The best restaurants in Argyll & Bute Central Scotland

Good coffee, friendly staff, nice location, decent breakfast food. Everything you want from a local coffee shop.

The best chicken kebab ever! Delivery service was very quick. The meat was beautiful cooked and seasoned on a lovely nan with lots of delicious veg, both fresh and chargrilled. Yum!

Great service and atmosphere. Excellent simple food. I recommend the Portobello Mushrooms. The venison casserole is tender and juicy, served with 3 vegetables and potatoes, and topped with tasty herby dumplings. Delicious 😋

Absolutely fantastic service, delicious food.

Great place to go for breakfast and lunch.

Seated promptly and then promptly ignored at our table for at least 10 mins. Had to prompt someone to serve us. Coffee and cake was ok, lemon drizzle was meh! Over and done with in less time we waited to be served. A lovely place mind you and servers were nice, but style over substance. Unlikely to be back.

I recently stayed at the Ardencaple Hotel, and while the location is great, the overall experience left much to be desired. The biggest letdown was the service—it felt disorganized, and the staff, though polite, seemed either overworked or inattentive. Requests took far too long to be addressed, and there was a general lack of attentiveness that made the stay less enjoyable. The hotel itself is in desperate need of renovations. The rooms are outdated, with worn furniture, tired-looking carpets, and bathrooms that have clearly seen better days. Even the common areas feel neglected, with peeling paint and a general sense that the place hasn’t been properly maintained in years. What could be a charming and cozy hotel instead feels run-down and in need of serious investment. It’s a shame because the setting has a lot of potential, but until they make some much-needed upgrades and improve the service, I wouldn’t rush back.

Used this place numerous times. On my last visit the food was inedible. 2 out 3 of us could not eat the food . Won't be back

Booked for Ceilidh night. Fantastic, everyone mixing, having a laugh and fun, what life's about, certainly worked up a sweat with dancing and worked my delicious tea off,superbly cooked and beautifully presented! Lovely staff.

Lovey food, got a small breakfast (it aint small) that came fast and you can see the sea out of the window 5 out of 5 would 100% recomend

We had food in the restaurant a few times, which was really good, macaroni was amazing, although no veg with kids meals even when menu said peas. Paying the bill was awful, tried charging for other people’s meals. Then the card machine was down another night. Sat pm no draught beer or juices. Had a takeaway Sat which was a total shambles, husband seen the staff member with our order and asked him. He continued speaking to another couple, then one of them asked if that was fish and chips and he handed it over from our order 🤬 so by the time we got a new one the other food had been sitting getting cold. The pizza topping was ok, the base was so hard that the sauce was sliding off it, the fish batter was far too greasy. The staff looked stressed when it was busy, probably needed more help.

Stopped in for lunch. Service was excellent, relaxed and very personal. Scallops were to die for then came the best Venison steak I have had in a long time.

Been coming 40yrs. Nostalgic visit, as moved to Gibraltar. Half Restaurant closed, told fully reserved. Empty tables, that could have been turned over, ( by time limit on bookings, during busy spells. We were not told, Takeaways could eat outside or by the table in the Deli area. We had to ask, if these table were available!!! Come on, you were better than this!! Bought Kinlass Fillet from the Deli. We’ll try again next year!

Arrived here for lunch with only 3 tables with sit down diners , the place was deserted. Met by a pasty faced Lady who asked if we had a reservation , I jokingly stated she must be kidding as the place was empty, her reply was , if you have no booking then sorry , we are fully booked ! Please remember this place is in the middle of nowhere really so there would not be 40 people turn up in the next 30 minutes for god sake. Disappointed went into the garden centre for a look about and a coffee .. after 30 minutes went back to the car to continue our journey , out of interest I popped back into the restaurant for a look and still pretty empty , maybe another 2 additional tables taken. In short I felt the hospitality offered was zero , there didn`t need to be the attitude of " no booking , no entry " . Even though I love seafood and know their reputation for quality , there was no need for the attitude and rudeness. Hence the poor review

Stopped in here on the way home from a short break. Having never been before, we stopped when we entered through the main door and stood waiting for the tattooed girl with the white T-shirt to finish typing before enquiring about food. She completely ignored us and when she eventually turned her head -I said hello - and she turned back to what she was doing and totally ignored us. We then went left into the bar and took our own seats. Food was nice, place was nice but that girl really ruined it for us. Don’t think I’ve ever seen someone so miserable in their job. Sadly won’t be returning and giving money to a place in which staff make you feel unwelcome.