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A seafood platter at Ee-Usk in Oban: langoustines, oysters, mussels, a crab claw, scallops and smoked salmon on a white plate, with a glass of white wine.
Argyll and Bute

Ee-Usk

A seafood restaurant on Oban's North Pier, run by the MacLeod family, with local shellfish and windows over the bay to Kerrera and Mull.

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Welcome

Ee-Usk is the Gaelic word for fish, written the way it sounds, and fish is exactly what this glass-fronted restaurant on Oban's North Pier does best.

The MacLeod family have been running seafood restaurants for more than twenty years, and they name the people behind every plate: oysters grown on the shores of Loch Creran, langoustines caught in the waters around Oban, crab and lobster from the coast of Luing, mussels from Loch Leven and scallops from Mull. It all comes simply cooked, so order the seafood platter or a plate of whole langoustines and let the shellfish do the talking. The big windows look out across Oban Bay to Kerrera and Mull, and the earliest bookings get the first call on a window table. It's open every day for lunch and dinner. Book ahead, and if your dog is with you, head for the conservatory, where dogs are welcome on a first come, first served basis.

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Before you go

Open every day for lunch and dinner.

Book ahead for the restaurant; the conservatory takes walk-ins and dogs.

Where
North Pier, Oban, PA34 5QD.
Open
Every day, 12pm to 2.30pm and 5.30pm to 9pm.
Booking
Through its own site, by phone or by email. Booked tables are held for ten minutes.
Dogs
Not in the restaurant; welcome in the unheated conservatory, which is first come, first served.
Children
A children's haddock in batter on the menu.
Access
Wheelchair-accessible entrance, seating and toilet.
Phone
01631 565666

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
noon–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9pm
Tuesday
noon–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9pm
Wednesday
noon–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9pm
Thursday
noon–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9pm
Friday
noon–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9pm
Saturday
noon–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9pm
Sunday
noon–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9pm

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Where it is

On the North Pier in the middle of Oban, PA34 5QD.

Close byOban Bay and the town.
  1. Piazza, Argyll and ButePiazza, ObanAn Italian restaurant on Oban's North Pier, sister to the seafood restaurant Ee-usk, serving pizza and pasta with views across the bay.Under a mile as the crow flies
  2. Oban HarbourOban HarbourThe deep, sheltered little bay that made Oban, where the ferries leave for the Western Isles.Under a mile as the crow flies
  3. Oban DistilleryOban DistilleryOne of Scotland's oldest and smallest distilleries, founded in 1794 in the middle of Oban, with a shop and a bar.Under a mile as the crow flies
  4. McCaig's TowerMcCaig's TowerThe granite ring on the hill above Oban, a banker's monument left unfinished in 1902, now a garden with views to Mull.Under a mile as the crow flies
  5. Pulpit HillPulpit HillThe hill above the south side of Oban Bay, with a 1930 indicator naming the islands in the view.Under a mile as the crow flies
  6. The Dog StoneThe Dog StoneAn old sea stack left high and dry on the edge of Oban, below Dunollie Castle, where the giant Fingal is said to have tied his great hound, Bran.Under a mile as the crow flies
  7. A shelter in the woodland garden.Dunollie Museum, Castle and GroundsThe MacDougalls' castle ruin on its cliff above Oban Bay, with a museum in the 1745 House, woodland grounds and a café.Under a mile as the crow flies
  8. Ganavan SandsGanavan SandsOban's beach for a century, a curve of pale sand north of the town with sunsets over Lismore and Mull.2 miles as the crow flies
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