Italian Tourist: "S'cuse! Do you have, ah, looonch?" Granny:…read more"Sorry, we don't have lunch. We only have drinks, pastries, soups, and sandwiches..." My wife and a got good little laugh at that. For the rest of the world that is plenty to offer for lunch, but for the British, those are just light snacks. The Italians were plenty happy with the offerings. £1.60 for a basic small teapot. Scones come with a lovely ménage trois of tasty jams. My walnut coffee cake is the best coffee cake I'd have ever eaten. The charming grannies that run this place are a delight. Most importantly: your last chance to use the toilet before hiking Neist Point!

Lovely little cafe where I stopped and had grilled cheese with onion and tomato and lentil soup…read more It's a very small town and the other restaurants were closed but I was pleasantly surprised by the quality. The proprietor was lovely and the service exemplary.

Cute little cafe in the center of Stornoway. My husband an I each ordered the "Little Scottish"…read morewhich was still pretty big and filling (and only £6). The coffee was deliciously strong, which can be hard to find in the UK. We also had a fabulous little tart that had cream and jelly in it. Good selection of treats and sandwiches to take away too.

We after hiking Ben Chracaig and Scorrybreac (and in case you do not know this, it's a…read moremoutain--tall, rocky, and when wet, slippery), we decided on Cuchullin dinner. They do not take reservations. When we got there about six, and they had just sat everyone at 5:30, so they said it was about an hour wait. But they have a little bar (!) where we ordered bread and olives and drinks (gin--I don't remember what I had but it was localish and good, and not too sweet). Anna, the bartender was amazing and gave us some great suggestions of what else we may do Skye. They sat us about 20 minutes later. We had the sea bass and gnocchi. It was so so so good! I could eat that sea bass about every day. The service was amazing.

Amazing outstanding. Will do again!! Loved the food, the service and ambience. Worth the wait. Esp…read moremussels!

that business is closed for already few months, I asked many locals in Portree, I just moved 1st of…read moreJune. The only fishmonger on Portree is Just Hooked, but is 25 minutes walking up from Portree Square

Anchor Seafoods is situated on the end of Portree pier in the beautiful Isle of Syke. When my…read moreboyfriend and I were travelling around Scotland earlier this year, were had fantasies of cooking freshly caught seafood on the beach. Armed with our trusty gas stove, we searched the island before stumbling across Anchor Seafoods at the end of the pier. It was closed when we first approached it - were we to be twarted at the final turn??! No, we popped back 15 minutes later and the lovely lady had returned and we were able to peruse a fine selection of freshly caught seafood. The shop owner was quite charmed by my boyfriend, and seemed completely amazed that a Brazilian should turn up in her little shop in Portree!! The fish selection was super fresh and so appealing. It took a lot of resistance and will power not to walk away with too much, but we had to bear in mind we had no way of storing the produce. It was quite pricey but we decided it would be worth every penny. We settled for some scallops and prawns and headed off to find a secluded section of beach where we could cook up our feast and make all our fantasies come true!! Top quality seafood from a top quality place.

Incredible fresh local seafood dishes. Great service and vibe. The wait in line was well worth it!read more

This is a whole in the wall restaurant that has good service and a great sea food platter for 2. It…read morewas very popular.

I got the special which was duck breast, and it was AMAZING! Best dish I had on my entire 12 day…read moretrip to Scotland! The service was excellent all staff friendly and professional. Timothy was our server for lunch and at the bar earlier in the day, sadly I cannot remember the name of the young lady that served us at dinner time, but she was lovely as well. The restaurant was very nice with a beautiful view of the loch.

Almost everything about our experience at The View was fantastic, except for the view itself and…read moreour initial interaction with the woman who seated us, which was so terrible that it tainted our entire experience there. We had a late reservation on our second night in Portree...we arrived early, planning on having a dram at the adjacent whisky bar while waiting for our table to be available. Our experience at the whisky bar itself was fantastic. The bartender was very knowledgeable in the selection; he guided us as well, and having tasted quite a number of whiskies during our visit, the 2 he served us were easily at the top of our tasting list in all of Scotland. When it came time for our actual restaurant seating time, we headed back to check in, where Angela greeted us and took us to our table. Our seat was in the corner of the restaurant, next to the window, but with a large column blocking our view of Portree. (You know "The View," which the place is named after.) I asked if we could wait for another table to open up. Angela immediately got a frown on her face and responded: "If you want to wait another hour." Those words on their own were hard enough to hear after having already been in the restaurant (at the bar) for over an hour...but the way she said it was snide, mean, and it felt like she was scolding us. And then she said it a second time. It was just one sentence from her...but it made us feel terrible, like we had made some kind of offensive error asking for a different table (with an actual view). We completely understand that sometimes requests are not possible, but surely there could have been a nicer way she could have communicated the answer to us. Maybe "Ahh, I'm so sorry, but all the other tables are booked. It could be up to an hour wait if you want." Angela could have been much kinder, but instead she made us feel like she was doing us a favor by allowing us to be in the restaurant at all. What would have been a 5-star experience overall gets dinged an entire star because of that tiny, terrible reaction with her. Writing this a couple of weeks later, I still can feel the sinking feeling in my stomach after she said what she said the way she said it. Maybe Angela was having a bad day. Maybe she was fed up with customers in general...but that one tiny interaction will stick with us for a long time. Our server was lovely, and the food we got was great. I appreciated having fine-dining vegetarian options. I had the Twice Baked Scottish Cheddar Soufflé. It was light and fluffy and served on a gorgeous bed of different colored tomatoes and lettuce, and topped with pesto. I enjoyed it. My wife got the wedge salad, which was also really good...a full wedge of bib lettuce and a nice dressing...very fresh. She also had scallops as a starter...a cold dish, smoky and tasty. (According to her, I'm a vegetarian.) The bread was cute...a little baked ball...fun to look at, served with a dollop of butter served on a on a stone slab. (Though it was cold on the inside, so wondering if this may have been out of the fridge or freezer for a while.) We saw a couple other tables order chips, and they looked so good we added an order...these were perfect, lightly coated with truffle oil and parmesan...easily the best chips we had in all of Scotland. We finished with cheesecake for dessert. It was topped with raspberries and a raspberry compote. It was served with raspberry sorbet and topped with a wrapped waffle cookie-like topping filled with a delicious chocolate ganache with freeze-dried raspberries sticking out either end. Raspberry-heavy but quite indulgent. We enjoyed the food a lot. Our server was nice and sweet. Our experience at the bar ahead of time was fantastic. The view could have been better based on where we were seated. Unfortunately, the thing that we'll remember the most about our experience here was the egregious interaction with Angela.

