Kinlochewe Service Station in Highland

Love the refurb they have done to the shop and also the outside seating area. Owners are always looking at ways to update and keep up to date with speed off service. Pre covid you waited in the cafe however the set up now order in shop and then your number is called is so quick. I was well impressed. I travel from Inverness but always stop , so many places need to take a leaf out off the couple who run this and step up their game . A gold mine . Well done

One of the best toasted cheese and ham sandwiches I've had matched with espresso that's as good as it gets. I say this as being on uk tour the coffee has been lacking everywhere. Plus nothing open within an hour of this area. Waiting for the hotel next door to open at 2 pm to make up for the worst b&b we have ever had last night. Still we drove for hours on single track road and enjoyed some resplendent views

Stopped of for a quick breakfast, really impressed by the look of the cafe, someone has put a lot of passion into it, very quaint, breakfast rolls were lovely. Toilets were the prettiest we came across during our trip round the NC500 Well done

Sod Off too busy . I will go for another meal . Enough said . Blah Blah Blah etc etc etc to get enough stupid charachters .

Good place to rest and get a good hot coffee and rolls after a cold wet night. Very friendly place. You can order to go or stay and enjoy robins that come to say hello.

Stopped here for coffee, wasn’t expecting to find somewhere when we were filling up with fuel! Very well made cappuccinos. Small cafe area inside plus covered outside seating. Everything looked very clean and well presented.

Fantastic staff, fantastic food, a real credit to Scotland, a must visit if you are doing the NC500, can’t tell you how fantastic this was,….

What a find! Stopped for petrol (reasonably priced for location) and found a very well-stocked shop and small well-run friendly cafe. Coffee great, cakes and bacon rolls tasty. Can eat in the cosy cafe area or takeaway. Outdoor (open air but covered)seating also provided.

When you are desperate for a cup of tea - this was a super lucky find. It's a tiny quirky service station, servicing cars and drivers! Excellent quality cafe, well stoked small store and lovely loo!

The best coffee ever. Wonderful cafe plus a very well stocked shop. Great ambience and helpful friendly staff. Even if you just stop for fuel, make sure you pay a bust, you won’t be disappointed.

had to leave self catering by 9 so had breakfast at Kinlochewe. Parking restricted but public car park just along the road. Fuel station that has a shop and small area for sitting customers, very helpful staff and quick service of plain but great food. Shared gender toilet but clean and door locks!

We had been before 3 years earlier and remembered it was good. Well, this time it did not disappoint. The coffee (cortado) was one of the best we ever had. The toasties absolutely delicious. These days it is hard to find a place that does a 'just cheese' (and no onions, no ham, no fancy chutneys) toastie. It was a 3 cheese toastie (cheddar, mozarella and parmesan) and it was perfect. The cafe and store have a lot of character too, you can tell the staff and owner are very proud of the place.

Food Staff Shop Toilet Owners all was lovely , i called in twice while heading north and south great experience thank you very much x

we were on cape wrath trail and we called in for breakfast rolls i had two along with coffees the staff could not have been friendlier thank you

Le meilleur cappucino d’Ecosse!! Et dieu sait qu’on en a bu partout!! Essayez leur cookies maison… un délice Un super accueil, beau et propre, tout y es… Merci

This coffee shop is an absolute delight and certainly not what I expected. Kinlochewe is a small cluster of buildings on the way to somewhere better, but if you need to stop for a snack or a meal on route make sure you stop here. The toasties are amazing and there is a great selection of cakes and lovely staff. Try it for yourself!

This unassuming little roadside stop is wonderfully underrated. I stopped here during a rainy, blustery ride for a coffee and had a bowl of porridge as well. Firstly - the coffee was brilliant. It was smooth & well made, and a delicious roast. The breakfast menu was simple, but arrived quickly and they do it well. The whole cafe is cute and cosy, the decor really suited it. But I think the real stand out was the service! It was so warm and welcoming, it felt like your parents were looking after you. I loved my little stop here, and if I’m ever up this way again I’ll be sure to visit again!

This small local business offers so much to residents and visitors alike. There's fuel of course, a handy, well stocked shop open til 6pm and a lovely little cafe with indoor and outdoor seating areas. There are plenty of vegan choices, including tasty sausage rolls...

