The best restaurants in Ardrossan and Arran North Ayrshire South West Scotland

We fondly remembered the sandwich station from a previous visit to the island a few years ago, so we just had to visit again during our latest holiday. We ate here twice during our week (once with the Mogabout island tour) and we were not disappointed. They still serve great sandwiches on great bread so if you are visiting Arran you have to go there. Just make sure you are hungry as the sandwiches are substantial.

Sunday lunch the 26th of November and fully booked months ago. Easy to see why....Fantastic food great ambience and service. Very relaxing better than any Glasgow or London experience. Starters of local crab and stuffed mushrooms followed by the most delightful local lamb and beautifully cooked Haddock.Topped of by a lovely home made carmel and apple pie....a byo and no corkage charge . A big thankyou to bRino? In the kitchen and wonderful service from Valirie and Jessica..Alan and Christina Dunn Largs....a must visit for good food lovers.

I’d come to Arran solely so I could eat at Mara. Kirsty and Gordon ( and Flora) run a fantastic little restaurant. The food has not been less than excellent and the service is friendly and welcoming. As they warn on their website the seating inside is limited but there are benches right outside or even on the beach side of the road. We ate here 5 times in 7 days this visit (brunch and late lunch on Sunday!) Already planning to get back here next year.

The most kindest and hard working staff and don’t get me started on the very handsome young lad that helps out all over the club house he is amazing as-well would highly recommend there mac n cheese its banging

Un cálido saludo a su llegada, el personal muy atento! Comida fantástica!! Muy recomendado!! La primera vez que mi esposa y yo hemos comido en este restaurante y sin duda volveremos a por más!!

Delicious fresh traditional homemade food, even the side salad could have been a meal in itself - included mildly spiced rice and creamy pasta. Lovely staff, incredible views, cosy happy atmosphere. Great selection of teas, proper coffee and ice creams! Baked goods looked lovely too. GF & Vegetarian/Vegan friendly. Disabled access and great entertainment/themed evenings planned throughout the week.

I had heard so much about this place and was excited to go. Unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to try anything as they are only open Friday and Saturday, how bizarre for such a well talked about business to only be open 2 days? Very disappointed as we will have left Arran by then.

Just popped into Moka in Largs as hadn't had breakfast and decided to have some brunch. We are not vegitarian but thought we would try it out. Bright spacious cafe located in The Main street / Tron Place with lovely plants and pleasant modern decor . A warm welcome from staff and prompt service got us off to a good start. If you have never had a veggie roll in sausage you need to try it was absoloutley delishious..My wife had advacado smash on sourdough with salad and a lovely slight curry seasoning..so nice...coffee and tea really good and all at a reasonable price and service with a smile.. Not to be missed. 5 stars from us.

We called in for soup and coffee at lunchtime staff made us feel so welcome with our dog too.It was so good we booked for dinner and were not disappointed. My husband had duck pate to start and haggis needs and tatties I had haggis pakoras to start and steak pie we were full but were piggies and had sticky toffee pudding between us bliss.Our dog enjoyed the log fire and a chewy stick so lovely we are going back tomorrow evening

We had a great meal in this excellent restaurant. They serve what they call 'Scottish Tapas', letting you try lots of different dishes with a Scottish slant. There are Meat, Fish and Vegetarian options with lots of side dishes and all of the ones we chose were delicious. And the waiting staff were helpful, efficient and charming. Would go again at the drop of a hat.

We went with our baby and dog a couple of times during our stay. The food, both sweet and savoury, is delicious. Fantastic selection of cakes with quite a few different to what you usually find in a tearoom (in a good way!). They do takeaway on some of the savoury options and the cakes if you can't get a seat as the cafe has limited seating. Lovely, friendly staff who made us feel welcome.

Had lunch and cakes here, one of the best places for to go for food during the day on the island. It’s well liked and well known by a lot of visitors. People have been going for 20 years+. Got some history about it and the place has never changed. Highly recommend the specialty meringue cake dish. It’s huge but worth it. Really disappointed about the annoying opening hours. We drove to visit one day on a Saturday and it was closed. Turns out it was SHUT FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY EVERY WEEK DURING THE SUMMER PEAK PERIOD!! And we’ve found it it’ll be closed over winter too. We hear it’s to do with staffing issues which is a current issue but it was really disappointing to be closed on such busy peak days. Doesn’t make sense and we drove all that way

Great menu and lively specials, food was lovely (top quality at normal prices), great for kids with kids made pizza!!! Lovely restaurant and setting (right on the sea). Highly recommend.

Just when we thought Arran couldn’t possibly give us any more delights we came across this restaurant. Absolutely delicious food with a real flavour of Scotland, incredible value and a charming host. The perfect end to our trip.