absolutely fresh. Highly recommend the risotto there. The restaurant staff was kind and friendly. The restaurant overlooks the Loch & it stands midway in the drive from Inverness to the visitor centre. It’s a great location and paired with great food and service, makes for an appropriate pit stop. Their whisky menu is absolutely fantastic.

A wonderful view, Fab service and lovely food..what’s not to love! We would 100% recommend and will definitely be back if we’re in the area.

Beautiful views. Very nice new decor. Delicious food- better than we expected. The seafood board was excellent. Had a nice menu selection.

Booked the restaurant based on reviews and wasn't disappointed. The dining room is wonderful the view onto the loch is stunning. The staff were very pleasant and happy to interact, I was suggested a lovely beer that I ended up choosing. The food was beautifully presented and extremely tasty (trio of venison was superb) although my 7 Yr old daughter ate most of the venison pie. My wife went for the Co which she thoroughly enjoyed. Only here for a short while but if we had longer we would definitely return.

We booked the restaurant on the reviews and weren't disappointed. The dining room is wonderful and tge view onto the loch stunning. The staff were very polite and engaging even suggesting a beer to try which was great. The food was beautifully presented and extremely tasty (trio of venison was gorgeous) while my wife opted for the cod which she thoroughly enjoyed. My children also enjoyed trying both dishes with my 7 Yr old daughter devouring my venison pie. We are only here for a short trip or we would definitely be booking again, lovely restaurant.

Service: We booked in advance, informed them of some food allergies and was told it was not a problem. When we arrived no preparation had been made for the food allergies, in that nobody had considered the menu and what would be appropriate and what wouldn't. For instance they had in fact run out of gluten free bread, despite knowing I was coming and presumably had some stock control in place. I was told gluten free bread was just coming, after waiting thirty minutes and having the mains arrive I asked where it was and was told they had gone to the shops....it never arrived. The service was appalling. The young ladies who worked at the restaurant spent more time chatting to each other than serving customers and a bottle of water took twenty minutes to be served with two reminders. The young ladies were also surly and unhelpful. The, what appeared to be, more senior male server was more helpful, which is why the restaurant has been awarded two stars over one. Location: The location is stunning and if you can get a table in the window, overlooking Loch Ness, it is beautiful. It does feel like a restaurant trying to be more than it is, in that it looks like it is trying to be a higher standard than it is, and charging the higher price. Most customers, if not all, are tourists, which is fine and understandable for it's location, and I also wonder why locals do not eat there. Food: The food was expensive for what it was, which was average. Recommendation: Personally, I wouldn't eat there again, I would perhaps go for coffee and the view.

Great toastie and a cup of tea. The staff are friendly and helpful willing to help an easily confused customer like me.

Didn’t live up to expectations. Service was Good, but food very average , place needed a good clean too.

Good choice of cakes, lashings of cream on delicious scones with strawberry jam. Place nice and clean and good coffee

Petit café en bord d écluses. Nous nous y sommes arrêtés pour une pause thé et sconse. Bon sans plus.

This cafe is connected to the Nessie gift shop in the Loch Ness Clansman hotel. We walked over to see if they had any lunch options before taking the boat ride to the castle.They have coffee as well pastries & desserts. Breakfast and soups, salads and sandwiches are also available. That said what caught our eye was the Pasties and Tarts. We ended up ordering the Smoked Salmon tart to go as it was getting close to our boat departure time. It comes with a small salad/cole slaw and was excellent! They had a seating area with a decent view. The servers were friendly. They also had a Haggis Pastie which I wish I'd tried. Next time!

Stopped here after our Loch Ness boat trip, restaurant is on top of gift shop. Had a very tasty fish platter to serve, and discovered the Loch Ness brewery beers, of which we have become a big fan of!

Stopped for coffee as we drove along Loch Ness in this cafe which is in the Clansman Hotel. You have to walk through a ginormous gift shop full of tasteless loch ness monter toys etc, but it's worth it for the coffee and home-made cake!

