Eating, Drinking & Local Attractions

Eating & Drinking

• Ardbeg Lodge Hotel & Restaurant Offering table d'hote and a la carte menus served in either the restaurant or the lounge bar. 23 Marine Place, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, PA20 0LF.

• Brechin's Brasserie 2 Bridgend Street, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, PA20 0PG.

• Ettrick Bay Tearoom This wonderful little tearoom is now open 5 days a week through Winter - closed on Monday and Friday - from 9:30am-4:00pm.

• The Kingarth Hotel & Smiddy Bar Home cooked food using the best local produce Relaxed atmosphere with indoor and outdoor eating areas. Isle of Bute, PA20 9LU.

• The Port Royal Hotel Accommodation, restaurant plus the "Old Russia Tavern" serving real ales and real cider. 37 Marine Road, Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, PA20 0LW. STB 2 Star Restaurant with Rooms.

• Teapot Tearoom 31 Marine Road, Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute.

Local Attractions

• Ascog Hall Victorian Fernery and Gardens Beautifully restored Victorian fernery and gardens. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Bute Highland Games Held in the latter half of August each year.

• Bute Museum The archaeology, history and natural history of the Isle of Bute. 7 Stuart Street, Rothesay, Isle of Bute PA20 0EP.

• Geocaching on Bute Geocaching applies to the organised hiding of an object or location, the cache, the identification of its location by GPS coordinates, and the publication of those coordinates on the Internet for others to seek and find.

• Mount Stuart House & Gardens Palatial mansion and surrounding landscape built by the Marquis of Bute. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Rothesay Castle Unusual circular castle surrounded by moat in Rothesay. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Rothesay's Victorian Toilets The most impressive surviving late Victorian public convenience in Scotland, if not Britain. Open 7 days a week. The Pier, Rothesay, Isle of Bute.

• St Blane's Church Remote ruins of a historic church in southern Bute. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• St Mary's Church Church on the edge of Rothesay. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

For Activities in the area, see the relevant links pages. For Local Businesses, see the relevant links pages. For Events in the area, see the What's On? page.