Luxury Dining

For lovers of fine food, Argyll & the Isles boasts more than its fair share of Michelin recommended restaurants. Michelin Stars are awarded for outstanding cooking. Inspectors look at the quality of ingredients, the harmony of flavours, the mastery of techniques, the personality of the chef as expressed through the food and consistency across the menu and time.

In short, if a restaurant has a Michelin Star, you know it's going to offer incredible food.

Our Recommendations

The Pierhouse Hotel specialises in traditional Scottish dishes and seafood. Here, Chef Michael and his team prepare the best Cullen Skink, hand-dived scallops and Loch Creran oysters. There are also some excellent vegetarian and vegan dishes, light snacks and cocktails, all best enjoyed while gazing out over the stunning Loch Linnhe.

18 at The Machrie Hotel is well worth the boat trip to the beautiful island of Islay. Much of the produce is free-range and sourced from small-scale farmers and suppliers on the island. The atmosphere is relaxed and the menu is varied. Argyll smoked salmon, breast of duck, Islay scallops, braised pork belly and wild mushroom risotto feature in winter and the fare adapts to the seasons. As you would expect, the food is excellent, and the setting is spectacular with panoramic views out to sea.

Inver, a small characterful restaurant on the shores of Loch Fyne, holds the new Michelin Green Star for Sustainability. This gem of a restaurant has a host of rave reviews from Condé Nast Traveller, The New York Times, The Good Food Guide and more. The a la carte lunch menus feature fresh seafood and local seasonal meat and game, and in the evening, there's a fabulous five-course tasting menu using the very best local wild and farmed ingredients. The Times sums Inver up perfectly saying "Loch Fyne offers a Highland panorama that is the dream of every Scottish souvenir shop. On its gentle banks, looking out towards the moss-masked Old Castle Lachlan, sits Inver, led by the award-winning chef Pamela Brunton and her husband, Rob."