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Argyll and Bute

Ambience Café

A café and restaurant on Victoria Street in Rothesay, known for its fresh breads, cinnamon buns and focaccia.

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Ambience is a café and restaurant on Victoria Street in Rothesay, the main town on the Isle of Bute, in a pale ground-floor shop under a blue awning, a few steps from the castle and the seafront.

It is known for its friendly welcome and its fresh bakes: breads, cinnamon buns and focaccia made on the premises.

It serves breakfast, lunch and, on Saturday evenings, dinner, with coffee and cake between times; burgers and chicken wings are among the plates. It is open from Tuesday to Thursday, 10am to 4pm, and on Saturday from 10am to 8.30pm; it is closed on Monday, Friday and Sunday. Tables can be booked on 01700 504684, and there is a takeaway too. Children and dogs are welcome, and the entrance and seating are step-free. It makes an easy stop on a day on Bute, off the ferry from Wemyss Bay.

Round the cornerMusickerA vegetarian café on Rothesay's High Street, opened in 2002 for good coffee and good music.1 min by roadSee itThe white shopfront of Musicker on Rothesay's High Street, its name on a green sign above the windows.
Before you go

Open Tuesday to Thursday 10am to 4pm and Saturday 10am to 8.30pm; closed Monday, Friday and Sunday.

Book a table on 01700 504684.

Getting there
CalMac ferry from Wemyss Bay to Rothesay, 35 minutes; trains run from Glasgow Central to Wemyss Bay.
Hours
Tue to Thu 10 to 4; Sat 10 to 8.30.
Book
01700 504684.

Opening hours

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10am–4pm
Wednesday
10am–4pm
Thursday
10am–4pm
Friday
Closed
Saturday
10am–8.30pm
Sunday
Closed
Where it is

7 Victoria Street, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, PA20 0AJ.

Close byIn Rothesay.
  1. Rothesay's seafront terraces rising above the bay.Rothesay TownBute's Victorian resort town on a wide bay, with a moated castle, a royal charter of 1401 and celebrated toilets on the pier.Under a mile1 min by road
  2. Display cases of birds and finds in Bute Museum's hall.Bute MuseumThe island's own museum on Stuart Street in Rothesay, by the castle, with the archaeology, history and wildlife of Bute.Under a mile1 min by road
  3. The Kettledrum café on its corner in Rothesay, a red shopfront with CAFE in white letters above the door.Kettledrum CaféA family-run café and bistro on East Princes Street in Rothesay, for fish and chips, pies and early dinners.Under a mile1 min by road
  4. The castle walls reflected in the moat.Rothesay CastleThe round, moated castle of the Stewarts in the middle of Rothesay, with Scotland's only circular curtain wall.Under a mile1 min by road
  5. The roofless gable of St Mary's Chapel among the graves.St Mary’s ChapelThe roofless chancel of Rothesay's medieval church, with the canopied tombs of a Stewart knight and an unknown lady.Under a mile2 min by road
Directions
The white shopfront of Musicker on Rothesay's High Street, its name on a green sign above the windows.CafeMusickerA step away
Rothesay Castle's round walls behind its moat.AttractionsIsle of Bute2.2 miles
Mount Stuart's red sandstone front across the lawns.AttractionsMount Stuart4.0 miles
The wide sands of Ettrick Bay at low tide.AttractionsEttrick Bay4.8 miles
The low brick café at Ettrick Bay on a sunny day, with blue pillars and doors, benches and parasols along the front.CafeEttrick Bay Café4.8 miles
Scalpsie Bay's sand and the green fields behind, from above.AttractionsScalpsie Bay5.8 miles
A bus on the shore road round the wide sandy bay, the village beyond.AttractionsKilchattan Bay8.0 miles
The ruins of St Blane's under a blue sky.AttractionsSt Blane's Chapel8.9 miles
Viking longboat beside the Battle of Largs 1263 monument signAttractionsVikingar, Largs13 miles
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