Excellent menu. Many local craft beers on draft and in bottle and, of course, a great whiskey…read moreselection. The fish and chips are wonderful. The fish is prepared well, not overdone, and are paired with a home-made tartar sauce.

More spacious and less crowded than the Isles Inn pub down the street. No food in here, but the…read morehotel has a restaurant in the same building. Service was fast and friendly. Note that because Portree is a tourist town, prices are higher here for most beverages than elsewhere in Scotland (around £4.50, vs. £3.75 for a pint of beer or a single shot of malt whisky). Interior is charming and pleasant; one can imagine sitting near one of the two cast iron stoves at each end of the room, warming up after coming in from one of the winter storms that rock Skye in the off season. And even if it's filled with tourists playing on their phones, it's still nice!

I came to the Oban whisky shop to see if they had a bottle of my my favourite whisky, even though…read morethere are a few whisky shops in the area this was the most likely to stock better single malts than most of the local shops. This may not be a big ship but it does stock a good selection but be aware that most bottles that l saw where at least £10 or so more than the shop that l usually buy my whisky from. Overall good shop but more expensive than others.

While waiting to go on a tour at the Oban Distillery, the boyfriend and I took a walk to The Oban…read moreWhisky and Fine Wines Shop. A great wee shop full of great finds. The boyfriend, every year he receives a bonus at work, buys himself a new bottle of whisky to celebrate and keep at home in his collection. This year, he is in search of some Japanese whisky and actually found it here. To his surprise, it was actually a lot cheaper than he's been able to find locally in Glasgow or online, which was great. This shop has a cute little sitting area with an electric fire going, making it really cozy to be in there. The girl working wasn't the friendliest, playing on her phone the whole time we were there, but we quite enjoyed looking around at all there is to offer and just the overall atmosphere in this shop. Stop in if you're in the area. You never know what you might find!

Located on Main Street, Inveraray Scotland, Loch Fyne Whiskies is a small establishment that…read moreproduces their own blended whiskies, well known malts and rare bottlings. The interior features ceiling to floor shelves of assorted whiskies. It is quite a sight to behold. Their living casks make their whiskies intriguing, as well as, a special treat for whisky lovers. if you care to share whisky stories this is the place to indulge yourself. The Hamish inspires your gift of gab and your whisky passions. Even your wee questions will be answered. If you are in Inveraray and have a slight fondness for the spirits Loch Fyne Whiskies will reward your interest. Enjoy your samples till you find the right dram. Did you know that whiskies have definitive cheese pairing? I can not say that I ever did until they were pointed out to me by Loch Fyne associates. This visit was before the Covid-19 pandemic.

I popped in to this wee Aladdin's Cave of whisky a few weeks back while on a holiday day trip to…read moreInveraray. It sits on the main street just across from the 'jail'. Inveraray main street can feel like being bludgeoned by tourists (hey, I guess I'm glad they rate Scotland enough to come) so it's nice to be able to jump in somewhere for a bit of relative calm. Loch Fyne Whiskies provides this calm. The shop staff will be more than happy to chat away about whisky or even better, pour you a wee taster. I couldn't help but buy a bottle of the local blend, which by the way, is bloody fantastic; very smooth, down very easily (I finished the bottle within a week!). It has a fantastic selection though of single malts at very reasonable prices so if you're ever up that way, I recommend stopping in.

We had a wonderful tour with our guide Kevin! It was interesting to see a distillery in the heart…read moreof town and learn about how it helped shaped the town. Other than the tour they do offer a nice sit down bar where you can enjoy a dram and relax. There is also a little retail space with some nice gifts and other whiskies besides Oban. I had never had the pleasure of trying Oban whisky and after three other tours before this one it still stands out and was a favorite of mine. The whiskies were smooth, and had some of my favorite tasting notes. Make sure to have this be a stop when your in Oban

This was a fun tour and I learned a lot. I don't even like whiskey! I thought it was fairly priced…read more Each person gets 3 shots of whiskey, but if you ask for the 'cork', you get a small 3-pack of whiskey to take home, which is a great souvenir. They also give you the shot glass you drank your whiskey out of. You get a discount at their shop and we bought some whiskey. The only reason I'm giving this 4 stars is that their website kind of mentions that the tour is disability friendly, when it is not. There are stairs up and down. But they were very good about giving me a last minute refund for the tickets we couldn't use.

The service was great and the guy who served me spoke perfect English. It was fast and very well…read moreexplained on how the whole process is done. There is no food other than a couple bags of single serve snacks. The location has plenty of seating and has a large variety of offerings. I enjoyed my whisky and would definitely recommend.

Great tasting opportunity since the menu includes almost every whisky option. The staff is super…read moreknowledgeable and friendly. The even gave us complimentary whisky for tasting, chocolate and nuts. The tasting room is not over the top, bit the ambience is great. They also provide a short facility tour... is a must.

Before we had kids, my wife and I wound up doing an impromptu whisky tour of Scotland. Not…read moreintentionally, but we did our honeymoon in Scotland and my wife discovered she loved scotch (and Scotland), while I already knew I loved scotch. Our last two trips have been with kids and thus less focused on scotch, but we managed to make our way to Tobermory while on the Isle of Mull and it was a treat. We did the warehouse no. 1 tasting because it had the most interesting scotches from the description and it was a wonderful experience. We wound up running late because of the ferry and were brining along two small kids (4 and 7), but they happily ushered us into the tasting, which had just started after the tour (which we missed). The rest of the group doing the tasting (there were only 7 of us total) said they were fine with the kids as long as they were well-behaved. We tasted our way through four different cask (two unpeated Tobermory and two peated Ledaig) with a lively commentary from the guide and the other people on the tour. The whole thing was fun. The most fun was watching all the English people on the tour (including the guide) get into a well-mannered argument about the quality of the water at various points in the English Midlands. Beyond accommodating us being late and our kids, they also provided "drivers' drams" where we took home one set of the tasting in small bottles because one of us had to drive. That's an amazing feature, which I haven't seen at other distilleries in the past. As far as the actual whisky goes, it's a bit on the sweet side and it's not my perfect choice, but they do some really interesting things with the various barrels and casks they age it in. I'm currently sipping one that spent 10 years in a Bordeaux red wine cask that is delicious.

They say you should always leave the best things till last and well this is defo worth doing and…read moreleaving on a high. Our tour guide was Seth and he was awesome, he was very knowledgeable and although it's not the biggest distillery, the tour is very well put together and there are lots of things to see, smell and taste. When we went, the distillery wasn't operational due to upgrades which was kind of nice and perhaps you got a more in-depth view? Any questions we had were answered and the story of Tobermory distillery is fabulous. It's nice to see a distillery still using old methods and manpower rather than updating to full-on computers and robots. Once you have done (here I would recommend going the classic tour :-) ) its tasting time. We got to try 2 whisky's which are both produced here, very very nice. Once we had finished we then had an expensive trip to the shop which has loads of items to buy. Whether is raining or sunny you defo need to book yourself in on one of these tours.

Hidden away down a narrow lane out from Callandar, the Scottish Real Ale Shop is in a white garage…read morenext to the Laid Inn. It's was only open in the afternoons when I visited, but when you step inside the uninspiring building, you enter a small aladdin's cave of bottled beer. All Scottish, all at reasonable prices (£2 a bottle or so) and with a very knowledgable proprietor who is happy to recommend beers based on your preferred styles. I stocked up for the week I was spending in the Trossachs.