The best restaurants in Highlands and Islands

Stopped for a piece of cake and a cup of tea. It was a lovely, easy quick stop on our journey and we enjoyed it very much. The almond and cherry cake was delicious.

Visited Saturday lunchtime. Has been awhile since our last visit. Loved the food.

I appreciated that they have gluten free options with gluten free bread. I took French toast with mascarpone cream and Shetland milk. Everything was good and tasty. One little thing.. I didn't like eating in a cardboard.. however it was a minor issue and I would recommend this place to other people.

It’s a wonderful chip shop, great chips, sunny location and wonderful view. We had scallops . They were sublime, as good as the best restaurant anywhere and yet it’s a chip shop in Shetland. It’s worth travelling a long distance for

Great service. Food was amazing g. Will definitely be back.

Were staying across road and after all the amazing reviews had to go. Did the big seafood platter and paid the high price as trying local Scottish seafood was on our bucket list. I would have said no but hubby was keen. Now it was lovely but I would not rave about it as much as others have. It was extremely expensive but unsure of local prices so it may have been normal. Two of us could not eat it all so was able to take left overs with us. Setting was lovely. Nothing flash but a great view. Staff lovely and wine great. If you can get fresh local seafood somewhere else on your trip for less expense, give it a go.

A wonderful location for dining. We came for dinner. Limited menu and apparently it was too difficult to swap chips for potatoes . Very poor.

Very poor starter and dessert but mains good and service OK. The onion bargee was awlful-flat and greesy and desserts straight put of rhe freezer but mains OK.

Wow the Cullin Skink soup was fantastic to start. We had lobster betwen us for main course, tasty delious food. Only a small place, you can't book. (I kept trying to ring) Top Tip Get of the train and get there asap as it fills up, and they only do lunch. When we arrived they had a note on the door saying full ,but my wife went round the side asked if they could fit us in. Ime so glad as he squeezed us in. (Thankyou so much) people kept coming but we were lucky. Does not disapoint.

Food options ok Bonus choice free fries to 2 specific burgers Ordered cheese burger with fries and a IPA beer from Black Isle brewery The burger was a bit to soaky

Lovely location right on the foreshore. Easy access by bus and car (there is ample parking, with dedicated disabled badge holders space). The coffee is very good and the cake portions are enormous! I ate half and took half home. (They can provide a take away box, but I just used a napkin as the boxes were polystyrene - maybe cardboard would be better? )

Popped into The Bothy for morning coffee and a scone with a friend. Alas no scones - plenty of sweet cakes which we did not really fancy in the morning. So I asked if we could please have toast but the waitress didn't think so. I asked if she would mind asking in the kitchen which she did and she came back and said no sorry you can't have toast.I should have known because we had heard the gentleman next to us ask if he could have a roll with bacon and Lorne sausage together. The waitress said they did not like to deviate from the menu. On the menu there was a bacon roll and there was a Lorne sausage roll but they could not put that into one roll . Surely you try to please your customers if you want them to come back. I know my friend and I will not be rushing back.

Absolutely perfect. The haddock was the best I've ever had and I'm getting on! It was beautifully cooked, lovely light batter, tasty and flaky, served with horseradish peas salad and lemon. The peas tasted like they'd just come out the pod literally. It was absolutely smashing. Friendly service too. If it wasn't 500miles away I'd go every day!

We went to the Shieling twice when we were staying in Poolewe. Firstly just for a snack and drink after a walk however ended up having soup and a sandwich which was very generous in portion size “he doesn’t do small “ the waitress said laughing. I had mushroom soup which was delicious and my partner had the Cullen Skink which she declared the best ever! As it was so good we booked to return with our friends for lunch on the Friday, we all had fish and chips or scampi all of which were really fresh and tasty. The staff are really helpful and friendly and service was great. I would definitely recommend the Shieling if you are in the area but booking ahead especially in high season and weekends are a must.

Following our recent excellent experience with the Sunday Roast Lunch we booked a table for a celebratory Anniversary dinner. This was even better than the excellent Sunday Lunch. Isabelle had very kindly arranged a surprise for us with 2 glasses of fizz and a beautiful card awaiting our table in the beautiful and intimate blue dining room. The service was superb, friendly, warm and efficient. It commenced with two delicious and delicate pre-dinner treats being served to accompany the bubbly. The two starters which we both tasted and which were both really delicious comprised of a) seared, locally landed monkfish with pak choi in a miso corn broth and b) Ayrshire pork cheek with burnt apple puree, spelt rain and and Skye beer risotto. We accompanied our mains with a delicious South African Pinot Noir from a very extensive wine list, We both chose the Highland Beef fillet, roast swede and summer truffle cottage pie. Each element was truly delicious and the 'Sumer truffle cottage pie' was exceptional in every way. The meal was concluded with a delicious but light deserts. A really excellent and memorable evening in every respect with many thanks to Isabelle and the superb team who attended to us