The Tree Shop Cafe in Argyll & Bute

What a great day out. Food fantastic. Service was great. It was lovely to just walk about in the shop and in the garden. Would well recommend wee journey if your looking for something special. Shop staff are amazing. Gardening staff know what they are talking about and give great advice. Looking forward to our next wee visit. Well done all thank you for a great day xxx

As they hate dogs I was unable to access their cafe. I would guarantee you that businesses lose more custom from being dog unfriendly than they do customers who are not dog owners. Three of us did not go in. Another dog in the car park man sitting having a coffee on his boot lid. Just don’t like businesses that hate dogs.

Fabulous sourdough baguette well-filled with Brie and cranberry sauce - add bacon for £1. Excellent coffee in a relaxed and pleasant environment. Will be back when I return to the area. Keep up the tasty food!!!

Stopped for lunch on our way to Campbeltown. Lovely little cafe, good selection and tasty food. Lovely shop too and the plants looked fantastic.

Lovely placr to stop for a break and enjoy a meal, coffee and cake. Food was delicious and a great choice on the menu. Friendly welcoming staff and atmosphere in the restaurant. The shop has some lovely gifts, you won’t leave empty handed, the garden centre is an added touch to have a wander round and pick up a plant.

Lovely little cafe stop for lunch Clean, nice atmosphere , dlish food, friendly staff. Perfect when travelling , just on the road side.

We stopped for a delicious light lunch of soup and a ploughmans platter which was made with local ingredients. Definitely go again.

The staff were genuinely friendly. The shop offered interesting locally sourced merchandise. The setting was stunning despite heavy showers but best of all, I was introduced to the ‘Tattie Scone’.

The cafe is well positioned for a stop travelling North or South from the Highlands. We popped in for lunch and the takeaway service was excellent. The sourdough baguettes were fresh and tasty and the coffee was super. The cakes looked fantastic and maybe on our next visit we will be tempted. Staff were extremely friendly and efficient. Plenty of seating indoors and outside. There’s also a lovely gift shop and well stocked garden centre. Just wished we lived closer so that we could make it our regular coffee and cake place. All set in lovely surroundings.

Handy spot for a coffee on the long drive north… but it was horrible. Hot, thin and tasteless. Staff were pleasant and the shop well stocked and the loos clean - definitely try the tea!

Second visit, 3 years later. It's still as good. Lovely scones and coffee with great staff. Highly recommended.

We stopped to look at the Garden Centre,in the rain, and thought the wee cafe looked nice. A good choice! Superb soup, tasty filled rolls and excellent coffee. Of course we were tempted by the baking, and enjoyed a vegan fruit slice (unusual choice for us!) as well as a takeaway traybake for later. Good service, and lovely cheery ambiance all made up for the weather!

We came here after there was no food on offer at Fyne Ales which is a short drive away. Food was lovely. Staff were friendly and took COVID mitigations seriously. Great spot for a coffee and cake or bite to eat if you are passing. Also a nice shop and garden centre. Not very many child friendly options on the menu which is not important to everyone but we are at that stage in life.

My family own a wee house in Connell, so we often make the trip from Glasgow to Oban, usually stopping at the tree shop for some lunch en route. The food is lovely and it’s always fun to have a nosey around their plant selection. I really wanted to leave a positive review but unfortunately my visit was dampened by a rather rude member of staff. A woman in around her 60’s with a short blonde bob and glasses greeted us in the queue for the cafe, her mannerisms and attitude was nothing short of passive aggressive. We placed her order as she stomped around the place as if everyone was in her way. Before we left I decided to grab a piece of cake to split with my mum who was traveling with me. I went to pay for my order, which a younger member of staff had kindly put through for me. Their card reader appeared to fail - numerous times - as I tried to used my card to pay. I took my card out and tried again a couple of times before the rude woman appeared again and crudely remarked to her colleague ‘maybe it’s her card’. Well… me and the very same card went the short journey to Inveraray and purchased a very delicious caramel shortcake - with no issues and no attitude. Its such a shame because I’ve been coming here for years, but I don’t come on holiday to deal with ‘Karen’s’.

Called in for a quick light lunch and drink on the way from Moffat to Crarae, and a great choice it was; outside seat on a lovely afternoon; superb food, very local in character, perfect service too.

Really enjoyed our drinks and cake. Good that you can pick up local crafts in the shop. Staff really friendly.

I've stopped here many times and absolutely love the food here. The cakes are incredible and the staff are really nice. Check out the wee centre behind with history of the area.

