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Isle of Skye

Where to eat on Skye.

Skye eats remarkably well for an island at the edge of the map. Its larders are the sea lochs and the crofts, so you'll find oysters shucked to order, langoustines and scallops landed down the road, and lamb and venison from the hills. There are celebrated restaurants that are worth planning a trip around, old inns on the shore with a fire and a pint, and cafés baking everything themselves. Book ahead in summer, especially for dinner, as places are small and fill up fast, and check opening days out of season.

Place of the day21 hours ago

Seumas' Bar.

This lively bar, popular with walkers, is stocked with over 400 whiskies and is next door to the Cuillin Brewery, so the beer is brewed a short stagger from the...

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Did you know21 hours ago

At the Three Chimneys at Talisker, oysters come sprayed with Talisker 10.

On the menu, oysters can come natural or as a Talisker Splash, sprayed with Talisker 10, and the sea trout is cured in the whisky and served with malt bread.

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Food and drink20 hours ago

Edinbane Lodge.

A fine-dining restaurant with rooms in a 16th-century hunting lodge at Edinbane, cooking a Skye tasting menu.

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From our guide20 hours ago

The Restaurant at Duisdale House Hotel.

Once a 19th-century hunting lodge, Duisdale House has been transformed into a luxury family-run hotel with a double AA-rosette restaurant. The emphasis, as with so many of Skye’s best dining options, is on local produce, full flavours, and intricate presentation.

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Did you know20 hours ago

The Distiller's Table at Talisker seats just sixteen, after a tour and a tasting.

On Distiller's Table evenings, sixteen guests tour the distillery, taste whisky in the Cask Draw Room, then sit down to a tasting menu introduced course by course by the chefs.

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From the magazine20 hours ago

Issue 11Autumn / Winter 2025–26

Clare Coghill, who runs Café Cùil by Carbost on the Isle of Skye, sends her team out foraging every week, and her favourite autumn dish is chanterelles.

The café's menu follows the island's seasons, and each week the team gathers gorse flowers, wild garlic, meadowsweet or wild mushrooms. In autumn and winter Clare's favourite dish to cook is chanterelles with miso butter and hazelnut pesto. 'The mushrooms have an earthy flavour like no other, and can only be hand-foraged, which makes them extra special'. Her recipes are now in a book, the Café Cùil Cookbook: Recipes from the Isle of Skye, and the café is minutes from the Fairy Pools, the Cuillin mountains and Talisker Distillery. Back home on Skye, she says the community is very supportive of young people moving home to start businesses.

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Food and drink19 hours ago

The Gabbro Bar.

The Broadford Hotel's local pub, with pool, darts, quiz nights, live music and a snack menu; dogs welcome.

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From Issue 11 of Hidden Scotland magazineIssue 1119 hours ago

Café Cùil

Clare Coghill moved Café Cùil home from Hackney to Skye after lockdown, and cooks seasonal island food with foraged gorse flowers, wild garlic and chanterelles.

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From our guide19 hours ago

Bog Myrtle Skye.

Between Talisker Distillery and Dunvegan Castle you’ll find this family-run café, which as well as stocking delectable home-bakes also doubles as an indie bookstore and a vintage outlet. All in a day’s work.

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Did you know18 hours ago

Café Cùil began in Hackney in 2019, and lockdown sent it home to Skye.

The first Café Cùil opened in Hackney in 2019 and became a London brunch favourite, until lockdown sent it home. After a run of pop-ups on Skye, it found this building in 2022.