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Inverness

Coyote Burger

A family-run burger bar on the first floor above the River Ness in Inverness, with smash burgers, loaded fries, milkshakes, cocktails and river views.

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Welcome

Up a flight of stairs on Bank Street, in a big first-floor room with floor-to-ceiling windows over the River Ness, Coyote serves burgers to a busy crowd.

Visited and photographed by Simon Hird

It is a family business that started out with coffee and doughnuts, grew into burgers on Academy Street, and in 2023 moved here, to a prime spot in the city centre.

The burgers are smashed and stacked high on sesame buns, with bacon, melted cheese and crispy onions, and come with bowls of loaded fries piled with more bacon and onions. There is fried chicken too, thick milkshakes crowned with whipped cream, cocktails and local beer from the bar.

The room is all exposed brick, steel and neon, with more than a hundred seats and the river running past below. It opens every day from noon, and from eleven on Fridays and Saturdays.

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Before you go

Open every day from noon to 10pm, and from 11am on Fridays and Saturdays.

Where
27 Bank Street, Inverness, IV1 1QU.
Open
Daily, noon to 10pm.
Upstairs
First floor, over the river.

Opening hours

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Monday
noon–10pm
Tuesday
noon–10pm
Wednesday
noon–10pm
Thursday
noon–10pm
Friday
11am–10pm
Saturday
11am–10pm
Sunday
noon–10pm

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A whipped-cream topped milkshake with a striped straw stands beside a bowl of loaded fries and a sesame burger on a tray.
Did you know

It began with doughnuts.

Coyote started out selling coffee and doughnuts before turning to burgers.

A bowl of loaded fries topped with bacon and crispy onions sits on a tray beside a sesame burger, a drink blurred behind.
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Above the river.

Since 2023 Coyote has been on the first floor of Bridge House, overlooking the River Ness.

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Where it is

On the first floor of Bridge House, 27 Bank Street, by the River Ness in the centre of Inverness, IV1 1QU.

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  4. A tray of sponge cakes dusted with icing sugar and filled with jam and cream.Harry GowUnder a mile as the crow flies
  5. River Ness WalkRiver Ness WalkThe riverside walk outside.Under a mile 1 min by road
  6. Black Isle BarBlack Isle BarCraft beer and pizza on Church Street.Under a mile 1 min by road
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The gilded pipes of the Willis organ and the carved wooden pulpit inside the Old High Church, Inverness.AttractionsOld High Church0.2 miles
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AttractionsInverness Cathedral0.3 miles
Red sandstone cathedral with Gothic arched windows and a carved entrance porchAttractionsSt Andrew's Cathedral0.3 miles
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