Always stop here on the NC500. Superb food/cakes, really friendly staff, good indoor and outdoor seating areas. Really good value.

Amazing little service station we stopped off here whilst waiting for our hotel to open for check in. The place is lovely a really quirky place with lots of character. We had coffee hot chocolate and a toasties which was delicious. The toastie menu is...

Having read quite a bit of adverse comment about the Kinlochewe Stores, I'm happy to give a very positive report about the filling station near the caravan site. Stopped when hiking through and received friendly, helpful service from lady in the shop. They provide a...

We were staying in the campsite next door and were looking for somewhere to grab some lunch during our 1 night stop over there. With the local hotel being shut we thought we were going to end up going hungry but this little gem of...

Great little place to stop for a coffee and a toastie. Staff were really friendly and chatty. They have a nice covered seating area outdoors decorated with pictures of some of the cars and bikes that have stopped in.

Great little cafe and shop, very friendly service, presently only outside seating due to 'the covids'. Lovely coffee and sandwiches with a good variety

We stopped here on the way to Gairloch. The food and service is great. Great menu and reasonably priced. Everyone was friendly and service was great. The dogs even enjoyed some ice cream. Would definitely recommend!

Honestly, I have never been anywhere with so many notices. There was even one prohibiting non-cafe users from using the bin. I don't know how many notices I saw saying they would not fill up people's water bottles, even one in the toilet prohibiting people...

The cafe has some of the greatest cakes ever. The shop is actually very well stocked and reasonably priced too - not what we were expecting considering the location and our experience of other rural service stations. It is closed on a Sunday (the day...

Everything I needed was here. The shop was seldom open so the garage was perfect. Fresh sandwiches are delicious

Well wish in a way that I didn't need to call into here..Only because car water pump had let go and was leaking badly.....Turned out to be probably best place locally to breakdown...The Staff were brilliant..Even gave me local mechanic number to try and help...

Cute little outdoor seating area and great vegan options! One of the best coffee’s I’ve had too. And if you’re lucky the cheeky resident robin red breast will join you!

Great snacks and efficient service with a smile in the covered outside seating area . The toasties were great and plenty of coffee choices , sit in or take away . Very efficient ticket system , order food and pay , take a numbered ticket...

What an unexpected treat! We stopped for coffee and I was expecting the usual petrol station rubbish but boy was I wrong... Awesome coffee that we talked about all day as well as lovely breakfast rolls including a cwgsb option. Lovely friendly and welcoming staff...

If you’re heading out on the Scottish 500 or just exploring the Highlands, the chances are that you will pass through Kinlochewe. If so, you should stop at the Service Station not just for fuel but for all that a well stocked shop can offer and allow yourself to be tempted by a cafe offering a glorious range of pastries, cakes and savoury delights. This is one huge step up from the average petrol filling station. The charm of this establishment is matched by the welcome from the owners and their team. Oh, I nearly forget. Don’t forget their carrot cake!

Stopped here on a recent return from Gairloch. Loved sitting outside enjoying a lovely lentil soup and a really yummy caramel shortbread, with a nice coffee. The bunting and decor was nice as was the bird feeders. It was nice to watch people coming and going too. Will definitely stop again :)

Lovely service station and cafe. We were greeted with a warm and welcoming smile and hello! The coffee is amazing and our breakfast rolls were delicious! We’ve visited twice during our trip and won’t hesitate to return again!

Some places you go on a bike always go that extra mile to help - This is one and I feel That I have to spread the word. Opening early to help one group of bikes (inc me) Staying open late to help someone with a buckled wheel... Thank you so much for the full highland welcome!

We have been here before but this was the first time in 'covid times' and we were very impressed with the organisation and covid controls. You go in to the cafe to order and pay (socially distanced of course) then you get a number and when your order is ready your number is called and you collect it from the other end of the building. All very organised and secure. Breakfast rolls are really good and of course they do full breakfasts, cakes and other meals. There is an outside covered area with tables so you can even sit and enjoy your food. Toilet is also open. Well done to the owners for providing such good service and food in difficult times.

Fantastic little service station! Very welcoming. Brilliant toilet. Very clean and Covid friendly. Lovely little cafe that did gluten free food and non-dairy drinks.

