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Inverness-shire

Station Road at The Lovat

The restaurant of the Lovat hotel at Fort Augustus, cooking Highland food from its own garden and the land around it, with three AA rosettes.

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In the Lovat, a hotel at the head of Loch Ness in Fort Augustus, Station Road is one of the most celebrated restaurants in the Highlands, with three AA rosettes and a place in the Michelin Guide.

Visited and photographed by Jack Cairney

The cooking starts outside the kitchen door, in the hotel's own garden, and reaches out across the land around it: seafood landed on the coast, herbs from the hillsides, mushrooms from the woods and seaweed from the shore. Old Highland recipes are brought back to life, and nothing is wasted, from root to stalk. It comes as a tasting menu, the longer Mòr or the shorter Mion, with a vegetarian version.

The dining room is calm and handsome, with oak tables, green chairs and dark blue walls, and the menu arrives standing in a river stone. The bread comes as a round, oat-crusted loaf with butter. It opens in the evening from Tuesday to Sunday; booking is essential.

Before you go

Dinner from 6.30pm, Tuesday to Sunday, according to the Lovat.

Book ahead; this is a tasting-menu restaurant.

Where
The Lovat, Fort Augustus, PH32 4DU.
Open
Tuesday to Sunday, from 6.30pm.
Menus
Mòr and Mion.

Opening hours

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Monday
Closed
Tuesday
6.30pm–10pm
Wednesday
6.30pm–10pm
Thursday
6.30pm–10pm
Friday
6.30pm–10pm
Saturday
6.30pm–10pm
Sunday
Closed

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A landscape frame of the menu in its river stone, a candle in a holder of cut logs and evergreen with red flowers.
Did you know

Menus in Gaelic.

The tasting menus are called Mòr and Mion, Gaelic for big and small.

A round oak table laid with a linen runner, yellow flowers in a stoneware vase, the menu in its stone, glasses and napkins.
Did you know

Three rosettes.

Station Road holds three AA rosettes.

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In the Lovat hotel at the head of Loch Ness, Station Road is a special-occasion restaurant with three AA rosettes and a place in the Michelin Guide. The cooking starts in the hotel's own garden and reaches out across the land around it, with seafood from the coast, herbs from the hillsides, mushrooms from the woods and seaweed from the shore. Old Highland recipes are brought back to life, and nothing is wasted. It comes as a tasting menu, longer or shorter, with a vegetarian version. Booking is essential.

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Where it is

In the Lovat hotel at Fort Augustus, at the south end of Loch Ness, PH32 4DU.

Close byFort Augustus.
  1. Fort AugustusFort AugustusThe village and its locks.Under a mile 1 min by road
  2. Aerial view of Fort William's river with a tour boat moored beside a parkCruise Loch NessUnder a mile 1 min by road
  3. A sign reading Loch Ness, Welcome to Fort Augustus on the stony shore, the loch running north between wooded hills.Loch Ness ViewpointThe loch at the end of the village.Under a mile 2 min by road
  4. Caledonian CanalCaledonian Canal2 miles 3 min by road
  5. Winding hill track above forestry and a distant loch under cloudy skiesSuidhe ViewpointThe high road over the hills.2 miles 4 min by road
  6. Invermoriston FallsInvermoriston Falls6 miles 9 min by road
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The Lovat at dusk: white front, slate roof and dormers, lit lamps and the glowing bay window, a planter on the drive.Fort AugustusThe Lovat HotelPlace to stay · A step away
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