I highly recommend eating at this great restaurant. Call ahead to make reservations, since they…read moredon't open usually until 530 (17:30). Great ambiance, service and food were delicious. Lamb haggis start was great (we were on the fence but after talking to the waitress she recommended it). If we were staying another night we would definitely eat here again.

Europe 2023 - Scotland…read more FAST we arrived late to Loch Ness area, and our hotel recommended Fiddlers. Food: The roasted Cod Loin Cullen was amazing!!! Lots of flavors to pull out of this dish, with the chowder, Cod and Smoked Haddock. Just amazing. My wife had the chicken salad which she enjoyed. I had the malt of the day which was a great choice. Atmosphere: we did not have reservations so we popped in and put our names on the list and went back to our hotel since it was raining and there really isn't much waiting room inside. But the place has a great bar and decorations, mostly of bottles of whiskeys. Service: excellent service. Tip: if you can get a reservation, but if the weathers nice there are tables outside.

Lovely cafe with delicious food. We had the perfect hot soup of the day, a tuna melt and a ham and…read morecheese toastie. So good! The onions rings too! Delicious home cooked food, gifts to take home, and the owners are a lovely couple.

Lovely spot for a home-cooked breakfast right off the road. The hot chocolate was frothy and…read moreabsolutely delicious. The wee Redburn Scottish breakfast was a real treat. The owners were delightful! Clean bathrooms for customers, and a nice selection of cute souvenirs. We were in and out with our tummies happy and full, ready to continue our road trip.

Very good. We had a variety of dishes and all were excellent. The pepper sauce was amazing.... We…read moreput it on everything.

Fiddler's is a great pub in what really is an incredibly touristy area. Sure, the pub is touristy…read moreas well, but the food is legitimately good and the service was also warm and quick. Both the burger and the salad were top notch and priced fairly. Toilets were clean and while the restaurant was busy and a bit cramped, they did their best to keep people moving through. You can't beat the location and parking is available in a large public lot just across the street.

I was pleasantly surprised by this cafe in what I feared would be a tourist trap of a town. We…read moreneeded a quick lunch after touristing it up at Urquhart Castle. It was sunny and we were able to get a table on their patio (dogs are welcome). You order inside, all of their employees were friendly, and they bring your order to your table. They have a soup and sandwich lunch option that was simple, and just right. We also took a piece of lemon cheesecake to go.

Headed down Loch Ness one fine day on our journey Westward in Scotland. We found ourselves famished…read moreand it was around lunch time, so we stopped at the Ness Deli and Cafe. It took just a few minutes to get seated. The menu had a very nice array of options, but we were all wanting a fresh green salad. Oopsie, they were out of the salads. The server came back a few minutes later and we each ordered a sandwich and soup. I had the fish stew, and it was very good. I also had a pesto, tomato and mozzarella salad. It was very good, but the bread was sliced very thickly and the fillings didnt go all the way to the edges, leaving me to discard a good bit of the crust. We ordered the Malteaser Bar to share as a dessert and that was not my favorite, but I'm not a big chocolate eater. A good lunch, good service.

Absolutely the best hot chocolate I have ever had in my life!! The coffee was delicious and the…read morebaked goods all looked gorgeous! Definitely a great spot to stop and have a treat.

Was standing right next to this place whilst scouring Yelp for a decent coffee and would have…read moremissed it, had I not lifted my head up. What a find! Amazing coffee, baking and artisan produce. Long overdue for the highlands. Very friendly staff too! Took a detour the following day just for another coffee it was that good. Hope to see this business flourish as it deserves every success.

Food and coffee was pretty good, but I could barely eat my meal because they took 30 minutes to…read morebring water. The waiter almost never came back after we got our food. It was a meal for survival, but I wouldn't go here again.

Excellent breakfast and service was delightful. Love what they're doing! Highly recommendread more

The Wildcat was a great find in the little town of Fort William. It's a vegan café with plenty of…read moreplant-based options, but not many for those who are gluten free. The vegan cakes looked delicious, but the gluten free slices were a little sad. We had gluten free toast, which took a while to arrive, but the service was friendly and the espresso was excellent. I'd happily come back, hopefully next time they'll have more gluten free choices.

