Toshacs Tuck Shop in Highland

I didn’t eat, because I arrived after hours, but dropped in to see what the place was like. It was a quirky but quaint little place, with some wonderful old photographs on the walls. The owner was thoroughly engaging and was happy to give up her time to chat. I wish I had time to stay for longer. Next time though, for sure…

Needed a wee break so stopped for tea and scones. Scones were nice if a bit crumbly and the tea was, well tea so we felt £9.60 was a bit much. Service was not at all rushed so no complaints on that front

The worst fish and chips I have ever had. The worst takeaway I have ever had. I also got chips and cheese for my husband and it was pitiful. The "fish" (if I can call it that) was a tiny single piece of frozen fish which just didn't taste right. If the cafe had run out of fresh fish, I wish they'd told me so I could have went somewhere else. For a Friday night that was shocking! Really didn't even deserve one star!!

You get great homemade food here. The chips are very nice. The staff are friendly too. Everyone enjoyed it.

We came in for just a quick takeaway fish & chips, but wished we could have stayed for a full meal. Unlike many of the competitors in the chippy sector, the Tuck Shop obviously focuses on taste and authenticity (and satisfyingly crispy batter) rather than sheer amount and calorific value of the food, so what started as our lowest-cost fish and chips in Scotland also turned out to be our best yet. And with the (actually authentic) retro interior and friendly service, the place provides a proper old school diner experience. Plus it is also a very good sweet shop, souvenir shop and tourist information point!

This cafe is friendly and welcoming.So what it's not stylishly furnished and modern, you don't eat the furniture do you?We called one evening, just as I suspect the owners were about to close, but they were happy to stay open for us. We both had fresh cooked omelettes, I had mushroom which they had run out of, but the chap went out to the next door Indian and borrowed some!The food was fine, well cooked, accompanied by a large pot of tea.The cost was very reasonable.Thank you both, we'll be in again if we get this way againIt saved us from eating in our rather stuffy looking hotel dining room.

We enjoyed a hearty lunch in the Tuck shop. The menu is simple but everything was freshly cooked . The café is interesting with paperbacks for sale for £1 , for anyone who had run out of holiday reading , jars of old-fashioned sweeties and , of course , a wildcat ! My husband left behind his cap . When we went back for it , the owner said he was going to bring it round to the place where we were staying . So - there's kindness as well as good plain food at the Tuck Shop café.

Really good homemade soup with freshly made croutons, albeit served with an ordinary supermarket bread roll, made a satisfying lunch. Excellent value.

Friendly owner but really poor otherwise. Out of date sauce. Tasteless food. Outdated furniture and decor.

We stopped here for lunch. Lovely quaint, wee cafe offering snacks and a few main courses including daily specials.( slight smell of frying as many of the menu items were fried.)We had scampi- good portion cooked to order with chips and peas and a slice of bread.We both had scampi and a drink for less than £20 so great value. . Servers were very polite and friendly .When I asked where the toilet was I was directed to the public toilets over the street, which was rather a surprise!

I was very hesitant to enter as looks unpromising from the outside & smells of frying. However at 3pm after a long walk there wasn't much choice! Dave & Lyn were very friendly, giving quick, attentive service. Most of the food is standard fare (unexciting, but what you'd expect from a café and all prepared fresh), at a good value, but the homemade soup and cheese scone were absolutely delicious and I'd definitely go back just for them. We also enjoyed their tea & fruit scone - another reason to return. Definitely a quaint atmosphere, but very relaxed & welcoming.

We have stopped at Toshac’s for many, many years and always been welcomed with a warm friendly greeting and homely heartwarming food. Don’t come here if you expect 5 star gourmet cuisine. At Toshac’s you get homemade soups and scones, sandwiches, rolls, burgers etc at a price that won’t break the bank. Just good, honest food in a friendly atmosphere. We never want to go elsewhere. Our sincere thanks to David and mum, Lynn for many years of friendly service. P.S the homemade tablet is a must!

Stopped for lunch went in and was met by a nice gentleman. The place has lots of books on the shelves, some prints on the wall for sale, hard boiled sweets in jars etc. Shelving is dated as the rest of the premises. I had nice home made soup and wife had some scampi which she said was very nice. Menu was what you would expect for a cafe.Coffee was not nice but the tea was grand. Served in a pot and old tea sets. It also does take out.

Pasamos un fin de nuestra caminata en aquí. Es el único lugar abierto para el té y aperitivos después 4. 30. Un poco como retroceder en el 1970 pero dirigido por una madre muy amable y mi hijo. Ideal para un aperitivo o bebida caliente barato.

The owner is really nice person, and the food is tasty . We enjoyed our meal here. The food is freshly cooked and the service is also quick.

