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Black Isle Bar, Inverness
Inverness
IV1 1EN
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Reviews of Black Isle Bar (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Old Boots left this review about Black Isle Bar
Black Isle Brewery’s tap in Inverness, next door to ‘spoons. In true brewery tap fashion it does pizza and has 26 keg taps on the back wall all displayed on an Untapped like screen as well as a paper version on clip boards on the tables. Talking of furniture it’s mostly low tables and chairs with a tall table in the middle. Not all the taps serve Black Isle kegs, four had guests including a Timmermans and a St Bernardus 12, one had their cider and three with their casks. It is GBG listed for 2026. The counter is a nice couple of pieces of varnished but otherwise unfinished tree trunk. The ceiling of concrete beams is liberally scattered with industrial stuff. There’s a boxed in area on the right which has a sign saying The Secret Garden, I didn’t explore the seating upstairs, the box is decorated with a large mural, the wall beside the counter has a painted map showing the location of the Black Isle brewery. Yes it’s popular and seating could be a problem but the staff and beer were fine on my lunchtime visit.
On 24th May 2026
- no rating submitted
[User has posted 4107 recommendations about 3768 pubs]
paulof horsham left this review about Black Isle Bar
This brewery bar is simply furnished, almost universally featuring large tables and wooden benches (though I was fortunate to score a proper padded seat).
It's busy and offers pizza as the main food option, the aroma from which will be obvious as soon as you enter.
Behind the bar, multiple protruding taps pour around 22 keg and 3 cask beers, mostly from Black Isle themselves, as you'd expect.
If you can somehow choose a quiet time, it's well worth a visit to take the opportunity to sample several off the list. Definitely one of the better examples of the style.
On 23rd May 2026
- rating: 7
[User has posted 663 recommendations about 616 pubs]
Bucking Fastard left this review about Black Isle Bar
On a street corner with large plate glass windows,this is an open plan interior with a large Pizza oven at the rear,a very long bar extending along the left hand wall.The furniture is mainly large wooden refectory style tables and with the food popular there can be a scramble for seating at busy times.It's also popular with families,so kids might be roaming and the noise level is high,the muzak doesn't help.
The screen above the bar was offering three cask ales,their Red Kite,Goldfinch and Yellowhammer (tired ,end of barrel,NBSS 2) while there are three Black Isle kegs offering a boubon aged 80/-,a 60/- and a Golden beer.There were 4 guest kegs and a house spakling cider but the kegs we tried were overcarbonated and much too cold.Service at the bar was slow and chaotic but at least cheerful.
We sloped off disappointed ,this was our only visit during a full three days in Inverness and we questioned why it features in the 2026 GBG.Maybe it's popularity has led to operational weakness.With a bar full of tourists maybe less care is taken.
On 3rd May 2026
- rating: 6
[User has posted 3180 recommendations about 3180 pubs]
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : Yes - See website for details - last updated 24 September 2017 by Will Larter
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 27 October 2016 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 08 November 2021 by Blue Scrumpy
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 27 October 2016 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 27 October 2016 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 27 October 2016 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 27 October 2016 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 27 October 2016 by Quinno _
- Function Room : Yes last updated 27 October 2016 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes - Pizza oven - last updated 24 September 2017 by Will Larter
- Jukebox : No last updated 27 October 2016 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 27 October 2016 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 27 October 2016 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 27 October 2016 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 27 October 2016 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 24 September 2017 by Will Larter
- Real Cider : No last updated 08 November 2021 by Blue Scrumpy
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 27 October 2016 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 27 October 2016 by Quinno _
