Old Library Lodge & Restaurant

Long gone are the days when the eating part of travelling in the remoter parts of Scotland often meant that you took your gastronomic life in your hands. The Old Library is part of a movement that has transformed hazard into pleasure. Local Hero was filmed in the area, and whilst that tends to bring the people, many of them on the road to the Isles. The Old Library thrives more on the quality of the food and comfort that it provides.

A menu, that is proudly Scottish, features locally sourced fish and venison as well as Skye lamb and beef. Dishes might include pan fried scallops with lime and dill or steamed mussels in blue cheese and white wine, with mains such as monkfish fillet with tarragon and pernod or sirloin of beef with haggis and whisky cream; whilst you should save space for the likes of malt whisky ice cream, cloutie dumpling or sticky toffee pudding.

This is the sort of place that could be built into a holiday as one of the highlights, though the locals do it all the time. There is good accommodation at Old Library, even if the books are long gone. Don't worry about it, your mind will be on other things than reading.