Atrapado en los años sesenta, curioso, simpático, inolvidable. . . . . 3 Para la comida, pero más por el ambiente.

Excellent soup, we came back for more, but the service was poor. It really needs to improve if it want's to be a serious contender.

Nos pasamos la mañana caminando por Newtonmore y fuimos allí para comer un bocado, recibimos una cálida bienvenida, tuve sopa del día, que era muy agradable, la esposa tenía un sandwich, que era preciosa y fresca. Este es un café de estilo antiguo lleno de carácter y encanto.

Llamé por un plato de sopa y un rollo. La sopa llegó bastante rápido. Aunque descrito como minestrone hasta helados hechos no había tomate, pero era gruesa y sabrosa, con un montón de verduras. Yo habría preferido un rollo integral en vez de un blanco. El solitario miembro del personal fue amable y hablador.

Definitely a throw back to earlier times, quaint and all the better for being so. Homemade soups that are really tasty, simple sandwiches/ toasties, mince and tatties, scotch pies with gravy, homemade scones and tablet, every time someone orders tea/coffee, you hear the kettle getting switched on, mix and match tea cups and saucers but matching mugs, yes it does look dated but not dirty, big jars of dolly mixtures, mint humbugs, soor plooms etc, Dundee cake to take away etc.. A book exchange, a big weirdly painted ceramic cat, photos and press cuttings on the wall of the man and womans previous lives. It does smell a bit of fried food, but they do fried food as well so why wouldn't it. The kitchen door seems to be always open, so pop your head in and you can see where your food is prepared Take your time in here, you won't be rushed out the door, no corporate uniforms or plastered on smiles, just genuinely pleasant folk providing the sort of cafe and service every town in Scotland used to have but sadly missing in most now.

Llamado aquí un aperitivo ligero, pero sólo estuvimos una taza de té. Servidor y todo el lugar estaba un poco sucia y olía como un chip viejo pan. Una pena, ya que las necesidades de unos pocos restaurantes en Newtonmore más decente.

Tuvimos un almuerzo muy agradable aquí. Buena comida, bien preparada. Tuve la cazuela de vegetales y disfrutamos mucho. El menú era bueno, había un par de especiales y tienen una línea agradable en dulces tradicionales.. fuimos por los limones sherbert.

Very lovely food. Lovely atmosphere. Very pleasent and welcoming staff members. Would recommend a visit for lunch.

We have stopped here twice on our drives to Inverness, well cared for by Lynn MacIntosh. It seems a nice break on the way to Inverness. Pleasant tea and scones, plus interesting articles posted. Seems Mrs. MacIntosh was threatened a couple of years ago by an officious person claiming EU authority. The EU-er because her shop used a scale in ounces and pounds, vice metric. She was told she could be imprisoned for failing to use proper measures.

Called here on a break from the tedium of a drive up the A9. Very dated cafe like most of Newtonmore hanging on after being bypassed by the road north. Decent bacon roll and tea the new crockery please!

I wish we had just walked out. Good cup of tea but the whole premises need pressure washing. The pot of tea was good but the pot needed washing as it was sticky on the outside. The salt pot on the table was revoltingly mucky. Do the owners never visit other tea rooms? NO TOILET. Cash only. 2 stars just.

We went in for bite to eat early evening although due to close we where invited to have dinner and stayed open for us! Traditional food fish and chips mince and potatoes and freshly made! Good kids portion too! Good value for money and great portions!

A very old cafe, tired but the food was lovely and reasonably priced. Nothing amazing but not terrible

Had take away pizza from here. It's like an Indian selling pizzas, nice pizzas can't really go wrong with pizza and chips but quite expensive for what it is.

When returning from walk popped in for some lunch. Very good value with excellent service. Will be back next time in the area.

This opens funny hours but the food isnt too bad and is cooked fresh. If you want reasonably priced food such as egg and chips, omelletes etc this is a friendly place. They also do take away food

Very nice and welcoming place, with lovely fresh food. had a very nice lunch, though there wasn't great selection in the menu.

One a dying breed of non-chain cafes, Very generous portions of good food served up really quickly by a lovely lady with good conversation. Rural Scotland needs more places like this.

The owner's mother makes homemade scones. Don't miss them! We took some "to go" or "takeaway" to our hotel room that we buttered and added jam to. In the middle of the night, with a cup of tea, they were even better than we remembered! Great sandwiches, too!

We stopped for a quick bite of lunch on our way out. The owner was welcoming and the homemade soup was good as was the bacon roll. The prices were reasonable too but the menu was mainly uninspiring and the cafe has a tired appearance.

