Hillhead Cafe in Highland

What a gorgeous wee cafe, I had the club sandwich which was amazing on gluten free bread, I am also dairy free and the lemon cake wow so so nice, great to see this option, not many places do, lovely setting, looks oldy worldy but such a cute Newtown

No lo recomendaría, vivir localmente en Tornagrain y estado un par de veces y la comida tarda 30 minutos a 45 minutos en salir. La última vez que estuve en octubre de 2024 : mis huevos estaban extremadamente mocosos y el café se olvidó hasta que terminamos nuestra comida. Luego, cuando finalmente salió el café, pedí un pastel y la joven también se olvidó de eso. Hoy entré y pedí un café con leche para llevar... bebí un sorbo y hacía frío a piedra... me dijeron que recogió la jarra equivocada de leche al hacerla. Muy decepcionado.

I’ve had to delete my 5 start review from 18 months ago and resubmit a 2 start review due to the cafe’s recent slump in standards. We have visited the cafe 3 times over the last 6 months and been disappointed each time. We waited 45 min for bacon and eggs on toast. The bread was only toasted on one side and the bacon only cooked on one side, surly that should speed the process up not slow it down! We’ve had undercooked French toast a number of times, the foods just not the same as it once was hence the updated review. The staff are busy on their phones behind the counter and we didn’t even get an apology for the slow service, I could understand if it was busy but there was only 3 or 4 tables in and most having cake and coffee. An apology and maybe the offer of a fresh coffee given we had long finished our coffees before the food arrived would have gone a long way. We will continue to support the business as we are local however, please try and improve the standard. The produce is good, presentation is good and general the staff are friendly however, the service time is far to slow, the food is generally underwhelming due to the way it’s cooked and the staff could do with some further training so they understand how to handle customers when things aren’t going well in the kitchen. When your charging top dollar you expect a top service/standard.

Food was Luke warm, and not very tasty. Nice setting and lovely staff. Dietary options for gluten free were poor.

Encantador, agradable café. Perfecto para café y pastel. Muy amable con el perro y el bebé también Nuestra experiencia tan diferente a los comentarios negativos Recomendaría a fondo

Hoy es la primera vez en el café. Absolutamente listo. La sopa de coliflor al curry iba a morir y tu rollo de brioche relleno estaba en su punto. Precioso frente al personal de la casa. Definitivamente volveré 👍🏻

Conduje a un lugar para almorzar y muy impresionado. Hermoso entorno, cafetería y aseos estaban impecablemente limpios y el personal era encantador y acogedor. La comida fue increíble, la sopa de coliflor fue probablemente la mejor que he probado. Mi marido tenía un baño lleno que dijo que era delicioso. A un precio razonable también. Sin duda volveremos y lo recomendaría totalmente.

The staff in the cafe were helpful and friendly, service was quick and coffee was perfect, I am only visiting Inverness but if I was local i would be a regular here.

Gone downhill-head cafe. Sadly this once amazing cafe has gone steadily downhill and we won't be back. When this cafe first opened, it was easily amongst the best cafes in the Highlands. However our last couple of visits have left us extremely disappointed with the standard of food and service. Very long waiting times for overpriced, below average food seems to be the new standard they are happy with. Huge drop in quality of their cakes. Waitresses are more interested in their phones than doing anything resembling work. Our last visit was an awful attempt at professional hospitality. Staff training is desperately needed.

Lamentablemente este café una vez increíble ha ido cuesta abajo y no volveremos. Cuando este café abrió por primera vez, estaba fácilmente entre los mejores cafés de las Highlands. Sin embargo, nuestro último par de visitas nos han dejado muy decepcionados con el estándar de la comida y el servicio. Tiempos de espera muy largos para alimentos sobrevalorados, por debajo de la media parece ser el nuevo estándar con el que están satisfechos. Gran caída en la calidad de sus pasteles. Las camareras están más interesadas en sus teléfonos que en hacer algo parecido al trabajo. Nuestra última visita fue un terrible intento de hospitalidad profesional. Se necesita desesperadamente capacitación del personal.

we will be with you in a minute she said while clearing a table well 30mins later we left, cafe was half empty miserable waitress standing behind the counter having a drink no interaction with your customers appalling service your Tiktok page seems to paint a totally different picture very misleading

Popped in for cake and coffee, delicious! Lovely girls serving

What a great little find! Nice menu options and we both went for the poached egg with salmon, avocado and grilled halloumi. Delicious - I forgot to photos of the food when it arrived but you can see from two clean plates how good it was!! And they serve really good coffees too. Definitely recommend this place if you’re nearby or passing through between Inverness and Nairn

Despite Google's info it was closed!

