The best restaurants in Eilean Siar Highlands and Islands

A super destination. Truly wonderful. We had a table beside the window looking out across the bay. Perfect for celebrating my son’s birthday. Everything on the menu was excellent. Local produce and at least 3 choices for starter, main and dessert. Between us we tried most of the menu! Great atmosphere, relaxed yet efficient and friendly.

A must visit on The Golden Road, in fact a must visit in Harris, the best baking I have tasted in a long time. All in a beautiful gallery run by a lovely couple.

It is a trademark of local enterprise, tbh the fact that the owners and co workers are on first term names with everyone that enters makes it the personal connection that may not be achieved elsewhere. In actual fact I turned up at closing time but was accommoded gracefully, forgiving my lack of timekeeping. This place is iconic from the fabric of what Barra used to be and its healthy to see it thriving under local guidance . The castlebay Street used to be a meeting centre of all ages and now thanks to Janet Boyd and her great efforts I see a bit of community come back to the street 😀 many thanks Alex

The food I have to say is amazing, however it's the rest that let's it down, we were asked to come in half hour earlier than our booking, ...ok fair enough but we were not seated until 40 minutes after arrival, what was the point in asking us to come in early , then the table wasn't ready , they don't serve any form of cider so we had a bottle of red wine which we waited for ever for, it also took forever to be asked what we wanted to eat, given everything is cooked to order that bit didn't take to long and was absolutely amazing, they also add a service charge which they don't tell you about and it's not advertised anywhere, so to sum up the food is amazing but front of house let this place down otherwise it would have had five stars

Can’t say the curry wasn’t good. We ordered the Cranachan it was £9:50 ahead. It was a bowl of cream with a few berries mixed in with a little raspberry sauce and about 10 oats sprinkled on the top!! To say this was Cranachan was just wrong. It was also a rip off. What we were served would have cost max £3 for all desserts. We did ask the Irish waiter about it but he was absolutely not interested. Won’t be back!

An absolute gem of a restaurant looking over the harbour. A warm welcome on arrival and an extremely good dinner. The scallops and smoked salmon starters were superb and we followed up with cod, halibut and pork belly every one of which were genuinely delicious. I can’t recommend a restaurant more highly.

Ok. Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. Man is it hard to find a place to eat here. No joke. Odd hours, basically nothing open on Sundays. We popped in for a much needed lunch. I ordered the beef, bean and barley soup. Once it came out (took a while) it was excellent! And filling. Could’ve been and entree. We both next got the chicken mezazane (I hope that’s right). Once it finally got served, it was scorching hot. Breaded and fried chicken cutlets in a mushroom gravy with root vegetables. It was really good! The knock is on service and time to complete the meal. Oh and the menu is a bit limited. And the same menu for the adjacent restaurant.

Absolutely fantastic shop with a great selection of food and other useful things. Service was brilliant and really friendly - lovely coffee too! A very good pit stop after a walk on the beach.

Food was excellent and the Guinness was top notch. Prices were very reasonable and staff were extremely friendly. Would love to return sometime.

A friendly welcome and delicious food. We ordered dishes from the main menu and the specials menu and we were spoilt for choice. The specials menu had some great local seafood. We always visit Westford when we stay on Uist and we’re never disappointed!

A stunning hotel and restaurant, beautifully decorated and in a beautiful location. On the way in we saw two stags in the surrounding grounds, looking majestic. The staff are extremely friendly and helpful, the whole place had such a community feel as they knew a lot of the diners, it really does seem to be the place to go for a meal. We are in the bar area as we had our dog, the staff, the food was beautiful, fresh fish and chips were the best I've eaten, and a steak which looked amazing and cooked to perfection. Then the desserts, creme brulee and a sticky toffee pudding - again perfect. We can't wait to be back on Uist to visit again.

Warm Highland welcome, staff were so nice, we phoned quite late to book and nothing was a problem. Delicious chicken, bacon and haggis roll, reasonably priced

Great wee cafe next to the jewellery shop. Great cakes. Good pot of tea. Very friendly staff. Good place for cyclists to stop, just be careful on the unmade road.

Stunning view and friendly, efficient staff in a small family-run hotel. The quality of food was excellent, but fully grown humans may wish to order two main courses each, such was the rather miserly amount of actual food - scallops and monkfish respective.y - on our plates. Top marks for presentation and taste, but would have loved a little more.

Amazing freshly baked goodies and coffee. Just what we needed whilst cycling Hebridean Way. Lovely views out over the bay.