Best gastro pubs with rooms in Scotland

Bonnie Badger, Gullane

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The Inn at Loch Tummel

The Inn at Loch Tummel, Pitlochry

Spectacular views across Loch Tummel to the iconic peak of Schiehallion can be seen from this ‘characterful and quirky old coaching inn’ ten miles from Pitlochry in Perthshire’s big-tree country.

The Ship Inn

The Ship Inn, Elie

The catch of the day could be Shetland hake in the restaurant or nifty fielding on the sands at this pub-with-rooms overlooking the Firth of Forth, with its own beach cricket team.

Burt’s

Burt’s, Melrose

The white-washed 18th Century building with its distinctive black window mouldings has long been a popular landmark of this pretty borders town.

Scourie Hotel

Scourie Hotel, Scourie

Genuine Scottish hospitality, spectacular scenery and the thrill of some of Scotland’s finest wild brown trout fishing lure visitors to the Campbell family’s old coaching inn on the scenic North Coast 500 road route.

The Bridge Inn at Ratho

The Bridge Inn at Ratho, Ratho

Expect a ‘cheerful welcome’ at this gastropub-with-rooms, which stands by a bridge over the Union Canal in a conservation village.

Allanton Inn

Allanton Inn, Allanton

In a sleepy village in the Scottish Borders, Katrina and William Reynolds’ ‘friendly village inn’ is an ‘excellent-value’ base for walkers, cyclists, fisherfolk and visitors in search of a rural break.

The Meikleour Arms

The Meikleour Arms, Meikleour

On the Marquess of Lansdowne’s Meikleour estate, this Georgian coaching inn amid verdant woodland comes with fishing rights on the Tay.

The Loch Ness Inn

The Loch Ness Inn, Drumnadrochit

Hikers and cyclists stop for the simple comforts of this ‘friendly’ 160-year-old coaching inn, a ‘busy and bustling’ local gathering place in a village on the Great Glen Way.

The Kirkstyle Inn & Rooms

The Kirkstyle Inn & Rooms,

In a conservation village with history in its ancient stones, this popular, dog-friendly inn ticks all the boxes for a traditional pub brimming with genial hospitality.

The Colintraive Hotel

The Colintraive Hotel, Colintraive

The road to Colintraive peters out not long after the next village; you come here for the peace, the wildlife, the mesmerising views to the Isle of Bute, and the inn’s friendly welcome.

The Bonnie Badger

The Bonnie Badger, Gullane

The cool Scandi-Scotia design inside this Victorian inn is unexpected in this quiet village close to Scotland’s East Lothian coast.

Applecross Inn

Applecross Inn, Applecross

‘Surely a one-off'. Judith Fish’s lively hostelry in an ‘enchanting village’ is reached by the scenic, 'hair-raising' Bealach na Ba that winds across the Applecross Peninsula.

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