Isle of Arran Restaurants

  1. Breadalbane Hotel

    Good home-cooked food is served here, and you can dine by the fire on blustery nights or on the decking overlooking the water if the sun is shining. If you want to drown out the sound of your chomping, give the jukebox a whirl.

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  2. Brodick Bar & Brasserie

    By the post office, this is a good choice for families (high chairs are available) and the older crowd, particularly if you like tucking into pizzas.

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  3. Catacol Bay Hotel

    Two miles from Lochranza, this bar does great food. The Sunday buffet for around £10 (over 60s - around £7 ) is famous, and the cheery service makes you feel like a local. With its snug bar, sunny beer garden, frequent live music and great beers on tap, it's the best pub on the island.

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  4. Corrie Hotel

    Substantial bar meals; delicious Banoffee pie.

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  5. Creelers Seafood Restaurant

    This award-winning restaurant, 1.5 miles north of Brodick, offers formal but unpretentious dining and is religious about seafood, sourcing all of its delicacies from Arran and the Western Isles. Try the seafood salad with avocado and lime dressing. The Smokehouse next door sells seafood over the counter.

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  7. Drift Inn

    There are few better places to be on the island on a sunny day than the beer garden at this child-friendly hotel, ploughing your way through an excellent bar meal while gazing over to the Holy Island. There are pub faves and genuine Angus beef burgers, with generous portions all round.

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  8. Glenisle Hotel

    Excellent pub food; serves Scottish faves such as Cullen skink (soup made with smoked haddock, potato, onion and milk). Good wine list.

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  9. Joshua's

    This funky place decked out in suave red tones and with a sun-drenched conservatory on the water's edge serves grills, seafood and salads in the evening, with lighter offerings during the day.

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  10. Lighthouse Tearoom & Bunkhouse

    Calling itself a tearoom is being coy! The restaurant here has an extensive menu, great desserts and outdoor seating, all in a very, very blue lighthouse theme. It's getting quite a name for its excellent dishes (such as baked whole seabass stuffed with lime and coriander) using seasonal produce. Book in advance for dinner.

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  11. Ormidale Hotel

    This hotel has decent bar food. Vegetarians should try the mushroom and stilton lasagne, while carnivores can dig into braised steak and onions in Arran ale, or a cold Kintyre salmon salad. Arran beers are on tap.

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