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Musicker

A vegetarian café on Rothesay's High Street, opened in 2002 for good coffee and good music.

Welcome

Musicker is a small vegetarian café on the High Street in Rothesay, close to the ferry and the castle, set up in 2002 by Sue and John Dennis to serve good coffee for the soul and good music for the ear.

It is a warm, quirky place with music about the room and a jukebox among the talking points, and visitors often mention the musical instruments.

The food is all vegetarian, with vegan choices. Coffee comes medium or strong, as you like it. There are home-made cakes and quiche, with carrot cake the signature, toasted paninis on their own sourdough, and soups, lentil the favourite. There is gluten-free bread for toasties, colouring for children, and dogs are welcome. It opens from 10am, Monday to Saturday, and is closed on Sunday. It is a good stop for lunch or coffee and cake between the castle and the pier on a day on Bute.

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Before you go

Open Monday to Saturday from 10am (Google gives 10am to 4.30pm); closed Sunday.

Phone 01700 502287.

Getting there
CalMac ferry from Wemyss Bay to Rothesay, 35 minutes; trains run from Glasgow Central to Wemyss Bay.
Hours
Mon to Sat, from 10am.

Opening hours

Monday
10am–4.30pm
Tuesday
10am–4.30pm
Wednesday
10am–4.30pm
Thursday
10am–4.30pm
Friday
10am–4.30pm
Saturday
10am–4.30pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

11 High Street, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, PA20 9AS.

Close byIn Rothesay.
  1. 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 mile 1 min by road
  2. 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 mile 1 min by road
  3. 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 mile 1 min by road
  4. 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 mile 1 min by road
  5. The front of Ambience on Victoria Street, Rothesay, under its blue awning.Ambience CaféA café and restaurant on Victoria Street in Rothesay, known for its fresh breads, cinnamon buns and focaccia.Under a mile 1 min by road
  6. 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 mile 2 min by road
Directions
Rothesay Castle's round walls behind its moat.AttractionsIsle of Bute2.2 miles
The ruin of Toward Castle from the air: its ivy-covered tower and the roofless walls of the courtyard among spring woods, the Firth of Clyde blue beyond.AttractionsToward Castle2.7 miles
The view from the Ardyne hillside over young birch and spruce to the Firth of Clyde, the Isle of Bute across the water and the peaks of Arran on the skyline under a big sky of white cloud.WalksArdyne Trail3.1 miles
Mount Stuart's red sandstone front across the lawns.AttractionsMount Stuart3.9 miles
The wide sands of Ettrick Bay at low tide.AttractionsEttrick Bay5.1 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 Café5.1 miles
Scalpsie Bay's sand and the green fields behind, from above.AttractionsScalpsie Bay5.7 miles
A bus on the shore road round the wide sandy bay, the village beyond.AttractionsKilchattan Bay7.9 miles
Bishop's Glen Reservoir above Dunoon on a bright summer day, still blue water below a bank of conifers and birch, a grassy bank along the near shore.WalksBishop's Glen8.7 miles

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