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The Seafood Shack in Ullapool: the white trailer under a canopy, with round wooden tables, flowers in jars and the day's menu chalked on boards.
Wester Ross

The Seafood Shack

A seafood trailer on West Argyle Street in Ullapool, cooking the local catch to order since 2016, with tables outside under a canopy, from April to October.

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Welcome

There's nothing quite like eating fresh seafood outdoors in a Highland harbour town, and the Seafood Shack has been cooking it in Ullapool since May 2016.

Kirsty, who was born and raised in the village, and Fenella, from Achmore, started it in a catering trailer to keep more of the local catch at home, and Kirsty's partner owns one of the boats that lands much of what they cook. The menu is small and changes with what comes in. It's all seafood, cooked to order, and the day's dishes go up on their Instagram and Facebook stories each day. You order at the hatch off West Argyle Street and eat at wooden tables in the yard, under a big canopy, with the mountains across Loch Broom beyond. It opens every day from April to the end of October, from midday, and there are no bookings, so it's first come, first served. Bring a jacket, since every seat is outside.

Not farKnockan Crag National Nature Reserve10 milesSee itKnockan Crag National Nature Reserve
Before you go

No bookings: order at the hatch and wait for your name.

Where
9 West Argyle Street, Ullapool, IV26 2TY.
Open
Every day from midday, April to the end of October.
Booking
No bookings or pre-orders; first come, first served.
Menu
All seafood, changing with the catch, posted each day on its Instagram and Facebook stories.
Seats
Outdoors, at tables under a canopy.
Phone
07876 142623

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
noon–8pm
Tuesday
noon–8pm
Wednesday
noon–8pm
Thursday
noon–8pm
Friday
noon–8pm
Saturday
noon–8pm
Sunday
noon–8pm

Eaten here? Tell others what to order and when to go, and the best go on this page with your name.

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Where it is

In a yard off West Argyle Street in Ullapool, IV26 2TY.

Close byUllapool and Loch Broom.
  1. Ceilidh PlaceCeilidh PlaceUllapool's hotel, café-bar, restaurant, bookshop and music venue in a row of white cottages, begun in 1970 by the actor Robert Urquhart in his birthplace.Under a mile as the crow flies
  2. A table for two in the dining room at the Dipping Lugger, with red wine, two plates of food, wild flowers in a jar and a lamp glowing on the shelves.The Dipping LuggerA restaurant with rooms in Ullapool's old manse on the shore of Loch Broom, serving one tasting menu, with three AA Rosettes and a place in the Michelin Guide.Under a mile as the crow flies
  3. Cult CafeCult CafeA small New Zealand-inspired café on Argyle Street in Ullapool, open from early morning for flat whites, brunch on sourdough and homemade cakes.Under a mile as the crow flies
  4. Whitewashed buildings housing Ullapool Bookshop and Captains Cabin under grey slate roofsUllapool BookshopAn independent bookshop on Quay Street in Ullapool, strong on Scottish writing, nature and local interest, with maps, cards and stationery.Under a mile as the crow flies
  5. Ardmair BeachArdmair BeachA long curving shingle bay on Loch Kanaird three miles north of Ullapool, sheltered by Isle Martin, below the great ridge of Ben More Coigach.3 miles as the crow flies
  6. Stac PollaidhStac PollaidhA spiky little mountain above the road to Achiltibuie, only 612 metres high, whose rocky ridge looks out over lochans to Suilven and the peaks of Assynt.10 miles as the crow flies
  7. The narrow white fall of the Falls of Measach far down in the deep wooded Corrieshalloch Gorge under a blue sky.Corrieshalloch GorgeA mile-long box canyon south-east of Ullapool, crossed by a Victorian suspension bridge high above the 150-foot Falls of Measach.11 miles as the crow flies
Directions
Bookshop corner with postcards pinned above tables and crowded shelvesShoppingCeilidh Place BookshopA step away
AttractionsUllapool Golf Club0.7 miles
Fjell, Wester RossBraes, UllapoolFjellSleeps 2 · 1.2 miles
The timber-clad house's cantilevered corner overlooks a loch framed by hills, bare trees in the foreground.Braes, UllapoolFjordSleeps 4 · 1.2 miles
A climber stands atop a jagged rock pinnacle above a glen and lochAttractionsAn Teallach7.6 miles

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Fjell, Wester RossFjell
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Braes, Ullapool
  • A mile from the Seafood Shack
Free 12–15 NovThe timber-clad house's cantilevered corner overlooks a loch framed by hills, bare trees in the foreground.Fjord
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Braes, Ullapool
  • A mile from the Seafood Shack
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