The Puffer Bar & Restaurant in Argyll & Bute - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

We ate here on a Saturday evening during our holiday in Ellenabeich. It's a lovely little place with friendly staff & great food, especially the langoustines! I would recommend booking to eat there in the evening (they only do evening food on Saturdays) as it got very busy. We popped back later in our holiday for drinks & cakes which were equally as delicious. Make sure you walk around the island while you're there, it's small but stunning!

Absolute gem on the island with lovely staff and fresh homemade food. Would recommend and go back. They could have easily charged high prices due to being the only cafe around but they don’t it is reasonable. Lovely lad served us and chef came out asked us if all was ok. I had a venison salamis toastie with a home made minestrone soup side. Cosy and clean inside very welcoming. Yummy home made cakes too. They even make their own bread for all menu.

Great to see this open. Lovely staff and although we just has tea and a slice it was extremely enjoyable....other food that landed on the table beside us looked smashing too!

What a lovely place and people ❤️

Fantastic place in a fantastic setting

Chef Jhennia's food is delicious! The Puffer is a very warm and inviting place to eat and drink. 😃❤️

Fantastic food, friendly staff and beautiful location 20 out of 10

Friendly and welcoming people; very good food made freshly on the premises.

Delicious Cullen skunk and salmon sandwich combo. All 3 of us are fans. The service is excellent, including "I'll go and ask" if any different questions are asked 😊 Relaxed, no stress and family minded - including safety outside.

Dropped in to this family and dog friendly cafe on a trip to Easdale island for coffee and cake. Home baking was delicious. Service was friendly and efficient. There was a lovely lunch menu with daily seafood specials and the he venue is open as a pub in the evening. So much charm and would love to visit whe. In the area again.

A licensed cafe bar/pub. Frequented by locals and visitors. Has a lovely, welcoming feel to it. Only had coffee and cake, but will likely go back to sample the food and drink another time. Kitchen looked spotlessly clean aswell. Bar and cafe area, reasonable prices.

Food was excellent just a shame a certain member of staff has absolute no customer service skills and had an extremely aggressive manner towards my daughter and nephew when asked a simple question about the money on the roof of the pub. Such a shame as she spoiled our experience of the pub and really let's the rest of her team down who couldn't of been nicer. Date of visit 15th July 2022. Passed by a year later only for a juice and it seems the horrible attitude of the same woman has rub off on the rest of the staff. Pity really could be a nice place if the staff weren't so under trained in customer service.

Fabulous little place with a really cosy bar. We came here on recommendation and were not disappointed. We were ordered the langoustine only to be informed they were off the menu as they had a special on with the Lobster instead so we went with that and it was lovely and so was the soda bread which came with it. The wine is reasonably priced too. Deserts were great too I has vanilla panna cotta with pink apple compote and my partner had Amaretto Affogato, both were delicious. We asked if we could eat our deserts in. the bar at the back instead of the cafe/restaurant area and got a yes o course Staff were friendly and helpfu land reminded us about when the last ferry off the island back to Ellenabeich was too. Definately wowill come back here and you get value for money even with adding on the cost of the short ferry ride which was £2.50 per passenger. Please note the ferry is for foot passengers only you can park your car up in Ellenabeich

Hard working staff, service was slow but it's because it was mega busy

Went in towards end of lunch service. No asking if we wanted cakes etc. Clean loos

Best scampi I've ever had. Great service, welcoming staff... despite the mayhem of stone skimming weekend! Great booze selection too.

Lovely location and excellent food

We loved this place. When phoning to book we were offered an indoor or outdoor table, which was appreciated. They were also easy to deal with when we phoned to alter our party size with an hour’s notice. Our lunch menu had so many delightfully sounding dishes that we ended up ordering one of everything and sharing. It was hard to pick a favourite as all were delicious. Coffee and cakes to follow were super too. It was just a shame we left it so late in our holiday week to visit that we didn’t have time to make a return. However we will definitely be back when next in the area.

