The best restaurants serving British food in Kintyre and the Islands Argyll & Bute Central Scotland

We’ve stayed just down the road from the Gaelic Centre four times now but this is the first time we’ve realised that the cafe is open outwith special events. We had excellent coffee and scones served by lovely friendly staff. The centre is very peaceful and has great views. We also really enjoyed seeing the paintings by local artist Dieter Finger - both the landscapes and the impressive portraits of some of the musicians who’ve played at the Lagavulin jazz festival in the past.

Marvelous honesty tea tent set up by local school students in a fantastic setting. This was the most unexpected treat on our cycle tour along Jura's coast

Great selection on the menu. Food delicious. Staff are so lovely & helpful. Small gift shop in cafe also. Gorgeous scenery 👌🏼

This was a lovely place with really friendly and helpful staff . I’m surprised about the review about booking , it’s pretty obvious it would be a good idea to book on an island this small ! The food was superb , so fresh and well cooked . I can’t fault the place and will definitely be back . I’d recommend everyone go once if you are on the island . Yumm

Been coming to Islay for years. Look forward to eating here on our annual trip. always a favourite with Mom, Dad and children. This year not so much. Something has clearly gone wrong. staff were miserable and food well even more miserable. Tasteless with no thought or care gone into it. we were so so sad to see this happen to Ardbeg and we wondered why? when owned by such a big luxury corporation LVMH this experience was anything but luxury.

We've wanted to return here since we first visited 10 years ago. Wow, hasn't it changed! I had memories of a few outside tables and being reliant on the weather. Now there's a purpose built dining area (still has a little way to go, especially with the heating!) and table service. What hasn't changed is the warmth of the welcome and the quality of the food - just lovely. Had the seafood platter for 2, what a feast. 6 hours later it resulted in a very small snack tea. A destination place, but one we'll travel to again.

We came to Jura Isle to take a self driving tour of the isle with a visit to Corran Sands. Our family migrated from Jura Isle to the United States leaving from Corran Sands. Beautiful beach for finding little shells, wandering in the water and just sitting and pondering.

Lovely staff. Great coffee, and the perfect cheese and onion toastie - nice strong cheddar the perfect cheese to onion ratio.

Called in whiskey walking . Had a cheese and onion toastie . It was nice enough but not much taste . Also a cheese and pickle sandwich. Fresh bread but again not much taste . Coffees were nice . We had a scone which wasn’t very good 3/10 for that . Came in cardboard recycling boxes . A bit overkill . Overall prices not bad on the food but can of Fanta was £2.30 . Fair enough you pay more on an island but that’s a bit extreme. Staff were friendly.

Simply brilliant. Great food, and amazing service. The flexibility and care Dylan and Maggie showed to accommodate complex dietary requirements was a lifesaver! They went about above and beyond and really cared for our whole family, throughout our stay on Colonsay. They not only fed us in the pantry but made up suitable meals for our children to takeaway helping us to make the best of our short stay on this beautiful island. I cannot sing their praise highly enough and recommend a visit to the pantry as a must for anyone visiting Colonsay.

Very pleasant 2 day stay in this hotel. Nice clean rooms. Excellent breakfast and evening meal. Staff were super friendly and very helpful, especially with knowledge of the island, and we send our Thanks to them all.

Restaurant, staff, food and owner all fantastic. Felt extremely welcome and nothing was too much trouble. Peter, the owner, was perfect host and looked after us despite being full that evening. He even showed a couple of our group his extensive whisky collection which was above and beyond! Public bar is another story. We moved through after dinner and a couple of the patrons decided to make really off remarks about one of our group who's in his 80's. The comments were made deliberately in earshot and were derogatory, spiteful and totally unacceptable. Got the feeling they were designed to be incendiary and to provoke us. Really not pleasant. To be fair to management they weren't aware and obviously didn't condone but not an experience I'd wish to repeat. One of the guys involved liked everyone to know he works at one of the better known distilleries on the island - I'm sure he's a real poster boy for his employers!

Stayed here for two nights - room was absolutely stunning with the most comfortable bed ever. I didn’t want to leave! Staff and owners are lovely and the breakfast is delicious! Will definitely be returning to stay when we next come to Islay!

Stopped in for lunch. Service was excellent, relaxed and very personal. Scallops were to die for then came the best Venison steak I have had in a long time.

Scallops were absolutely delicious and the beef and ale pie was melt in the mouth. A great selections of wines and a lovely stop for dinner after a long day visiting distilleries. Staff were attentive, surprised just how busy it was for a Monday evening.