Dreadful service. Watched other coupe leave as they waited so long to order. Food was dreadful. Worst cake I have ever eaten. Order was incorrect and took ages. Understaffed they said. Tiny cafe and I saw 5 members of staff. Definitely would not go again.

Lovely little cafe, close to the airport and a perfect ‘travellers’ rest’. Food was unpretentious, good value and full of subtle flavour.

We have been using this cafe for the past 6 months due to their excellent service, food and ambience, however after today’s visit we won’t be returning. Arrived at 11am to a cafe which had approx 50% of the tables occupied. It took 20 minutes to place our order. We then waited another 40 minutes for an order of a black pudding roll, poached egg and a scone!!! Hubby’s roll had no butter on the bread (they’d ran out of rolls - at 11am??), poached egg was hard and clearly a bantam egg it was so tiny. The scone was good but pretty small. I did attempt to cancel my order due to the time we waited but it magically appeared from the kitchen. To add insult to injury they charged me £8 for a SINGLE poached egg on a slice of toast!!!! We don’t mind paying for quality and value but this is a complete rip off. The service was appalling, the food was below average and just a huge disappointment. There appears to have been a huge change in staff and this clearly is not to the benefit of this cafe, which was once brilliant but is now appalling. Save your cash and pop along to the garden centre cafe instead - good portions and value for money!!!

Lovely staff. Very tasty food 😋 good to visit....

Two of us arrived at 12:45 to be told the soup would be half an hour and they had no sandwiches ready because they had been busy with the nursery. We finally got them to make 2 sandwiches. The sourdough bread is nice but at over an inch thick it doesn’t make the easiest sandwich to eat. The staff were leaning on the counter on their phones. It felt like they didn’t want the business. Won’t bother going again.

We were passing buy early afternoon, the cafe looked inviting from the outside and even nicer inside. Lovely bright decor, tables and chairs well set out, a very cheery looking place. We were shown to our table by a cheery server. So far so good. There were four other tables - they all had been served in the main. Five minutes in we were asked if we were ready to order, we had no menus and so requested one at that time. We waited but had to make a sign to the staff that we were ready to order, she brought us a jug of iced water which was nice, however, the jus had what looked like a crushed sultana/current stuck underneath it. It was changed eventually. We just wanted soup and I requested a gluten free roll/bread, the girl did not know if they had any as the "chef had gone out". Eventually, we were informed that the last GF bread had been given out that morning.....! So we sat for some time before we asked if the soup was coming and were informed that there was only one chef. Nobody needed serving at that point, apart from us. After almost thirty minutes waiting for the soup we decided to leave. The server apologised to us. That was it - what a complete waste of out time. And so disappointed. Won't be back for more.

Happened to come across this wee cafe due to seeing a post through Becca Mac (Dornoch) Instagram page, and wow it did not disappoint 😍 The cafe is absolutely stunning!! Like something out a storybook, in fact the whole village reminds me of a fairytale 🩷 Service was first class, food unreal delish!! Proper quality coffee with an excellent selection of syrups. Decor was the just the cutest!! Really was a gem find and can’t wait for my next trip back again 🤩 I highly recommend everyone to give them a visit. Well well worth our 2hr drive 😁 x

Love this place for a brunch. It’s a great spot, and I’m always suggesting it to friends. The smoked salmon and scrambled eggs is a favourite of mine, but after having a few things on the menu I have to say nothing disappoints.

Found this place while travelling to Inverness. What a wonderful place. Excellent staff and the food was beautiful.

Only stopped for a cup of tea but will be back for lunch soon.

