Argyll Bute restaurants with food menus

Portsonachan

➤ Southlochaweside, PA33 1BJ, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Steak • Coffee • British • Scottish

"My wife and I had dinner here one evening during our visit to Loch Awe, and also lunch on a couple of occasions. The staff were very welcoming and helpful, especially the young Scottish guy, the Australian girl, and our waitress at dinner apologies for not knowing your names, but thanks for the great service we received. As for the food, we couldn’t fault it at all. The dinner we had was one of the best meals we have eaten in any restaurant. My wife ordered the Balmoral Chicken, and I had the Sea Bass. I forget what we had to start, but both courses were delicious. As was the Panna Cotta I had for dessert. The food was piping hot and we weren’t left waiting for ages between the generous courses. Prices were about what you would expect to pay in a hotel restaurant. We didn’t stay in the hotel or lodges as we had rented a cottage nearby, so I can’t comment on the accommodation, but I would certainly recommend the restaurant and we look forward to eating there again on our next trip to the area."

The Colonsay Pantry

➤ Scalasaig, Isle Of Colonsay PA61 7YW, UK, PA61 7YP, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Food • Coffee • Establishment • Point Of Interest

"My husband I have had several lunches dinners here. There is outdoor seating for warm, sunny days a lovely restaurant with huge windows looking towards the sea. The food is great. We’ve tried the soups, baked potatoes, sandwiches baking at lunch. At dinner we’ve had the fish chips, sea bream, trout, scallops, the burger, the chicken dish the vegetarian pasta. Every meal has been excellent- and the local honey ice cream is homemade a real treat. The staff are all locals the owner Gavin is lovely. The homemade empire biscuits are the best I’ve ever had! This seems to be the heart of the island, it’s where you find good food at decent prices the locals seems to hang out there too. It’s brilliant to support a local family business when travelling to an island. Would 100% recommend."

Cafe Bluebell

➤ 6 Hall Street, PA28 6DB, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Cafés • Kebab • Mexican • Seafood

"Stopped for takeaway breakfast rolls on our way home from a week staying near Campbeltown, what a lovely wee place, nice decor, lovely staff, really lovely older man working there, best breakfast rolls ever, delicious, hot, perfectly cooked. Wish we had tried it earlier in the week because everywhere else we ate was rubbish, avoid the Home Wok, worst Chinese ever, they don't even know how to make chicken fried rice"

The Wee Kelpie

➤ 82 West Clyde Street, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Food • Seafood • British • Scottish

"The Ruby has played a very big part in my life. I have been many, many times over the years and have never been disappointed. On the night I proposed to my wife we went to the Ruby for dinner, on our 10th wedding anniversary we went again and we were presented with a beautiful plated display, and we were back on our 20th wedding anniversary recently and again were presented with another beautiful plated display! The staff as always were very friendly and even as the restaurant began to get busy they still found the time to chat with diners, this is the way restaurants should operate, so well done and thank you for making my wife and I's anniversaries special."

Ettrick Bay Tearoom

➤ B875 Rothesay Bute, PA20 0QX, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Food • Soup • Salad • Coffee

"The location is amazing but the tea room is the only place serving food and drinks for miles. We waited at least 40 minutes for our baked potatoes to arrive, I think they maybe went to pick them up first... I asked to take my food outside as the restaurant was hot and stuffy not sure if the windows were open) and they complained that swapping plates for takeaway boxes increased the wait. The food was bland. A bad experience overall. I think someone should set up food trucks in the car park and serve some healthy and tasty food and coffees. Bute is a beautiful island. The people are lovely, but the food and service are not up to scratch!"

