The Boathouse in Argyll & Bute

After a longer than anticipated walk what a fantasic surprise that the Boathouse was still open and serving. A cheery welcome and some excellent cake. The lemon polenta cake was divine! All delivered to the outside tables. Fantasic food and views whilst we rested our tired legs. We even managed to purchase a loaf of their homemade bread.

Popped into the Boathouse for a cup of tea yesterday after a walk around Ulva. There was a good selection of home-made cakes which all looked delicious and I was delighted that there was a gluten free option (lemon and almond polenta cake) which was superb. Friendly service and a great outlook over the water to Mull.

The served foot was very delicious and fresh. Sitting out side at the service or inside is both perfect. The tables are arranged on various spots around the restaurant. We have enjoyed the time at The Boathouse and can recommend a visit.

10/10 Amazing fresh seafood on the menu is a must, as is a seat outside looking across to Ben More and Loch na Keal. A small and perfectly formed menu. Delicious.

Delicious lunch at the Boathouse. The food was so good ; fresh bread, wonderful pickled salads, delicious butter sauce to accompany the fresh langoustines and superb cakes especially the Victoria sponge. Worth the journey especially on a rainy day .

The perfect spot, the food was simple but fantastic, the glass of wine was delicious and the service excellent. Enjoying the local produce with a stunning view and our pup with us was just perfection - highly recommend. I actually bought a beautiful lino print of the Boathouse from the Calgary Art Gallery to remember our visit.

Amazing views with wonderful food. The home baked focaccia is just incredible and perfect with the langoustines. I could eat just this! And maybe I will, as they literally gave us a loaf to take away!

Delicious food and friendly staff. So good we came back for coffee and cake after lunch. Lovely to sit outside in the sun and enjoy the island. We’ll be back.

The boathouse is absolutely amazing, a must do when you’re on Mull! Beautiful food, amazing location and helpful staff. We will be back.

Fantastic setting, super friendly staff/owners. An altogether lovely experience and the cuisine is fresh, local and beautifully cooked. Their focaccia is the best we have tasted.

Perfect spot for lunch and what gorgeous food. Smoked trout and freshly cooked sourdough with capers was delicious as was the cheese and sourdough. Excellent service and idyllic place for lunch. Can't wait to eat our cakes tonight which also look delicious !

Wow, what beautiful food and excellent and friendly service! The mackerel pate was stunning and the best food I’ve eaten on/near mull in a long time…oh, and the coffee, just gorgeous. Bread, amazing! Highly recommend, loved everything about this place 🥰

Worth the scenic trip from bunessan. Lovel walk round ulva then the most delicious lunch. Thank you

Languistiens were truly unbelievable. Peaceful vibes. Overall an incredible, unique food experience.

This place is amazing. Food was all locally sourced with fresh home made breads, salads and dressings. Langoustines come highly recommended. The ferry took around 2-3 minutes to get us there and we were made very welcome.

Great friendly service. Fantastic freshly made food and delicious bread all made on the premises. Chocolate tart and lemon polenta cake the best we’ve ever had!

Had a late lunch at the Boathouse after a walk on the beautiful island of Ulva. Amazing fresh, locally caught langoustines served with focaccia, a very flavoursome mixed salad and dips. Finished the meal with home made amaretto Bakewell tart served with ice cream. The...

Lovely welcoming spot with beautiful sea views, serving delicious homemade cakes and scones and good teas and coffees…open til 5 pm so perfect for indulging after a day wandering around beautiful Ulva and before catching the ferry back to Mull.

This is a small bistro type place on Ulva which is the only place one can get drinks or food on this small island. It is unspoilt and delivers good food punching above its weight. The Mackerel pâté was excellent, the smoked trout delicious and...

A great little place to eat. We had the crab which was amazing. It came with homemade bread which was also divine.

This restaurant is absolutely amazing! The food is fresh, tastes amazing & is well presented, the cakes are amazing, I'm still dreaming of the cherry bakewell, & the guys running it are lovely too. We ate there on a few occasions as staying on Ulva,...

