Places to eat in Fort William

This Romantic candlelit Restaurant in Port Appin, near Oban on the West Coast of Scotland has consistently held 3 rosettes for over 25 years and has also been in the good food guide for 40 years.  It is reputed to be one of the best in Scotland and has proved to be very consistent over the years in terms of high quality.  The choice menu uses only the best local and seasonal produce with a good choice of locally caught fish or meat and the desserts are simply to die for!  There is also a 7 course Tasting Menu with or without matching wines and this is to be highly recommended.  The views from the restaurant are stunning and during the summer and early autumn you get the most amazing sunsets which often temporarily clears the room as guests rush out to take photo's!  This is a destination restaurant where fine dining meets friendly and relaxed service.  The hotel also serves one of the best Champagne Full Afternoon teas in the area and prides itself on this simply relaxed pastime with friends or relatives. The hotel offers a range of special packages, most notably:- Gourmet Package Celebratory Package Romantic Package

Nestling in the very heart of Glencoe, amongst the spectacular and majestic mountains of the Scottish Highlands, Clachaig Inn has been a source of accommodation and hospitality for travellers for over three hundred years. Clachaig Inn, Glencoe provides modern comfortable accommodation which is complimented with a traditional hearty Scottish breakfast - a really great way to start the day! This Glencoe hotel has 23 fully modernised bedrooms with en suite facilities; the accommodation offers a choice of double, twin and family rooms. All bedrooms have shower and toilet facilities, with some having a bath as well. Many of our bedrooms enjoy magnificent views of the Glencoe mountains and all are designated 'non smoking'. Glencoe is one of the best hillwalking areas in the Highlands of Scotland, which makes Clachaig an excellent base for outdoor activities such as hillwalking, climbing, sailing, skiing and snowboarding and mountain biking. Clachaig Inn, Glencoe is also an excellent centre from which to explore the magnificent glens and lochs of the west coast of Scotland, be it on foot or by car. Alternatively, it is an ideal location in which to just relax and enjoy the atmosphere of Glencoe and the Scottish Highlands.

Russell’s Restaurant with rooms at Smiddy House Located within The Great Glen, 60 miles of splendour from Fort William to Inverness. Russell’s offers genuine Scottish hospitality with luxury surroundings. We are in the centre of Spean Bridge, ideal for visiting the areas many attractions e.g. Ben Nevis, Loch Ness, The Road to the Isles, The Isle of Skye, etc. Serving outstanding cuisine with fresh local game, fish and a selection of local produce, Russell’s is an award winning 2 AA rosette restaurant incorported within Smiddy House, Spean Bridge near Fort William. Our guest bedrooms are tastefully decorated and well appointed, dressed with fresh flowers and luxury linens. Our garden room offers a peaceful retreat, somewhere to relax in the afternoon and where you can enjoy a pre-dinner drink whilst perusing the evening’s menu. The menu offers a choice of 2 and 3 courses; dining is informal and relaxed. Our menu changes regularly and uses the finest of produce including Scotch beef, Highland lamb, venison and game. Russell’s at Smiddy House offers you the best in Lochaber, ideal base for touring whilst enjoying comfort, good food and wine.

The Bistro at the Alex is a great family restaurant located within the Alexandra Hotel in Fort William's town centre. We have a good menu with something to suit everyone. The restaurant is bright and airy with a friendly table service. We have a large restaurant and can cater for large groups of walkers with a little advance notice. We serve food until 22:00 hours every day and also provide an early breakfast option. We are three minutes from the bus and train station, under the bypass. In the hotel next door we have live entertainment in Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings

Our family run restaurant is located in the former railway station building at Spean Bridge, 9 miles from Fort William and a short journey by road or rail ! We offer a relaxing environment to enjoy a light lunch or dinner with friends. Our menu changes daily and provides a tasty variety of local produce, carefully prepared to order. We have no pretenses - just a friendly atmosphere and lots of good food, wines, cask ales and fine Scottish whiskies... We are pleased to take bookings if you would like to phone or drop us an enquiry from the form below to check availability or request a sample menu. Some evenings our restaurant finishes off a good day with accoustic guitars and fiddles - which often makes the evening entirely memorable. We are open for special occasions.

Our Fort William cafe is located in the well-known Nevisport shop at the Parade end of the High Street. We offer home-made soups and hot meals served all day, including an early breakfast. Our freshly made, tasty sandwiches are good value and with our great coffee and a selection of teas and soft drinks, we think you'll enjoy Nevisport Cafe - a busy meeting place for locals and visitors. If you enjoy a home-made scone or baking, you'll like what you have in our friendly Fort William cafe - restaurant. Diners can also walk straight through to the Nevisport book and gift shop, and browse the outdoor sports equipment store on the ground floor. ******JOB VACANCIES****** We occasionally have job vacancies in our Fort William cafe - please get in touch with your CV For more details phone 01397 704790 or hand your CV into the café.

Our local Co-operative supermarket located in the heart of Caol village provides an excellent service to locals and visitors all year round. We stock a good range of fresh vegetables and bread and bakery products, milk, dairy products and newspapers, and a wide range of general groceries. Our wines and spirits are competitively priced and we often have special offers of excellent brands of Whisky - perfect to take home for a gift if you are visiting the area. We have a National Lottery service too.