The restuarant is part of the hotel complex and a short walk from the Loch Ness lodge and in the summer has great views over the Loch. The menu is good choice and reasonable prices and good selection of winesService was excellent and quick and made for plesant evening.

Don’t expect much for a little cafe that sits as a tourist trap right at the exit from the exhibition centre, but we just wanted to get our kids fed before moving on. Service was poor, with unfriendly staff, asked for a couple of kids toasties and still charged full price for them (don’t mind but place is massively overpriced generally). Told us to sit down and they’d bring our order to us. My wife’s and my food arrived 10mins before our hungry children’s and when I chased up our hot drinks they moaned that they had been sitting on the counter waiting for us. Top it all off - hair in my food. Yum!Just keep on walking - plenty of other places in the village.

Dinner here as our B&B did not serve evening meal, the menu was varied and catered for most tastes, staff were polite and friendly, we had 2 courses the Haggis Bon Bon were very good my wife had the Lamb slow cooked, we both enjoyed our meals, decoration I cannot comment on as lighting was very low usually to hide something.

I have a feeling many are confusing the name of this restaurant with Cobbs Cafe, based on the reviews. Our experience here was incredible. Our host at Loch Ness Glamping informed us Cobbs Restaurant provided a free ride service if we dined at their restaurant, which we loved and took advantage of. It meant we both got to have drinks without fear of driving - also a smart business move. From the moment Adam picked us up, to the beautiful meal of scallops and lamb and a vegetable tart (oh my!), to top-notch whisky recommendations from Anu, to drop off back to our accommodations after dinner, we had the most incredible dining experience at Cobbs. We were beaming the entire night and still are a week later. Just wonderful and cannot recommend enough. We hope to go back someday!!

Stopped here as part of a ten day bus tour of Scotland. They accommodated about 40 of us in a special upstairs room with a preset lunch consisting of some type of pureed vegetable soup and very strange small sandwiches. One bowl of soup per person but as many sandwiches as you wanted. Very heavy on the mayonnaise. Egg salad and tuna were identified. Possibly crab or shrimp also. Some others we couldn't identify. Coffee and hot tea included. At £10 per person it was a little steep but we didn't leave hungry.

Malgré sa grande salle avec une belle vue directe sur le Loch Ness qui donne une touche de romantisme (si vous voyagez en couple) ainsi qu'un service soigné, ce restaurant est au final banal. Cet hôtel / restaurant veut se donner une image image haut de gamme mais l'accueil en devient un peu froid. Côté cuisine, les plats sont bons et bien présentés mais simple et plus chers que dans d'autres établissements. Je suis mitigé, il manque un petit quelque chose pour le faire basculer dans le très bien.

Great service, good food. Awesome view. They have a free ride service to and from the restaurant, driver Jim, if you are staying near by.

Restaurante normal, não temos nada para ressaltar. Pedimos um hambúrguer e uma salada caesar. É uma boa opção de almoço para quem faz o tour para o Lago Ness vindo de Edimburgo.

Our tour bus stopped here so that some on the tour could cruise Loch Ness. We decided to have a cup of tea and homemade shortbread, which was quite rich and tasty.

We stopped off here for a nice cup of tea and a cheese scone on the way home . The service from the girls was excellent

Nice place for a coffee stop. Food was fine, and the service friendly and efficient. Tourist prices, but that's to be expected.

I'm not sure why is it called coffee house because it's a proper restaurant and quite a good one. It has the best view of Loch Ness. Although the menu wasn't large, the food was delicious. We ordered Haddock and Salmon, both were carefully cooked and tasted lovely. Their website says book in advance to avoid disappointment and that's exactly what we'd done. We'd also asked for a birthday cake, which the waiting staff seemed a bit clueless about when I asked, but it was provided and they'd even put the candles on it (only disappointment was that they didn't write the name which I'd requested, but they hadn't promised, just said they'll try, so I'll forgive them for that). The service was fine, nothing extraordinary, but no too bad either. A bit over-priced I'd say, but may be it's because of their remote location and the fact that they use local ingredients. We had a great time nonetheless.

