Harden's survey result
Summary
This Victorian gothic shooting lodge-turned-boutique hotel benefits from a “stunning setting” by Loch Torridon. Its contemporary-style restaurant, 1887, offers a “very well presented menu”, but while many reports praise some “wonderful dishes” and “very good cooking”, some diners found it “disappointing” or encountered “limited availability” of dishes this year. As of October 2022, you have to stay to sample the food here as it’s currently residents-only (unless you head for tea, coffee and cake in the Beinn Bar).
Summary
“The setting overlooking a sea-loch is incredible, awe-inspiring” at this “Victorian wood-panelled shooting lodge-cum-boutique hotel looking out over the razor’s edges of the Torridon massif”: “there are few locations this special...”. Reports this year tended to focus on meals away from the main dining room: “afternoon tea makes for a truly memorable occasion…”, “we ate dinner at the Bo & Muc café attached as we didn’t want a full menu, but the service and attention were second to none”. If you go the whole hog you can enjoy the contemporary 1887 dining room. There was the odd off report, but without further in a similar vein we’ve accounted for it as a blip.
Summary
“Very good Highlands food is served in a grand ex-hunting lodge” – and supervised for the past few years by Ross Stovold, previously of Isle of Eriska – at this refined albeit off-piste lochside hotel, and there’s an “excellent gin and whisky bar to relax in afterwards”… hoorah!
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The Torridon, Annat, IV22 2EY
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £24.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £4.50 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 12.50% |
The Torridon, Annat, IV22 2EY
Opening hours
| Monday | 8 am‑10 am |
| Tuesday | 8 am‑10 am |
| Wednesday | 8 am‑10 am, 6:45 pm‑9 pm |
| Thursday | 8 am‑10 am, 6:45 pm‑9 pm |
| Friday | 8 am‑10 am, 6:45 pm‑9 pm |
| Saturday | 8 am‑10 am, 6:45 pm‑9 pm |
| Sunday | 8 am‑10 am, 6:45 pm‑9 pm |
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