This women-run vegan cafe it's a complete breath of fresh air in the Fort William eating scene…read more It's quite small so we had to queue for around 10 minutes before they could find us a table for 4, but it was worth the wait. I had the red lentil soup with a falafel wrap, followed by some excellent coffee. I hope they can get a some larger premises soon as Fort William could definitely do with more of this sort of thing.

We saw the Mountain Cafe mentioned in our travel book (Fodor's Travel Scotland, 2016), which said…read morethat it's "famed locally" and won a national award in 2014, so we had huge expectations and WE WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED!!! First: we had to wait 15 minutes, but were given a buzzer for when our table was ready--per the hostess, we were able to go as far as the grocery store in town. We didn't mind the wait, as it gave us time to pop into the tourist shop and buy postcards and stamps. The wait was worth it! I had a coffee, one of the best coffees I've ever had, and we sat enjoying the view of the mountains and the view of the pastries, piled in tantalizing piles on the far end of the shop. We each had a roll, mine w fried egg, bacon, and hash brown; hubby the same with sausage instead of bacon. The food was hot, fresh, and the ingredients locally sourced, and tasted so damn good. Every dish that made its way to neighboring tables looked ridiculously good too, and I kept saying I want to try that, and that, and that!! On our way out we bought a chocolate raspberry brownie and a macadamia bar, both items are rich and flavorful, and large enough that hubby and I have been enjoying them all day!! I seldom visit the same restaurant twice while on vacation, but while eating we both agreed that we're going back tomorrow for another amazing meal (and more pastries, I hope!!) before we had out of lovely Aviemore!

WOW (is this a way to start a review, not sure but) Wow…read more This may be one of the best places I've eaten in Scotland, no joke... and there's some great food in this country. My wife and I came here after an exhausting weekend away with teenagers... we were a bit sceptic as to whether or not there was decent food in Aviemore. Don't get me wrong, we figured we would find some ok food, but didn't expect it to be this good. We were told that we would need to get there as early as possible because of the wait... and we were like, this is an outdoor shop's cafe, it couldn't be that good. Well it is THAT good. As I said, you will more than likely have to wait (got this advice from a local)... and you could end up waiting for at least half an hour as we did. We finally got seated and were impressed with the menu thinking that the food couldn't be as good as it seems on the menu. But it was THAT good. I had a red bean burger (if I'm correct) that was SOOO tasty. They make the burgers here (not frozen like veggie burgers at other places). It may have easily been one of the best veggie burgers I've had in Scotland. It came with chips, which I wish I could've had more of but wouldn't have had the room for. To top it off, I had a pot of Eteaket tea with Red Velvet cake. So... a lot of places in Scotland try to do a great Red Velvet cake and end up with an OK red velvet cake. Mountain Cafe did an excellent red velvet. Both moist and dense. Sweet and SOOO filling. In the end, my wife had to roll me out the door and down the stair sideways. I was super full with excellent food. It may have cost a bit more than I would've normally paid for lunch, drink and a cake... but seriously I didn't care. Why isn't Aviemore closer?

The food was great. The customer service was fantastic and the speed of everything was spot on…read more It's a cute little café with decent seating and plenty of things to look at while you're waiting.

We stopped here before going to John o'Groats and the full Scottish hit the spot. If not for this…read morebreakfast the trip simply would've been a disaster. The lady working the tables was very friendly however was spread thin. The cafe is small but all the tables were full and she was WORKING. Maybe it'd be nice for her to have a companion aside from just the line cook who seemed nice too. Anyway great spot would recommend.

These people could not have been less welcoming. All the 4 tops were taken by parties of 2 and…read morethere were two tops we wanted to pull together and they wouldn't let us. Generally just unpleasant welcome, so we left for Artysan Cafe down the street.

Falafel on a bagel! It was so good the first time I had the same thing on the next visit. The bagel…read morewas fresh and the falafel just the right spiciness (you know, like Goldilock's porridge). Staff were pleasant and welcoming. The vibe of the place suited my sensibilities. I just wish Blend's food and vibe was closer to home.