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Argyll and Bute

Where to eat in Argyll and Bute.

Argyll and Bute eats from the sea. There are oyster bars on Loch Fyne, seafood shacks on Oban's pier and restaurants on crofts and islands cooking what the boats and the land bring in. You'll find cheese made on Mull, chocolate in Oban and smokehouses by the shore. In the villages, old inns serve good food by the fire. Book ahead in summer, as island places are small.

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We've just added the Blairmore to the website.

A mother and daughter café for breakfasts, light lunches, home baking and Loch Fyne Ales.

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Place of the day4 hours ago

Sorcha Bakery, Oban.

A vegan bakery at the top of George Street in Oban, open on Fridays and Saturdays, with cinnamon buns, croissants, sourdough and haggis rolls baked in a nearby glen.

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Did you know3 hours ago

Jura's rum distillery, in Craighouse, began when Michael Walton, who was born on the island, told his partner Charlotte Gillett he would love to make rum.

That was in 2019, and Charlotte's answer, as the pair tell it, was 'Ok let's do that'. They roped in their best friends, Mark to do the design work and Faye to taste, and launched their spiced rum in May 2021 from the Pier Garage in Craighouse, the island's only village. They called it Deer Island, because that is what Jura's Gaelic name, Diùra, means, and around 5,000 deer share the island with about 250 people. Little goes to waste: by-products of the rum are turned into marmalade and rum raisins. The distillery and its shop welcome visitors from March to October.

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At 21:35, by their own hours. Ring ahead before the drive.

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The Barn at Cologin.

A bar and restaurant in a converted cattle byre at Cologin in Lerags Glen, south of Oban, cooking local, seasonal food by a warm fire.

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In Issue 13The magazine

A Weekend Exploring the Isle of Mull

Photographer, painter and now magazine founder, Shelley Richmond wears a few hats on the Isle of Mull. She shares her insider's guide to the island, revealing the beaches, creative corners and much-loved local spots that shape her life in Dervaig.

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From our guide1 hour ago

Oban Chocolate Company.

At this innovative family-owned chocolatier on Oban seafront you might find chocolate truffle varieties such as marmite, Horlicks ganache or caramel-mint.

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From Issue 4 of Hidden Scotland magazineIssue 41 hour ago

JURA: Traveller’s Tales

Three days on Jura, an island with one road, thousands of red deer and very few people, meeting its distillers, crafters and artists and spotting sea eagles and an otter.

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Musicker.

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

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From our guide7 minutes ago

Springbank Distillery.

In Campbeltown the first reference to whisky, or ‘Uisge Beatha’, Gaelic for water of life, was recorded in writing in 1591. Around this time, the Mitchell Family arrived in the area from the lowlands. Their ancestors went on to open Springbank in Campbeltown in 1828, making it one of the oldest family-owned distilleries in Scotland, now in the hands of the fifth generation. Each of the three single malts is produced entirely on site.

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From the magazineJust nowThe printed copy of Issue 07Issue 07Autumn / Winter 2023-24

William Hamer cooks almost every course of his five or six-course dinners over an open fire on the Ardkinglas Estate, beside Loch Fyne in Argyll.

William discovered fire cooking while living on North Uist: on his days off from Langass Lodge he would throw some ingredients in his bag, head to the beach and build a fire. He trained in a countryside pub in the south of England, cooked at the two-Michelin-starred Hisa Franko in Slovenia and ran his own pop-up in the Outer Hebrides before founding Wild Kabn Kitchen in 2023. The vegetables come from the estate's garden, and cauliflower is a favourite, buried in the fire until a charred crust forms. 'Vegetables have a magnificent reaction to fire,' he says.

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Harbour Inn.

Bowmore Distillery's small guest house by the harbour in Bowmore, with seven rooms looking over Loch Indaal.

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Inverlonan, near Oban, is opening a hotel and restaurant in the restored steading at Ballygowan Farm.

Until now Inverlonan has been three off-grid bothies and a wild-dining table in the hills above Loch Nell. Bookings for the steading are open.

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