Scotland the best

Highland restaurants

Take the high road to sample some of Scotland’s finest produce in breathtakingly beautiful spots The Whitehouse Restaurant

Sits above the ferry port as the Mull boats come in, a restaurant adjacent the Lochaline village shop with all the right/best principles: local produce, organic, imaginative cooking. Ingredients from Mull and Lochaber – bay, woods and hedgerow. Sarah and Jane’s award-winning, back-of-beyond bistro under chef Michael Burgoyne is a true destination in itself; often fully booked. Quiet days in Ardnamurchan begin here. Home-made everything and Scottish cheeses. Tue-sat, 11am-afternoon tea-dinner. thewhitehouserestaurant.co.uk

01967 421777

Kale Yard at The Boath House

The Auldearn bistro/café, eating-in-thegarden experience – the conversion of potting sheds and glasshouses in the magnificent ● Kale Yard cafe in Boath House’s gardens

walled garden of the best hotel in the region. Chef Stefano Agostini. Closed Mon/tue. 30 mins Inverness, 10 mins Nairn. boath-house. com 01667 454896

Waterside Seafood Restaurant

Not quayside, more platform-side by the busy Kyle of Lochalsh port, off the road to Skye, that bridge in the distance. Brief Encounter location; being actually on the platform at the end of the line lends distinction to Jann and Neil Macrae’s long-standing destination. Seafood from Kyle/mallaig/skye, ie very local. A la carte and blackboard. Dinner Mon-sat. watersideseafoodrestaurant.co.uk 01599 534813

Kylesku Hotel

Just off the A894, on the shore overlooking Loch Glencoul. Tanja and Sonia’s small quayside pub/hotel serves, among other seasonal dishes, langoustines, crab, lobster and “spineys” (c/o Hamish’s boat from the quay) in a fabulous setting with mighty Quinag behind. Same menu in bar and dining room. Check website for opening times. kyleskuhotel.co.uk 01971 502231