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Isle of Skye

Where to stop for coffee and cake.

Skye's cafés are part of the fun of exploring the island. You'll find them in tin-roofed shacks by the shore, timber huts at the end of single-track roads, community halls and old crofts, many of them baking everything themselves. They're the perfect place to warm up after a walk, wait out a shower or plan the rest of the day, and several have views you'd happily sit with for an hour. Opening hours can be short and seasonal on an island like this, so it's always worth checking before you set off.

Birch→
Amy's Place Tea Room→
Columba 1400→
Lean to Coffee→
Isle of Skye Baking Company→
Dunvegan Bakery & Coffee Shop→
Bog Myrtle Café→
The Hungry Gull→
Café Cùil→
The Coffee Bothy→
Caora Dhubh Coffee Company→
Elgol Bistro→
Café of the day20 hours ago

Caora Dhubh Coffee Company.

A tin-roofed coffee shack on the shore of Loch Harport, across the car park from the Talisker distillery.

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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.

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From Issue 11 of Hidden Scotland magazineIssue 1118 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 the magazine17 hours agoThe printed copy of Issue 11Issue 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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Afterwards16 hours agoIsle of SkyeThe Donnie Munro mural in Portree0 yardsIsle of SkyeSomerled Square War Memorial100 yardsIsle of SkyePortree200 yards

Round the corner from Birch.

Three good places a short walk away: The Donnie Munro mural in Portree, Somerled Square War Memorial and Portree.

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Did you know15 hours ago

Part of the deal for the coffee shack at Carbost was cleaning the public showers every morning.

The shop takes up half of a building shared with public showers and toilets. When Jamie Fletcher won the lease, part of the deal was cleaning them every morning before he opened.

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Stay14 hours agoCarbostSkyewalker Hostel4.1 milesMinginish and The Cuillin HillsSligachan Campsite5.2 milesMinginish and The Cuillin HillsSligachan Blackhouse5.4 miles

Stay near Café Cùil.

The three good places closest to it: Skyewalker Hostel, Sligachan Campsite and Sligachan Blackhouse.

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From our guide13 hours ago

Amy’s Place Tea Room.

Home-baked cakes take their rightful spot as the headline act at this roadside tearoom north of Torrin, where you’ll also find soup, pies and rolls, as well as a deli section, a wide range of teas, and coffee from nearby Skye Roastery.

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From The Best of SkyeThe Best of Skye12 hours agoIsle of SkyeLean to CoffeeCafeIsle of SkyeAmy's Place Tea RoomCafeIsle of SkyeGasta, BroadfordCafeBroadford and SurroundsThe Coffee BothyCafeIsle of SkyeBirchCafeIsle of SkyeYURTea&CoffeeCafe

Cafés on Skye: The Best Stops for Coffee, Cake and a View

Skye's best cafés for coffee, cake and a view, from Birch by the harbour in Portree to Lean To Coffee in Broadford, Café Sia's wood-fired pizza and Dunvegan Bakery.

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Did you know12 hours ago

Amy's Place, a tea room on Skye, is purple in memory of a daughter.

Mark and Alison Carter named the tea room for their daughter Amy, who lived with lupus and died in 2018, aged 23. They painted it purple and put the lupus butterfly into its signs for her.

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From our guide11 hours ago

Deli Gasta.

If you’re going do something, do it well. This commitment to quality underpins Broadford’s Deli Gasta, which champions local produce and serves up scones, coffees, smoothies and all manner of other goodies. For something more substantial, try The Monarch, a sandwich which combines Great Glen venison salami, plum and apple chutney, Scottish cheddar and leaves. There’s even a dog menu (yes, puppaccino’s a thing).

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