Paramos en este lugar ya que queda ubicado frente al muelle desde donde salen una de las excursiones para navegar el Lago Ness. Ese día había una rica sopa de crema de zanahorias con coriandro, y luego había muchísimos sandwichs para elegir, por ejemplo: pollo con lechuga y tomate; o cerdo con salsa barbacoa. Como es un lugar donde paran grupos numerosos, tienen un muy buen sistema para hacer ágil el servicio. Uno elige lo que va a tomar, lo pone en una bandeja y pasa por caja, en donde, por ejemplo, le sirven el plato de sopa, evitando que se enfríe.Se puede pagar con tarjeta de crédito y la atención es muy buena. Disponen de mesas para sentarse en el lugar y comer en forma confortable.

We decided to stop here at the downstairs café for a light meal after visiting the Loch Ness Visitor Centre next door. The bread in my ham and salad sandwich was dry on the outside and tasted slightly stale although the use by date was for the following day. However, my wife enjoyed her quiche and salad. We admired the display of delicious looking cakes, but decided not to have any as most of them were on open display and we didn't know who might have coughed over them or handled them. The staff were very pleasant, but the open display of cakes really put us off. I don't think that we will return.

No complaints. Very busy because of bank holiday weekend. All customers seemed happy with service. Plenty of choice and good quality.

Stopped here while we visited Loch Ness Exhibition Centre. We all had a good selection of cakes I really enjoyed my one, which was a date slice (vegan 😃). My daughter had a very hard dried up pie it was horrible, expensive too.

Decided to grab quick lunch here after one of the fantastic Loch Ness cruises opposite.Could not have been much more disappointed. Only redeeming quality was the pleasant staff but there lacked any organisation of who was doing what. We waited due to a problem with the till but no notice by other staff that we were purchasing paninis to toast or to ask if we wanted to order anything else. The soup we got for our toddler came out as what I could only describe 'red gloop' - allegedly vegetable soup. Very little flavour and not surprising he left most and ate his breadOur paninis were uninspiring with a damp serving of salad alongside. Juice didn't get served with glasses, again had to ask another of the smiley but aimless staff.I was glad the bill was so low as so often places of Scottish Interest take the prices up but £16+ wasn't too bad but better service wouldn't have cost anything and perhaps some better quality in your produce on offer. Neither of us will be looking to rerun again though, prefer to carry on to Drum or Fort Augustus and see options there in the future. Not worthy a repeatPlease note this is the cafe element and not in regards the restaurant of the hotel.

Not much variety..& almost everythin served cold. Staff is gud and helpful. Gud only to pick up souvenirs!

Our reasons for choosing this restaurant were - they picked us up from our B and B (Great Glen) and dropped us off for free which meant we could both enjoy a drink. Also the restaurant offers a beautiful view of Loch Ness whilst you dine. Be sure to request a window table when booking.The food was good. Nothing spectacular, but both my fiancee and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Prices were reasonable.I've read plenty reviews on here saying there are better places to eat nearby, which may well be true, but we both agreed that you can get good food anywhere, you can only have dinner looking out on to Loch Ness here so it was a no brainer.

Honestly the worst Cafe I have been to in my travels. The service from the staff was vague, unsure and poorly presented. Now I wouldn't normally care about such things but the menu for breakfast was so incredibly small and unappetising they might as well not have opened at all. My partner wanted a big cooked breakfast but they did not accommodate this idea at all. Instead he had to order separately his bacon and sausage on a bread roll. Surely they had a tin of baked beans and a tomato laying around the kitchen! I ordered toast and fresh fruit, saying i would like a small fruit salad. Any fruit. The waitress was a little put out and eventually came back with a banana, 2 apples and an orange cradled in her arms and plopped them on the table. Gee thanks. Maybe you could of cut them up or even just put them in a bowl or something. So i cut them up myself with my bread knife. a little hard to do. I could see at least 2 chef's in the kitchen wandering around. They didn't look busy at all. I would not recommend this place at all. Very very disappointing. Put a simple omelette on the menu or something and train your staff to manage situations better. Even if she had just been a bit confident and apologised and gave me some poor excuse why the cafe didn't have better breakfast meals , perhaps we would not have been so put out and wasted so much time. I hope the manager does something about this.