Visited the cafe with a friend and our two young children. Food was pricey for what it was but quality was okay. Made the mistake of going into the gift shop afterwards. One member of staff was extremely rude when we browsing confronting us and...

A quick breakfast stop and we weren’t disappointed. The bacon and egg rolls were lovely and reasonably priced. The staff were friendly too.

Oh the cakes & scones . Wow wow wow . Especially carrot cake . Beautiful Coffee too and a gift shop to pick up some lovely wee bits . Worth a stop for a browse Served by Rebecca who was very helpful Thank you

Called here for a light lunch and thoroughly enjoyed what we had. Delicious home made lentil soup and crusty bread and lots of other tasty options. Cakes looked amazing. Good clean toilets and helpful and friendly staff. Prices very reasonable too.

Came here for morning coffee and scone . Lots of home baking choices including a vegan option . Returned for lunch a couple of hours later after a walk around Ardkinglas Gardens . Attracted by the fact there were vegan options . Very much enjoyed...

The cafe is right next to the Loch Fyne Oyster Bar on the main road A83 around 8 miles out of Inverary towards Glasgow/Loch Lomond. The cafe is attached to a garden centre shop. The cafe is well set up to deal with safety during...

This is a garden centre, cafe and a gift shop selling quirky items and not the normal run of the mill..... Friendly staff and was happy to help support local businesses

A year since we last visited and these are now Covid times. Good one way system and cutlery, serviettes come in their own sealed bag. Everything is disposable. There is a canopy so sitting outside you are protected from the rain. The cakes here are...

I loved the fact that it looks like a green house until you enter and it’s a shop/cafe. Plants and flowers outside in green Tunnels and this was so pleasant to walk around, much more quaint than a large chain garden centre. They have the...

Good food, excellent price. Gluten free not a problem. 2 lovely ploughman's lunches. Girl serving us checked that gluten free was available for my wife. The best part for my wife was a home made gluten free cake. Satsuma and almond cake. Moist, rich and...

Always a great place for a pit stop before Inveraray. Morning rolls served until 12 and then it’s lunch items only such as ciabattas, soups and salads. Food is freshly prepared and tastes excellent. They have an amazing selection of home baking so get yourself...

We stopped off briefly on the way back from Inveraray and enjoyed some lovely cakes and coffees. Quick service and very tasty

We stopped here on our trip along the west coast and found it ideal for a simple lunch. In fact, we also had lunch here on the return leg. It's a small cafe with a limited range of panini, soup, baked spuds, that sort of...

We stopped in for a quick snack on the way back from a trip to Oban via Inveraray. Plenty of parking right on the main road next to the Loch Fyne Oyster Bar. We had their soup of the day, Tuscan Bean, which was absolutely...

Great service, excellent soup & sandwich. Cakes and scones are freshly baked & superb. Great value & easy parking

Love this place for it's delicious home baking, great coffee and especially the lovely ladies who work here.They make my day and give me a warm welcome every time I pop in to get my takeaway coffee in my 'manky mug' that they very kindly wash out, delicious freshly made roll and the best scones in the west. They never fail to make me laugh and make the place a lovely stop in my days work. They have a really nice selection of gifts and clothing for sale also within the large beautiful garden shop. Plus my dogs love the walk up the hill with it's beautiful surroundings. Thanks girls, especially Mave and Jasmin for brightening up my days work!

Quick break in our journey. Nice cafe with good range of light snacks to cater for all diets. Excellent home baking and better than the bar next door. There is seating outside and an excellent local information place, here we are next door.

We were hoping to get a full cooked breakfast but they only do breakfast buns. The choice was quite good, however, and the buns were tasty. Mushrooms would be a welcome additional option. Scones with butter and jam were good as was the coffee.

Just past the brilliant Fyne Ales brewery you will find the best cakes in Argyll! On your way to Inveraray be sure to stop here you will be glad you did. Cracking food here, lovely shop too! Lovely range of cakes, lovimgly made. I loved the iced lime and ginger cake and my partner was in cake heaven with his choice of deliciousy filled chocolate cake. Wonderful flavours delicious sponge, wish I could have tried them all, in fact might well do I will keep coming back. Interesting flavour combinations citrus with cardamon. An delicious experience not to be missed! They do take outs too!

Tasty lunch although my order was misplaced and had to wait quite a while, however I was offered a free tea.