Great coffee and wonderful food! Just remember you need the ferry to be running so for us it was Monday-Friday!

Take the two minute ferry to the community owned Isle of Ulva. The Boathouse Cafe greets you where you land. If the weather is fine you can eat outside with views of Ben More, watch white tailed eagles soar above and otters swimming.

Stopped here on our recent trip to Ulva. Really welcoming staff and lovely location. We stopped for coffee and cake (excellent) when we arrived on the island and enjoyed it so much we stopped for the cheese platter (also excellent) on return from walk around...

Enjoyed crab salad and langoustine salads for 6. Excellent. Just right for lunch on a damp day after a walk on Ulva. Really friendly staff. Highly recommended.

Amazing coffee and cake and omg what a view .. we have the Victoria sponge and the ginger cake along with coffee and a tea .. they were simply outstanding … the seating area outside must have one of the best views anywhere in the...

What a setting! Beautiful scenery as we sat outside after walking around lovely Ulva. Really friendly guys at the premises prepared us smoked trout and Spanish omelette with a chopped salad. We loved the ferry, Ulva and this establishment. Thanks all for a wonderful day,...

Having spent almost a week on Mull and self catered for most of the time (as there are so few places to eat and everywhere is a trek in the car) the Boathouse was a breath of fresh air. The ferry trip and walk around...

This is, quite literally, the place to eat on Ulva, but the local langoustines alone are worth the very short pedestrian ferry crossing. Patronised by locals (current population is in single figures) and visitors, the food is of a high standard. We were visiting the...

Excellent lunch, great service on a warm summer’s day on Ulva. We had smoked trout and a cheese platter. Everything was locally sourced, beautifully prepared and service was very friendly.

The new people are doing a great job here, and the food is very nice, but when we visited the range was very restricted and if you don't like food with eyes and/or tentacles there isn't much choice. We ate well, though.

This was such an authentic experience. Local ingredients beautifully prepared by people who really believe in what they are doing. The result is delicious food in stunningly beautiful surroundings. Totally recommend The Boathouse.

The best vegan lunch ever - a really beautiful, tasty, imaginative seafood chutney salad. Just amazing, and a substantial portion too.

Open from 9-5pm you are guaranteed a warm and friendly reception at this remote gem on the Island of Ulva. We were treated to a beautiful seaweed chutney salad, Spanish omlette, langoustines and a very respectable selection of beers and wines! The cakes were well...

Lovely late lunch. We stopped here after a walk across Ulva before getting the ferry over to Mull. Sat outside at the picnic tables. Delicious Ulva crab and salad for me, soup for him. Really tastes and fresh. Cakes and scones looked delicious but couldn’t...

A lovely stop off after a walk around Ulva. I had the best home made custard tart ever and the lunches looked amazing

The food was fantastic the langoustines were massive and fresh a great place to try the fresh food for the first time the bread that came with the dishes was great also made the dishes

After reading all the hype about fantastic fresh seafood we called in with eager anticipation after a walk on Ulva only to find only cheese and omelettes at ridiculous prices. Needless to say we did not stay and ate elsewhere after a bit of a...

Visited here on 12th June amazing place . My father had Tom and lentil soup and I had selection of cheeses washed down with ginger beer … fab place worth a visit

We enjoyed lovely coffee and cakes before the ferry back to Mull. Great service and amazing bakes, definitely worth calling in while on Ulva.

This wee café is worth making time to visit. The quality of the baking is quite outstanding; in particular you won't forget the foccacia for a long time after you eat it. The seafood couldn't be fresher, the pickles (each one different) are so clever...

Came to Ulva for a daytrip. Definitely worth a visit for anyone holidaying on Mull. The <2 minute ferry crossing is very convenient and the island is great to explore, with beautiful varying terrain. The Boathouse cafe is located right at the ferry slipway. It...

Wonderful place. Great modern decor inside. The guy running this place is obviously a good chef and baker and believes in using quality, local ingredients. We both had the Mull cheese ploughman’s which came with home baked bread, great chutney and fresh fruit. Also we...