Honestly the worst Cafe I have been to in my travels. The service from the staff was vague, unsure and poorly presented. Now I wouldn't normally care about such things but the menu for breakfast was so incredibly small and unappetising they might as well not have opened at all. My partner wanted a big cooked breakfast but they did not accommodate this idea at all. Instead he had to order separately his bacon and sausage on a bread roll. Surely they had a tin of baked beans and a tomato laying around the kitchen! I ordered toast and fresh fruit, saying i would like a small fruit salad. Any fruit. The waitress was a little put out and eventually came back with a banana, 2 apples and an orange cradled in her arms and plopped them on the table. Gee thanks. Maybe you could of cut them up or even just put them in a bowl or something. So i cut them up myself with my bread knife. a little hard to do. I could see at least 2 chef's in the kitchen wandering around. They didn't look busy at all. I would not recommend this place at all. Very very disappointing. Put a simple omelette on the menu or something and train your staff to manage situations better. Even if she had just been a bit confident and apologised and gave me some poor excuse why the cafe didn't have better breakfast meals , perhaps we would not have been so put out and wasted so much time. I hope the manager does something about this.

My husband and I were staying and the Loch Ness Clansam hotel so decided to eat in the restaurant. We were shown to a table overlooking the loch which would have very nice normally. Unfortunately the weather was very bad so we couldn't see very much. We ordered the Chilean Merlot to start our meal, at £19.95 a bottle we thought it was slightly overpriced but not too bad. For starters I ordered the haggis and black pudding. This came with a lovely whisky cream sauce. My husband ordered the game terrine, which was good and contained huge bits of meat. The side salad it came with didn't really go with it very well but overall was nice. For main I ordered the fish and chips. The batter in the fish was very nice and light, but the chips were sitting in a little puddle of grease. I enjoyed the fish very much. My husband ordered the venison steak medium rare, but came out more like well done and slightly grey around the edges. Possibly frozen? Although it did taste ok, this was also in a puddle of grease. Service was fine. Seeing as there was butter on the table we asked for bread. At that time the waited then offered bread to all the other tables. The restaurant was also pretty empty which was surprising for high season. Overall, not great and slightly over priced (especially the steaks). It obviously plays on its location.

This establishment needs to work on its resource management. Was told we could not order certain items since they had booked in a tour bus to arrive in the next hour. As well, since we arrived 15 minutes to their lunch menu start were told we could order but food would not be started until noon.

otimo ponto de parada durante o tour desde Edimburgo.Ha um bom cafe com um centro de compras com muita variedade.Do outro lado da estrada esta o embarcadouro para o cruzeiro pelo lago Nees.ha uma passagem subterranea para cruzar a estrada.Tudo muito seguro e organizado.

The view was great as we sat by the window and we were quite early having worked up an appetite from exploring, but we felt that the restaurant was lacking atmosphere. The waiting staff were very pleasant but the price of the food compared to the size of the dish (and we're not talking fine dining/ a la carte quality here) was a bit optimistic.

Called in for lunch whilst waiting to check in at the clansman hotel. Hubby had a pannini and salad and I had a tuna and cucumber sandwich. A coffee, tea and 2 pieces of millionaire shortbread completed our lunch, not much more to choose from and it was only 1.0 clock! Paid over £17 for it and was not worth half that! The pannini bun was soggy, tuna filling had no seasoning and was very bland. Shortbread was the only saving grace. Disappointed. View over the loch is fantastic.

Im really dissapointed. First of all here is just one cafe in this area,which were open near boat tour and on the top of that here was no food... I think if you are just one cafe,you can at least try to serve for people some normal food... Here was vegetable soup, which was ok. Menu says that SHOULD BE pannini's, sandwiches. Unfortunately we didint find any... Ohhh sorry, here was sandwich : white bread and grated cheese, which to be honest was awfull. Well guys, can't say nothing good so just if you will decide to have lunch here after your half day trip - it's not this place.

