Guidebook for Inverness

Jamie
Guidebook for Inverness

Food Scene

Really cute Gluten free cafe. You can even get your bike repaired here!
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Velocity
1 Crown Ave
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Really cute Gluten free cafe. You can even get your bike repaired here!
Great little deli that will make you up fresh salad boxes, sandwiches and soup. Their mini steak pies are awesome!!
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crown deli
17 Kingsmills Rd
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Great little deli that will make you up fresh salad boxes, sandwiches and soup. Their mini steak pies are awesome!!
Fresh rolls every morning, also hot sauges rolls, pies etc. Local baker so everything is fresh! Just a couple of minutes walk away.
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Harry Gow Bakery - Kingsmills
15 Kingsmills Rd
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Fresh rolls every morning, also hot sauges rolls, pies etc. Local baker so everything is fresh! Just a couple of minutes walk away.
The Heathmount is only a few minutes walk from the house and offers good quality gastro pub food. A good place to go to watch sports too or just a quiet drink.
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Heathmount Hotel
Kingsmills Road
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The Heathmount is only a few minutes walk from the house and offers good quality gastro pub food. A good place to go to watch sports too or just a quiet drink.
Great local produce! A little more pricey than some, but if you want to treat yourself, it's definately worth it! Right opposite the Castle
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Cafe One
75 Castle St
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Great local produce! A little more pricey than some, but if you want to treat yourself, it's definately worth it! Right opposite the Castle
Great local menu with lovely views over the river Ness. Get in ealry fot the pre-theatre menu which is much cheaper! Their Cranachan is really good!
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The Kitchen Restaurant
15 Huntly St
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Great local menu with lovely views over the river Ness. Get in ealry fot the pre-theatre menu which is much cheaper! Their Cranachan is really good!
Another great resaurant for local produce and seasonal menus! Set in an old church, this place has lots of character and is always busy, so book in advance!
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The Mustard Seed Restaurant
16 Fraser St
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Another great resaurant for local produce and seasonal menus! Set in an old church, this place has lots of character and is always busy, so book in advance!
Really nice place! Atmosphere is intimate and food awesome!! Set in front of the river and only a few minutes from the centre
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Contrast Brasserie Inverness
21 Ness Bank
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Really nice place! Atmosphere is intimate and food awesome!! Set in front of the river and only a few minutes from the centre
They have 2 restaurants, the taster menu is really good value, while the main restaurant requires booking and has a menu by Albert Roux!
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Rocpool Reserve Hotel
Culduthel Road
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They have 2 restaurants, the taster menu is really good value, while the main restaurant requires booking and has a menu by Albert Roux!
Great seafood restaurant! (Pricey, but totally worth it!). Right opposite the castle too.
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Rocpool
1 Ness Walk
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Great seafood restaurant! (Pricey, but totally worth it!). Right opposite the castle too.
Really intimate restaurant, specialising in seafood. Need to book due to popularity and size.
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River House
1 Greig St
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Really intimate restaurant, specialising in seafood. Need to book due to popularity and size.
Small and friendly restaurant specialising on local produce. Really nice risotto!
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Fig & Thistle
4 6 Stephen's Brae
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Small and friendly restaurant specialising on local produce. Really nice risotto!
Typical Italian, where you are squeezed in and there's oranised chaos! Good honest food though! :)
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Little Italy
8 Stephen's St
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Typical Italian, where you are squeezed in and there's oranised chaos! Good honest food though! :)
Italian restaurant serving lunch and evening meals
Riva Pizzeria
4-6 Ness Walk
Italian restaurant serving lunch and evening meals
Selling genuine Italian snacks and coffee. Small but packed with flavour!!
Buonissimo Italian Street Food
21 High St
Selling genuine Italian snacks and coffee. Small but packed with flavour!!
The best pie shop I have come across!! This would be a day trip, but worth it! The scenery is stunning and the pies are just as good!!
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Lochinver Larder
Main St
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The best pie shop I have come across!! This would be a day trip, but worth it! The scenery is stunning and the pies are just as good!!
Great place to stop off on the way North or back home! They have a small farmers shop too, and some interesting produce!! Their cakes and lunches are really good value!!
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The Storehouse
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Great place to stop off on the way North or back home! They have a small farmers shop too, and some interesting produce!! Their cakes and lunches are really good value!!
Sit in or take away, this is a great place for Fish & Chips!!!!
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Trawler Restaurant
Main Street
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Sit in or take away, this is a great place for Fish & Chips!!!!
Good old-fashioned pub food. Good prices too.
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Culloden Moor Inn
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Good old-fashioned pub food. Good prices too.
Great restaurant located on the shores of Loch Ness on the East side. Only about 9 miles from Inverness, many guests hires bikes and cycle.
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The Dores Inn
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Great restaurant located on the shores of Loch Ness on the East side. Only about 9 miles from Inverness, many guests hires bikes and cycle.
Good honest pub food. One of the best value for money places to eat in our opinion
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The WaterFront
70 Huntly St
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Good honest pub food. One of the best value for money places to eat in our opinion

Essentials

Small convinience store open really early until 11pm and only a couple of minutes walk away.
Crown Stores
13 Kingsmills Rd
Small convinience store open really early until 11pm and only a couple of minutes walk away.