With no website and no phone, and just in their second season, how do they do it? This is a real gem of a tearoom, not least when you consider everything, yes everything has to come over by boat, every Wednesday. The welcome and service...

We made a bee-line for lunch at The Boathouse the minute we were off the Mull ferry at Craignure.It's always been such a special place with great food, a real experience.The wee boat is still there of course, whizzing you across, nice guy running it...

Ulva is worth a day of your holiday with beautify waymarked walks and an interesting heritage centre, but the Boathouse really makes the day. Wonderful coffee and homemade cakes, or a fabulous lunch of local prawns or lobster, or Spanish omelette freshly made. Order ahead...

Wow-the best lobster sandwich I have ever eaten. Enjoyed in the spring sunshine while Sea Eagles flew overhead. Not an experience I’ll forget in a while! Well worth the ferry trip over just for the food but we enjoyed a walk on the island too....

Just stopped here after a walk on Ulva, having not looked at reviews as there's nothing else here. Of course having no expectations at all makes it an even better experience when you find food this good! Only had the custard tart in this occasion-...

It's worth doing the ferry crossing just to eat here. The menu is excellent and offers a great taste of the best food Mull has to offer. I could have happily eaten here every day. I had the smoked trout served simply with a quarter...

we always time our trip to Ulva so we can have lunch at the Boathouse because it's always great. the guys are lovely. we've had totally different food each time we've been (generally there is always some sort of seafood on the menu, a soup...

Lovely lunch with amazing cakes on a visit to Ulva while staying on mull. Food was delicious and fresh, bread was amazing! Friendly and helpful staff, we’ll definitely visit again.

Visited last week just before it closed for the winter, limited seafood understandable but lovely smoked trout, soup and cake. Toilets available and guess can get busy in wet weather when sitting outside is limited. Would certainly recommend despite no alternative for miles around. £6...

This is a fantastic place to eat and the island of Ulva is definitely worth a visit. We had some of the best seafood we’ve ever had in this wonderfully unassuming eatery & such good value for money. The guys who own it were so...

No trip to Mull would be complete without a short ferry ride to Ulva and lunch at the Boathouse. On our last visit - pre-pandemic - it was run by three sisters, but we knew they were giving it up and it was taken over...

I had wanted to visit this npalce on Ulva for some time and when I eventually did last week it did not disappoint. The local langoustines were fabulaous. It was very busy so food took a while to arrive but they are a victim of...

An idyllic location. The cakes and scones were freshly baked and very tasty. A simple lunch of smoked salmon, bread and salad was equally delicious. Highly recommended.

Had quite simply the best langoustines I've ever tasted with gorgeous homemade bread and dips. The views are stunning. Well worth a visit.

A lovely quaint cafe just a very cool short ferry ride from Mull on Ulva. Great local food and good value for money. Friendly staff and great location. Highly recommended.

We called in yesterday after a walk on Ulva and were not disappointed. The cakes were absolutely delicious and the coffee spot on. The owners were very friendly and they have a wonderful place here. HIghly recommended

My fiancé and I visited this delightful cafe whilst on holiday in mull. A delightful ferry ride over the boathouse offered the best potted crab and even langoustines we have tasted yes its a bit pricey but in this incidence you def get what you...

This is a very small but outstanding outlet just across from Mull on the isle of Ulva. Limited menu for obvious reasons but we sampled two dishes and every element of each was perfect - langoustines, salmon, Brie, home baked bread, freshly made salad. The...

Beautiful setting on the tiny Isle of Ulva. Between the four of us we had potted crab, ham terrine and freshly baked quiche with salad. All were delicious as was the home baked bread. Cakes were wonderful too, including best Victoria Sandwich I had had...

We stayed on Ulva for a few days and made many a trip to The Boathouse. The food was incredible and we were made to feel so welcome. Everything we had was freshly prepared and delicious!

Really loved the Boathouse. We had the langoustines, Spanish omelette and cheese board, then back later for coffee and cakes. Everything is freshly prepared and tasty. Notable mention for the amazing focaccia!

very average cafe food with grossly over priced food. £4.40 for a piece of cake? Cups & plates were cleanish, the tables less so. Tables not cleaned/sprayed between use.

