The Pierhead Tavern in North Ayrshire

Epic lamb roast dinner, £19 and worth every penny. Thanks chefffff!

Had a fantastic lunch here this afternoon, with our friends and their little boy. Really friendly staff, and the food was delicious. Can highly recommend the dirty fries, which are covered with black pudding, haggis and peppercorn sauce 🤤

Had a lovely meal here and good service. Has a nice vibe.

We sat outside with our dog. Food was lovely. People friendly.

Called in for lunch on a beautiful day. Sat outside in rooftop terrace with lovely view. Lovely staff, nothing was a bother, rock up, be kind and enjoy......🙂

Great atmosphere, super pub grub, hot and tasty. Service slow, but they were bursting at the seams with minimal wait staff

Our hosts Harry & Shannon made our afternoon drinks perfect . Friendly and very courteous- only adds to a wonderful experience. Views and location are stunning and would highly recommend. Only had cocktails, but will endeavour to return to try the menu options . Dog friendly, which is always a Plus+

Food was fantastic, large portions very reasonable price,

Visited for dinner on Wednesday and had made the decision to call and book a table only an hour or so beforehand, which was just as well as the majority of tables were reserved when we arrived. The staff are all very friendly and welcoming. The menu is quite extensive, it was hard to pick! Despite being reasonably busy, our food arrived promptly and was delicious. Really generous portions and provided excellent value. We drove from Brodick to Lamlash to eat here and were really pleased we did. The Tavern also has outdoor seating including a roof terrace but it started drizzling just as we went up there after our meal. They also do a live quiz on a wednesday but we had headed back by then. I'd definitely visit here again next time I'm in Arran.

The best tandoori chicken burger I have ever had! Amazing food 🍔

Adults food was wonderful. The childrens chicken burger wasn't a burger, it was a grilled chicken sandwich. Not appealing to most young kids.

Great place to shelter from the rain. Great hot chocolate, nice selection of options for kids and an extensive and reasonably priced whisky menu

Four of us have just enjoyed a lovely meal at PHT. My vegetarian risotto was really delicious and the others enjoyed Thai Green Curry, Caledonian Chicken (in a whisky sauce) and Macaroni Cheese. All the food was really good quality but the atmosphere was relaxed enough that we didn't feel out of place with windswept hair and a dog in tow!

I visited PHT two days in a row for a drink. 1st visit was fine. Sat down around 5:30pm, couple of beers, watched some YT on my phone, left around 8pm when it got really busy. 2nd night I was a little later, maybe 7pm, and sat at the one table left unoccupied or had a reserved sign. Started on my beer and was approached by a staff member who told me tables were reserved until 9pm for food service only and could I move to the bar. I hate sitting at a bar, people crushing past to get served etc. I nearly argued that how was I supposed to know when there’s no sign to say so, then thought it would be a waste of time. So I went to the roof terrace. It was too cold up there so I drunk 2/3rds of the beer and went back downstairs. Reluctantly sat at the bar for a 2nd beer. As I looked around the bar I noticed several tables with people sitting drinking. No food at all to be seen. A table emptied, 3 guys came in and sat down. Beers only. Again. And this was well before 9pm. I can only assume that, like a lot of places, they don’t like solo travellers. I did occupy a table for 2 but it had another table pushed against it. I’m guessing previous occupants were at least 4/5 in number. Why the staff member couldn’t have separated the tables again and left me alone, well, you’d need to ask her. PHT occupies a nice spot in Lamlash and the views across the bay from the windows are really nice. But this level of customer service (or lack there of) isn’t good. The hospitality industry seldom recognises that some people just like to travel solo and keep themselves to themselves. Do better.

If you like a heated thi green, this is the place to go.

Called in for a drink. Place was very quiet. Outside was busy and they have an upstairs space.

Fantastic place for a bite to eat. Came to the island for a long weekend holiday so popped into the Tavern for some lunch. Found the food to be delicious and the prices very reasonable for the quality. Send my regards to the chef.

Great prices with lovely roof terrace that has exceptional views.

What a shambles the service is in here. From first contact to the end of the meal it was almost non-existent. We had to ask for menus, chase to order our meal and from there on in we had to self serve at the bar for every other drink, payment and interaction. Whilst the food was decent, the bad service soured the whole experience. They would be better making it a bar ordering setup and be done with it.

PHT is an absolute fave every year when we visit Arran. Staff are delightful, service quick and food exceptional.

Best onion rings I've ever had, the dirty burger was superb, great location

Brilliant- great food and friendly service.

Very nice restaurant in a great location in Lamlash. We had reservations for an outside table and it was very beautiful. The food was good but the service was extremely slow for food and drinks. The waitstaff was very young and appeared overwhelmed at times. Definitely visit if you are on Arran.

