10 evening eating out venues near us in the Cairngorms

Eating out in the Cairngorms

We’ve always offered self catering facilities for our guests even in the early days (over 25 years ago when we chared a kitchen with the guests – that didn’t last long). However, these days we find that far fewer of our guests use the facilities on offer. Most take advantage of the opportunity to eat out – after all they are on holiday. Of course, we can sometimes persuade some people to join us for a meal but there are plenty of choices around the area for an excellent meal out.

Anderson’s

It’s always going to be difficult for us to sample places further afield when we have such an excellent restaurant right on our doorstep. Anderson’s also have a pizza takeaway but eating in is an excellent experience, if inevitably more expensive. However, you can choose anything from a steak or burger to a pizza. The quality of the food is enviable and all the ice cream options are home made.

The Boat Hotel

The Boat offers a full range of meals from breakfast, to lunch and high tea plus obviously dinner.

The Old Bridge Inn

Pride themselves not only on excellent local beers but also excellent locally sourced ingredients and THE place to go for live music.

The Rowan Tree

Excellent imaginative and always well presented menu. Not a cheap venue but well worth a special treat.

Po Pia

specialises in Thai food and also offers take away

The Penny Bun

started from a street food van at Alvie estate. Proud of their foraging background.

The Cairngorm Hotel

Haggis lasagne is a speciality

La Taverna

Pizza buffet is a bargain. Watch out for the toblerone cake in the dessert section.

Sylhet Brasserie

Our favourite curry house in Grantown on Spey

The Winking Owl

Traditional pub grub

Further afield:

The Mustard Seed, Invernesss – our top venue in Inverness. The atmosphere is fantastic and the menu is reasonable but delicious with a wide choice. Always something for everyone.

The Kimberley Inn, Findhorn – chowder and fish and chips are always excellent which is only to be expected considering their seaside location.

The Captain’s Table, Findhorn – popular for lunch. They also have a summer ice cream parlour run by Miele’s

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