Food and drink
in Argyll and Bute.

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Argyll and Bute

Where to eat in Argyll and Bute.

Argyll and Bute eats from the sea. There are oyster bars on Loch Fyne, seafood shacks on Oban's pier and restaurants on crofts and islands cooking what the boats and the land bring in. You'll find cheese made on Mull, chocolate in Oban and smokehouses by the shore. In the villages, old inns serve good food by the fire. Book ahead in summer, as island places are small.

Place of the day21 hours ago

St Columba Larder.

A little whitewashed café and larder on Iona's main road, for coffee, home baking and picnic supplies.

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Autumn21 hours ago

What Old Post Office, Lochbuie looks like in autumn.

A small family farm café at Lochbuie, with home baking, lunches and its own Lochbuie beef, lamb and venison.

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Open now20 hours ago

Isle of IslayHarbour InnRestaurant

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Argyll and ButeThe Oban InnRestaurant

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Food and drink19 hours ago

The Oban Inn.

Oban's traditional corner pub by the old harbour pier, open since 1790, with dark panelling, Easdale slate floors and banknotes pinned to the beams.

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From our guide19 hours ago

Springbank Distillery.

In Campbeltown the first reference to whisky, or ‘Uisge Beatha’, Gaelic for water of life, was recorded in writing in 1591. Around this time, the Mitchell Family arrived in the area from the lowlands. Their ancestors went on to open Springbank in Campbeltown in 1828, making it one of the oldest family-owned distilleries in Scotland, now in the hands of the fifth generation. Each of the three single malts is produced entirely on site.

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From Issue 4 of Hidden Scotland magazineIssue 418 hours ago

JURA: Traveller’s Tales

Three days on Jura, an island with one road, thousands of red deer and very few people, meeting its distillers, crafters and artists and spotting sea eagles and an otter.

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Food and drink18 hours ago

Sorcha Bakery, Oban.

A vegan bakery at the top of George Street in Oban, open on Fridays and Saturdays, with cinnamon buns, croissants, sourdough and haggis rolls baked in a nearby glen.

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From our guide17 hours ago

Strachur Smiddy Museum and Crafts.

A working smiddy from the late 1700s until 1955, Strachur, with its cobbles and beams, has been beautifully restored. The original forge, bellows and anvil are now put to use as part of the working museum on weekends over the summer. There’s also a shop with a quirky selection of local crafts.

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From the magazine17 hours ago

Issue 10Spring / Summer 2025

Inver, a restaurant on the shore of Loch Fyne at Strathlachlan in Argyll, was the first Scottish restaurant with a Michelin Green Star.

It looks across the water to Old Castle Lachlan, and its cooking follows the micro-seasons of this wild corner of Argyll, with hyper-local produce and ingredients freshly foraged from the nearby forest, loch shore and hedgerow. After dinner you don't have to go anywhere, because you can stay the night in one of Inver's shepherd's huts or bothies. In the morning, a picnic basket filled with breakfast treats arrives for you to enjoy while you watch the tide roll in through generous picture windows.

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Food and drink16 hours ago

Boathouse Restaurant.

A seafood restaurant in a 300-year-old boathouse on Ardminish Bay, Isle of Gigha, recommended by Michelin.

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Did you know15 hours ago

Jura's rum distillery, in Craighouse, began when Michael Walton, who was born on the island, told his partner Charlotte Gillett he would love to make rum.

That was in 2019, and Charlotte's answer, as the pair tell it, was 'Ok let's do that'. They roped in their best friends, Mark to do the design work and Faye to taste, and launched their spiced rum in May 2021 from the Pier Garage in Craighouse, the island's only village. They called it Deer Island, because that is what Jura's Gaelic name, Diùra, means, and around 5,000 deer share the island with about 250 people. Little goes to waste: by-products of the rum are turned into marmalade and rum raisins. The distillery and its shop welcome visitors from March to October.