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The Chlachain Inn in Mallaig, a pale two-storey inn with a timber terrace and picnic benches by the road.
Lochaber

The Chlachain Inn

A small pub with food and rooms in Mallaig, built around 1900, serving West Coast seafood, with live music on Saturdays and a Thursday quiz.

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Welcome

On Davies Brae in Mallaig, the Chlachain Inn calls itself the wee pub with food and rooms.

It was built around 1900, and its name is Gaelic for stone house. A refurbishment in 2018 made it bright and modern inside, with wood panelling, oak floors and a real coal fire, but it is still the place where the town gathers.

The kitchen cooks from Scotland's larder: seafood that comes in daily from a local fish merchant, meat from a Lochalsh butcher, and a seasonal menu of fish, pastas, risottos and steaks. The bar has local real ales, malt whiskies and small-batch Scottish gins. There is live music most Saturdays, a quiz on Thursdays and a dartboard.

Upstairs are three modern en-suite rooms, a handy base for the Small Isles ferries and the white beaches of Morar.

Round the cornerThe Cabin Restaurant and TakeawaySeafood on the same brae.1 min by roadSee itEmpty café dining room with pale wooden tables, white chairs and hanging pendant lights
Before you go

A pub with food and rooms; check the inn's website or ring 01687 460289 for times.

Where
Davies Brae, Mallaig, PH41 4QY.
Built
Around 1900.
Music
Most Saturdays.
Where it is

On Davies Brae in Mallaig, PH41 4QY.

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 StatueA white statue of a fisherman and a child on the harbour wall at Mallaig, the fisherman pointing out to sea.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. Yellow boat moored in a tidal river winding through a sandy beachSilver Sands of MorarWhite beaches down the coast.4 miles6 min by road
Directions
Empty café dining room with pale wooden tables, white chairs and hanging pendant lightsRestaurantsThe Cabin Restaurant and TakeawayA step away
Minch Adventures boat approaching steep rocky cliffs along a narrow sea lochAttractionsPrivate Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye adventure0.2 miles
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
Loch Etive framed by steep mountains under a glowing evening skyAttractionsLoch Morar6.9 miles
Stay nearby

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

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  • Sleeps 2
  • In Heast
  • 13 miles from the Chlachain Inn
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