We stopped off for fuel and coffee and snacks, and eyed up the delicious toasties! Such a gorgeous stop off with a beautiful toilet!

Stopped for lunch and have the toasties. We had 3 different ones and each one was lush...with the added bonus of a packet of crisps and also a small tub of salad too.

Petrol Station was closed but the owner opened up for us. Thats great customer service. Dont get that everywhere. Got us out of a spot.

a lovely small cafe with friendly staff and good coffee. and some fancy cars parked in the gas station forecourt as well!

Spotlessly clean cafe, petrol station, shop and facilities. Wonderful food served by friendly owners. Well done to your business!!

Called in for lunch on a Monday after finding the Hotel closed until 3pm!!! What a find: lovely soup, toasties and sandwiches. The home baking looked great too. Staff were friendly. Will definately use this again.

Stumbled over this place last year and made a point of stopping again this year Delicious breakfast roll & coffee

On a very cold, wet mornign after a night of cmaping we stumbled upon this little cafe and it was great - very tasty food and hot drinks, and very generous portions! I would highly recommend the vegetarian breakfast, even my meat-eating partner was jealous. Also there is an amazing well stocked, reasonably priced shop attached.

Called in for breakfast, had a sausage and egg roll, was gorgeous, had drinks and other breakfast rolls between the 3 of us, lovely little place.

Stopped for fuel. Didn’t realise they had a coffee shop too. Popped in and were delighted to find a great range of hot drinks, decaf and skinny milk on offer. The range was wide and they had lots of teas too. As we were off for a bbq we opted to share a chocolate brownie- omg it was both enormous and delicious. Our skinny decaf lattes were lovely too. They do breakfasts and have a great menu plus take aways too.Excellent find.

OK, its not really fair to call this a "petrol station" when it is actually a lovely little tea shop and cafe, with sumptuous home made food. It really is a gem to find in the Highlands. I'm not a NC500'er, but I would really recommend it to all those of you who are.

What a lovely little place this is - great choice of breakfast and lunch options, with excellent coffee.... just what was needed after a very long walk the day before. The service is very friendly, and the Service Station has a lovely, relaxed vibe to it. Just wish it'd be open for dinner, too - that would have felt like the end of the rainbow after a 14 hr walk

Great place! Tiny but delicious. Friendly service, great coffee, bacon rolls, cake. Very clean. Fast service. Recommend

This rest stop is a jewel in the crown of the highlands. Amazing food, friendly service, beautiful location, excellent prices - can't rave enough about it! The UK needs more little places like this! Don't miss it if you're passing by.

This is a superb little cafe with a very extensive casual menu for breakfasts and lunches. It has a pleasant indoor area and a lovely outdoor garden seating area where we sat on a lovely sunny morning eating breakfast. Staff are wonderful and welcoming and the food is excellent value for money. There are very few places to stop on the Gairloch to Inverness road and we definitely recommend this one. It is a gem.

Très bon accueil. Toilettes très propres et comme à la maison. Arrêtez vous si vous avez besoin. Un accueil à l’Ecossaise !

What a fabulous little cafe/service station.

Stopped off for Coffe and cake on our way to Gairloch..very tasty and good value for money..sat outside which was ok until the midges came out..

We were staying at the campsite next door so popped in for breakfast. Delicious! Good choice of food and caters for dietary requirements (another customer had a gluten-free breakfast). There is a toilet around the side of the garage.

We just parked our car in Kinlochewe during our road trip. Me and my friends are vegan, so we were not expecting much. They not only had vegan options, but were really helpful and the food was great.

Yes you can buy fuel , but also spotless toilets, great food, friendly staff. Gets incredibly busy but worth the wait.

We have been visiting this service station for the last 5 years on our annual holiday trips to Badachro. We normally pop in during a bike ride with our children. The family that runs the cafe and service station are always so helpful, chatty and accommodating - whether it’s November or the height of summer when we visit. We had cake, coffee, hot chocolate and beautiful scones. There were books for our boys to read and we sat in the pretty area outside with our dog. Thank you for always being so kind and welcoming!

Owners and staff are really friendly and they serve the best tuna melt toasties, they are just yummy. Their coffee is really lovely too. They even have a covered seating area outside for those rare wet Scottish days.....