Taj Mahal

➤ 146 George Street, PA34 5NN, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Asian • Balti • Vegan • Indian

"We have been many, many times to this Taj Mahal. Not been for a wee while, what a disappointment. Decor and setting is lovely, clean , tidy and inviting. Staff were very pleasant too, although there was a bit on a language barrier. Now the food… Starters of mixed pakora platter with lemon pepper mayonnaise sauce was nice, enough to share. I’ll break down the main meals here Tandoori Chicken on the bone: NO sauce would be served as it usually is. Trying to explain that there should be a Lentil Sauce fell on deaf ears. A sauce was suggested by the Waiter, however this did not complement the meal. The chicken certainly appeared to never been in a Tandoor oven EVER. It lacked taste and disappointment in general. Launguage problem again, so rice and sauce were charged separately. Coconut Nann Bread, certainly had coconut. When we pulled a piece off, yellow dry coconut flew everywhere. Also gave the appearance of never been insisted. Tandoor Oven. Chicken Tikka Masala. The chicken had been on a skewer but at risk of repeating myself, this I would dispute if it had seen the inside of a Tandoor. The sauce was deep burgundy, no cream or almonds to at least make it look appetising. Drinks. No Draught Beers/Lagers. The lager from a can was flat. Rum coke. Can’t go wrong there. All in all this was not a nice experience and paying over £60 , we were robbed. On a positive note, the young waiter was attentive, pleasant and tried to help with menu. What a shame he has a poor grasp of English/ Scottish language."

Cairndow Stagecoach Inn

➤ Cairndow, PA26 8BN, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Food • Steak • 3 Star • Lodging

"We came here to eat whilst holidaying nearby. Unfortunately, we were incredibly disappointed with our experience. It's important to note that the bar and service staff were incredibly friendly and can't be faulted. However, the food we received should not be served to paying customers and should definitely not be considered as pub/restaurant standard food. It was quite evident that everything on all of our plates was frozen and nothing was homemade. The burger was half the size of the cheap bun it was served on. It came with no sauce or salad inside, was incredibly dry and included a measly ration of bacon that may as well have not been there along with some frozen, tasteless chips. The fish and chips (also terrible) claimed to come with tartare sauce whilst not completely false, the tartare sauce was already on the table in small, service station packets along with the packaged mustard and ketchup (not worthy of a mention on the menu). It was so astoundingly bad, a 10 year old could have put the meals together. We were seated in a very dim, dreary and dated looking room which didn't better the experience. Local ales were also advertised but not available. Again to reiterate, the staff were lovely. However, we will not be returning and would absolutely not recommend eating here."

Tarbert Tandoori

➤ 196 Harbour Street, PA29 6UD, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Asian • Balti • Vegan • Indian

"Being the only Indian restaurant in area, they seem to think service and quality doesn’t matter.Popped in for a dinner, kinda wish I hadn’t as we went in, it took quite a while for any one to come over , because the staff were busy chatting and texting on phones.Eventually we were greeted with a grunt no smile, and directed if you can call it directed to a table it was a point , with out even looking at us.The food when it eventually came out appeared to have been microwaved as it was hot on out side but cold inside, the sauce was bubbling around edges of dish but Luke warm every where else."

Riva

➤ 12-14 West Clyde Street, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Pub • Pizza • Lodging • Chicken

"exceptional stay, we expected a stylish environment and eat and we found substance and style. the greeting was warm and friendly, we were shown in our room and given a tour. the room has a record player and the hotel has a fun selection of dates to choose from. the rooms are beautiful and had everything they need when they are excited. the bathroom door is glass and we had to use a deck against it to use the bathroom in the private sphere that I wanted to take a star away, but the truth is that it has taken nothing from the pleasure of our visit. the eating was delicious, we ate there for two dinners, sat in the bar side, because we had a dog and the service was slow, but again it felt more relaxed and in such a beautiful environment they cannot complain. the breakfast was very beautiful, continental, that is consistent and quality. I will definitely book again!"

The West End Cafe

➤ 1-3 Gallowgate, Rothesay PA20 0HR, United Kingdom, Argyll Bute

Wine • Cakes • British • Fast Food

"Restaurant and front of house spotlessly clean. The place for fish n chips in Rothesay. We sat in and enjoyed really friendly and fast service. The fish portion very generous and fresh, perfectly crunchy batter. Chips crisp 'n dry, with minted mushy peas. Highly recommend fried steak pie. They know what they’re doing and what they’re talking about, and you can tell making the customers happy is their main priority. A wait of 5 minutes to have roasting hot fish and chips is 5 minutes well spent!"

