Can anyone recommend a restaurant in Oban that the group won’t dine at on the second night there? I’d like to make a reservation at one of the restaurants listed in the guide book, but hope not to repeat the next evening with the tour group. For those who have taken the 13 day tour, which restaurant was used for the group meal?
Posted by
Houston
15 posts
I just got home from this tour and we dined in the hotel restaurant for the group meal.
I had good meals at the Waterfront Fishhouse and Coasters on the other nights.
I really enjoyed the whole tour.
Posted by
Chicagoland
2713 posts
We enjoyed a nice seafood dinner at
Ee-usk on the waterfront several years ago.
Posted by
Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico
2450 posts
Sorry to disagree, jeanm, but I also ate at EE-USK in 2023, and it was one of the worst meals I had in my entire five weeks in Scotland.
I had great fish & chips in Oban, but I'm afraid I can't remember where. It was somewhere along Corran Esplanade or possible on George St. There are quite a few options, though, so I'm sorry I can't pin it down.
EDIT: Here's a photo of my dinner plate. It's scallops, in case you can't tell.
Posted by
352 posts
We also ate at Ee-usk on the waterfront celebrating our Anniversary and it was excellent. My husband’s favorite dinner.
Posted by
Wisconsin
179 posts
I ate at Ee-usk in 2023 and I had an amazing meal! I would second and third that as a choice.
Posted by
OP
Pittsburgh
9 posts
Very helpful. Thank you!
Posted by
Chicago
857 posts
I was in Oban in early June. The Oban Seafood Hut might have served me my freshest meal in 60 years. I had a salmon sandwich that was so fresh it must have been caught that same day. It's just a green shack, and you might have to stand to eat, but it was worth it.
Posted by
Wisconsin
485 posts
When we took the RS Best of Scotland tour in 2024, there was no group meal in Oban. I've just looked at my journal so that I could reply to your inquiry. On our first night there, my husband and I ate at Coast. Our tour guide had suggested it to us. We loved it! It's small, with a cozy ambiance, and the service was very friendly. We had seafood (mussels and scallops as appetizers, filet of sole and halibut for our entrees). This meal would end up being our favorite of the whole trip.
The next night we chose an Indian restaurant called the Taj Mahal, going there with another couple from the tour and sharing several dishes that we all enjoyed very much.
On our third day in Oban, which was a full free day, we had lunch at another place our guide had recommended, Cuon Mor. This place has a warm pub atmosphere and is popular. It always looked crowded when we'd strolled by, but our wait for a table was under five minutes and the meal was excellent. To help choose a restaurant for dinner that night, we chatted with tourmates about where they'd eaten dinner the past two nights. No one was raving about any place they'd gone. We'd enjoyed the food and atmosphere at Cuon Mor so we returned for dinner. Another wonderful meal. But my top recommendation is Coast.
Posted by
East Peoria, IL
851 posts
My wife and I at at Ee-usk on the rave recommendation of a friend. Absolutely the freshest, most delicious mussels we've ever had! We had fish and chips at the Oban Fish and Chip Shop on George Street. A group of women on our RS Scotland tour had eaten there the night before and liked it so much they went with us the next night.