The best restaurants in Highlands and Islands

A little gem of a restaurant, the food is nicely presented, but the emphasis is on taste rather than just on presentation. The menu is small, but excellently prepared, the fish fresh, the venison beautifully cooked, the deserts delicious. And the service is friendly and personal, I couldn’t ask for more from a restaurant, I just wish it was a bit closer to home 🤣

This is my favourite cafe in Orkney. Staff are absolutely lovely, really friendly and accommodating and they do the best egg mayonnaise sandwiches I have ever eaten, anywhere! The brunches, scoffles and the cakes and scones are superb. I love this place!

Excellent dinner in a very comfortable dining room. Arron ably attended to our needs and checked carefully for me, regarding my shellfish allergy.

If you’re in Shieldaig you must stop here, the minute you enter and feel the relaxed and friendly vibe and smell of fresh food cooking you will already know you’ve stumbled upon a gem. We had two morning rolls with black pudding and they were of supreme quality and priced fairly, the home made cakes are to die for and the coffee is great. It’s an interesting cafe too with local information and crafts to browse.

Poor team, stadium and stupid place to have a stadium as the traffic is horrible at the best of times. It is a pity that the club is going down the drain

Enjoyed a Sunday lunch here whilst staying in the area. The meat was cooked beautifully, crispy roast potatoes and the Yorkshire puddings were perfect (says someone born and bred in Yorkshire!). I would have preferred my food a little hotter although my husband thought his meal was ok. Would have also had the option to have custard with the apple pie instead of squirty cream.

Beautiful place open in the winter - good service good coffee the food smells lovely and the reviews of the cakes by people sitting around us massively complimentary so we ll be taking some cake home with us after our lunch for sure! I have ordered the chowder and it s amazing!

Im really enjoyed about service and friendly atmosphere there. Very testy and not oily. They make keema naan for me out of menu!!!!! That was really special!!! Fresh...yammy!!!. Rice was flaky and delicious. I ordered Desi lamb. I absolutely loved. Very traditional Pakistani special!!awesome. My partner ordered prawns. They was really good. Not overcooked. Seems like chefs are putting a lots of effort to surprise customers and keep up the best. Recommend. Please come around and try delicious food. Thanks very much for all hard work and stay up to your standard guys!! Well done. I will definitely come back many times and I would Recommend for all of my friends and colleagues.

We have been to the Clachan many times. The atmosphere is great and staff are always friendly and welcoming. Food is also exceptional! Would highly recommend.

Nice atmosphere, great service, and good food. Shame they didn’t have the Cullen skink, but we enjoyed our pizzas. Very tasty toppings. I do recommend this place! What ruined it a bit is the “discretional service charge”. It’s not discretional. It’s automatically added on the bill. I know places doing this argue that guests can ask it to be removed, but they know perfectly well that nobody would ask, because it feels very uncomfortable! It would only be discretional if it was a choice at payment, loads of card machines now have the option whether to include a service charge and at what percentage. It would even be better if it was just included in the food price (but then I always think that it already is included, as it’s more expensive than making the food at home, which is perfectly fine, so I don’t understand the extra charge). We would have left a tip, because we liked the services and the food, but it should have been completely voluntary!

Stopped for a "fancy" meal while cycling the Heb Way, great decision. Staff were lovely and food was excellent

Fancied a trip to Plockton, lovely wee village. Had read about the Harbour Fish Bar and that they offered gluten free fish and chips. That's what we ordered and got and thoroughly enjoyed - sat eating them in the car looking at the view. We've been twice now, but it has closed for the winter. We will be back in the spring.

Restaurant was only open very limited hours at the time of our visit due to Covid restrictions. Had a nice meal and wine at reasonable price served by very helpful, friendly staff

The freshly baked goods here are very delicious and quite well made. The coffees were a delight. The service was friendly and I enjoyed my time here.

My wife and I went for their Valentine's Day six plate tasting dinner. Absolutely terrific and one of the nicest meals I have eaten in a while. I've since been told that they have employed a new chef, whewther the case or not, whoever put this together knows what they're doing. We'll definitely go back for dinner in the near future.