Tables by a wide window looking out over the rocks and the bay.

Isle of Eigg

Galmisdale Bay Café & Bar

The café and bar at the head of Eigg's piers, with homemade food, big windows over the bay and island beer.

Welcome

The Galmisdale Bay Café and Bar stands on Galmisdale Point, by the head of both piers, so for most visitors it is the first building on Eigg and the last.

It is part of An Laimhrig, the island's community hub: a timber and glass room with big windows over the rocks and the bay, a stove in the corner and picnic tables outside.

The cooking is homemade, with fresh ingredients bought locally where possible, meat from a Highland butcher and fish from a merchant in Mallaig. By day there are burgers, smoked haddock fishcakes and soups made on the premises, with vegan dishes and gluten-free bread baked in the kitchen, and there are evening meals and pizzas too. It is a bar as well, pouring beer from the island's own brewery. Locals gather to play traditional tunes on most Friday evenings, and anyone with an instrument is welcome to join in. Hours change through the week, so check before you go.

Round the cornerGalmisdaleThe bay where you land on Eigg, with the ferry pier, the old pier and An Laimhrig, the island's community hub.1 min by roadSee it

Before you go

Open Monday 10am to 5.30pm, Tuesday 11am to 9pm, Wednesday 10am to 9pm, Thursday 10am to 4.30pm, Friday and Saturday 10am to 11pm; closed Sunday.

Hours can change with the ferries and the season, so check before you go. There are vegan dishes and gluten-free bread.

Getting there: CalMac ferry from Mallaig; the Sheerwater from Arisaig, April to September. No visitor cars.
Where: An Laimhrig, at the head of the piers.
Hours: Mon to Sat, times vary; closed Sunday.
Music: Traditional tunes, most Friday evenings.

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