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The dining room at The Whitehouse Restaurant in Lochaline, wooden tables laid with candles, white stone walls, a round mirror and a log fireplace.
Ardnamurchan

The Whitehouse Restaurant

A small restaurant by the harbour in Lochaline, in the Michelin Guide, with a menu of Morvern and West Highland produce that changes every week.

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Welcome

Down by the harbour in Lochaline, looking out over the Sound of Mull, the Whitehouse is one of the best reasons to take the long road down Morvern.

Chris and Agi took it over in 2022 after years in boutique hotels and fine dining restaurants across Scotland, with Chris cooking at the Airds in Port Appin and at Greywalls and Chez Roux in Gullane. They call it casual fine dining, and it's in the Michelin Guide. The menu changes every week and is built on what's close to hand: game from Lochaline, beef and lamb from Strontian, meat from Mull and spirits from Drimnin, along with the wild plants the two of them forage themselves. Lunch is à la carte and dinner is a set menu of four courses, served in a cosy white room by the water. It's open from April to October, Tuesday to Saturday, and tables go quickly, so book ahead through its own website or by phone.

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Before you go

Open from April to October: dinner Tuesday to Saturday, lunch Wednesday to Saturday.

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Where
By the harbour in Lochaline, Morvern, PA80 5XT.
Open
April to October. Dinner Tuesday to Saturday 6pm to 9pm; lunch Wednesday to Saturday 12pm to 2pm. Closed Sunday and Monday.
The menu
À la carte at lunch, and a set dinner of four courses; the menu changes every week.
Booking
Through its own site, or by phone.
Winter
Meal kits to take home, and dinner clubs twice a month.
Access
Wheelchair-accessible entrance and toilet.
Phone
01967 421356

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
6pm–9pm
Wednesday
noon–2pm, 6pm–9pm
Thursday
noon–2pm, 6pm–9pm
Friday
noon–2pm, 6pm–9pm
Saturday
noon–2pm, 6pm–9pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

On the harbour at Lochaline, at the foot of the Morvern peninsula, PA80 5XT.

Close byMorvern and the Sound of Mull.
  1. Duart CastleDuart CastleThe seat of the Clan Maclean on a rocky point over the Sound of Mull, a medieval keep restored from ruin after 1911.7 miles as the crow flies
  2. Aros Castle on its green knoll above a still bay at low tide, trees and a white house along the shore.Aros CastleThe ruins of a 13th-century hall-house and bailey on a promontory above the Sound of Mull near Salen.7 miles as the crow flies
  3. Copper pot stills with swan necks under a distillery's timber roofNc'nean DistilleryAn independent, organic whisky distillery at Drimnin on the Morvern peninsula, run on renewable energy, with guided tours and tastings.10 miles as the crow flies
  4. Boathouse Restaurant, ArdnamurchanThe Boathouse, KingairlochA restaurant in an old boathouse on Loch a' Choire at Kingairloch, cooking the estate's own venison, beef and lamb, with seafood and a garden's produce.11 miles as the crow flies
  5. A rocky headland juts into a loch beneath a cloud-covered mountainLoch SunartA long sea loch between Ardnamurchan and Morvern, fringed by the Sunart Oakwoods, a remnant of the Atlantic rainforest, with otters, seals and sea eagles.11 miles as the crow flies
  6. Visitor looks through binoculars inside a timber-framed wildlife hide overlooking the lochGarbh Eilean Wildlife HideA wooden wildlife hide on the shore of Loch Sunart, looking out to islands where common seals bask and herons nest.12 miles as the crow flies
Directions
The broken basalt wall of Ardtornish Castle on its grassy knoll, with the Sound of Mull and the hills of Mull beyond under a shaft of sunlight.AttractionsArdtornish Castle1.5 miles
Ardtornish House in its gardens from the air, lawns and flowering shrubs round the pink sandstone mansion and its tower, woods all round and the Morvern hills beyond under summer cloud.AttractionsArdtornish Gardens2.3 miles
A cheese toastie scattered with chives at the Coal Shed Café, Ardtornish, with slaw, a chopped salsa and vegetable crisps on a grey plate.CafeThe Coal Shed Café2.3 miles
The mossy stone walls of a ruined house at Aoineadh Mòr, more tumbled walls on the grassy hillside behind among birch trees.WalksAoineadh Mòr4.7 miles
A picnic bench on the grass above Salen Bay, the calm water and hills beyond.ActivitySalen Bay Hire6.3 miles
The Island Sauna Shack, a blue converted horsebox with a stove chimney, on a rocky shore by the sea.ActivityIsland sauna shack6.3 miles
ShoppingEas Fors, Salen6.7 miles
The white lighthouse and its buildings on the rocky islet.AttractionsLismore Lighthouse8.5 miles
Riders on horseback cross a shallow, seaweed-covered shoreline under stormy skiesAttractionsPony Trekking9.0 miles

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