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Photo by Kathryn Nathanson, courtesy IndagareRead MoreCafé Cùil
Run by award-winning chef Clare Coghill, an Isle of Skye native, Café Cùil reflects Clare’s passion for Hebridean produce and is heavily influenced by Gaelic Scottish traditions. The menu at Cùil (which means “nook,” “nest” or “corner” in Scottish Gaelic)...
Photo by Kathryn Nathanson, courtesy IndagareRead MoreCaora Dhubh Coffee Company
Caora Dhube (“black sheep” in Scottish Gaelic) is a coffee shop just across from Talisker Distillery that gives off the same rustic, hip vibes that a coffee shop in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn might. The coffee here is sourced...
Read MoreEdinbane Lodge
Set in a 16th-century hunting lodge that was renovated and restored in 2018, Edinbane Lodge offers a relaxed take on fine dining. The tasting menu is seasonally driven and sourced from the restaurant’s local and tightly-knit community of farmers and...
Dinner at Kinloch LodgeRead MoreKinloch Lodge
Skye-bound epicures should plan to have dinner (and possibly a good night's rest) at the ancestral hunting lodge of the Donald Clan, which has become a fine-dining mecca of sorts. Lady Claire Macdonald, an accomplished cookbook author and indefatigable champion...
Roast cod. Courtesy Loch Bay Restaurant LtdRead MoreLoch Bay
Despite its Michelin star, Loch Bay embraces a casual and cozy approach to dining in the Scottish countryside. But don’t let the wood-burning stove and tweed chairs fool you—the dishes are expertly crafted and taste authentically Scottish with a contemporary...
Photo by Kathryn Nathanson, courtesy IndagareRead MoreThe Old Inn
The image in your head of that classic Scottish pub...that is The Old Inn in Carbost on the Isle of Skye. The restaurant sits right on the water and has outdoor seating in the warmer months, plus live music on...
Photo by Kathryn Nathanson, courtesy IndagareRead MoreThe Oyster Shed
Just up the hill from Talisker Distillery is The Oyster Shed, a literal shed reminiscent of a Cape Cod seafood shack. The oysters are fresh and delicious, as are the other seafood items on the menu, which are all caught...
Photo by Kathryn Nathanson, courtesy IndagareRead MoreThe Three Chimneys
It seems a small miracle that this solitary, windswept eatery on Skye's remote northwestern coast should have survived for almost thirty years with sheep, seals and sea eagles for neighbors, let alone captured the attention of big-city critics. But when...
