Portree Restaurants for Kids

I'm not sure about specific kids menus, but a good bet would probably be Gasta at Skye Candles Visitor Centre just south of Portree on the A87. About a 15 minute walk from the centre, or a very short drive (large car park). It's a really good pizza place (they also do salads) - with imaginative toppings. They have a proper wood fired pizza oven. It's also the home of Skye's only cinema.

Of course Portree is very small - just a village really despite being the largest settlement on Skye. There are not that many dining options! There is the Portree Hotel located on the main square. They don't advertise a kids menu, but their food is decent.

North of Portree on the way to Uig is the Galley Seafood (about a 15 minute drive from Portree). They are open until 9pm and do really good fish and chips among other things. No website but a facebook page and they are well rated on trip advisor. I've only been there for lunch, but it's very good.

@skygirl or anyone who's traveled to Skye

Similarly to Steve on restaurants, Our family of four is traveling to Skye staying in Portree 24-Aug thru 27-Aug. Wondering how booked up restaurants are this time of year, if walk ins are possible? Or can we make reservations 1-2 days beforehand? Read: We've made no reservations :).

Advice and dining spot recommendations greatly appreciated. We're not particularly particular, and up for driving to another town for dinner.

THX!

There are no other 'towns' in Skye. All our settlements are effectively small villages. In order of size from largest Portree, Broadford, Dunvegan, Staffin, Uig, Carbost. The ones I've given above for Portree are your best bets. There is also Sea Breeze down on the harbour, but I have never been so cannot recommend with confidence.

At Skeabost about 10 minutes drive north of Portree is the Skeabost Hotel which does nice food. Then heading towards Dunvegan in the Edinbane Inn (a pub). In Staffin is the excellent Hungry Gull. In Dunvegan we have The Old School, The Dunvegan and Blas - all very good. In Carbost is the Old Inn which is highly recommended. On the way to Carbost is the very good Cafe Cuill (not evenings). Not sure what to recommend in Uig apart from The Ferry Inn, which I know already is booked out for August. In Stein there is also the Stein Inn (pub). In Broadford there's Cafe Sia for pizza, plus a few others places none of which I have experience of.

FIne dining places include Lochbay in Stein, Edinbane Lodge in Edinbane, Three Chimneys in Colbost and Kinloch Lodge way south on the Sleat peninsula beyond Broadford. All definitely need reservations sometimes months in advance but worth a look if you have the desire and deep pockets.

So in short - yes you need to make reservations if you can, although local intel is that places in Portree (apart from posh Scorrybreac) might not be taking bookings, so you'd have to line up and be VERY patient.

Skye is overwhelmed with more tourists than can be fed at the fairly small number of restaurants.

When we were last in Scotland, (3 summers ago); in the less populated areas we sometimes found that we couldn’t find a viable restaurant. Either they were fully booked or they did not meet our needs. (Some of our group have very strict dietary rules; as your young children might.). When desperate, we relied on the “Sandwich, Snack and Drink” deals that were available at the local groceries, (Tesco?). Picnic in the park. This is not fine dining but we always found something. I’ve never been to Skye; so I don’t know what options are available. Just a thought.

@SkyeGirl - thank you very much. We have three nights on Skye and are staying in a cottage a bit south of Portree. The first night we will either do takeaway, try the pizza place you suggested, or get groceries and eat at the cottage. The second evening we have reservations at the Edinbane Inn (which has a kids menu!). The third day we have Sunday Lunch reservations at the Kinloch Lodge, and we'll do something light at the cottage for dinner. Many thanks for your feedback.

Steve
There is a 'big' COOP just on the edge of Portree (on the A87 heading north). By big I mean tiny by any normal standards but big for us here. It has about 6 aisles. There is also a really small COOP in Portree village. And another in Broadford (not quite as big as the big one in Portree). There are some other smaller grocery stores dotted around the island including the excellent Rankins on the edge of Uig. There's also a fruit & veg shop called Maggie's just north of the big COOP as you head north out of Portree. It doesn't look much from the outside but has the best fresh fruit and veg on the island. It's just off the main road on the right - you can probably find it on google maps.

I had lunch at Kinloch Lodge earlier this week. During the week it's a menu of 'small sharing plates', but on Sunday they do a proper Sunday roast. It's a lovely setting.

Jacqui

Thank you again!