~*~*~ pre-covid review ~*~*~…read more In a tiny little village, an hour drive away from the biggest town on the isle of Skye, there's this little gem that is Michelin-rated, but really just looks like it's in somebody's house next to a small fishing village. It was one of the best seafood meals I've ever had in my life, which is huge because I grew up by the sea and had some of the freshest seafood growing up. The menu looks quaint -- you get a 3-course or a 5-course meal, at a pretty reasonable price. I've travelled too far to get here, so of course I opted for as much food as I can get. We started with some bites -- fried smelt with aioli, and some bread with smoked fish butter. Then came the first course, "soup and a sandwich". Wow -- it was the best chowder I've had, along with the best grilled cheese with crab... the mister was practically crying with joy; it was his favourite comfort food, just upgraded 100000x. We would've no regrets going home just after this course. But there's more to come! We had three expressions of scallop. So fresh, and such deliciousness! We then moved on to lobster and bay prawns, and lastly of the savory dishes, the monkfish with asparagus. I'm normally not a fan of monkfish, but here, it was expertly prepared, and tasted so delicate with the asparagus and cream sauce. Dessert was great as well. The clootie dumpling soufflé was just scrumptious, whereas the assorted desserts had just about all the things -- chocolate, sherbet, candied sugar and cream. I'm just glad I had a chance to visit this part of the world, and that I took some time to come to this little restaurant. It was unforgettable, and worth every single bite.

We had a special dinner here. We booked a few months out via email, and we're glad we did as we…read morewouldn't have wanted to miss this great dinner. It was a fixed local seafood tasting menu and the preparations were great. The service was warm and friendly. The space only has a few tables with scenic views of the water.

No frills. Dine in at one of three or four tables, or take it away. We walked in, saw the board and…read morewere impressed! Not sure how to order, we both ordered a regular Fish and chips. I added a sausage as well. Asked if I wanted salt and (malt) vinegar I said yes, wife opted for tartar sauce. Served piping hot! Great breading, flaky fish. Great chips too! And my sausage was breaded and fried, which I wasn't expecting. All was too notch!

Mostly a takeaway place but great tasting, good priced batter dipped food. From fish and chips to…read morechicken satay, they seemed to have a bit everything and the line of people, half of them locals tells me it's well like here in town. Again, most things are battered and if that's your thing, give it a try.

Excellent food! However, what we were really impressed with was the gentleman who was serving us…read more Assisting tons of tables, extremely kind, and wonderful. We strongly recommend this restaurant... Awesome place!

First, I don't know why anyone would give this place a one star, literally everyone who works there…read moreis so nice and friendly. We walked in a little after 8 PM, we were told to wait outside for a couple of minutes to prepare the table for us, because it's a small restaurant, and we completely understood that. Also, the waitress explained that it's a cash only restaurant, and even offered to allow us to go to the ATM machine after having our dinner, which doesn't really happen in CA due to the eat and ditch. I looked at the specials and the beef and ale Scottish stew was on my "to have" list. The stew was amazing, and my son ordered the salmon and couscous and he enjoyed it too. The ambience was so cute, it's a small and quaint local restaurant that's specialized in seafood, and I highly recommend it to anyone who's visiting the Skye.

There are 3 thugs on which a great meal is based: the quality of the Food, ambiance and service…read more Edinbane lodge excels in all three. The food is Just amazing, absolutely amazing. The staff forage the area for many of the ingredients. It's extraordinarily fresh. The preparation of the food is truly creative. The chef combines ingredients in the offerings, I had not heard many of them. The building dates back to 1534; it exudes charm. At the same time, it has been updated and maintained incredibly. All of the servers are superb: in their ability to describe the courses, itemize and explain the numerous ingredients in each dish, and in their professionalism. This was one of the best meals I've ever enjoyed. The cost was about $250/person, including drinks, VAT and service. It is expensive, but a complete dining experience.

We made dinner reservations months in advance for a special meal. The service and food was superb…read more Would come back here again if we are ever in the area!