Eating Out

We are really well-served (by Scottish standards anyway) for good pubs. Whistlefield Inn and Coylet Inn, up the side of Loch Eck at 10 and 5 minutes respectively, are both well-recommended – we’ve included menus in the house information pack. Children, but not dogs, are welcome at both. The more easily walkable pubs are both fine, too, providing big portions of good basic pub food. The Cot House, with a playground for kids, is probably the more traditionally pub-like pub of the two. It’s exactly a mile away. The Pier at Kilmun is a wee bit closer and classier, grub-wise. Dunoon has dozens of cafes, bars, takeaways and restaurants. The Loch Fyne Oyster Bar trades a bit on reputation price-wise but is a landmark destination in these parts and only about 35 minutes away. Far superior in our humble opinion is the glory that is InverCottage at Strathlachlan, 40 minutes away on this side of Loch Fyne.

Food Shopping

The Cot House service station on the main road has a good convenience store attached, selling papers, basic groceries etc and is open long hours every day. The diner there is not really recommended, but the shop is fine, like the pub. It’s a mile away (if you are walking, take the pretty little footbridge over the river off the road to the left, 150 yards from the main road junction). Dunoon is a busy little town all through the year, and has lots of traditional shops including butcher, bakeries, hardware, little galleries, etc. Its two main supermarkets are both open seven days - Safeways on John Street till 8pm weekdays, and the Co-op on Queen St till 10pm.