The Fluke Inn is my favorite sports pub in Inverness. Place to watch Football or American Soccer…read more Great crowd and locals instead of the typical tourist traps down the street towards downtown. Typical british dish, but be sure to order the french fries drenched in cheese topped with ham. One side is the restaurant full service the other side is for sports fans. Great location right behind the Inverness Golf Course.

The Fluke is a cracking pub. They do good food at…read morelunchtimes with lots of specials on the menu and special price deals. It's pub grub but the portions are hearty and the food is pretty good. It gets busy at the weekends and can be a bit cheesy with Karaoke or a disco but a few beers soon helps you to let your hair down! The combination of locals, squaddies & nurses can be explosive but it's handled well by the staff and the bad guys are quickly moved on. It's got a pool table and a darts board in a wee cubby round the back.

This place is a "must do" if you're visiting the area. Why?…read more Food - Went with a party of 4. We all had something different. The Scottish salmon and Fish & Chips delivered, as expected. The balmoral chicken with haggis was top notch! We could have drank whisky sauce. The steak pie was fantastic! The gravy was deep and rich with the flakiest puff pastry on the planet. If you like sticky toffee pudding, this is the place to get it as it's to die for! Service - Our server was 16 years old and already a pro, aside from recommending liquor. She left that up to the bartender, Ryan, who was well-versed, friendly and entertaining. He totally enhanced our wonderful dining experience. Ambiance - The vibe is both classy and casual. Whether you're there in your fancy-wear or trail gear, you're welcomed. One of the people in our party (from Michigan/USA) said he'd make the trip all over again just for this meal experience. That speaks for itself and I agree! Just be sure to make a reservation.

Great fish and chips and really good cider. The staff are so nice and I would definitely come back…read morehere. We were seated right away in a comfortable area and were served right away. Nice little find. :)

Well now living up in Inverness so you may see some out of the way places being reviewed…read more The Auctioneers is fairly central to inverness so the Mrs James N and pop and mom James N came here to watch Celtic play Ross County. So obviously this place shows live football on the telly. Although we weren't at a booth they all awsomely had their own telly which they could change to watch what ever sport they wanted ( please take this statement with a pinch of salt I don't imagine you would be able to get the dodgeball or the HaiLai championships, but having any sort of choice in a bar is still good by my books). The place had two cracking chandlers, which although not relevant were pretty cool. It is a belhaven best chain pub but it certainly didn't feel like a generic pub which was good. It is a lot bigger than it looks, its pretty long and had a small upstairs too. Drinks were cheap, you could get various doubles and a mix for £3.50. Despite there being a celtic county game on I saw one guy walking about in a rangers top and there were cheers for both teams so it seemed to be a fairly neutral place. Can't say if its a good place to come at any other time but it certainly is a good place to come to to watch the football.

Sucks. Standing at the bar for 15 min, have no spritz, no wings. Loud. Staff couldn't try less.read more

Five stars because my tour of 20+ people stopped in Aberlour without any notice and stampeded this…read morepub right when it opened, with only an hour to eat and leave. The 2-3 workers CRANKED and got us all fed while making us feel incredibly welcome even if they were obviously stressed. I thought it was odd that fish and chips wasn't on the menu but I'll disregard it because of their amazing selection of whiskey at pretty affordable prices, as well as some nice domestic beer options. The food was also good, which for me is saying something because most of the food I had in Scotland was generally flavorless and sad. I wouldn't go out of my way to eat here (because you'd really be driving out of your way) but if you can swing it, make Mash Tun a stop.

They fooled us again. Good reviews abound but it's the usual - the whiskey list is "in process",…read morebut not done; you're 6:30 reservation needs to be out by 7:30; food was adequate. Third time they have stuck it to us but now more options in Aberlour. Never again.

I would like to give 4/2 to this place. Food is absolutely spot on, lots of healthy options…read more(vegetarian and vegan), meat eaters won't be disappointed neither. I've tried a few dishes there and liked pretty much all of them apart from veggie quesadilla or burrito, can't remember, that was not really what I expected. All the rest really yummy! My husband is a fan too. They have fresh juices, their fresh lemonade with raspberry is deli! They are located just glued to Tesco Inverness and is very convenient going there before doing our groceries when we are hungry. We just haven't tried any of their desserts yet because we are always too full by the end of our meals, I'll try and save some room for it next time. Decoration is quite nice for a chain restaurant, very friendly service and lots of yummy food and drinks! Don't really need to say more, do I?

