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The bright little dining room of the Cabin in Mallaig, white tables and chairs with seaside pictures on the walls.
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The Cabin Restaurant and Takeaway

A family seafood restaurant and takeaway on Davies Brae in Mallaig, with mussels, prawns, langoustines and fish and chips.

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Welcome

On Davies Brae, just up from Mallaig's busy harbour, the Cabin is a small, family-run seafood restaurant with a takeaway hatch, and seafood is what it does best.

The little dining room is bright and cheerful.

Visitors this year have been full of praise. The mussels in garlic and white wine are a favourite, the portions are generous, and there is Cullen skink, half pints of prawns, plates of langoustines and fish and chips that come out hot and fresh. The staff are warm and welcoming, and dogs are made very welcome too. Visitors say you can bring your own drink.

It opens from Tuesday to Sunday from midday, closing earlier on Thursdays and Sundays. Mallaig's harbour is just below.

Round the cornerThe Chlachain InnAn inn along the brae.1 min by roadSee itPicnic tables outside the West Highland Hotel overlooking Mallaig's church and coastline
Before you go

Open Tuesday to Sunday from noon (to 7pm most days, 5pm on Thursday, 4pm on Sunday); closed Monday.

Where
Davies Brae, Mallaig, PH41 4PU.
Food
Fresh seafood, fish and chips.
Drink
Bring your own.

Opening hours

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
noon–4pm
Wednesday
noon–7pm
Thursday
noon–7.30pm
Friday
noon–7.30pm
Saturday
noon–7.30pm
Sunday
noon–4pm
Where it is

On Davies Brae by the harbour in Mallaig, PH41 4PU.

Close byMallaig.
  1. The Tea Garden, MallaigThe Tea Garden, MallaigA cafe and restaurant with a flower-filled garden terrace by the harbour in Mallaig, serving fish and seafood straight off the boats.Under a mile1 min by road
  2. The Mallaig Heritage Centre, a low building under a pitched slate roof beside the railway platform, a brick path and planters in front.Mallaig Heritage CentreThe town's story by the station.Under a mile1 min by road
  3. The white Fisherman and Child statue on a round grassy platform at the end of Mallaig's harbour wall, an anchor beside it and the harbour behind.The Fisherman and Child StatueThe statue on the harbour wall.Under a mile1 min by road
  4. Wild goats stand on a rocky hillside overlooking a misty glenMinch Adventures, MallaigUnder a mile1 min by road
  5. Minch Adventures boat approaching steep rocky cliffs along a narrow sea lochPrivate Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye adventureUnder a mile1 min by road
Directions
Picnic tables outside the West Highland Hotel overlooking Mallaig's church and coastlineRestaurantsThe Chlachain InnA step away
Railway tracks curve past a "Welcome to Helensburgh" sign and hillside housesAttractionsMallaig0.2 miles
Two silhouetted diners watch a tall ship sail past mountains beyond the windowCafeKnoydart Pottery and Tea Room2.0 miles
Black sign reading "The Old Forge" among trees, rooftop visible behindRestaurantsThe Old Forge, Knoydart2.0 miles
Gift shop interior with wooden shelves, antlers and a pegboard display wallCafeKnoydart Shop2.0 miles
Weathered wooden post on a seaweed-strewn beach beneath a forested mountainAttractionsLong Beach, Knoydart2.0 miles
Rocky, moss-covered hills rise above a calm loch with distant mountainsAttractionsStatue at Rubha Raonuill2.1 miles
Yellow boat moored in a tidal river winding through a sandy beachAttractionsSilver Sands of Morar4.1 miles
Loch Etive framed by steep mountains under a glowing evening skyAttractionsLoch Morar6.9 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near the restaurant, and when each is next free.

Eilean Sionnach Lighthouse Cottage
  • Sleeps 8
  • In Lochaber
  • 9 miles from the Cabin
Check datesKinloch Lodge, Isle of SkyeKinloch Lodge
  • To stay
  • In Lochaber
  • 12 miles from the Cabin
Check datesA dark timber-clad cabin with a corrugated metal roof sits on a gravel drive amid moorland scrub.Stonechat Bothy
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Lochaber
  • 12 miles from the Cabin
Free 2–5 NovBothan Beileag, Isle of SkyeBothan Beileag
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Heast
  • 13 miles from the Cabin
Free 31 Oct – 2 NovPlaces to stayEvery stay in LochaberAll our places to stay nearby, to search by date and by who is coming.See them all
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