We called at this cafe in early December and were pretty disappointed. There was a choice of 5 pre-made sandwiches on offer of three combinations :- plain cheese, cheese and pickle and cheese salad. The staff were not particularly helpful, stating that they could not make Panini's (which were on the menu) before making some for their own lunch. The sandwiches and soup (broccoli) were ok. The staff then continued to eat their panini, behind the counter, while making more cheese sandwiches. Not sure if they adhered very strictly to Food Hygiene protocols either. Also quite pricey for what we got.

Cobbs are apparently well renowned for their excellent cakes. I can see why, I could've eaten everything they had.

Good food. Great service. The views from the window tables of Loch Ness are wonderful and it's well worth booking a window table. We ate both breakfast and dinner here and we were not dissapointed with either.

Due to my mention of this restaurant in the review of the associated hotel, I will keep this review short. Again, thanks to Scott, Aaron and Kevin for making us feel at home and keeping us feeling welcome in our week long home away from home. The view of Loch Ness thought the massive restaurant windows just added to our experience. As I mentioned in the title we ate here every day and were never disappointed. From the service to the quality of food we were very impressed with the consistency of quality for each and every meal.Breakfast was included in our room and I usually chose the full Scottish. The porridge was exceptional as well and always came with either fresh blueberries or raspberries. Of specific delight to all in our party was this discovery of the patatoe scone. This became a staple item of each and every breakfast and we intend to learn how to make them ourselvesWe did not dine for lunch as were were out exploring every nook and cranny in the Highlands but we always looked forward to returning for dinner. Special thanks to the chef for filling my father-in-law's request for potatoe soup. Being that due to the length of our stay we were able to sample nearly everything on the menu and were were always pleased. From the appetizers, to the mains and the desserts, it was all tasty.We would stop by if in the area again no doubt. See you on the trail and remember, don't be one of "those."John Eric

I had family up to visit and took them to the loch ness which was a delight. Afterwards we decided that we wanted a meal so went upstairs to the restaurant and sat down when a young girl appeared and basically threw menu at us, there was not smile of even a sign of welcome.. we than proceeded to look at the menus and than waited with all our menus closed for about 10mins to order - which would not be so much of a problem if you had been busy. We also did not get a drinks order taken till we had our food order. Once our order had been taken the unfriendly waitress came and dumped the cutlery on our table in a very rude manner. Our food was not cheaked and we sat with empty plates on our table for about 15mins while 3 members of staff all chatted at the bar and ignored us. A very disappointing meal for such a lovely spot.

We ate here as a family. The food and service were great, with a nice view over loch ness. I would advise that yo make a booking in advance.

We thought this would be a "fancy" meal...but while the location and view was nice, the food and service were average / below average. Go eat at Fiddler's.

Food of very poor quality especially the Scottish Breakfast which was inedible. Had not been cooked to order as menu suggested. Black pudding & potato scone had been hanging about & were like lumps of leather. Evening meal disappointing. Cheap rolls instead of nice fresh bread. Generally did not feel clean.

Our first impressions were excellent, the restaurant sent a complimentary car with a charming gentleman to drive us from our holiday cottage and the location is stunning with superb views over Loch Ness. However it was all downhill from there on in. When the waiter brought our menus he advised us that there was no lamb available - not a problem. However, after we had placed our wine order one of the wines (£38 a bottle) was also not in stock. Then we placed our food order and he then returned because one of the starters was also off. My starter of assorted smoked fish was ok (smoked salmon, smoked trout, smoked mackerel and some smoked mussels glued to the platter with dollops of pesto along with some very cold solid bread) though I suspect came from the cash and carry rather than local suppliers. I had the duck main course which was way overcooked wth a very strange red cabbage accompaniment. The dessert menu followed and two of our group were discussing the malibu cheesecake, the waiter then trotted over to say he had heard them talking about it and they had run out of that! When we commented on the large number of things that were not available we were brushed off by the man we later found out was the manger in a very brusque (bordering on rude) fashion. We asked for the bill and left vowing never to return. This place has one of the most outstanding locations in the area and is let down by the very poor service and less than average food. We won't be back.