Needing to stop somewhere for breakfast on a road trip, we thought we'd pop into the cafe in Tesco,…read moreand were surprised to discover Giraffe rather than the usual supermarket coffee shop offering. We each had a bacon roll and tea, which came in at £7.50 in total. Fairly averagely priced for what it was. The place itself had a bit of a nandos feel to it in its design, layout and decor. It serves alcohol and looked like it had a reasonably sized menu. I'm not sure who it's aimed at, as being in Tesco it's not the sort of place you'd necessarily go for an evening meal, and oddly it doesn't have toilets, you have to use the ones in Tesco.

Pleasant environment. Would love to come back for a show or a folk session. Our favorite of the…read moremeals we ordered was the charcuterie. Definitely a must order. The burger was also very good with a thick patty. The black pepper tofu dish had good flavor but the tofu did not and was dry. The falafel wrap had something in it that was sweet, which was not what we were looking for. The service was good.

05/31/2024 Friday 7:30pm. Made reservations per our guide since it is a small town. We were greeted…read morepromptly and seated near the window. There are many areas to sit. It was a bit cold and drizzly so we were glad to be inside. It is cozy. The menu consists of about 10 dishes I would say. Ordered the 8oz. steak with garlic butter, with mushroom/tomato and chips as sides. Also ordered green beans. Also added on Cullen skink. Kids had gnocchi. Being a thin steak the cook ranged from medium well to medium rare in parts. Not like steak back in the states. I would say beef flavor came through but not enough seasoning. The vegetables and chips were very good. The Cullen skink was more stewy than soupy also it was locally made, this recipe had dill pickle bits in it. I thought it was good. I love how they love bread and butter in this country. The gnocchi was okay. Again just different from rye U.S. Service friendly and welcoming.

We ate here on our last night in Inverness after a very long day on a tour. We did not have…read morereservations but the restaurant was accommodating and kind. The World Cup Game was on so it was lively and fun. I will tell you, this was some of the best seasoned food we had the entire time we were in the UK (two weeks). Finally we didn't feel the need to add salt to something. The flavor was just spot on. My husband had the beer steak pie with puff pastry, I had the Cullen skink, my son had a pizza (I can't remember if it was on the kids' menu or not) and my daughter had a Caesar salad with chicken, which she eats a lot at home and had been craving. Both the skink and the stew were perfectly flavored! The fish in the stew was tender and so was the steak in the pie. If we ever go back to Inverness, we will be sure to be returning to Johnny Foxes. Oh! And our waiter was wonderful! I don't remember his name but a young blonde man with a mullet kind of haircut. Thank you to him!

While the name and location scream "tourist trap", Johnny Foxes is an outstanding pub that happens…read moreto draw in a non local crowd. We dropped by for an early dinner and got seated right away in a booth. The menu is broadly pub fare, with a focus on burgers and a couple of more upscale dishes (including an excellent fried camambert). We split the camambert (panko crusted and served with a fig and onion jam); my wife had a vegan Scotch broth + house made bread + tomato & pesto bruschetta, while I went with the highland burger: haggis on top of 6oz of dry aged Angus beef. The burger was exceptional, with a deep and pleasantly gamey flavour while the haggis added some richness. Paired with a pint of a local cask ale (Cromarty Brewing Happy Chappy pale), it was as good as dinner as we could've imagined on our first night in the Highlands.

Make a reservation ahead of time! They do require a credit card guarantee for your booking, but…read moreabsolutely worth it to enjoy dinner and a show. We sat in the upper level over looking the live music. The drinks came quickly and were cold & tasty. The food was standard fare, but they took great care to make accommodations for gluten free needs. After dinner we moved down to the benches by the stage for another drink and to enjoy the next musician that came out. The vibes in Hootanany's were top notch, just come with the understanding that they are busy and patience while you're on vacation is key!

The atmosphere was great! We had a blast and met the pub pup who was beyond adorable. The food was…read morereally good as well and I was not expecting that. The live music was amazing. Since this is a bar it was a bit longer to get a server's attention but once we did it was good. Tables are reserved so make sure you call before if not you will be standing.

While delicious, most of the nachos were just chips. If you don't mind that then it's a perfect…read moreplate!

Food was disappointing and tasted like it came from frozen. Great alcohol though…read more The service was ok. The ambiance was meh.

Both the bartender and our server were very nice. Our server kept forgetting us but the bartender…read moredidn't, so we didn't mind so much. The steak was melt in your mouth good. My mouth just started water all over again as I typed that.

This was the first place we stopped at for food in Inverness. I read a few items that were vegan…read morespecifically and chose this for that, we were not disappointed! There was a whole veg menu to choose from and the food was great, I couldn't finish much of mine but thankfully my husband helped me out. Service was good and staff was friendly and seemed happy to be working there. The bar is prohibition themed which was cheeky for us dining as Americans.