Must-see restaurants in Outer Hebrides

  • Machair Kitchen

    Outer Hebrides

    The restaurant in this community centre and art gallery enjoys a stunning location, with views across the sea to the island of Taransay, and an outdoor…

  • Digby Chick

    Outer Hebrides

    A modern restaurant that dishes up bistro cuisine such as haddock and chips, slow-roast pork belly or roast vegetable panini at lunchtime, the Digby Chick…

  • Langass Lodge Restaurant

    Outer Hebrides

    One of the best restaurants in the Outer Hebrides, Langass Lodge complements the best of local seafood, beef and game with vegetables and herbs grown in…

  • Skoon Art Café

    Outer Hebrides

    Set halfway along the Golden Road, this neat little art gallery doubles as an excellent cafe serving delicious homemade soups, sandwiches, cakes and…

  • Distillery Canteen

    Outer Hebrides

    The cafe at the Isle of Harris Distillery, with its communal, scrubbed-timber tables and chunky benches, is bright and convivial. The menu is not…

  • Hebscape

    Outer Hebrides

    This stylish cafe and art gallery, a couple of miles outside Tarbert on the road north towards Stornoway, occupies a hilltop site with breathtaking views…

  • Temple Cafe

    Outer Hebrides

    Set in a cute stone-and-timber 'hobbit house' that was originally a visitor centre, and strewn with cushions covered in Harris tweed, this rustic cafe…

  • Lido

    Outer Hebrides

    Black-and-chrome decor and grey-granite tabletops lend an art deco air to this busy diner, whose menu covers all bases from gourmet burgers to smoked…

  • An Lanntair Arts Centre

    Outer Hebrides

    The stylish and family-friendly cafe-bar at the arts centre serves a broad range of freshly prepared dishes, from tasty bacon rolls at breakfast to…

  • Thai Café

    Outer Hebrides

    Here’s a surprise – authentic, inexpensive Thai food in the heart of Stornoway. This spick-and-span, no-frills restaurant has a Thai chef and serves some…

  • Artizan Cafe

    Outer Hebrides

    Recycled timber and cool colours mark out this cafe-gallery as one of Stornoway's hip hang-outs, serving great coffee and cake and tapas-style lunches …

  • Deck

    Outer Hebrides

    There are only outdoor seats at this cafe (attached to the Hebridean Toffee factory), on a wooden deck overlooking the bay, but it's worth waiting for a…

  • Storehouse Cafe

    Outer Hebrides

    The cafe at Lews Castle does decent coffee and cake, but also serves breakfast rolls, hot lunches and afternoon tea (Fridays from 2pm, per person £20).

  • Calanais Visitor Centre Cafe

    Outer Hebrides

    The cafe in the Callanish visitor centre serves a range of homemade soups, sandwiches and hot lunch specials, as well as good coffee and cake.

  • Lobster Pot

    Outer Hebrides

    Snacks are available at the Lobster Pot, the tearoom attached to Ardmaree Stores (a grocery store near the causeway).

  • Blackhouse Village Cafe

    Outer Hebrides

    One of the blackhouses in Garenin village is home to this basic cafe serving coffee, cake and light snacks.