Very nice pint in the little pub

Such a nice place, amazing food and friendly staff. Perfect 👍

Horrendous! Arrived at The Puffer after dinner, 4 friends and our dog. Walked into the bar and was immediately confronted by a very hostile/borderline aggressive staff member "Your dog needs to be on a lead!!!!" She shouted, whilst pointing at me. When I tried to explain that our dog had just sustained a neck injury and so couldn't be on a lead, but was well trained, the attendant shouted over me "Well you can't stay here then!!!!!" Slightly humiliated, 4 friends and their dog, made a sharp exit. I can appreciate house rules, and as we were staying on the island we could have dropped our 4 legged pal in our holiday cottage and returned, however I've rarely experienced being made to feel as unwelcome as we were in that pub and so we went home and drank our own beer! I'd like to think the staff member was just having one of those days, as we've all had them. Hopefully the next few customers get a vastly improved service. Such a shame.

What a fantastic meal. Had the Surf and Truf and must have been one of the best I have had. Great service with super friendly staff.

Staff are amazing. The atmosphere and food is fantastic. Great selection of drinks on tap. We had such a great day here, would highly recommend 💚🍀

Lovely little place. Great food, all home made. Fabulous fish goujon sandwich. The customer service was really excellent as we had a little wait for food the chef came to apologise. No need though. Sitting in the sunshine drinking a beer while we waited was just perfect. Thanks for a lovely lunch.

Good outside sitting area and reasonably sized inside seating. Small but ‘something for everyone’ menu. The soup was absolutely delicious, we were spoiled for choice so took sandwiches back for our evening meal. They were very accommodating packing them for later. We would have loved to have seen the pub too - next time🙂. Lovely warm welcome.

On a visit to Easdale Island today which is beautiful. We came across the Puffer Bar & Restaurant which wasn’t open on last visit. We decided to have lunch there and what a gem of a place it is. The staff were very friendly and knowledgeable and the menu was an interesting mix. They also have a bar service and I was able to enjoy a lunch time pint of Fyne Ale. If you are in the Oban area then I recommend a drive down to Seil Island and Easdale crossing the Bridge over the Atlantic Ocean on the way getting the boat over to the island have a good walk and enjoy a leisurely lunch there.

What a delicious lunch! Great selection of interesting options on the menu. I had the venison salami toastie, so tasty. Great options for vegans too. Friendly staff. Will definitely make time to eat there again when we next visit the island.

Decided to go over to Easdale Island for food. So pleased we did 😀 Excellent food and service. Great menu and selection of cakes. Brilliant vegan food too.

Amazingly beautiful setting and the freshest most tasty langoustines I’ve ever had. What’s not to like! The bread and scones were home made and delicious too.

Disappointed in customer service. Not friendly. Woman with blue hair needs some intensive customer service training.

Lovely place to have a drink at the end of a walk around the island

I ate here with my partner and friends in May 22. We all agreed that the food was excellent and very good value. My langoustine starter was delicious with juicy and fresh shellfish and a piquant sauce, and my cod main was perfectly cooked with a lovely polenta base and a delightful crumb crust. The service, to be honest, could have been better but I think you have to make allowances for the practicalities of running a small restaurant on a small island. I would be happy to eat here again without hesitation.

Despite the website not being updated (they’re working on getting it more easily updateable), we found the Puffer cafe open for business (inside as well as out)., serving lovely food with friendly staff. Good news for those of us who love to visit Easedale and walk round the small slate island with all its history under water.

After a tour of the island and museum. Our family group of seven enjoyed lemon drizzle cake, hot cross buns, tea, coffe and soup. All very satisfactory and served promptly by friendly staff.