Ninth Wave

➤ Bruach Mhor, PA66 6BL, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Fish • Vegan • Seafood • Gluten Free

"We would gladly give The Ninth Wave out of Stars if we could In I was looking for a restaurant to give my wife the best meal of her life for her birthday. And while we had to wait for her birthday due to the pandemic, The Ninth Wave did not let us down. We had the special treat of Johnny as part of the wait staff, because he allowed one of his staff to go on vacation to Iceland during the season! Catriona was delightful as his co-server, always taking time to remind us of what we had chosen for each course. And you cannot say enough about the magic that Carla and her co-chef George worked with the fresh produce from Johnny's garden and the sea Incredible people, incredible food. You will not be disappointed, you will be awestruck!"

The Coach House

➤ Loch Lomond Trading Company Limited, G83 8NN, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Cafe • Vegan • British • Scottish

"Unfortunately the cafe was very busy so service took a while and they had run out of all bread so Soup and Stokies were out for us. They did offer a large plate salad with the stokie topping which wasn’t to our taste. So we ordered some cake each, I can honestly say it was by far the best Carrot cake we have ever had, we’re left glad that they didn’t have the stokies as we wouldn’t have had the delight of that cake and a good pot of tea."

Ardencaple

➤ Gareloch Road, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Pub • Fish • Steak • Chicken

"Today he was such a beautiful place to sit and eat. there was a coworker who was quite rude that I actually did not want to order from him at the bar. he asked me to tell my son that he was careful with the snooker table incase that he cracked it absolutely fair enough, but he was not very friendly or pleasant about it. there's gone as they talk to customers. I'm getting totally busy, but I didn't feel he was pretty rude. eating was excellent and based on being back. hopefully the team member has a better day next time"

Gelatoburger

➤ 14 George Street, PA34 5SB, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Cheese • Chicken • American • Breakfast

"This was the first time we had been here and will not be back. we stood at the wait here sign to be seated and had three members of staff push by us with no acknowledgment of us atoll. Eventually a young lady asked us if we wished a seat, She offered us one right next to the walk way and we asked for a booth as it was less chaotic. We were handed menus and asked for a drinks order. While waiting another couple had to ask a chef, I think, who was standing leaning against a booth if he worked there and could they have a seat. There was lots of loud, raised voices, mostly from the female senior staff member!! The food came quick enough but I had to ask for some lettuce on my poor chicken burger, the young lad apologised and rectified it. The food itself was bland, we were hungry so it was eaten. We paid the bill no mention of the service charge which we should be told about. I decided to have an ice cream to take out. However the counter at the ice cream section was in a right mess and I could not read what flavours they had as the tubs were all over the place. I stood with no acknowledgment from the staff even though they were behind the counter, then loud lady announced she was off and walked out behind me with take out bags, still no acknowledgment. the other staff member walked away, I left. I worked in retail and even if I am busy I acknowledge the customer is there. This place needs a major staff training program on customer service and the food hygiene before Health and safety gives them a visit. This place will survive thanks due to tourist trade but not many will return. Shame"

Coriander Indian

➤ 8 Soroba Road, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Asian • Balti • Indian • Vegetarian

"I ordered a takeaway on a Sunday night opting for simple rice, daal and saag paneer. Never having been before I thought these were safe options. How wrong I was... I was staying at a nearby hotel where the kitchen had closed but the staff took the packages from me and plated them up. The waiter was silent when he placed the combined meal in front of me because it looked as though someone had vomited. It was a pool of watery yellow mush with, to my amazement, Brussels sprouts floating in it. Since when have sprouts been part of Indian cuisine? The paneer consisted of four diced pieces each about the size of a marble; there was no proper spinach just a trace of what looked like green slime on the plate. The mush, I can think of no other word, was tasteless; there was no evidence of cumin, coriander (despite the name of the establishment), garam masala or any Indian flavour at all. Not only that but I was charged over £16 for this rubbish. I am amazed beyond belief that this place can stay in business."