Not sure why this place doesn't get more great reviews. It's inexpensive, simple, wonderful home baking on display, excellent soups (to carry out also - must be the bargain of the year at the price).I always stop here and although I've had lunch and tea in the past in the Oyster Bar next door, the cafe is the place for a quick snack and cake/tea stop.

Have been snowed in for a few hours here at Tree Shop site and can not thank the staff at the Tree Shop enough! Their kind hospitality and consideration has been second to none and I have been looked after wonderfully with offers of assistance and information on travel. The home-baking, freshly cooked filled rolls and coffee are worth getting snowed in for! Couldn’t think of a better place to get stuck for a few hours. Thank you Tree Shop x

Never miss a stop here, usually for carry out soup (so cheap but so good) and first class home baking .Places often claim home baking and it clearly isn't but the cakes on offer here are the real deal.The orange and almond chocolate cake is one I make at home, a Nigella recipe.

We arrived at the Treeshop at 3.40, to be told that we could only have takeaway coffee,there were two other couples looking for coffee, they were also turned away.

Had not stopped in here for best part of a year, but will certainly visit more regularly.. soup is always good, served with lovely bread. The cakes are something else, a terrific and quite different selection of beautiful home made cakes and fruit loaves, outstanding!

This place is really quite small but welcoming, lots of the food on offer looked home made and very enticing, we ordered one soup which was delicious and came with very good bread, but I had coffee with a slice of chocolate cake which tasted excellent and the pleasant lady who served us assured us that she had made it herself, everyone in the cafe looked as though they all enjoyed themselves some even bought extras to take away with them, well worth the visit.

An imaginative menu that goes beyond the ubiquitous panini and jacket potatoes, at a reasonable price, presented with good service and great-tasting coffee.

Delicious cakes, interesting sandwich fillings, lovely soups served by friendly staff at a reasonable price.

We stopped in here on our way across the country, and it is well situated by a couple of other cultural spots. The view from the parking lot is amazing, and I'm sure it would be a good starting or finishing point for some stunning walks.

After travelling for a couple of hours on way to Inveraray, this was a welcome stop. Enjoyed a lovely bowl of soup in this busy cafe.

My wife and I went to the Tree Shop whilst on a visit to the area, its a lovely place with some great plants for sale at reasonable prices.

Set within a very good garden centre, this ‘cafe’ serves beautifully baked goodies and seriously tasty light snacks. Staff are attentive and very welcoming and there is a choice of both indoor and outdoor seating.

Stopped for coffee on way up to Oban. Good coffee. Covered area top sit out with dogs and a good and easily accessible disabled toilet

Tucked away in a garden centre, this small but charming cafe offered a wide variety of food and drink choices for lunch. I had the pastrami ciabata special with cornichons, my wife had the cheese rarebit. Both were very tasty and very good value. Tea was better than average and service was excellent, including a good chat about Ireland where one of the women was originally from. Would definitely go back and try more of the menu, good food made with care and attention to detail, served up with a smile, what more could you want?

Broke up our long journey home when we called in for a cuppa & some delicious cake. Lovely clean cafe, good service from friendly staff. Did a bit of gift shopping whilst there. Worth a visit.

What a lovely place to stop while travelling the A83 in either direction. The staff are always so welcoming and friendly, nothing is impossible, we will definitely be back.

Fantastic little cafe offering freshly prepared food including the most amazingly tasty cakes - highly recommend a visit.

The Tree Shop at Cairndow has managed to create (through the inspiration of its staff, especially Jasmine) a garden café with pretty flowered tablecloths and cushions on smart wooden tables, a woodland-design canopy above, flowers on the table, and wonderful food - mainly paninis, sandwiches, and salads - plus great cakes. Drinks include fruit and herbal teas, interesting lemonades, as well as excellent coffees. Lovely place to stop on the way to Inveraray/Oban or just popping in for plants or gifts. Great for morning coffee, lunch, or afternoon tea.

We stopped at The Tree Shop Cafe on the way to Oban whilst on holiday.

It’s an integrated café, shop, and garden centre which proved very popular on Sunday afternoon. We were able to sit at a table in the sunshine and received charming service and utterly delicious food: beetroot and goats cheese on sour dough and lemon drizzle cake. Simple and superb. Highly recommended. The shop sold some unusual things and the garden centre was comprehensive.