We went in for breakfast and both had the breakfast rather than our usual breakfast of bacon rolls and omg what a plateful of food. I struggled to eat it as I don't normally have breakfast. But I loved it, suffice to say I haven't eaten anything else since this morning as I'm still full and it's now teatime. The only thing that would improve this plateful of awesomeness is some butter for the toast. Apart from that can highly recommend a visit to Hillhead Café.

First time to experience Hillhead Cafe. Not disappointed, friendly staff, good food and super clean toilet! We will be back. 😊😊😊

Delicious food and coffee was spot on.

Saturday morning visit. Short wait on arrival.lkvely coffee and Sourdough Club Sandwich. My partner had the Banana / Chocolate French Toast which was also excellent. 2 entrances. One with steps. The main entrance is now at the side with no steps.

What a lovely place what seemed like shop bought food served and, staff who didn't really know what was going on. It's a new place with bags of potential so hopefully they'll sort things out.

Update: Hillhead Club Sandwich is the best thing ever with nicest gluten free bread. Lemon drizzle cake is best gluten free cake I ever had. Chocolate cake divine! LOVE it! Vegetarian breakfast is amazing. Literally opposite my house....dangerously convenient!

Superb food and service. Highly recommended

Great food, variable service (notably it looked like their cook hadn't turned up on time at this last visit). Fourth visit now and can recommend their Tornagrain Breakfast, the Avocado and Salmon, and the French Toast. Wife visited yesterday for lunch, what a downturn reported! Dreadful service and disappointing food.

Nice local restaurant, ideal for breakfast and lunch. Very friendly service and tasty food. Love it.

First visit to this cafe it’s lovely inside nicely decorated. Small menu but lovely food and presented beautifully. Nice touch of the bite size piece of tablet with your hot drinks 👍 I had the chicken , bacon , avocado & Parmesan on toasted sourdough bread it was delicious I then had a slice of carrot & pistachio cake so nice 👍 my only little niggle would be the length of time you wait for your food but it is worth waiting for and they were busy 2 waiting staff run off their feet .

Cracking little cafe and well worth a visit, lovely breakfast, great friendly staff , clean , and very welcoming in a fantastic new build village.

Very nice service, courteous, An insider tip in the middle of a new development area. The toasts were very tasty.

Great coffee, served with a smile in warm, friendly atmosphere close to airport.

A charming little cafe. Well run with cheery staff.

The acoustics in the cafe are very loud. Good food though. Very fresh ingredients.

Such a nice cafe! Ate a fantastic brunch here of salmon and eggs. The salmon was smoked, with excellent cold smoked salmon slices, and the scrambled eggs had hot smoked salmon flakes mixed in. All with sourdough toast and a little avocado purée on the side. The environment was also really tasteful and it seemed like a great mix of mothers with infants, bands of teenagers showing off, friends nattering, and old couples (like us!).

My toastie was very nice but was £9.50 so should have been for that. Enjoyed their "iced brew" special. Disappointed with kids box - white bread with no butter just ham, pompom crisps, mini raisins & 1/2 glass of orange as out of smoothie. The 2 cupcakes (coconut & raspberry) were very lacking in coconut or raspberry too. Lovely cafe but expensive & food not hitting the mark in my humble opinion.

What a great place, ultra modern and clean, very friendly young staff, lovely selection of food and drinks

This place is a great find! My daughter and I had brunch here today, and it’s a really nice place - very atmospheric. Food was perfect, and the service matched it - nice, friendly staff. I’ll be back very soon!

Enjoyed our coffee, tea, and hot chocolate along with our cake and muffins. Place was busy, but 2 people ( in several instances) taking up a table for 4 was a common occurance. Also seat beside the main door was rather draughty.

Never been to a Cafe in the suburbs like this before. It was a unique little place that can actually make pretty darn good sandwiches! The lemon cake is also quite good. Not too sweet, and a nice taste. Staff is pleasant and helpful. The restrooms are quite clean as well.

Absolutely gem of a place. And catered for our needs. Situated in a lovely new town in the Highlands. Very nice atmosphere and friendly waitresses. And our food was delicious. Shall be back again soon.

Lovely café with super staff. Cakes and coffee were fantastic, just a little expensive.