Crinan

➤ Crinan, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom, PA31 8LZ

Fish • Lunch • Seafood • Scottish

"Possibly the freshest, best cooked and prepared seafood I've eaten anywhere! Excellent food and the service is superb. Had local oysters both nights. Scallops cooked to perfection and shared the humongous seafood platter on our second night. Cheese plate was varied and plentiful. Husband had the famous fish and chips for lunch and it was gorgeous. Home made chips and fresh firm fish with crunchy, tasty batter. Worth the drive!"

Waypoint Grill

➤ Oban Marina, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Wine • Steak • Coffee • Seafood

"We enjoyed our lovely little boat ride over to the island of Kerrera for some lunch at the Waypoint Restaurant Bar and a great hike around the island. Our small lunch was GREAT and perfect for what we were planning for the day Our service was perfect and helpful they gave us a hiking map with a key that actually helped us quite a bit. The fish and chips were great and our views of the marina as well. Nice having bathrooms available as well and there were showers too Definitely a keeper and a hidden gem."

The Glen Bar And Restaurant

➤ Main Street, PA28 6QG, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Pub • Fish • British • Scottish

"Just had the seafood platter for two and were pleasantly surprised! It’s a long time since we’ve had a good pub meal. Lots to enjoy, smoked salmon, hot smoked salmon, pickled herrings, prawns, smoked mussels, delicious langoustines, breaded scallops freshly battered fish, monkfish and a couple of other things I’ve forgotten, served with a fresh salad and three accompanying sauces we ordered chunky chips as a side but not really necessary. The only fault I could find was that I had to ask for lemon it wasn’t on the platter. Presentation and service all very good. If I were to have this again I might ask for the cold elements to be served first to have for a starter followed by the hot fish for the main. Wine menu not extensive, however our choice was a NZ white was extremely good. The place was very busy for a Tuesday however the service was not compromised, staff pleasant and competent. Not much to fault, lots to compliment which certainly makes a nice change!"

Cafe Fish

➤ Main Street, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Cafés • Kebab • Sushi • Seafood

"We booked this restaurant after reading the reviews while touring Scotland what a disappointment. When we arrived we were shown to a table straight behind the door and as it kept opening and shutting it blew a massive amount of cold air in. As both parents and staff allowed 2 young children to go in and out every few minutes it got a bit much. We were given the menu and told specials were on the board. No description or recommendation. Also they did not say the board also goes over the top of the fish on didplay. I had crab claws to start the mayonnaise was lovely and what I could get out of the claws was nice but I was given no instruments to get into the claws and they were not broken enough for them to just pull out. I ordered the turbut for main as did my husband it was a small fillet with the skin correctly removed but it was loaded with garlic butter sauce you couldn't taste the fish for the garlic. Also which was worse I don't know what they did to the top of it but it was yellow and like thin rubber. We had to peel it off it was not good. I didn't complain at the time because I am not used to having a fillet of turbut. When I have had it before my husband and I have shared a turbut presented whole at the table. I have only written this today after speaking to some friends who said i should put something on because there had to be something wrong for the top of the fish to be yellow and leathery. You might guess but I won't be going back."

The Henry Bell

➤ James Street, G84, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Food • Pubs • Steak • Pasta

"okay, it was a sunny day so that a day was planned outside, but surely it was a bad day to eat this wetherspoon. Yeah, there's a pandemic, so they were probably short-time. we have allowed this, but not for the cold meal that was finally put before us. I had ordered a little haddock and chips. there were many cold chips and inherited, but the squid was reported missing. the part was so small that he had vanished into a little hard-boiled teig. the meal came together with a soft drink. I decided instead for tee. when my already cold meal was served, I was told that tee was self-service. No one led me where the machine was, and I finally had to ask another employee. Given the fact that everything was table service, due to covid restrictions, I found this aspekt, where everyone in the restaurant could use a touchscreen and use themselves, rather bizarre and off-putting. fortunately, I wear my own handsanitary! it's a long time since I last had a meal and if I'm ready to dine out again, I will certainly avoid wetherspoons!"

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