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

Warm greeting upon arrival, very attentive staff! Fantastic food!! very highly recommended!! First time my wife and I have eaten in this resteraunt and we will definitely be back for more!!

Beautiful location, delicious food with care taken to ensure dietary needs are catered for. I enjoyed a delicious bowl of Cullen Skink, with coffee and cake to complete the lunch. I will definitely remember this spot for a future visit.

Amazing wee bakery on Arran. We arrived there just right after they had opened. The baguette was so fresh and delicious that I couldn’t resist to bite it when I got it. It’s Christmas time so we also got some almond mince pies. They are the best mince pies I have ever had. The almond was so fresh and crunchy and the stuffing wasn’t too sweet. Love it!!

We love to pop into the Lamlash Bay hotel for dinner! The whole team is always so accommodating, it's never any issue booking a table for when we want and the new kids menu is a winner! The make your own pizza option always wins with our little one (and us adults too) and when we visited last week our lovely waitress who's name I've yet to catch (blonde) caught onto my little ones name and was calling her by name for the rest of the night. We love the chef's specials menu and it's always so evident that the menu really focuses on keeping dishes as local as possible. The Arran Gold and Raspberry Crème Brûlée is amazing!

We came here for my 40th last night and couldn't of wished for a better evening. We had the 3 course menu, both chose the Scallops, strawberry ketchup, rose, smoked caviar as our starter, Deer, pommes Anna, blood orange, oyster mushroom, sauce Grand Veneur was the main my partner chose, I had Duck, raspberry, rabbit, date, pommes, for desert my partner chose the Selection of 6 Scottish & French cheese, calvados & fruit chutney, rosemary salted digestives, grapes, I opted for the Blood orange parfait, pastel de nata, cranberry sorbet, cinnamon, poached pear, bergamot gel. One of the finest meals I've ever had. The food was equally matched by the enthusiasm of our host Sam who made our evening that little bit more special, thabk you Sam! Anyone visiting the Isle of Arran book yourself into this restaurant it's amazing!

Really good food , great service and a dog friendly area within the restaurant-our waitress was exceptional and so attentive, our food was of the highest standard, we were given VIP treatment on the occasion of my wife's birthday and our 3 Dogs were pampered and looked after with water bowls and treats

Just had a plate of the gnocchi. I was kind of expecting the usual plate of rib sticking mush but instead I was dished up a beautifully created plate of flavours. Very impressive. Each mouthful gave a surprising wee nugget of something different. Perfectly cooked, a myriad of texture and the perfect portion size served on sparklingly clean crockery and served up by an enthusiastic and happy lass with red hair. A crisp pint of cider was an unintentionally perfect pairing. First class stuff. Thank you.

We were a bit disappointed with our visit here. Apart from one lovely waitress the staff weren’t very attentive. Two of the younger staff were messing about behind the bar rather than serving customers. The food wasn’t the quality you would expect for the price- We had a small steak and chips with no veg and an open seafood lasagne which was really bitter.

The good is decent enough but I always leave feeling it’s never quite worth the money. Kids meals are 9 quid and don’t even include a drink. It could easily be (and often is for us) the most expensive meal you’ll have on the island, without ever really delivering anything to justify that tag.

We came for a spot of lunch and my partner ordered a panini and I had asked for a plain scone (toasted). The waitress returned with a fruit scone toasted and I explained that I had asked for a plain scone. The waitress took the scone away and then came back with it to advise that there aren’t any plain scones and I would need to pay for it as it had been toasted. I was also told that I had asked for a fruit scone, but I never, and this was verified by my partner. Plus, I can’t eat fruit scones. The service was really poor and not customer focused. I would not come back.