Delicious lunch of quiche , salad and yummy cake , all homemade. The Boathouse is very definitely open and welcoming visitors.

Visited Ulva today, we had a fabulous coffee and cake on arrival. Two men running boathouse were so friendly and well prepared for visitor numbers. Cakes were delicious! Walked most of the day on the island and returned to the boathouse for a late lunch....

Enjoyed coffee and amazing whisky cake so much that we came back for lunch of homemade smoked trout and chive quiche with salad. Quiche was perfect - very tasty. A lovely welcome too, and altogether a great experience. Highly recommended!

We loved our first visit to the Boathouse; the homemade quiche was served with a fresh salad and we really appreciated the addition of pickled cabbage and a mustard mayonnaise, all served with a smile and a friendly chat. Although we didn't try them, we...

My partner and I visited the boathouse several times over the last week as we were staying on the beautiful little island of Ulva. We found the establishment to be warm and friendly, we were made to feel very welcome. The food was delicious and...

After a pleasurable walk on the island of Ulva we stopped for tea, coffee and cake at conveniently located Boathouse before our return to Mull. Our syrup sponge and madeira cake were delicious and our cafetiere of coffee and pot of tea perfectly brewed.

Its an amazing little place with fantastic food, really good service and such friendly staff, The sea food is simply delicious and the cakes are fabulous

Visited here on the discover scotland tour. The soup and cakes were amazing, huge portions and good value. The dog is so cute too, hes so friendly and very affectionate. Would love to visit again sometime!

A fairly long drive from Pennyghael took us to the carpark of the ferry to Ulva, squeezing into the last space. The boat came and collected us for the hop across to the boathouse slipway. After a short walk we went to the boathouse for...

After a walk around Ulva had lunch here, absolutely fabulous, dogs allowed downstairs, had Ulva crab on homemade bread, best meal all holiday with a fab frangipani tart to follow, great cup of tea with friendly and efficient staff a must do on a visit...

First visited the Boathouse over 10 years ago - and pleased to see that it’s still going strong. The menu is simple and the dishes uncomplicated BUT the flavours and freshness are sublime. The lobster was the best I’ve had anywhere in the world, the crab claws as fresh as they come with a delicious buttery sauce - both accompanied by lovely freshly baked rustic bread. Add a glorious view and some spectacular weather for the time of year and you have yourself a pretty good day in September.

The best things in life may be free, but the even better things are wonderfully simple, such as the food served here. The whole Ulva experience is a source of joy including the warmest meet and greet from the friendliest golden retriever on the planet.We have made several visits in the past and this time we were treated to warm, sunny weather and were able to sit out and enjoy what has become a must-visit location. The Boathouse team serve the freshest seafood you are ever likely to eat, so much so that the ferryman had to be despatched to bring in fresh oysters direct from the sea.The Boathouse really is a must-visit experience.

Well worth the short trip across on the wee ferry . We have a tasty lunch on a cold, wet, windy day and met lots of other travellers and locals . Staff worked hard and efficiently. Keen to go back

Lovely cafe and restaurant straight off the little ferry boat. Dog friendly inside downstairs and outside space. Be aware there are a couple of free roaming local dogs, albeit they are friendly may worry your dog or children. Would highly recommend the fisherman's catch, oysters, smoked salmon, potted crab, langoustines, smoked mackerel pate accompanied by home made bread and oatcakes. Limited choice for those who don't eat fish/seafood but soup and roll combi went down well too. Tomato and red pepper soup plus ham and mustard roll which was a little light on the mustard. The only negative, I am reliably informed by my wife, was the state of the ladies' loo, disgusting apparently.

The food offered in this tiny eating place is amazing considering the size --I had lobster which was delicious and soup - the latter was also good but too much for me sadly. Later on after my walk I had a cuppa and a piece of cake another large portion and very yummy. Well worth a visit. I loved the little museum and wish the Ulva islanders well in their restoration of properties and aspirations for repopulating the island.