Great coffee and cinnamon buns in the sun on their outside benches. Currently opening limited hours at weekends only - we timed our visit perfectly!

went here one sunday as we were just staying across the harbour, the only place to eat was this place, so they have the monopoly sitting outside was ok as it was nice a day, however given wooden knifes and forks spoons etc, to eat not the best thing and lots of waste not best for the environment, However i found the staff quite abrupt, the food was nothing special i got a open sandwich which was ok not the best, my partner got the soup, he did say this was nice, the overall thing for me is the friendliness WHICH WAS NOT HERE...so made our meal quite unpleasant, if you do not want people here just close up./ if i came to this lovely island again, i would bring my own picnic

Managed to visit the island on the best day of the year. The locals in geberal are a happy easy going bunch. Pub excellently accommodated the corona virus sanctions without taking away from the pub experience. Staff were friendly and chatty which was lovely and the pub has some dangerously reasonable prices- unfortunate for whoever needs to drive you home after your day!!!

My wife and I visited Easdale island in August 2020, just after lockdown was lifted, so it was a different experience. First of all the Puffer was really well organized with a queuing system, outside eating and great procedures in place. We had coffee and scones, with cream and jam and they were absolutely amazing! The scones were homemade and just delicious; I don't know if the jam was home made but it was really fruity, with a sharpness that contrasted with the sweetness of the cream! The island is beautiful but this just topped it all off! The staff were very welcoming too. Next time we go we'll go for a meal! Lovely place. Well done.

I know that things will change with new owners but the quality of food and friendly service we experienced was excellent.

We took the water taxi to the island and stopped to get some lunch here. Wow. What a place! We had our dog with us who can sometimes be a handful but the staff couldn’t have been nicer and put us in a quiet corner. I had a selection local cheeses, they were lovely. My other half had a seafood platter and the kids loved their lunch too. I honestly can’t recommend this place highly enough.

Great wee Restaurant great wee island especially when William RS Mccall is on it

Took the short ferry trip over today to explore the island & go for lunch. The 9 of us dined in the bar as we had our dog with us. Menu was much bigger than we expected for this time of year. The langoustines, burgers (beef & halloumi) & kids soup/sandwiches we had were all of a high standard & super tasty. Good selections of drinks (soft, hot & alcoholic) and some yummy bakes too. Good value for money too. Would have been five stars if the bar was as warm as the tearoom.

Fantastic restaurant but check you ferry times :-)

Excellent home baking and seafoos specials. Delicious cider. Great decor. A place to come back to again and again - as long as you don't miss the ferry!

Whatta place. Loved every moment of it and also the people !!

Nice place to eat with good menu choice. Serves up with classic tea pot, strainer and side plates. Scones were fantastic. However wee bit to go with customer service, waitress appears annoyed if you ask for anything out the ordinary. Butter to go with your scone and jam is 20p extra. A small island like Easdale should be encouraging visitors, putting a 15% surcharge on parties of 8 is not the way to do it.

We got a whole lot more than we expected.From the charming boat crossing to the island, the delightfully fresh and beautifully presented lunch and then the visit to the museum.I'm not going to tell you more..Just go and see for yourselves!Easdale was a highlight of our trip and a visit we'll long remember

Just spent 3 days on Easdale. Each night we visited the Puffer bar and were welcomed by staff and locals. A lovely environment and an inclusive vibe. Had lunch in the cafe on Tuesday, I had a superb open crab sandwich...gluten free...the freshest, creamiest crab meat...and I've eaten lots of crab..amazing. My veggie husband had the pea falafel with quinoa..he loved it. Also the Chai Sea Tea was so good we bought a tin to take home. This place is special and we will be back to enjoy its delights soon. The only problem is that it's a long way from Lancashire.

Amazing food and drinks and a lovely waitress. Will definitely be back to the Puffer and beautiful Easdale Island!!

Lunch at the Puffer completed a wonderful morning on Easdale Island. The scampi were excellent and the sandwiches very creative and tasty. Service was very friendly. Leave room for dessert, as their home-baked cakes and pastries are delicious.

Disgusting behaviour from uneducated staff member who was rude and attempted to refuse our guide dog!!!!!! Made the atmosphere really uncomfortable with no attempt to apologise or make up for the embarrassment caused. Should be ashamed of themselves. Hopefully a lesson learnt for future!!

