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This place has it all, including so many awards that it is difficult to list every one of them - recently the Eat Scotland Silver Award 2007, Les Routiers Cafe of the Year (Scotland) 2007 and the Tea Guild Award of Excellence 2007.

The Coach House Coffee Shop specialises in traditional Scottish food, with great homemade soups and cakes; there is a huge selection of speciality teas and coffees. It is a dog friendly establishment, but there are also facilities for baby changing and the disabled.

Finally they also have a gift shop in premises, offering Loch Lomond crockery and an enormous choice of traditional teapots.

Knockderry House is a four star Scottish Tourist Board country house hotel set in its own grounds on the picturesque banks of Loch Long, it also holds an AA rosette for its restaurant, which was judged outstanding by Eatscotland in its last report.  The meals at lunch during the week are simple light ones, based on excellent local produce and traditional style, for example a traditional poke of peat smoked haddock and hand cut chips with a chive and lemon crème fraîche sauce or homemade chicken liver parfait with toasted ciabatta and seasoned salad.

The evening lounge menu is based on the same premise although is more substantial and has greater range including local Argyllshire beef fillet (hung for at least 3 weeks) with fondant potato braised shallots, slow roasted garlic and a rich red wine and garlic jus or corn fed, organic chicken breast with creamed leeks and thyme mash.

At the weekend they serve a set five course menu with or without specially selected wines and the choice changes every week depending on availability and season. Their wine list is regularly updated to include new wines and always offers an interesting variety - ably assisted by their supplier Inverarity Vaults, with real ales from around Scotland, including Loch Fyne Ales and Houston Breweries.

Situated in a Victorian mansion in the picturesque village of Rhu, the restaurant at Rosslea Hall Hotel in Ferry Road features a Scottish menu with bistro classics. While enjoying the casual dining experience in an airy conservatory, from this one guests can also admire the splendid views over the Firth of Clyde.

The à la carte menu uses the best of local produce and offers such dishes as seared Oban scallops with samphire salad and citrus butter, tempura king prawns with sweet chilli sauce and avocado purée, pan fried corn fed chicken with mushroom fricassee, roast lump of lamb with Niçoise mash and roast noisettes of pork with caraway essence. Let the meal climax with dessert of garden berry crème brûlée, pear fuillantine and almond biscuits with Chantilly cream or tarte au citron. There's also a table d'hote menu which changes daily. The breakfast buffet offers a full Scottish breakfast of bacon, sausage, mushrooms, tomato, black pudding, baked beans, potato, scone and your choice of egg. A glass of your favourite vintage adds to the pleasure.