Booked an evening meal for a family of 6. The service was great, food was lovely - reasonably priced and good value for money. Appears that locals also drink/ eat here, which for us is a good sign that the atmosphere and service is relaxed and welcoming. Would recommend booking where possible, it was busy.

Came in for Thursday lunch. Not busy. Great service. Fantastic lunch deal wrap and chips. Friend had vegan food and was very impressed.

Lovely staff, nice atmosphere. Food was great. Dog friendly. Really enjoyed the live music at the end of the night too.

Five star experience. Unique food options, local whisky, and amazing desserts. They pointed us up to the secret rooftop dining for our dessert and it's magical!

We ate at the Pierhead Tavern tonight. The food was delicious, the staff very friendly. We would highly recommend.

Visited for evening meals last week when staying in Lamlash for the week. Super staff, great menu and specials board. Really accommodating for dogs too. Best to book in advance as a popular pub. I had thai curry on both occasions- first with chicken and 2nd time with king prawns, lovely presentation and delicious. Good range of drinks at the bar, live music on our 2nd visit which was really good. Great atmosphere. We always visit for meals during our stays in Lamlash and will continue to do so. Have a great season and keep up the great work and service!

Had a super steak philly baguette in here for lunch - great looking bar, lots of space, staff were very friendly and attentive, excellent. in again 1 year later, still excellent.

Friendly place with great range of drinks. Even bought out a bowl of water for our dog.

super friendly staff, delicious food and great selection of beers and local drinks

Visited here after reading positive reviews online, and we weren’t disappointed. Had a lovely meal and we were really impressed with the service - waiting staff were attentive and knowledgeable about the menu. They were happy to make adjustments for our fussy kids. Food was delivered in good time and was excellent quality. Atmosphere was pleasant, just like a good local pub should be!

Went for a bite of lunch after exploring the island - we were lucky and got to sit outside which was nice - and managed to sit out with the dog.

Lovely cosy wee pub that were very accommodating to our group who visited two nights in a row due to being stranded by poor weather. Great food and nice atmosphere.

Had a lovely meal yesterday in the Pierhead Tavern. Cannot thank them enough for being so friendly and welcoming. The young man who served us was so friendly and fun and really made the visit for us. So much so we have booked in again to bring family who are visiting. We ordered from the light lunch menu which was amazing and my wee boy rated the chips and cheese five star 😂. A great value for money with food and drinks and just an all round lovely place. Toilets were very clean which was welcoming too. X

Came for an after dinner pint and I can't complain at all! Lovely and clean :)

You won’t get a better view than this. Great music and a wonderful pub.

Hi we never actually went here and I’m sure it’s a fab place but we phoned to ask if they had the Scotland vs wales rugby game they replied “there’s no one in at the moment so we won’t be showing it but if you call back nearer the time we might put it on” we were stunned but went along to the fallen goat at brodick and spent the afternoon having food and drinks then watched the rugby spent well over £100 had a great time. It just seems like they couldn’t be arsed with us to be fair nothing against the place or whatever but just thought I’d write a wee review as it was a bit annoying at the time.

The service was amazing. No complaints at all. But the food on the other hand… not good at all. I had the hunter’s burger and there was one single carrot peeling in it, obviously not supposed to be there, the chicken was so dry and the flavor was non enjoyable. My friend had the chicken and haggis. The chicken wasn’t cooked properly and the cally sauce didn’t taste nor look anything like cally sauce. We also order chips and cheese as we were still hungry after not being able to eat our meals. Just looking at the waitresses face, we knew we were gonna be disappointed yet again. The waitress made eye contact with me and didn’t look proud of what she was putting down at all. The chips were black on top and the cheese was burnt. I ended up taking these off the bill as this was the last straw. Definitely not giving this place another chance!

Marvellous location overlooking Holy Isle at Lamlash. Beautiful garden, great ,really tasty food and friendly ,efficient staff. Music on sunday afternoons currently complying with Covid regulations.A great dining and relaxing experience.31/12/23.Just spent new year here doing 2 gigs.Superb as ever great food and a great new year party.

Everyone in our party enjoyed meal - but my sea bass on herb rice was exceptionally well cooked with interesting base Great service and relaxed approach towards kids

A great pub serving good food. We were visiting Arran and got such a warm welcome from the landlady and staff. We visited twice as our first time wasn’t enough!

A great pub with an excellent choice of drinks. Friendly atmosphere and dog friendly

Lovely food and very friendly efficient service

Food excellent, service very lacking in attention. Music didn't add to the experience. We went in had to re order our water, gave our food order, got food, which was great, ordered dessert, cranachan which was tiny, bit of cream a few oats, no taste of whisky, a couple of raspberries, served in a small martini glass pretty poor for one of Scotlands great dishes.