Visited here for light lunch and asked if we could share a Ploughman's. This was absolutely no problem to the lovely staff behind the counter and it was duly brought on two plates and very attractively presented. We both thoroughly enjoyed it - an "upmarket" Ploughman's and just what we wanted. Would highly recommend.

this place is one of the gems on the road happy friendly staff nice coffee and delicious food perfect stop to recharge

Stopped for coffee on route to Carradale. Great coffee and staff even served my husband bacon rolls although it was after 12pm cut off time. Efficient friendly staff. Superb selection of cakes and scones etc.

A good cafe with a difference as it is a garden centre and gift shop too. The coffee was good and the cakes were lovely. A great place to stop for a break.

We often go here because of the best in Scotland carrot cake. I have never had better and I don't believe I ever will again.

Friendly, welcoming staff do their best to meet people's needs. A variety of home made scones, cakes and other delicacies are really tempting. A selection of good tea and coffee makes for an excellent snack stop on the road to the Isles.

Inexpensive home made soup to carry out, a nice wee shop and some excellent cakes on offer, clearly home-made (the only kind worth the calories! )

There was a time a year or more back when I thought the choice and quality of the food on offer had slipped. Now, for the past year it has bounced back and is again serving a nice selection of lunch dishes and very nice...

Had another very nice lunch here the staff were very attentive and pleasant. they have a nice choice of menu.

We stopped off for lunch and were delighted to see that Evie was on shift and serving. Lentil soup and...

We called in here as we'd been unable to get into another restaurant nearby. Despite this we were very pleasantly...

Great wee cafe on the shores of Loch Fyne at Cairndow. Great coffee and hot chocolate and a lovely goats...

Stopped here for a quick bite on a journey back home from Oban. We called in next door to the...

Nice wee cafe, gift shop and garden centre we stopped for coffee and bite to eat enroute to Inverary and...

We called in for a snack lunch. Hubby had a bacon roll and I had the beetroot and goats cheese...

Dropped in for a wee spot of lunch. Car park has a couple of disabled spaces, but is all gravel which makes it difficult for W/Chair users. Lovely Gift shop and garden centre. Cafe was lovely, although could not get my knees under the table which is always awkward. Food was all freshly made and was very tasty

We broke our journey to Oban here and had a excellent lunch that was quickly served by the friendly staff. I had a ploughman's lunch with fresh local ingredients that I would highly recommend. The cafe is also linked to a garden centre and an excellent gift shop

Clean basic food well presented at a reasonable price. The staff are very helpful and will go out of their way to facilitate. Children are welcome.

Good tea coffee and cake!! Not a great choice of food and very very cramped. Staff pleasant but a bit more room would help.

We stopped for coffee and cake on our way north. The carrot cake was good, but the chocolate brownie with cherry and macadamia was superb, probably the best I've ever had! We therefore had to stop again for lunch on our way south, the following week. Having asked about the soup of the day the staff immediately offered our son a small sample to try so he could decide if he liked it. He did and it was very good. So too was the rarebit that my partner had with a good quality side salad. The menu choice isn't huge but what they do is very good. Definitely an excellent lunch/coffee stop.

My husband and I were on our way to visit our newly born granddaughter in Paisley and decided to stop for a little bite of lunch. We were not disappointed we had a bowl of lovely soup roasted red pepper and tomato and also a couple of ciabattas and a cake to follow it was delicious from start to finish. The staff we great and the service was spot on. Well worth a visit.

Called in here for a mid morning drink and decided to have a scone. There was four of us, four drinks ordered & four scones, scones arrived on two plates with two portions of jam & two portions of butter & young lad was surprised when we asked for two more plates & butter - we made the jam stretch - he put them down saying here are your extra plates & butter! Have to say throughout the week we had tea & scones at four other locations, each time served on seperate plates with our own portions of butter & jam.

Had coffee and a scone there although there was much more on offer. Very friendly staff, good quality and good service.

Popped in on our way to Kennacraig, the staff were so welcoming and cheerful at this early morning visit. Thoroughly enjoyed our rolls in sausage and bacon washing down by coffee all served with a smile. Will definitely be dropping by again.

Next to the Loch Fyne Restaurant and Oyster Bar there is a garden centre selling trees (and plants) that has a nice easy going cafe good for light snacks.

We came in here as the restaurant at the Loch Fyne Oyster Bar next door was pretty busy and we thought it would take too long to be served. We are glad we did as it was much more reasonably priced and had a good selection. I had the Argyll salmon which was a massive helping. There is also a little gift shop with some nice bits and pieces and a garden centre. It is called The Tree Shop which might be a little misleading as I thought initially it was a tree nursery not a garden centre.Lovely home baked cakes too if you just need a quick coffee stop.

