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The Old Post Office at Lochbuie, a timber building with a red roof and tall windows by the road, trees behind.
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Old Post Office, Lochbuie

A small family farm café at Lochbuie, with home baking, lunches and its own Lochbuie beef, lamb and venison.

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The Old Post Office at Lochbuie is a small family-run farm and coffee shop on the south coast of Mull, at the head of Loch Buie.

It first opened in 2012 in the village's old post office, to give people living in and visiting Lochbuie a good cup of tea and something freshly baked, and in 2020 it moved into a new timber building with a bright red roof and big windows onto wide views.

You can sit in for freshly made snacks, lunches and teas, with plenty of seating outside for sunny days. The family use their own beef, venison, pork and lamb, and island-grown fruit and vegetables where they can; their own Lochbuie meat is on sale too, with local crafts, and homemade ready meals from the Lochbuie Larder. Moy Castle, the stone circle and the shore are all close by.

A short drive awayLochbuie MausoleumThe small chapel of 1500 on the shore at Lochbuie that became the mausoleum of the MacLaines in 1864.7 min by roadSee itThe small stone chapel at Lochbuie in its graveyard, a gravestone in front and bare trees round it.
Before you go

Open daily, 10am to 3.30pm.

Sit in or outside. Lochbuie is about 14 miles from the ferry at Craignure. Telephone 07789 847530.

Getting there
CalMac ferry: Oban to Craignure (50 minutes), Lochaline to Fishnish, or Kilchoan to Tobermory.
Hours
Daily, 10:00 to 15:30.
Where
Lochbuie, 14 miles from Craignure.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
10am–3.30pm
Tuesday
10am–3.30pm
Wednesday
10am–3.30pm
Thursday
10am–3.30pm
Friday
10am–3.30pm
Saturday
10am–3.30pm
Sunday
10am–3.30pm
Where it is

Lochbuie, Isle of Mull, PA62 6AA.

Close byAt Lochbuie.
  1. Moy CastleMoy CastleThe 15th-century tower of the MacLaines of Lochbuie on a rock at the head of Loch Buie, saved by a long repair project.2 miles6 min by road
  2. Lochbuie Stone CircleLochbuie Stone CircleMull's only stone circle, nine stones in a field below Ben Buie at Lochbuie, with three outliers.2 miles6 min by road
Directions
The small stone chapel at Lochbuie in its graveyard, a gravestone in front and bare trees round it.AttractionsLochbuie Mausoleum2.3 miles
A landscape view of the whitewashed cottage in low evening sun, its blue doors, lit lamps and teak chairs, smoke rising from the chimney.CrogganFern CottageSleeps 4 · 7.0 miles
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A landscape view of the whitewashed cottage in low evening sun, its blue doors, lit lamps and teak chairs, smoke rising from the chimney.Fern Cottage
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  • In Oban
  • 16 miles from the Old Post Office
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  • Sleeps 2
  • In Oban
  • 20 miles from the Old Post Office
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