My wife and I made our way on the ferry to the Isle of Easdale - what a great little journey on the small boat. On getting off the boat we were desperate for a snack and a cup of tea. We walked straight up the path from getting off the boat and immediately found The Puffer Cafe in the left. We sat down and looked at the menu - there was a good choice of drinks and food considering it was a small establishment. It did not take long for the food and drink to be delivered - my wife had a scone which was lovely and warm and tasty - my wife said it was one of the best scones she has had. I had a panini which was great. The staff were really friendly and the views from the cafe are lovely. In summary if you visit the Island it is well worth stopping for a snack and drink and The Puffer Cafe.

What a wonderful bar/restaurant :) Plenty of vegan options on the menu as well as cakes (deliciously displayed on the counter), scones and smoothies! A good choice of alternative milk available too... not just soya! The menu is well marked out with vegan options... and even the vegan ale options are marked up too! The staff are also lovely and friendly and the location is perfect! Food is delicious!

Stopped in for tea and cake today. Definitely the bast place to eat in the island.

Beautiful little pub in a beautiful little island

Friendly little pub on the island. Didn't have any food there but the staff were a laugh and the beer was nice. The nice barmaid waited patiently for us to finish our game of darts before closing up for the night. Lovely little place!

Smiling staff welcome you to the Puffer a relaxed place which they are rightfully proud of. The food was lovely, much of it local produce too. Nice range of food and drink options and all served with pleasant smiles.

We were really looking forward to having scones with our morning drinks as we had read that this cafe was famous for its scones with jam and cream. The cafe opened at 11.00 a.m. and we arrived after our walk at 11.30. We were extremely disappointed to find that all the scones had been purchased for consumption. Other than that, the cafe was very clean and the coffee was good and also the cakes.

Hausgemachte Sandwiches, super leckere Scons und dazu einen kühlen Cider vom Fass. Was wünscht mensch sich mehr, wenn dazu noch die Sonne auf der kleinen Insel Easdale scheint? Die rustikale Einrichtung des Pubs, die Freundlichkeit des Personals und die urige Gemütlichkeit, die der gesamte Pub ausstrahlt, tragen zu einem traumhaften Tag bei. Absolut empfehlenswert!

Fantastic bisque and everyone else loved their toasties too. The Arran ice-cream is pretty tasty too. Tool a while to serve us as it was pretty busy (the busiest all year apparently) but we didn't mind waiting out in the sunshine and sea air.

Nach einer kleinen Überfahrt zur Insel mit Rundgang sind wir bei The puffer Bar im Garten auf rustikalem Holzbänken gesessen. nette junge Bedienungen brachte uns gleich die karte und wir konnten uns Burger oder Rolls aussuchen. Alles war ok und verdient im Geschmack 3 Sterne. Es ist ein kleines uriges Cottage, das ein Besuch auf alle Fälle wert ist. leider steht es zum Verkauf.

Lovely place with delicious coffee and cake

Just went with a family for coffee, cake and lunch.

I bake, I love to bake, and I love to bake scones, but in all my years of baking, I've never managed to make scones as good as this. My cheeky request for the recipe was cheerfully refused (can't blame them), but oh I wish I could have another one of these scones without the 14 hour drive that would be needed!

Ate with my wife. We we were warned there would be a delay serving food, asked if that was OK. Actually, the drinks came out promptly and food arrived halfway through our pints. Good food, one vegetarian dish, one seafood.

Great food and a good selection of Scottish beers. Can get busy during high season, best to book a table especially for families or groups.

Made third visit in a month to the Puffer yesterday. As always, the staff were very nice and friendly. Food is good and the only downside is no phone signal and no wifi. Not a place to go if you need to be in immediate contact with anyone.

The food and atmosphere was amazing. Very accommodating to my food allergies. Great service from the girls as well. Will be back.

Had a late lunch there on a visit to the island - delicious soup and a lovely cheese and cold meat platter using lots of local produce. Staff are friendly and the cafe is quirky and comfy. The cafe seems to share premises with a bar that is open in the evenings when the cafe is shut. I would definitely go there again.