Delightful community ferry to the island summoned by a red board. We were quickly met by a very pleasant man who pointed out an otter feeding - he moved the boat back and forth allowing us multiple views of the otter. Lovely walk to Ormaig followed by excellent cake and tea at the Boathouse. Highly recommended!!

Stopped in for lunch after a lovely walk on Ulva. The food was delicious and the service speedy and friendly.

Much bigger than it initially looks Ulva is a relevation. A community owned Island since 2018 it offers signposted walks, wildlife spotting and historical interest. The quay is home to the licensed Boathouse which serves great local seafood, homemade soup, cakes & bread. We feasted on half lobster salad with chunks of fresh bread @ £11:50 each, superb value and so fresh.

We visited the Boathouse for a cake and a drink having walked around one of the many super trails on the lovely Isle of Ulva.

Idyllic lunch overlooking the ferry. Super food, all freshly prepared, hot coffee and 'proper' lemonade.

Excellent food on a little impromptu trip to Ulva today. We had the potted crab and the lobster flatbread special. Tasty, well priced and wonderful views!

Ulva is well worth a visit if you are in the area. A very short hop on the ferry from mainland Mull to the restaurant, which has an impressive menu comprising mostly seafood choices which have been expertly prepared and presented. There are super (and not tooo long walks) around the island and whether at the beginning or the end of a visit, a meal at the boathouse is a must.

We loved visiting the Boathouse on the Isle of Ulva.

Great lunch consisting of soup and sandwich. Fantastic value and tasty food. Fast service in a busy but clean environment. This might be the only place to eat on the island, but I'd still go here no matter what the other options were!

The boathouse is a cafe that sits alongside the ferry to Ulva so you need to cross via the ferry to get here. Once on the Isle Of Ulva you can enjoy everything the island has to offer in walks, wildlife , views and then enjoy the offerings at the Boathouse.

I assumed it was going to be incredible based on reviews - unfortunately didn’t quite live up to expectations. Smoked mackerel pate was good and the sandwiches were huge though simple. Prices of food really reasonable considering there’s no other eatery on the island. £6pp return to the island from

Decided to visit Ulva for coffee as part of a cycle tour of Mull, Iona and Staffa and having researched the island beforehand. This is a must do trip but not to be rushed. We could easily have spent a day on the island. Access is easy via the ferry. The café is very good with good coffee but the homemade cake I had was disappointingly dry. The island has lots of good information and plenty of interesting walks. We visited the church before running out of time. We fully support what the community are seeking to achieve, and this was fully explained during a Radio Four feature a couple of weeks before our visit. Rough roads mean walking boots are best.

Daughter and I enjoyed the ferry across to Ulva welcomed by a very welcoming golden labrador! In the Boathouse we each enjoyed a delicious huge slice of home made fruit cake and coffee served by a very friendly helpful waitress. When we paid our ferry crossing we were given a map showing all the route to places of interest on the island. A really enjoyable visit.

This is an amazing cafe / restaurant. Access is by a very short passenger ferry from the Island of Mull. I had an amazing meal of local oysters followed by a lobster which was rounded off by fabulous home made carrot cake- true hedonism. This is a daytime restaurant and does not serve evening meals. The ferry stops at 4:30 pm anyway. Prices are very reasonable.

You have to get a little boat there, take a few mins for £6.00 I think it was, well worth the visit, go for a walk around Ulva the island and we were lucky with the weather, then stop of for some tea and cake at the Boathouse. I will say the cakes were not my thing but a goos visit all the same. They do all sorts of Crab and Lobster, all locally caught.

Great menu of local fish. Longoustines, mackerel, oysters, crab, lobster, salmon. Delicious choice of cakes. Rainy day so we had tea and coffee, although there are bottled alcoholic drinks. Friendly staff. Great little cafe.

A visit is a must if you go over to Ulva. Good, reasonably priced food and also information about the island.

Delicious lunch of local oysters and crab in delightful setting couldn’t be better at a very reasonable price. Stunning location.

We enjoyed a good reasonably priced lunch. Excellent fresh seafood, oysters and langoustine very good.

Visited Ulva for the day and stopped here for lunch before we set off to explore and do some walking.