The best restaurants serving British food in Highlands and Islands

The journey up the west coast of Skye is breathtaking. When you arrive the welcome is warm and charming. The dining room is cosy, relaxed and has a great ambiance provided by the music and the unpretentious service. Finally, the food is amazing - it is a love song to the ultra-local ingredients, delivered in a way that doesn't have to try too hard. The whole evening was perfectly paced and will live long in our memories.

We didn’t have a booking but the restaurant fitted us in which we really appreciated. We were not disappointed the food was exceptional and so was the service. The menu is small, but perfect. We all ordered a different main course and none of us were disappointed. I have a starter again, beautiful and the rest of the party a dessert again fantastic. The complimentary soup was a nice touch too. It was the first evening of our stay and it could not have been any better. A really great restaurant. Thank you.

We stayed for one night in the Signal Box building, our room was very comfortable and clean and great to get a very close up view of any passing trains! ( there were only a few a day). We ate lunch, dinner and breakfast ( and then lunch again!) in the station house restaurant and the food was amazing. Huge portions, and very friendly staff. Our lunch when we arrived was just a sandwich from the honesty box that had been set up as they were closed to lunch bookings that day but then reopened from 6.30pm that night and we ate loads of seriously tasty food. We also managed to do the four hour 14km circuit of nearby Loch Ossian. We didn’t have great weather on the day we were there but made the best of it. We saw the Estate House and some lodges at the opposite side of the loch on our walk and a very interesting high tech dam system just before the Estate House. We highly recommend a visit to Corrour Station House( with a stay in the Signal Box if you can find availability- they said it’s fully booked for the rest of this year) 😍

After arriving on Isle of Harris we were looking for a place to get some drinks to warm up. We decided to try this place as it also functions as a small gallery. The views from the cafe were amazing and they also had some great paintings. We just had a coffee and a hot chocolate as neither of us were really hungry. Both tasted great and came out quickly. The service was super friendly as well so I would definitely recommend the place especially because the sweet treats looked so good.

What a fabulous find! This cute little cafe served up an amazing breakfast of Eggs Caledonia and a Full meat breakfast. Just excellent. The eggs Caledonia is served with black pudding instead of a typical meat and it is wonderful. I didn't think I would like it but it really is delicious. The homemade hollandaise sauce was the best ever! The staff were warm and inviting. Highly recommend this wonderful unassuming cafe.

So lovely everyone was so welcoming and inclusive made us feel like part of the community. Food was very tasty the brownies are to die for proper chunks of chocolate and bought some artwork which is beautiful. If we loved locally we'd be there all the time. 100/10

Of course it was wonderful to be greeted by Max, the guard dog! Nice atmosphere for drinks, and to learn a little about the area. Book ahead for dinner there - it gets great reviews, and many people were trying to get a table with no success. It will be on our list for next time!

Yet again another sublime dinner, fantastic flavours, amazing presentation, cannot praise it highly enough. The front of house staff are so friendly, professional and knowledgeable, the dining room exudes old country house vibes, and Chef Patron Calum Montgomery, Scottish chef of the year, deserves every accolade, cannot wait for our next visit. Thank you to the Edinbane Lodge team for a wonderful experience.

A wonderful experience - fantastic 3 course dinner with great choices from a small but excellent menu - with a warm environment and great care given. They really cared that we had a good experience - and that this was the case for every guest. Dress was casual, but the food was not. Outstanding. And far and away the best meal I’ve had in Scotland.

A very atmospheric place with delicious food and friendly service. You make a really cool band together. I will definitely come back here. 🙂

Absolutely superb. Hot smoked salmon starter was one of the best I’ve had, and the venison main also fantastic. However, the wonderful, relaxed atmosphere and great staff elevate this place still further. Brilliant. Worth a detour.

This was my second visit to CDN now in the new location of Mey Hotel (a very nice small and friendly hotel nicely renovated) the meal and wine flight were outstanding every innovative serving a great pleasure - some excellent ingredients surprisingly presented to a very high standard / best meal in Scotland on our three week tour of seafood restaurants !!!!

After moving back to Scotland a few months ago we finally had the chance to eat in The Croft Inn. The restaurant was cosy, the food lovely and service excellent. We wish Chris, Nat and Tuk Tik continued success and hope to visit again soon.

Second visit to this fabulous chippy. Friendly staff and the food is excellent we had Large fish, chips, peas and sweet and sour prawns with chips all cooked to perfection. Two weeks is too long to wait for it to open again!

This was our second visit to Mollins, and if we are back on Lewis again we will return. We ordered a large haddock and chips, black pudding supper, and 2 macaroni with chips. My wife has coeliac so requires a safe place to eat gluten free, the staff have a great knowledge of the condition which means it’s pretty safe from cross contamination. The staff are also very friendly. My wife stated this was the best gluten free fish supper she had eaten, the other meals were also very tasty. The cost won’t break the bank either. I would advise you to book online in advance as we seen a few walk ins disappointed as the slots were full. We also go an extra 3 pieces of fish due to a mix up with another order.