Great food in pleasant surroundings. Lovely Australian waitress, her first night at the restaurant, really friendly, bubbly although a little nervous but she had excellent customer service. Food was excellent - would highly recommend

The food is honestly delicious. Freshly cooked, and local produce cooked to perfection. My Husband had the Salmon platter as a starter on both nights- variety of salmon, smoked mussels, trout and roe - beautiful.I have now found that I really like Venison, but don't know if I would want it cooked by anyone else.

A wee bit strange about the way they serve, but the food was lovely. I had a Caesar's Salad which was one of the best I have ever had and my husband had sausages & mash which he found delicious. Just beside the Loch Ness Experience in Drumnadrochit.

As i have said in my review on the hotel. Its the same staff which run the hotel as the bar and the resturant. The two gentleman on while we were there are very efficent and profesional while remaining smart. There knowledge of the products in which they sell are top dog and the food in the resturant was outstanding. we had to start soup and heggerty and mains we have venison and a steak burger. which were all cooked beautifully. the atmosphere here was calm and relaxed and romantic overlooking the loch. I would recomend this place to anyone and i cannot speak highly enough of the people doing the running around.

My wife and I had visited the Lochness Centre and were looking for lunch. This place was great, not too expensive considering the location. The food was great and the service was really friendly at the till. I would have no problems going here again.*If you have a dog there is a woodland next to the restaurant to exercise them if you have driven a long way.

The food didn't overwhelm me, but I thought it was good. Everyone at our table was happy with their meal. But, the fact that they drove us to & from our B&B, and the view & ambiance, and they had a game room for the kids made it a great night. I recommend it!

It is a nice cafe that you can spend some time in if you need to stay out of rain or waiting for your bus.Me and my fiance stopped by after our walk on the Old Coffin Track to wait in the warmth of this pleasant little cafe. We really enjoyed the hot chocolate, it was tasty and foamy and as it should be, but the selection of cakes was not as they advertised, was very few left. And what was left was dry and wasn't fresh at all. And it was only around 3 o'clock, it wasn't closing time. Wanted to try out some more cakes but was disappointed a bit by not having much choices nor freshness.

The food was ok to say the least, the staff was nice. But overall it seemed like they was trying to be a 5 star place and was just average with tourist in mind and only a few different places to eat dinner at. The view from the second floor was great, sat in front of the glass windows.

Good view over the Loch, but otherwise nothing to recommend this place. Warmed up ready prepared meals. Risotto was awful. Scampi OK.

Abbiamo mangiato al Cobbs del Clansman Hotel una cena davvero buona, con del salmone e dell'agnello ottimi e abbondanti. La vetrata offre una bella vista sul Loch Ness.Un'altra cosa che abbiamo apprezzato è che il ristorante offre un servizio navetta gratuito da Drumnadrochit: mandano un'auto a prenderti all'ora desiderata e ti riportano a fine cena.

The hotel is situated on the side of the main A82 road between Drumnadrochit and Inverness and is in a fabulous position. The hotel restaurant (Cobbs) is on the first floor with a glass sided room providing fantastic views over Loch Ness. It is worth dining here just for the views but do not go out of your way if you want a culinary experience. There is nothing bad about the food - it is just ordinary and quite expensive.On the plus side, the staff are engaging and friendly and the service was good although the restaurant was not full when we visited. Another major plus for us is that the hotel offers a pick up and return service - we were staying in a B&B in Drumnadrochit and the proprietors telephoned to make a reservation for us and arranged for us to be picked up. The young man who came to collect us was Polish and very chatty and friendly but quite bizarrely he also turned out to be our waiter for the evening and switched roles to drive us back again after the meal. To recap, the views and the service get this place a " very good " rating but the food lets it down.

Had a meal tonight, thought I'd try the grilled salmon, queen scallops and smoked salmon fishcake with asparagus volute. My advice is don't bother, fishcake in particular was vile, mostly very dry potato that with a slight bit of effort could be turned into Cadbury's Smash, seasoning non existent, all in all pretty poor for the £15 bangers I paid for it.......I won't be back and don't recommend it...