Hidden Scotland
Sign in
Inside the Fishertown Inn in Cromarty, a long bar of blue panelling and wooden floors with tables by the windows.
The Black Isle

The Fishertown Inn

A gastropub in the old town of Cromarty, with a wide menu, plenty to drink and a cosy nook of books by the fire.

Visit website
Welcome

On Church Street in the old town of Cromarty, the Fishertown Inn is the kind of friendly local where visitors soon feel at home.

Inside there is a long bar of blue panelling, wooden floors, tables by tall windows and, tucked away, a snug nook of bookshelves and armchairs beside the fire.

The menu is wide and the food hearty, with plenty to drink alongside. It copes happily with a crowd, and groups and families are made welcome by friendly staff.

The inn opens every day from eleven in the morning, serving until nine in the evening, and until ten on Fridays and Saturdays, so it suits a long lunch as well as supper. Parking in Cromarty is free, and the harbour, the cinema and the shops of the old town are all a short stroll away.

Round the cornergallery48A gallery and gift shop on Shore Street.1 min by roadSee itCraft shop interior with jewellery cabinets, an RNLI lifeboat model and daffodils on the counter
Before you go

Open every day from 11am, until 9pm (10pm on Friday and Saturday), in Google's current record.

Where
Church Street, Cromarty, IV11 8XA.
For
Food and drink all day.
Open
Daily from 11am.
Where it is

On Church Street in the old town of Cromarty, IV11 8XA.

Close byCromarty.
  1. A hand-painted Cromarty Pottery dish with a striped cat, on a wooden shelf.Cromarty PotteryUnder a mile1 min by road
  2. Ingrid's HouseA small gift shop in Cromarty full of Scandinavian homewares, jewellery and bright designs for the home.Under a mile1 min by road
  3. Calluna clothing shop with hanging baskets on Church StreetCallunaAn independent women's clothes shop in the middle of Cromarty since 2018, with colourful brands, good fabrics and friendly help.Under a mile1 min by road
  4. CromartyCromartyThe old merchants' town around it.Under a mile1 min by road
  5. Yellow "cinema" lettering on a dark corrugated building beside the waterCromarty CinemaThe little cinema by the ferry slipway.Under a mile2 min by road
Directions
Craft shop interior with jewellery cabinets, an RNLI lifeboat model and daffodils on the counterShoppinggallery48A step away
Ochre-painted shop with slate roof and outdoor benches under a grey skyCafeSutor Creek Café0.3 miles
Cromarty lighthouse's white tower and keepers' cottages behind the sea wall under a stormy sky.WalksCromarty Lighthouse0.3 miles
Orange sign reading "Cromarty-Nigg Ferry" on a post above grey waterAttractionsCromarty Ferry0.3 miles
The Renfrew Rose ferry docks at a slipway, an oil rig visible across the firthAttractionsCromarty Ferry Terminal0.3 miles
A Micro Can canning machine fills tins beside steel brewery fermentation tanksAttractionsCromarty Brewing Company3.3 miles
Wooden cabin with sloped roof and ramp, surrounded by autumn treesAttractionsRSPB Udale Bay5.3 miles
Kirkmichael's restored red sandstone church among old gravestones, a gravel path winding through the grass.AttractionsKirkmichael6.5 miles
Living room with red sofa, patterned ottoman and staircase behindBalblairNewhall MainsPlace to stay · 7.1 miles
Stay nearby

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

Living room with red sofa, patterned ottoman and staircase behindNewhall Mains
  • To stay
  • In Balblair
  • 6 miles from the Fishertown Inn
Check datesA curved cabin clad in overlapping wooden shingles stands on gravel among wildflowers, arched windows and a door along one side.Boath Cabin
  • Sleeps 4
  • In The Black Isle
  • 10 miles from the Fishertown Inn
Free 16–18 OctCulbin Edge, Inverness-shireCulbin Edge
  • Sleeps 4
  • In The Black Isle
  • 12 miles from the Fishertown Inn
Free 9–11 NovA grand stone mansion glows with lit windows at dusk, bare autumn branches framing the facade.Links House at Royal Dornoch
  • To stay
  • In Dornoch
  • 14 miles from the Fishertown Inn
Check datesPlaces to stayEvery stay in The Black IsleAll our places to stay nearby, to search by date and by who is coming.See them all
Hidden Scotland, the magazine

Scotland, in print.

Every photograph commissioned, every word written by somebody who went. Printed twice a year, made in Scotland.

Get Issue 9Read it here
Find out more

For further reading, before you go.