Such a great place to catch something to eat. We were unable to get anything to eat at the local hotel and tried this place and they let is in although they were about to close. Very friendly, great food and value.

4 Grumpy gits doing the NC500. The petrol station has easy access and a well stocked shop. Nice and helpful staff.

Visited the cafe twice for lunch while visiting friends for the bank holiday weekend. Food was excellent, service welcoming and friendly. The cafe is immaculate and so is the whole service station area. There is also a very nice outside eating area too.

Great service station to stop at. Great food and well priced. The toilets are the cleanest I have ever seen at a service station all topped off with friendly staff.

While staying at the adjacent campsite I visited the service station cafe for a breakfast roll and coffee. The staff were amazingly friendly, and the service was excellent. It’s obviously a popular cafe - the few indoor tables are quickly filled. It’s a real pleasure to enjoy a coffee and a bacon and sausage roll while reading the paper. The service station also has a small shop attached where you can buy from a necessarily small range of groceries. It’s also licensed.

Small café providing good breakfast and freshly made sandwiches and cakes. Very pleasant and outside seating area. Small shop is well-stocked with good range of most common requirements.

We popped in to refuel and were greeted warmly by the host. Even before you pump fuel you notice the cleanliness and attention to detail of the forecourt - hosed and spotless! Inside we bought supplies and as the conversation was friendly and amenable we bought coffees as well! A font of knowledge and suitable advice - make this a place to stop for a drink. I took the attached photo because as we left I thought I would write my first tripadvisor review!

Popped in for fuel and takeaway food en route from Kinlochewe on the NC500. Guy serving was very friendly, took an interest in our little sports car and had a chat about the route and interesting cars that had been through. The pics on the wall of this was interesting. Bought a little bit of NC500 merchandise before heading onwards, wish we weren’t too early for the cafe

Good store for all the basics, fuel decent price and staff friendly and chatty. Coffee shop looked nice but not open until April.

Our first visit was on a day trip to visit Skye and in need of sustenance on the way there. We pulled in for fuel and decided to try the cafe. My what a joy that was. Lovely friendly staff, very tasty food - all homemade. Clean toilets. Our second visit was on our journey home, we decided to stop for lunch again. Only Sharon and Dave 'on duty' and they had a sudden influx of folk wanting fuel and food but they managed to get everyone served with what they needed and all with a smile and friendly word. The information on distances to various local places was interesting and helpful, we hope you got our email letting you know the time of our scenic journey and it was as helpful to you as you were to us. Thank you for telling us about the view from the 'top of the road' we got some fantastic photographs of it. Thank you for your cheefulness, friendliness and helpfulness.

The Scottish Highlands - what can I say?

If you need to stock up then stop here, well stocked shop, excellent friendly service check out their lovely clean and decorated toilet, we will be visiting here again Thank you to the staff for their excellent customer service

We are very glad to have discovered this station for lunch. Friendly staff, good food. Thank you. If you drive near here you should stop.

Hier kriegt man auf die Schnelle fast alles, was man nach einem langen oder kurzen Wandertag braucht: kalte Getränke, Futter, einen heissen Tee und einen leckeren Kuchen am Trockenen.

My daughter and her friends were in a motorbike accident near this petrol station and received help from Sharon and Dave at this great wee tearoom and service station. They were given much needed comfort through free hot drinks, somewhere to sit and gather themselves and organised an evening meal for them locally. All of the kids except my daughter are English and could not say enough about the warm Scottish hospitality and generosity given by Sharon and Dave. I'd personally like to thank them for looking after 'my wains' on this occasion and for waving the flag for great Scottish tourism.

Bij het tankstation is een klein koffietentje met lekkere espresso en cappuccino. Je kunt er buiten zitten.

Had a group of friends doing the North Coast 500 on motorbikes when we had a bike breakdown so had to change our plans. Sharon and Dave were amazingly helpful in providing assistance with relevant phone numbers and possible places to stay.

Quality of service here is truly excellent. We were met with such friendly helpful server and can recommend this as an absolutely ideal stop for fuel and a break when on the road to or from Gairloch. There are not many places to stop - don't miss this one!!

