RestaurantsHighlandSleatIV43

survey result

Summary

£129
£££££
3
Good
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

A meal at the former clan Macdonald hunting lodge is full of “delicious temptations, with a wine list full of delights and spirits to follow” from a bar which stocks 122 different whiskies. The setting is magical, on the shore of Loch na Dal with views of the Cuillin mountains, and the lodge – a hotel since 1972 and still owned and run by the family – has all the comforts and fireplaces you might need – and “their Sunday lunch is the best ever!”.

Summary

£118
£££££
3
Good
3
Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

In a “lovely setting” on Skye, the sixteenth-century former clan Macdonald hunting lodge has been run as a hotel for 50 years and is now under the direction of Isabella Macdonald – with meals bookended by “cocktails or Champagne in front of a roaring fire in the lounge before, and coffee and digestives after – WOW”. “The restaurant is equally enticing”, with “the best local ingredients, well cooked” – although “the choice on the menu is very limited for a 3-night stay”. But it’s fair to say that reactions can differ: what for most diners is “heritage dining” can for a minority seem like an “old-school restaurant that has been left behind”.

Summary

£118
£££££
3
Good
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

In a “stunning location” on Skye – this former hunting lodge is a well-known country-house hotel run by Isabella Macdonald of clan Macdonald. It did inspire one or two complaints this year from those finding it “overpriced” or “lacking culinary direction”, but most accounts remained upbeat, praising “wholesome” and “delicious” cooking.

Summary

£118
£££££
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

The Macdonald of Macdonalds clan’s famed country house hotel, a former hunting lodge staring out over the Sound of Sleat to Knoydart, received superlative feedback last year for its “comprehensive” wine list, “excellent” staff and tasting menus tapping the Highlands’ bounty. All reporters rate culinary results as “outstanding”.

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Sleat, Sleat, IV43 8QY

Restaurant details

Highchair,Portions
Yes
10
No dress code
40

Prices

Availability 2 courses 3 courses coffee included service included
Dinner   £95.00
SundayLunch £40.00 £44.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £45.00
Filter Coffee £0.00
Extras  
Bread £0.00
Service 10.00%
Sleat, Sleat, IV43 8QY
Opening hours
Monday8 am‑9.00 pm
Tuesday8 am‑9.00 pm
Wednesday8 am‑9.00 pm
Thursday8 am‑9.00 pm
Friday8 am‑9.00 pm
Saturday8 am‑9.00 pm
Sunday8 am‑9.00 pm

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