Stopped at the Puffer Bar during a walk around Easdale,very good value with nice friendly and helpful staff

We were a group of 7 friends (I had booked) and we had a most delicious lunch before a trip to the Corryvreckan Whirlpool. Fresh food, very friendly service and an extremely pleasant experience overall.

It's always nice going back to somewhere you gave a good review to keeping up the standard, especially if you found it excellent on your last visit (s). The first amazing thing is that an island so small should have an eatery at all. Easdale isn't exactly mainstream - you need a 10 or so mile trip down a single track road followed by a short ferry trip - and you have to marvel at how such a place can offer such a varied menu, get the ingredients in stock and come up with such a high standard. Our party of four all thoroughly enjoyed the different lunch options we chose. I had a plate of mushroom soup and a toasted ciabatta with mature cheddar and their own chutney. My wife had the open seafood sandwich and our friends chose a tasted ciabatta with halloumi and pepper and venison burger respectively. They make their own bread and each plate comes with salad and crisps. We wished that we could have stayed longer to sample the cosy little bar at the back but I'd defy anyone not to share our opinion that you are guaranteed excellence here. Staff great, building quain and furnishings interesting and comfortable.

It says Open till 4, last orders 3.30. We were there, as a family with 2 kids, at exactly 3.30, according to mobile phone time which should be pretty accurate. They turned us away, sorry, closed, with the next guest behind us carrying out a cup of tea. Not pleased.

Awesome pub and restaurant! Great food. Very interesting lication. Top vegan nose bag!

Absolutely fantastic local products

Excursion en mer annulée pour cause de temps écossais , nous voici le bec dans l'eau...3 minutes de ''ferry'' plus tard nous voici en balade sur easdale island parmi les vestiges de l'activité ardoisière. A l'issue d'une petite demi heure de visite, une impérieuse envie de chocolat chaud et nous poissons la porte du Puffer. Le meilleur chocolat chaud de ma vie ..je l'ai bu sur cette île . OMG il existait vraiment cet arôme, ce goût subtil et puissant. Et je ne parlerai pas du merveilleux brownie? moelleux que j'ai emporté dans un petit sachet et dégusté avec bonheur quelques heures plus tard. Mon seul regret, n'avoir pu rester pour goûter un des plats du lunch.

We had local beef and fresh-caught fish, all beautifully cooked in a quaint building on this fascinating small island.

Nice little cafe come restaurant and bar. We called in for a cake and a cuppa after walking round Easdale Island, the staff were friendly and they had a great selection of cakes and scones. Would definitely recommend

Went there for the Arabian Nights Dinner, all 3 courses (Hogget Mezze, Meatballs, Baklava) were fabulous, friendly staff, reasonably priced, lovely location on a car free island

Lovely wee cafe and bar. Great staff and service, food looked vg. We had coffee and scones which were vg. Blackcurrant jam was amazing. Recommend this great wee cosey corner.😆

Food is stunning with out exception. Not as kid friendly as expected given its the only pub/venue on island Opening hours could catch you out so check your opening times when you visit. Should be a queue off the island to get into this place..

Since we were last here the Puffer is up for sale and they only seem to be doing food on a Friday and Saturday night which is a real shame. We used it a few times for the bar - always very friendly and nice beer and the island is well worth a visit. Hope it finds an interested buyer soon!

Great service great food and great beer

We had scones and tea one afternoon and the scones were like mountains and very tasty (of course with jam and cream) We also had dinner that night and the food was very well prepared and the seafood very fresh as it is delivered by the fisherman every day. The staff are very friendly and, to top it all off, when we asked for Sambucca as a liqueur, for the first time in our lives, we were offered several flavours. This doesn't even happen in Glasgow! Well worth a visit, or 2 or 3!

Best we could find on Easdale but it would be great anywhere. Friendly staff and good food if choice a little limited. Recomend the Fyne ales ..