Personal service, mouth-watering food and attention to detail are the hallmarks of The Moorings Hotel’s excellent reputation and this is perfectly demonstrated in the hotel's award winning Neptune's Restaurant. We are delighted and justly proud in having achieved a cosseted AA Rosette each year for the past thirteen years. Our experienced team of chefs create fine dining menus using the very best of local produce, including fresh west coast seafood, venison, salmon and Highland game. Open to both residents and non-residents, Neptune's Restaurant offers an enticing selection for all tastes, complemented by an interesting choice of wines from around the world from our carefully chosen wine list. We also offer a fine selection of malt whisky and liqueurs to be enjoyed with your after dinner coffee and petit fours. Functions and Larger Groups welcome AA Rosette Open All Year Round excluding Christmas Day Open Daily 7pm-9.15pm Reservations Necessary

Conveniently located half way along Fort William's pedestrianised High Street, The Grog & Gruel is a Traditional Alehouse and Restaurant in Fort William with a warm and friendly atmosphere and a character all of its own. Set half way along the High Street in Fort William, in the Highlands of Scotland and in the shadow of nearby Ben Nevis, our pub and restaurant provide a warm and friendly atmosphere where you will find a range of cask conditioned real ales and a good place to eat. The Alehouse has a traditional pub atmosphere and specialist in serving a wide range of cask conditioned ales from Scotland's many breweries. The Grog & Gruel has been CAMRA Good Beer Guide listed ever since the doors opened in 1994. There's also a good selection of malt whisky to be found on the pub's well stocked shelves, with around 100 available at any one time. The Grog & Gruel is a good place to eat in Fort William. We're 'a little different' from your average pub & restaurant and so is our food. You can choose to eat from our imaginative Alehouse or Restaurant menus. Light meals and bar snack are available throughout the day and evening in the pub whilst our ever-popular Restaurant provides a huge choice of meals every evening. Succulent Scottish sirloin steaks, Scottish wild boar burgers, home-made pizza and pasta, our Tex Mex selection…

The Glenfinnan House Hotel's restaurant and lounge bar have fantastic views looking over Loch Shiel and towards the Glenfinnan Monument and Ben Nevis. Our lochside location is amazing and very special. Our restaurant is open for fine dining in a cosy atmosphere during the spring, summer and autumn months serving a nice selection of home-cooked meals from local ingredients. "Best Bar Dining Hotel and Romantic Hotel 2018" Our lounge bar is a gathering place for locals and visitors and we serve snacks and bar meals all day - again freshly cooked to order and not fast food. We stock a range of wines and whiskies as well as our local breweries ales. Manja and Duncan Gibson are the resident managers – and extremely hospitable hosts – who will welcome you into the delightful hall, where a log fire blazes Along pine-panelled walls hang an atmospheric collection of paintings, most with a Jacobite theme, including an impressive portrayal of the 1745 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan. (courtesy of the 1745 Association).

Loch Leven Hotel and Distillery, at the foot of mighty Glencoe, is a historic ferry Inn dating back to the time of Bonnie Prince Charlie. This award winning family-run establishment has been converted to a quirky and comfortable Highland Hotel, providing an intimate setting and personalised service to all their guests. Loch Leven hotel enjoyed an enviable location by the loch, surrounded by dramatic mountain views. The stylish Loch View Restaurant offers guests a slightly more formal option for dining whilst The Old Ferry Bar offers meals in a less formal dining area as well as on the outside terrace. The bar stocks over 60 Single Malts, more than 50 Gins and offers a creative cocktail list. Loch Leven Hotel's Old Ferry Bar has been titled as the 'Best Bar' in the Highlands for 3 years in a row at the Scottish Hotel Awards (2016, 2017 & 2018)! Their own distillery produces premium Highland spirits, their best known product being Devil's Staircase Highland Spiced Gin, named after the famous landmark on the West Highland Way. The distillery also offers 4 hour Gin School experiences where you can make your own unique bottle of gin! The restaurant and bar serves the best local seasonal produce, carefully prepared and executed with flair. Dishes on the menu might include local seafood such as scallops or langoustines and local meats & game. The 12 comfortable en-suite bedrooms offer a cosy place to relax and unwind and most of the rooms have loch views. Being located in "The Outdoor Capital of the UK", guests can also enjoy a wide variety of things to see and do from walking and climbing to golf, watersports and skiing. Dogs are also welcome in the bar and bar dining area!

The Lime Tree An Ealdhain Restaurant is a multi award-winning fresh food restaurant, we are Relish Good Food Guide 'Top Twenty Small Scottish Restaurants', AA Two Rosette winner for Culinary Excellence, Visit Scotland 'Taste of the Best' award, Michelin and Good Food Guide listed. Our food guarantee at the Lime Tree is that all dishes are prepared from raw, seasonal, locally sourced ingedients made into something special by our skilled Chef Team led by Head Chef Andrew Cook.  ​You can view our current menu here. ​  Now taking bookings for Christmas & Hogmanay 2019!Please call us to make a booking ​Christmas Menu 2019 & Hogmanay Banquet Menu 2019 Lime Tree Restaurant finalist Scottish Restaruant of the year 2019It is with great pride that we announce that the Lime Tree Restaurant has been chosen as a finalist for its award by the respected and independent review Creative Oceanic as Scottish Restaurant of the Year 2019. We are delighted to accept this nomination, which reflects the hard work and skill of all staff at the Lime Tree and our commitment that all our food should be made here from seasonal, local where possible, raw ingredients. Simple really.