We were recommended to stop here by a friend & certainly her recommendation seemed to be valid, both from our experience & from the number of people eating there.

After being turned away by the oyster bar, we found a reasonable seafood lunch in the garden centre. Where they were out of an item they provided a substitute at lower cost. The smoked salmon salad (£6) had two kinds of salmon with a variety of salad including coleslaw, baby leafs and balsamic dressing. My wife got a large amount of crayfish. I suspect most of the fish was supermarket mass catering stuff but it was good and cheap. If I got that wrong, I apologise and suggest they put up some signs saying local produce or loch Fyne salmon! Most noticeable was the cheerful and obliging attitude of the staff.

Me and my partner stopped here for lunch when we were on our way to Inverarey for a day out. The staff were lovely and welcoming which was lovely. The food was unusual, i had a goats cheese and beetroot rarebit and my partner had the smoked salmon rarebit. Both of which were amazing. If passing we will def go back again!

My wife and I are completely clueless with plants and gardening. Michelle gave us fantastic advice on what we needed, plus excellent customer service. We got everything we needed for a good price. We will return for our climbers and our bulbs. Thank you

Visited today with a friend for afternoon lunch while attending Bike Fyne, ordered a coffee and a Tuna Ciabatta only to wait 10 minutes to be given a hard morning roll with tuna, ladened with margarine and no salad which was apparently meant to accompany the ciabatta, the disgruntled member of staff stated that they were out of ciabattas, no compensation and no offer of an alternative. I live some 10 miles from the Tree Shop and was quite excited about my first visit. Needless to say I won't be back. Poor customer service. For the money I would expect better. It appears that the Tree Shop builds it's business on tourism rather than repeat custom.

Went for lunch and a climbing rose at this beautiful setting. The plants are usually very hardy given the climate and have done well in our garden. The food in the shop is home made and good. I had an excellent plough mans lunch and my wife soup outstanding.

Stopped off for a light lunch on a Friday, and thoroughy enjoyed soup, sandwiches and cake. The staff were friendly and very efficient. Didn't enjoy the coffee which was very strong and bitter. And the adjoining garden centre is full of excellent plants all well laid out.

Lovely cafe with lots of yummy homemade food in a beautiful shop with loads of great gifts. The scenery around is breathtaking!

Called in as we've done many times,but wow prices are crazy,3.50 for a brownie,4.95 for blt roll,we hardly had anything and came to nearly 20 pound,getting greedy but with so many staff to pay maybe this is why !!!

Came in to the Tree Shop for their excellent Rhododendrons & stayed for lunch. Bright interior with loads of light, sat & watched the world go by over delicious homemade squash soup; full of flavour & butterbeans. Couldn't resist one of the cakes which were being baked as I sat there! Opted for a macadamia brownie, divine. Recommend a stop here for lunch, plants & a wee gift on the way out

While visiting the area, we popped in for afternoon tea and were pleasantly surprised by the lovely shop and cafe. The staff in both areas were so pleasant and very willing to help and answer any questions. I have passed this establishment on many occasions while driving down the A83 but will be popping in from now on.

It doesn't look like much from the outside and is left in the shadow of they next door oyster bar, but we ventured in for an afternoon coffee and cake and were pleasantly surprised. Coffee and cake were lovely and the layout very cute and homely. The gift shop next door is nice too.

On our way to Inveraray Castle back last August, we had planned to stop for lunch at the Tree Shop. Lovely venue, nice warm welcome, lovely food and drink. Chance to wander round the garden centre as well.

Lovely cafe with friendly staff. Clean and good fresh food. We had lovely soup, smoked salmon salad and amazing sausage rolls. Cakes were fresh and beautiful. Great coffee too.

Staff are very friendly, and there is a great selections of cakes in the café and local gifts and crafts. I'm a beautiful location.

Had a lovely stop here to have a light lunch. the tea room was very clean and staff were very helpful. It had a nice little shop to buy things in were very well priced and the plants in the garden centre were of a good standard and are good for the Scottish climate.

We poodles along to this venue on the 12th November and there was a local craft fair on, some excellent local artisans showing their very varied wares, we also toured the shop and bought a few local produces and gifts for family for Christmas, we sat and had two excellent Cappuccinos with cinnamon in the restaurant they have there and the food whilst we did not eat there was varied and tempting, the fair was both inside and outside (undercover) and whilst the rain was lashing down at this point it proved to be a very nice few hours spent in a glorious place.