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Wester Ross

Gairloch, Tornapress and Plockton harbour.

Eating out in Wester Ross means good food in small places, often with a mountain or a loch outside the window. In Gairloch, a timber-lined coffee house is known for its scones and has a bookshop through the door. At Tornapress, where the road to Applecross starts its climb over the Bealach na Bà, a little café serves soups and home baking. In Plockton, an inn and a family-run hotel on the harbour cook the seafood landed on this coast. Villages are far apart here, so plan where you'll stop before you set off.

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Place of the day18 hours ago

The Bealach Café and Gallery.

A small café and gallery at Tornapress at the foot of the Bealach na Ba, for home baking, soups and breakfasts, with local crafts and jewellery on show.

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From our guide13 hours ago

Mountain Coffee Co.

On Strath Square in Gairloch, the Mountain Coffee Company is a timber-lined coffee house that has become a regular stop on the road round the north-west. The coffee is good and the counter is full of home baking, with scones that have a following all of their own, plus cheesecakes, bagels, crumbles and cookies. Through a door is Hillbillies, a small bookshop packed to the ceiling. Dogs are welcome, there are seats outside on fine days, and Gairloch's beaches and the road to Loch Maree are close by.

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Did you know8 hours agoWritten byLaurie GoodladMore from Laurie

Laurie Goodlad, a fisherman's daughter, joined the long queue at The Seafood Shack, a food trailer behind the harbour in Ullapool.

‘Diners can choose to take their food away or eat it at one of the wooden benches outside the trailer. We were lucky enough to get a table, and the sun was shining, which was a bonus. What The Seafood Shack proves is that seafood doesn’t have to be complicated. You don’t need a vast kitchen or a swanky West End restaurant.’

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Did you know6 hours ago

In Ullapool, The Ceilidh Place began in 1970 as a small café in a boatshed, started by the actor Robert Urquhart at Broomview Cottage, where he was born.

He meant it as a place for eating, meeting, talking and singing. It has since grown into a hotel, café-bar and bookshop with a Scottish literary bias, and its venue was voted Music Venue of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards. Live music is often on. The café opens from 8am, and the bar from 11am until late.

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From our guide3 hours ago

Plockton Inn.

A street back from the harbour, the Plockton Inn is a stone house with bay windows and a warm, friendly bar. The kitchen makes good use of the seafood landed on this coast, from langoustines to fresh fish, and the bar has a fine choice of local gins, whiskies and ales. There are live music and quiz nights, and everyone is welcome, dogs included. The rooms are bright and comfortable, in the inn itself and in two houses nearby, so it works as well for a night as for a meal.

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From our guide1 hour ago

The Plockton Hotel.

With its smart black-and-white front on the harbour, the Plockton Hotel is hard to miss. It is a warm, family-run place, and many of its rooms look straight out over Loch Carron to the hills. The kitchen serves home-cooked food, with seafood from these waters and Highland steaks, and the lively bar has won awards of its own. It suits a lunch after a wander round the village as well as a long evening by the water. Park where you can and stroll in along the shore.

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Hillbillies Bookstore.

Next door to the Mountain Coffee Company in Gairloch, Hillbillies is a small country bookshop filled from floor to ceiling. It leans towards the outdoors, with books on mountaineering, walking and cycling, travel writing and nature, and local maps and guides for the hills around. There is also a big, idiosyncratic choice of fiction, classics and hard-to-find titles. The small team know their stock well and are happy to help you find something for the journey. Bring your coffee through and it is easy to lose an hour.

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