Macdui's, Aviemore

Restaurant and bar adjoining Aviemore station, with a row of booths along the front windows, a few other tables near the corner entrance and the dining area at the far end. Serves cask ales from Cairngorm from the sole handpump, with Trade Winds (£5.40) available when I called in.

Despite the Scottish name, Macdui's has the feel of an American style bar/diner rather than a British pub and was mainly populated by people eating on both the Friday and Saturday nights I called in. You can just have a drink, however, and the Cairngorm Brewery Trade Winds and Wildcat real ales, both costing £3.80 a pint, were both in good condition. Carlsberg and San Miguel lagers, Caledonia Best and Guinness are also available on draught. So is Somersby Cider with Strawberry and Rhubarb, which sounds rather unappealing to me, although I'm not a cider drinker anyway.