Served by friendly courteous informative staff; lovely food and coffee, no frills. Helpful hint: take your food with you and go to the nearby viewpoint at the top of Loch Maree to enjoy them and your the view

Having had a puncture on our journey and changed the tyre we arrived here on our spare. David not only checked the pressure for us but rang ahead to Aultbea, being the nearest supplier to see whether they might have the right replacement tyre for us. The supplier did and David arranged for us to take our car there straight away to get it sorted. It was after 6 p.m. on a Sunday evening!! Outstanding and such help and we remain enormously grateful

What a joy to go to a service station and get great coffee and great service. We pulled in here to check our tyre pressure and were immediate helped by the owner who worked out why we were getting the warning sign on our VW dash. All super helpful. We then stopped for a coffee (just lovely) and sat outside in the sunshine. A perfect pit stop. Thank you.

Very helpful staff and great service served me after closing when staying at caravan park next door with work last week very nice people great business practice could teach other local business owners a trick or two in the service industry credit to area these guys hope ur peace and quiet returned☺️all the best

Plan your trip to include this cafe! For breakfast (after10am) lunch or afternoon cake and tea (closes at 4pm). It’s clean and beautifully laid out. Sharon cooks an amazing full breakfast! Can’t fault this place. They also do ‘take out’.

If there is a prize for the friendliest and most helpful service station manager in the world the owner/manager in Kinlochewe would definitely be shortlisted. It doesn’t matter if all you need is petrol, or if you need a latte to go or if you want to buy a bottle of malt whiskey, nothing is too much trouble. He is amazing - a brilliant example of customer service at its best.

We stopped here for petrol and the male owner was super friendly and chatty so we went next door to the cafe, The lady there is really friendly and helpful, we asked advice on best places to visit in our short time we had there and she gave some fab places to see. The prices here are so cheap compared to the rest of Highlands we ate at. The sandwich was homemade, really generous and delicious and the cakes are wonderful. A fab little stop off point.

Set in stunning scenery, Kinlochewe is an oasis of civilisation. Imagine our delight to find great coffee and snacks available at the only petrol station for miles around.

Called in for lunch on my 61st birthday, spotlessly clean and starter main & dessert were freshly prepared and very tasty (tip. if the mushroom soup is on go for it best I've ever had. would definitely recommend the place and we will return soon.

After being refused service at the Whistle Stop Cafe, because the owner didn’t want 20 runners taking over her car park. Inverness Triathlon Club decided to have lunch instead at service station. The owners couldn’t have been more accommodating getting extra bacon for hungry athletes from their shop next door as they didn’t have enough in the cafe.

Big group of us dropped in for a late breakfast. Despite being short of staff and some ingredients, owner could not have been more obliging, helpful and pleasant. We all got plenty to eat and drink and some good banter too. Definitely worth a visit. (It's not as fancy food as the other cafe in the village but the customer service makes up for this massively),

Despite being short staffed and running low on some items the owner of this place did an excellent job of feeding 12 of us. Heartily recommended.

Dropped by on our way to the aisle of Skye. It was a snowy day and we needed to rest for a bit. Although the cafe was closed, the shop assistant made us a great cup of tea and chatted to us for a while. I'm sure the cafe part which is open in the warmer seasons, is a great way to recoup before continuing to drive

Cafe is a tad small but that's understandable. Food was good and the service friendly. The attached shop sells a good variety of products which was very useful when motorcycle camping on the site next door.

Super nice little cafe at the gas station.Good tea and muffins.Warm inside, good parking for your car.

Better than you might expect for a place attached to a garage! Good unpretentious cafe. Good coffee and tea. Good service.

Really lovely little café attached to the garage. The staff were really friendly and even gave us ideas on where to stop next. Coffee and cake was great. The only thing that let it down was it was very cramped

Great place for a stop off - fill up with diesel, get some groceries (and wine) and dive in for lunch. The owners are lovely folk - happy to share some time chattering with you, and very keen to hear you're enjoying their own gorgeous patch of Scotland. Lovely food and excellent coffee.

Just stopped for petrol and to use the WC. What a delight to use such a clean and beautifully decorated facility. Well done. A huge credit to Scotland!

Only coffee shop for miles and great coffee, very friendly service. Located at the garage, easy to park!

I mean if you think about it, you're in the middle of nowhere, so this little service station has a lot more than you would expect. The shop has all sorts and there is a small coffee shop for hot drinks and cakes. Handy little place for a pit stop.