Shopping

Small independant shop selling lots of interesting things. Worth popping into. Their Sheila Fleet jewellery is lovely!
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The Drawing Room
14 Kingsmills Rd
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Small independant shop selling lots of interesting things. Worth popping into. Their Sheila Fleet jewellery is lovely!
Good for food!
12 helybéli ajánlásával
Marks & Spencer Inverness
Eastgate
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Good for food!
Cashmere, Barbour, Scottish gifts, all set in an old Jail. Dornoch is a really nice place to vsit with independant shops, stunning cathedral and beaches as well as the 6th best golf course in the world!
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Jail Dornoch
Castle Street
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Cashmere, Barbour, Scottish gifts, all set in an old Jail. Dornoch is a really nice place to vsit with independant shops, stunning cathedral and beaches as well as the 6th best golf course in the world!

Drinks & Nightlife

They also do food, but make a big thing about their real ales!
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Corriegarth Hotel
5-7 Heathmount Road
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They also do food, but make a big thing about their real ales!
They also have a restaurant specialising in good quality pub food. The restaurant is upstairs but you can also eat in the pub, (which I think is much more cozy!)
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The Castle Tavern
1 View Pl
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They also have a restaurant specialising in good quality pub food. The restaurant is upstairs but you can also eat in the pub, (which I think is much more cozy!)
Well, a music venue with traditional music on most nights, but also sells food, (try their cullen Skink!) and it's all set in a pub environment, with Thai decor! Random, but no visit to Inverness is complete without a wee jig in Hoots!!
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Hootananny
67 Church St
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Well, a music venue with traditional music on most nights, but also sells food, (try their cullen Skink!) and it's all set in a pub environment, with Thai decor! Random, but no visit to Inverness is complete without a wee jig in Hoots!!
These guys are actually brewers (Black Isle Brewery) and have set up a bar in town with THE BEST beer selection in town! They also serve pizza.
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Black Isle Bar and Rooms
68 Church St
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These guys are actually brewers (Black Isle Brewery) and have set up a bar in town with THE BEST beer selection in town! They also serve pizza.
Nice place for cocktails! They also do food, which I've yet to try to be honest.
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The White House
50 Union St
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Nice place for cocktails! They also do food, which I've yet to try to be honest.
Always music on and very much a locals bar! Friendly bunch
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Gellions Bar
14 Bridge St
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Always music on and very much a locals bar! Friendly bunch
One of the best Malt Whiskies in Scotland! Tours are great and you will go home with a wee dram!
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The Glenmorangie Distillery Co
A9
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One of the best Malt Whiskies in Scotland! Tours are great and you will go home with a wee dram!
Small distillery that was the in the film "The Angel's Share" a really nice wee dram!
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Balblair Distillery
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Small distillery that was the in the film "The Angel's Share" a really nice wee dram!
Home to the world's most expensive bottle of whisky! They also do tours
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Dalmore Distillery
19 helybéli ajánlásával
Home to the world's most expensive bottle of whisky! They also do tours
Bar on the river with outside seating. Often has music on and does basic pub food. More oa place to drink than eat.
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Johnny Foxes
26 Bank St
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Bar on the river with outside seating. Often has music on and does basic pub food. More oa place to drink than eat.

Entertainment & Activities

Cruise the Loch with this 5 star company and learn about the secrets of Scotland's most famous Loch!
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Loch Ness by Jacobite - Dochgarroch Lock
Dochgarroch Cottages
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Cruise the Loch with this 5 star company and learn about the secrets of Scotland's most famous Loch!
Another 5 start tour company who will take on Whisky tours, over to Skye and beyond!
WOW Scotland
15 Union Street
Another 5 start tour company who will take on Whisky tours, over to Skye and beyond!
Eden Court houses a movie theatre as well as a performing theatre where you can take in the ballet, plays, music and dance
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Eden Court Inverness
Bishops Road
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Eden Court houses a movie theatre as well as a performing theatre where you can take in the ballet, plays, music and dance

Parks & Nature

Site of 4000 year old burial cairns. This is the site that inspired the book and now TV series "Outlander" so to avoid the crowds, go early or later on in the evening. As it's free, you can go anytime!
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Clava Cairns
97 helybéli ajánlásával
Site of 4000 year old burial cairns. This is the site that inspired the book and now TV series "Outlander" so to avoid the crowds, go early or later on in the evening. As it's free, you can go anytime!
One of the most beautiful glens in Scotland. There's some great hiking trails to do here or wild swimming at Plodda Falls!
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Glen Affric
80 helybéli ajánlásával
One of the most beautiful glens in Scotland. There's some great hiking trails to do here or wild swimming at Plodda Falls!

Arts & Culture

A museum and art gallery, housing various exhibitions throughout the year and it's free!
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Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Castle Wynd
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A museum and art gallery, housing various exhibitions throughout the year and it's free!
Small and unique gallery showcasing some of the best local artists in the area
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Castle Gallery
43 Castle St
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Small and unique gallery showcasing some of the best local artists in the area
The visitor centre will show you how the last of the jacobite rebellion shaped the Highlands into what you see now...Well worth the entrance fee, but the battlefield itself is free to walk around.
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Culloden Battlefield station
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The visitor centre will show you how the last of the jacobite rebellion shaped the Highlands into what you see now...Well worth the entrance fee, but the battlefield itself is free to walk around.
Built after the Jacobite rebellion, this huge garrison still houses an active regiment as well as a 5 start museum
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Fort George
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Built after the Jacobite rebellion, this huge garrison still houses an active regiment as well as a 5 start museum
Cawdor Castle, Home to Lady Cawdor, is open April to October but can open by appointment too. Worth a visit!
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Cawdor-kastély
B9090
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Cawdor Castle, Home to Lady Cawdor, is open April to October but can open by appointment too. Worth a visit!
The start of the Pictish trail. An interesting small musem that is only open during the summer season, but can open by appointment
13 helybéli ajánlásával
Groam House Museum
High Street
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The start of the Pictish trail. An interesting small musem that is only open during the summer season, but can open by appointment