Thoroughly enjoyed our stay in Lamlash, Isle of Arran Frequented the Pierhead on 3 occasions, cracking pint of Guinness 🍻👍🏻 The quiz was thoroughly, if not a little difficult for us. Don is a very pleasant and entertaining quizmaster 🤩

Nettes Lokal, schön gelegen. Essen war wirklich gut. Hundefreundlich!!!

Location is great and food was excellent. Try their burger with Hagis as we ate dinner here twice. Fish and Chips; a staple, was exceptional too. We were welcomed and the place had a nice vibe.

Arrived on time but a table had to be set up near the door, through from kitchen, very busy spot. We were told later that a large booking arrived over an hour late and had affected later bookings. Food was good and service staff were very helpful and attentive.

Quite disappointing, Miserable and rude staff....paid cash for my overpriced meal and was ushered off to a different till that accepts cash, apparently, asked for receipts, as you do....unhappy bar staff screaming 'oh my god' and was ushered back to first till so it could be printed. Food OK Beer OK...dirty glasses. Chilly building. Frosty environment. Expensive for what it is.....

We stopped here for a pint and bite to eat one lunchtime whilst on holiday. Lovely beer (Loch Lomond brewery), lovely sandwich, friendly staff and very dog friendly. It's a shame we didn't have the opportunity to come back for an evening. Highly recommended.

Great place for a pint and a good quality meal.

The food was really good. Best wrap I've had so far & the chips were great.

Delicious meal and great service. Very noisy bar area.

Holidaying on Arran, 2nd visit and just as good as last year! The food is amazing, restaurant standard, plenty of choice and good options on childrens menu, highly recommended

We popped in here after a hike up to the waterfalls, and Giants grave it has amazing vies of the harbour and holy island We only had a couple of drinks and loaded fries, and the fries were amazing. i had the Tandoori ones, and my friends had the pizza ones.

Excellent service and food will definitely visit again.

Of all the meals we ordered the vegan hamburger left me scratching my head! It was plain and very disappointing. Service was really poor as it was busy and they were understaffed. All our other meals were fantastic though.

Food spot on particularly fish and chips Very pleasant

Coole Bar mit coolem Restaurant. Sehr freundliches Personal. Sehr fein gegessen.

Good food & drink. Great service too.

Such a great place to eat and drink. Eaten twice over the last week at the PHT while staying in Lamlash. We had a party of 10 and accommodated us without a problem, the service was fantastic so friendly and food was great. Highly recommend if you are looking for a place to eat or drink..👍🏻👏🏻

Unctuous dirty burger with haggis topping. Delicious Arran Blonde ale. Excellent.

We've come here three times, in three days (twice for dinner, once just for drinks). That says enough. Great food, friendly people, nice atmosphere and nice whisky selection!

Lovely family friendly pub, great pub food lovely atmosphere, staff very friendly, roof top sitting area and outside seating area, we preferred to eat inside as cooler inside than out.

Lovely choice in menu. Glad I chose the green Thai curry as it was delicious!. The atmosphere was very relaxed and child and dog friendly!

I have been to Arran for nearly 40 years. This is the first time I have visited in 5 years. If you had said to me go to the PHT I would have said no. However we gave it a chance as we hadn’t booked anywhere this week. OMG! How a place can change. The staff were brilliant. The food was the best I have tasted on the island this time around and the pricing was good. If you want a friendly place with good food this is currently the place on Arran to be! We ate out a lot during our week holiday but this is the only place we have booked twice. If in doubt this is the place to be!!

My husbands food was good but mine wasn't so good

Excellent food, great service, good prices. Trip Advisor does it again, recommendations and reviews were spot on. After a day exploring the island we were hungry and wanted nice food in a relaxing location we were not disappointed. Staff were brilliant very attentive even bring some water for our dog who was in need of some refreshment too! The food was superb, good portion sizes which met out hearty appetites, I can’t remonetisation highly enough, if you are in Arran and what great food in a brilliant location go no further.

Lovely place to eat dinner in Lamlash. The view from the Tavern is beautiful with Holy Island in the background. The staff were incredibly welcoming and friendly throughout the dinner service. The food was delicious, fresh and cooked to order. There is a public car park opposite the Tavern. The portion sizes are large and good value for money. The drinks can be expensive, but this is an island location! Staff were attentive. We will visit this Tavern again.

Brilliant meal just slow food service.

Fantastic food in a relaxed atmosphere. Although this is a pub it was a great place to have an evening meal, service and portions sizes were outstanding.

The food was good, and the service impeccable. But I did not like the volume of the music, as it made people talking louder, till the point that it was not pleasant.