Lovely wee cafe and great atmosphere

The cafe is done out really well and is a pleasant place to sit and have a bite to eat. Arrived here one Saturday at 2:40pm and were told they weren’t taking any more customers even though they didn’t close until 4pm… Wasn’t too disgruntled so decided to try again another day. Ordered salmon, scrambled eggs and avocado. Whilst most of the food was very nice, the eggs were far too runny. The taste was fine but the texture was almost liquid. I don’t know if this is the way they’re supposed to be but it’s not what I expected.

unfortunately they don’t seem to stock much gluten free options for people with celiac, and had ran out 3 hours before closing. My partner did love her food so 5* on her side.

Beautiful cafe. Lovely coffee, sumptuous cake. Very stylish and super comfortable.

Came to have anniversary dinner with my husband and what an amazing experience. Gourmet food, incredible service and dishes. Hats off for all the staff!

My partner and I have been here multiple times for breakfast/lunch and it is always amazing. However this was the first time we have been for dinner and I cannot give Hillhead enough praise. We’ve been lucky enough to eat at some Michelin restaurants across the world and I honestly mean it when I say the food and service was on par with that level. Food was delicious, presentation was immaculate, staff and service were excellent, and even the cocktail list was wonderful and interesting. Amazing value for it all as well. Cannot wait to return!!

Lovely cafe with excellent food and atmosphere. Highly recommend.

Afternoon refreshments here a few weeks ago (coffee, tea & excellent cakes). A very welcome new place (we only just discovered it) and we’re tempted to return next time we pass through for breakfast/brunch 👍😀.

Cracking little cafe with friendly professional staff. Simple menu and delicious. Good atmosphere with the big windows makes the place airy.

Came here for the first time today and was not disappointed. Gorgeous little place, decor is beautiful and staff are just really lovely and so helpful. We only had some hot drinks and cakes today and it was delicious so already planning returning for a meal. Highly recommend 👌

Came here for breakfast with my wife and wee man. A stunning newly opened cafe. Staff were so friendly and helpful offering a high chair on arrival rather than us having to ask. Coffee was amazing, breakfast was tremendous and the cakes were phenomenal. I was so caught up in enjoying it all I took only a single photo. Gutted it’s not walking distance but worth the drive even just for a coffee. My only moan was only a single sausage on the breakfast, I’m sure you could ask for more. But that is purely down to my own greediness and would not make me change a 5 star rating.

Excellent cafe would recommend the only area of concern is is the poor disabled access stairs to access the cafe could do with safety handrails

10/10 cafe, and I'm picky! Excellent food and drinks, friendly service and lovely decor.

Beautiful café, great interior and vibe. Food is amazing, the vegan Haggis, cheese, and avocado panini was fantastic, and the drinks were delicious. Such a great place to eat!

Another fantastic lunch at Hillhead Cafe. The food is so tasty, fresh and the quality you'd expect in a top quality restaurant. Staff are so friendly and the service is excellent. Save room for a cake as they are all homemade and absolutely delicious. This place is definitely worth a visit and I'll be back again soon.

Brilliant cafe! Fantastic homemade food using the best quality ingredients. Everything was fresh and really tasty. You can tell that there is a skilled and passionate team in the kitchen. A warm welcome from friendly and professional staff and very classy, modern decor. Superb place, highly recommend and we'll be back!

Popped in here for a light lunch. Food was superb, staff ever so friendly. I highly recommend & will definitely pop back

Excellent coffee, cakes and breakfast. Well worth a visit

Had a lovely breakfast here recently with my daughter, couldn’t fault any part of our visit. Lovely surroundings, welcoming staff and food was faultless! Can’t wait to go back

Great place to go. For a coffee or brunch. Great food. Friendly and considerate staff. Dog friendly.

Beautiful hot food fabulous coffee. Staff friendly and helpful

Bit expensive but has good quality food and great coffee

5 star food. The best lunch out I have had in years. Great Vegetarian and vegan options. The decor is beautiful and they are dog friendly!

Winner winner. Tasty veg breakfast and french toast 👌👌 will be back.

Lovely lunch , nice surroundings and excellent staff and service . We would recommend to anybody and we will be back .