We visited today and had some food. Unfortunately one member of staff was particularly unwelcoming. Having recently moved very close to this restaurant this was our first visit and that was disappointing however we will give it another chance and fingers crossed it will a better experience.

Easdale is my favourite place in the world so when I manage to get here (which isn't very often) I love to pop into the Puffer. Always a welcoming smile and great cake. Do pop in if you're on Easdale.

The puffer is really an authentic restaurant. No overdone decorations, no commercial approach but an honest and clear service and good food. We had fish and chips was was great.

Wonderful little restaurant on Easedale Island. If you are in the area don't miss it. It's a one minute boat ride. After You walk the island about 15 minutes, the Puffer is a wonderful place to sit outside have a pot of tea or a pint and just relax and take it all in The days special crab sandwich was incredible, fresh picked crab sitting on a bed of green aioli. Taste of the sea. Ham and cheese on crusty bread was so good too. The waitstaff was very helpful and efficient. There is a small museum that's worth seeing. Cannot recommend this enough. Just driving from Oban through the Isle of Seilm to Easdale is a wonderful experience

We called in at Easdale for lunch with friends, and had a magnificent meal outside in the sun, with incredible views and nice chat with other visitors. The food was exceptionally good, with local seafood beautifully presented in slate, accompanied by lovely wine and followed by delicious cake and coffee. We couldn't stop smiling - a truly magical meal, served by lovely efficient and friendly staff. A very special place, which is well worth a visit!

I run sea kayaking trips in the area and always like to take my clients to local coffee shops and pubs for meals.

A short 5 minute passenger ferry ride, you find yourself on the lovely, car free island of Easdale. Here you will find the Puffer bar and tearoom. We stopped in for a bite of lunch. I had fish goujons and my husband and daughter had ham and cheese ciabatta, followed by salted caramel biscuit. Food was delicious and made to order. A very popular place. The specials all sounded good too, lobster, venison burger and crab bruschetta. The Puffer sells their own awarding winning jams etc - we left with a couple of jars too!

Visited the pub while staying on easdale. Lovely and clean, friendly staff, small and cosy.

We enjoyed a light snack in the Puffer as we were going home for a large meal. The soup was lovely and the scones and jam delicious. Some other guests were having sea food and it was very tempting!!

Such a different place a small island with no vehicles only wheelbarrows Amazing scones lovely chatty waitress. Dog friendly.

Excellent food and service on a quirky wee island definitely a enjoyable experience

The staff were very friendly and the food tasty and well presented. Would highly recommend on a visit to Easdale! Minimum card spend £10.

We absolutely love Easdale island and have had some great and memorable meals in The Puffer over the years. My husband's grandparents helped restore some of the cottages on the Island and owned a cottage there for many years. My husband has been going there for most of his life and so it was only natural that we would take our own children there over the years. Both our children have as much love and respect for the island as we do so it was not surprising when my daughter requested that we spend her 18th birthday there in August this year. We booked a cottage in Ellenabeich for the week just a short ferry ride away. We began to make plans and I contacted both The Puffer on Easdale and The Oyster Bar in Ellenabeich to ask if they would be able to cater for us. I felt quite confident that The Puffer would be able to cater for us as on their website they state "We strive to cater for any dietary requirements and will do our best to accommodate requests given adequate advance notice". Now I freely admit 3 of our party have special dietary requirements but none are that challenging. My daughter is lactose intolerant and most things on the puffers sample menus would seem suitable. My daughters friend is a celiac but again looking at sample menus there seemed to be options that were gluten free. Also these two intolerances are very common and I would have thought that they have had to cope with these on many occasions. Now my husbands is intolerant to onion, citrus and rapeseed oil so can be a little more difficult to cater for. However we have never had a restaurant say they absolutely couldn't cater for him (and we eat out a lot) also we have eaten in the Puffer before when he has had these intolerances , all be it a long time ago in 2010 and 2011.

Visited after arriving on island for a quick coffee, tea, hot chocolate. Just right to refuel before exploring the quarries. Friendly service.

Excellent Fish and chips, friendly staff.