We love this pub, but the entertainment hired for Saturday night 29th July, was absolutely awful. A dirge laden collection of songs that actually started to empty the pub way too early. And speaking to regular visitors, Saturday entertainment has been similarly poor of late. Whoever's responsible for hiring performers, please try and get some artists that can actually entertain and bring some joy to your clientele.

Probably the nicest place I went to eat and drink while in Arran. Great atmosphere, real ales on draft, and the Saturday live music is brilliant. I had the pepperoni pizza burger and it was pretty decent, definitely not the best burger I’ve had but definitely not the worst. Food portion sizes are good, proper pub grub. Went for a drink twice and stayed to dine once. Staff are friendly, and prices are reasonable. If you go, try to go on a Saturday night as you’ll be treated to a few hours of great music.

We visited for lunch as a family of four plus our dog. We were all made very welcome by the lovely waiting staff. There was a great selection of meals available, and everything we ordered was delicious. We will definitely return when we visit Arran...

Family meal, complete with grandads beloved dog - Finn. Friendly staff, lovely atmosphere and nice food. Starters - tempura prawns, tandoori chicken, onion, bhajis and doughballs. No complaints at all, all lovely. Mains - Caledonian chicken, sticky duck rice bowls and the children had plain...

A nice pub to stop off for a pint and some food, a good selection available from the menu, including Fish n chips, pies, pizza, burgers, pasta and curries. I opted for the Dirty fries, with tandoori chicken, mozzarella cheese and feugo taki flavour, they were nice and spicy too. My friend went for Nduja sausage pasta and we both enjoyed our food, great friendly service too.

Only place that I’ve ever been to that doesn’t accept driving license provisional as ID.🤔

Wow, this was a nice surprise! Pleasant atmosphere, cost pub with some people at the bar and nice restaurant with two nice ladies as waitresses. We had the green curry. It was nice and creamy, had some spuce and there were sime good vegetables and juicy chicken in it and the fish and chips. The fish had a good crunchy crust and the chips were crunchy too. The kids had cheesy chips and chips and pizza which they both loved. And then the chocolate fudge cake, that was lovely. The only thing that could have been better was the Brussels waffle. In my opinion it should have been warm. All in all I would highly recommend the Pierhead Tavern.

The food was excellent here and the servings were very generous. Service was great too - friendly and attentive. Nice ambience as well in a beautiful location on the foreshore.

Feels like a proper pub. Great staff, decent pub food. Good beer. What more do you want?

Went for dinner back in April and the food was amazing, great choice of menu such as fresh cheesy dough balls, the Loaded Tikka fries and a great duck bowl Went last month and honestly don't know if they've changed chefs but the dough balls...

Didn't eat this time but we found this wonderful pub just off the main Brodick road. Great staff. Good choice of beer. Then there's the whiskey. It's Arran time.

Loved it! Went there two nights for dinner, and quiz night second night. Very friendly, welcoming, food very tasty and served nicely. Staff are very helpful .Quiz night was fun, despite the fact we were not great! Quite expensive, but we didn't mind.

Lovely meal with family. Service great with waitress recommendations of food spot on. Dog welcomed and also provided with water on arrival. Portions generous and quality of food superb.

Had to go to bar to get menu and drink also had to ask for someone to take our order.However food and atmosphere was good.

Great food great staff and overall a great experience

Not pur kind of place food not great ..won't be back so disappointed.

Went here as the restaurant in our hotel was closed and it was recommended. Made a booking for 1830 and arrived early which wasn't a problem. Menu had lots of choice most of which looked good. We both ordered different things from the menu and...

THE local place to eat and drink in Lamlash. Tasty crossover food and great location. That said, service was slow, waiters did not know the menu and the bar, what to say. Plenty of whiskey and gin but the bartender(s) did not have a clue...

Stopped for a quick lunch whilst visiting Arran. Nice pub grub and friendly staff. Small car park facing pub.

Local pub atmosphere, but with really good food. The steak was really well cooked, and the Onion Rings! The onion rings, could be the best!!!

Einfach nur schön urig 🥰 gerne wieder ❤️

Over priced, wee starter portion, less than I would feed a 2 year old, over cooked. I had the chicken tikka kebabs ( smallest Ive ever seen) onion and corriander badji so over cooked I would not eat them, my partner had the plain chicken...

Popped in a few times while on a week's holiday. Staff polite and welcoming.

Nice pub with a lovely view from the terrace. Some nice beers and friendly staff. I had fish and chips which was OK and my wife had a chicken burger which she said was awful, so food not fantastic.

Food was nice .. good range of choice .. good live music

Mooi terras,mooi uitzicht,lekker biertje,prima toch?