The best restaurants in Isle of Bute Argyll & Bute Central Scotland

Met up with a friend for lunch today. ALWAYS reliably happy with our meals at The Esplanade over the many years.... But today's young chef was very astute with his skills. We had *Cullen skink, the baguette was fresh and warmed....so often it is not; (it's the little things like this that make you come back,), *fish n chips, and *incredibly chunky steak pie, with a lid rising up to the ceiling I'm my opinion all 3 meals really were the best examples on the island. Well done to: *The Esplanade for keeping up the standards of quality which bring people back * The Chef * The always friendly and helpful waitress 😁 (Love the new curtains and furnishings 😁)

I am giving you an excellent review based on previous visits but arrived Thursday 14th November at 11:15 and it was closed. Website says open at 10:00 and opening time on door says 10:30. Several people left disappointed during my 20min seat on bench. Off to Port Bannatyne for my brunch. Can you update your opening hours on door and social media platforms.

Lovely restaurant situated in the courtyard, decently priced food etc, after your visit or before the house tour, its advisable to take a bottle of water on the house tour, there is a lift for those with mobility issues, many stairs.

Popped in here several times during our stay on Bute. Great coffee and scones and excellent service from the staff. Can also recommend the morning rolls, shortbread and Abernethy biscuits. Hope to visit again soon.

Just finished a fantastic meal delivered to the Anchor Tavern. Great food huge portions great value. Well done Sea Dragon.

Staying locally and wanted to eat at the hotel for a special birthday, went down and sat on the Terrace at the front. My wife went inside ordered drinks and male behind bar advised he would go and find some as they don't have menus in the bar. Forty Five minutes later my wife went back in as she still wanted to eat there for her birthday male behind bar apologised said he'd forgot as he'd been busy. Whilst my wife was inside saw what she described as small portions of fish and chips being served. Five minutes later menus arrived, limited offers which appeared expensive £17.95 for fish and chips, £18 for black pudding and mash, £28 for a lamb shank, no steak on offer. Birthday meal ruined so Chinese takeaway it is then.

I went in and the people were very nice and the food came really quickly but it was quite expensive and it smelt quite bad inside

Visited with 2 friends. Best loaded tattie and cakes worthy of a visit

We loved our fish & chip meal here. The staff were fantastic...sadly this pub CLOSES indefinitely from Saturday 28th September.

Nice fish and chip shop in Rothesay. Visited here a couple of times during my stay. Good options on the menu - including gluten free and vegetarian options. Chips were good - a little dry but curry sauce was lovely. Reasonably priced as well. Not visited the restaurant part but the takeaway was good and brilliant service. Will return.

Visited for dinner, one of the few places in Rothesay where you can sit in for food after 8pm. Had a look in before and discovered it was a BYOB place so went to the Co-Op and bought a few beers to take with us. Have the chefs platter to start with very very tasty and a nice mix. Lamb biryani for the main, slightly grease but quite a lot of good size lamb pieces. Definitely worth a visit.

The absolute best ice cream! Of course, everyone is a fan of ice cream, but this surpasses all! Absolutely a must try if you ever visit the Isle of Bute - extremely reasonable pricing and the *best* quality & taste. I personally recommend trying their standard vanilla flavour + the raspberry (?) sauce on top as this is genuinely my favourite ice cream in the world, but of course all their flavours are great regardless. I believe they make the ice cream themselves via a milk-based recipe, its very light and refreshing, perfect for any occasion. The staff are friendly, the chippy-chips they serve are decent, though I can’t comment too much on anything else they serve since I haven’t tried much else myself! Their cafe is normally busy when we visit so I’d say that’s a good sign, their ice cream’s standard has been very consistent as well during our countless visits. I’d never hop on the ferry to leave Bute without having a Zavaroni’s ice cream!

Ordered online took over 2 hours to arrive was cold wast of money waste of money

This place doesn't exist, it is a fictional place. It is not on Bute and never has been a cafe or dine, it doesn't serve food or drinks, or anything else. Don't waste energy trying to locate it.