A fantastic family cafe visited on Sunday with the kids great food big portions and very friendly will definitely be back

This is a greasy spoon and does not pretend to be anything else. The owner was friendly enough but the food was bog standard to say the least. The chips were OK but the fish and the burgher were clearly out of the freezer and had been thrown in a fryer. The bread was Scottish "Pan" bread from a supermarket and was completely listless and tasteless. If you are happy with this kind of food then fine. Perhaps I set my sights too high and should have found somewhere else.

Having travelled 450 miles to get yo our stop over stay before heading further north we're fortunate enough to have car trouble in Newtownmore - with 2 hungry kids in tow we called in here whilst waiting for the aa. Such lovely service & decent food to fill us & a proper pot of tea for mum & dad.

Such a charming tea shop. Wifeys chatting. Local ambience galore. Good food. Totally worth the stop to have a truely local Scottish experience.

The Tuck Shop serves up straightforward cafe food from fish and chips to soup and a sandwich, all washed down with the friendliest service you'll find anywhere. It's quite ridiculous to try to compare this with a restaurant environment - it doesn't try to do that and is simply there for anyone who wants a no frills lunch, dinner or snack at a great price. But one aspect of the Tuck Shop is rapidly becoming legendary.... if you want the best homemade soups on the planet, this is the place to go! From lentil and vegetable to fabulous bean and bacon or the subtlest multi-flavoured minestrone, the soup of the day will never disappoint!

i have been using the Tuck shop for many years always good food and friendly service a nice change from the modern faceless places in Aviemore!

This is a good traditional cafe, greesy spoon with the grease.Homemade dishes and honest service.This type of place is a dieing type, which is such shame.

I visited this Cafe with my sister and brother in law 01/09/2014 A very cosy setting and the food was great. The owner was very friendly and helpful and to hear part of her life story, very moving and inspirational. If I am in the area again I would certainly visit the cafe.I would definitely recommend this cafe to all visitors.Derek

After a Saturday night of excess in the village hostelries it was great to happen across a cafe serving homemade food late on a Sunday afternoon - the only cafe open in the village. The lentil and veg soup was excellent as was the homemade scone and tea - it sorted me right out before a long drive home. The price was very reasonable and the owner friendly and up for a chat. I'll definitely go back when I visit the town again.

But it is to my liking and also my friends, we frequent this place quite a lot and find very quaint, the food is impeccable the portions are worth the price paid, table linen is washed on a regular basis, yes the cans do say not to be sold separately but that's meant in a store selling the drinks not a Café, it's only a small family café and only Mother and Son work it, so what do some of these people expect who have made reviews on this little Café, the Mother and Son are very pleasant, Good Food, will be back again.

First cafe we came to when visiting this lovely place so thought we would try it........bad move, if you go next door or further up the village a lot nicer places to eat. Dirty table clothes, decor is stuck in 1950's or 60's not in a good way, dusty, musty books on shelves, food over priced, owners are strange to be honest me & my partner should have left then!! Food arrives by a guy with greasy hair, no teeth & dirty finger nails then for him to go back into the kitchen where had prepared our food to constantly cough, coughing up flem by the sounds of it, blowing nose etc disgusting put us right off our food then we also noticed they had serviced us both multipack cans of juice "not to be sold separately" but being polite Brits that we are we paid & left quietly but I felt sick the rest of the night & was the worst £16 we have ever spent on greasy toasties, bowl of tasteless soup & multipack cans of juice. Such a shame to visitors because the village is lovely & most defiantly have lots of other great cafés in Scotland

Although the people running this cafe seemed very nice, that's where the good things stopped. The sandwiches were awful with spongy supermarket bread and boring fillings. The surroundings were like the 1950's and I'd be embarrassed if visitors thought that this was the best that Scotland could do in terms of a cafe - retro but in a bad way! It does seem to open long hours but I'm surprised they can compete with other cafes in the village. I'd have to be really hungry with no other options to go back. Pity, as the owners seemed really nice.

Walking along the Main Street, Newtonmore I saw a place advertising fish and chips that looked more like a traditional village café or a library or a haven for lost souls to drift into at 8.30pm. I was surprised to find the door open and a very pleasant guy serving hot coffee and freshly made Dundee cake. It's almost like the kind of place you'd find in a Brautighan novel. I liked the odd mix of the place, the musty looking books on the shelves and bunny tea pot on display in the window.It was the type of place we could have sat till 12 and the owner would have wished us well - no rush and really just an oddly charming wee place. I can imagine it would not be everyone's idea of fun but we liked it. I think the chap must make suppers with chips to order which again just doesn't fit but does - if you go you'll understand. Anywhere in Scotland open after 5pm deserves a visit.