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Ross and Cromarty

Munlochy, Mountgerald and the Seaboard.

The places to eat in Ross and Cromarty lean on the farms, the sea and the breweries around them. In Munlochy, a white-painted country inn serves seasonal pub food, local beer and Sunday roasts, and an organic brewery nearby runs tours on its own farm. On a hillside above the Cromarty Firth near Dingwall, a timber eco-café cooks with local produce and has a play area outside. In Tain, the old station building beside the platform is now a restaurant and bar, and at Balintore a village inn looks over the Moray Firth. Book ahead, especially in Tain.

The Allangrange→
Balintore Inn→
Highland Farm Cafe→
Platform 1864→
Black Isle Brewery→
Inver Inn→
Restaurant of the day17 hours ago

Highland Farm Cafe.

A timber eco-café on a farm above the Cromarty Firth near Dingwall, with local food and home baking, a deli of Highland produce, a play area and firth views.

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From the magazine14 hours agoThe printed copy of Issue 10Issue 10Spring / Summer 2025

Since the Black Isle Brewery, near Inverness, set about restoring wildlife on its farm, a survey has found eight red-list bird species there, the birds of highest conservation concern.

When the brewery took on the land, it had been farmed intensively. Its founder, David Gladwin, has twin passions, the environment and brewing beer, and the brewery's motto sums him up: 'Save The Planet Drink Organic'. After work to restore biodiversity and wildlife habitats on the farm, an ecological survey turned up those eight bird species, along with five species of butterfly and seven of bumblebee. The farm works with local schools too, introducing children to a working farm, where they help with the animals, dig the soil and harvest the vegetables.

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From our guide11 hours ago

Platform 1864.

Tain's railway station still has trains, but its old stone and timber station building has become a restaurant and bar. The long dining room keeps the original wooden floors and stone walls, with button-backed banquettes along the sides. The bar is clad in patterned tiles, with barrel tables and a living wall of greenery. The cooking is hearty and varied, from smash burgers and slow-braised beef to local seafood and sticky toffee pudding. It serves from breakfast into the evening, and it is popular, so book a table even midweek. Dogs are welcome.

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Somewhere to eat8 hours ago

Inver Inn, Easter Ross.

The Inver Inn is a bar and kitchen on the Easter Ross peninsula, known for its food and its whisky.

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Restaurants5 hours ago

The Allangrange.

A white-painted country inn in Munlochy on the Black Isle, fifteen minutes from Inverness, with seasonal pub food, local beer, Sunday roasts and five rooms.

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From the magazine2 hours agoThe printed copy of Issue 10Issue 10Spring / Summer 2025

The Black Isle Brewery, near Inverness, began in 1998 in an old cowshed, where its founder David Gladwin brewed ales to sell at farmers' markets at weekends.

It is Scotland's first organic microbrewery, and it tells a grain-to-glass story: the beer is made with malted barley grown in the farm's own fields, and the spent mash is fed to its Hebridean sheep. David's proudest moment was buying the 125 acres around the brewery, which had been farmed for more than 40 years with chemical pesticides and herbicides, and converting them to organic, which took three years. 'Seeing the first harvest of organic barley and using that for brewing was a proud moment'. Visitors can see how the beer is made on a tour of the brewery.

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Balintore Inn.

A village inn by the harbour at Balintore, with rooms, hearty food, a beer garden and views over the Moray Firth, right beside the Mermaid of the North.

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