Eat and drink in North Coast 500

Every entry comes from the eat-and-drink pages of our North Coast 500 guide. Tags such as vegetarian options, outdoor seating and step-free access are shown only where OpenStreetMap contributors or the venue’s own site say so (1 of 14 places carry at least one tag).^[1] A missing tag means we have no report, not that the place lacks it. We hold no prices and no reviews, so there is no budget or “best” filter: check menus on each venue’s site.

All places

• Bydand (venue website, opens in new tab)

  Restaurant · Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats · 2 Traill Street

  Restaurant on Traill Street in Thurso cooking with Caithness produce, according to its website.

• Cocoa Mountain (venue website, opens in new tab)

  Chocolatier and shop · Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats · Balnakeil Craft Village

  Chocolate maker with a shop in Balnakeil Craft Village; its website lists it as open daily from March to November.

• Forss House (venue website, opens in new tab)

  Country house hotel restaurant · Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats · Bridge of Forss

  Hotel restaurant and bar in woodland by the River Forss, west of Thurso, according to its website.

• Pentland Hotel (venue website, opens in new tab)

  Hotel bar and restaurant · Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats · Princes Street

  Hotel in central Thurso serving food and drinks to visitors as well as guests, per its website.

• Smoo Cave Hotel (venue website, opens in new tab)

  Hotel restaurant and bar · Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats · Lerin

  Small family-run hotel near Smoo Cave with a restaurant and bar open to non-residents, per its website.

• The Tongue Hotel (venue website, opens in new tab)

  Hotel bar and dining room · Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats · Tongue

  Former sporting lodge with the Brass Tap Bar and dining room, looking over the Kyle of Tongue, according to its website.

• Delilah's (venue website, opens in new tab)

  Restaurant and cocktail bar · Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt · Main Street

  Family-run restaurant and cocktail bar in Lochinver using local produce, according to its website.

• Ferry Boat Inn (venue website, opens in new tab)

  Pub with seafood café · Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt · Shore Street

  Traditional bar on the Loch Broom shore with real ales and the Blue Kazoo seafood café, per its website.

• Lochinver Larder (venue website, opens in new tab)

  Pie shop and restaurant · Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt · Main Street

  Pie shop by the River Inver in Lochinver, baking since 1986 according to its website.

• Seafood Shack (venue website, opens in new tab)

  Seafood takeaway · Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt · 9 West Argyle Street

  Seafood stall on West Argyle Street that does not take bookings or pre-orders, according to its website.

• The Arch Inn (venue website, opens in new tab)

  Pub with rooms · Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt · West Shore Street

  Bar in a building from 1793 with live music sessions and an upstairs restaurant open seasonally, per its website.

  • Historisch

• The Ceilidh Place (venue website, opens in new tab)

  Café-bar, restaurant and bookshop · Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt · 14 West Argyle Street

  Café-bar, restaurant, bookshop and music venue on West Argyle Street, running since 1970 according to its website.

• The Dipping Lugger (venue website, opens in new tab)

  Restaurant with rooms · Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt · 4 Shore Street

  Dining room with three bedrooms on the shore of Loch Broom, cooking with local ingredients, per its website.

• The Seaforth (venue website, opens in new tab)

  Restaurant, bar and chip shop · Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt · Quay Street

  Restaurant, bar and chip shop on Quay Street with indoor and outdoor seating and views of the harbour, according to its website.

More on food and drink

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• Food allergies and coeliac disease and halal and kosher food by city