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The pale timber building of Croft 3 on the croft, the sea and hills behind.
Isle of Mull

Croft 3

A restaurant and oyster bar on a working croft at Fanmore, cooking what grows around it at communal tables.

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Welcome

Croft 3 is a restaurant and oyster bar on a working croft at Fanmore, on the north-west coast of Mull, in a pale timber building looking out over the sea and the land.

Food and drinks are served at shared tables, and the cooking is simple, made from the produce around it.

It opens in the evenings from Tuesday to Saturday, from 4pm to 10pm, and on Sunday afternoons from 1pm to 4pm, and it is closed on Monday. Space at the table is booked through its site, and the menu changes with what the croft and the island have to give, so follow its Instagram to see what is cooking. Fanmore is on the single-track road along Mull's west coast, close to Eas Fors, the waterfall that falls into the sea.

A short drive awayThe BoathouseA seafood restaurant by the jetty on the Isle of Ulva, a two-minute ferry from Mull, with no bookings.10 min by roadSee itThe white Boathouse on Ulva under a pink sunset sky, dark pines behind.
Before you go

Open Tuesday to Saturday, 4pm to 10pm, and Sunday 1pm to 4pm; closed Monday.

Book space at the table on its site. Telephone 07915 994364.

Getting there
CalMac ferry: Oban to Craignure (50 minutes), Lochaline to Fishnish, or Kilchoan to Tobermory.
Hours
Tue to Sat 16:00 to 22:00; Sun 13:00 to 16:00.
Book
Space at the table, online.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
4pm–10pm
Wednesday
4pm–10pm
Thursday
4pm–10pm
Friday
4pm–10pm
Saturday
4pm–10pm
Sunday
1pm–4pm
Where it is

Croft 3, Fanmore, Isle of Mull, PA73 6LX.

Close byAt Fanmore.
  1. Lip na Cloiche's garden in flower, a small white greenhouse among dense beds of plants.Lip na Cloiche GardenA small, densely planted garden by the shore at Ulva Ferry, open all year, dawn to dusk, for a donation.1 mile2 min by road
  2. Waterfall dropping to a seaweed-covered shoreline beneath misty hillsEas Fors WaterfallThree waterfalls by the road north of Ulva Ferry, the last plunging a hundred feet over a cliff into the sea.2 miles4 min by road
  3. The white Boathouse by the landing on Ulva, people at picnic tables in the sun.Isle of Ulva4 miles10 min by road
  4. Sheila's Cottage on Ulva, a restored thatched croft house of stone among ferns.Isle of UlvaA community-owned island a two-minute ferry ride off Mull's west coast, with no cars, home cooking at the Boathouse and woodland walks.4 miles10 min by road
  5. Calgary BayThe largest and easiest beach in north Mull, a long sweep of white sand backed by flowering machair, west of Dervaig.8 miles15 min by road
Directions
The white Boathouse on Ulva under a pink sunset sky, dark pines behind.RestaurantsThe Boathouse4.4 miles
The Boathouse on Ulva across the sound, white on the rocky shore with a Saltire flying.AttractionsUlva Ferry Port4.4 miles
The Boathouse and the slipway on Ulva across the sound, white cottages under trees.WalksUlva Farm Walk4.4 miles
Victorian villa with bay windows and turret roof, set above a sloping lawnAttractionsUlva House Garden4.4 miles
Close-up of a puffin's face, showing red-rimmed eye and orange beak markingsToursIsle of Lunga6.6 miles
Puffin with a coloured leg ring standing on a lichen-covered rockAttractionsTreshnish Isles6.6 miles
AttractionsLoch na Keal road6.8 miles
Inside Am Birlinn: tables under a high timber ceiling, big windows onto the trees.RestaurantsAm Birlinn7.1 miles
AttractionsLoch Torr Wildlife Hide8.3 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near the restaurant, and when each is next free.

The house's gabled wing with a decked terrace and two chairs, solar panels along the roof, seen across a grassy slope.Borradill House
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Free 15–17 NovBorradill Cottage, ArdnamurchanBorradill Cottage
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