Ferry Boat Inn, Ullapool

Official site of the Ferry Boat Inn - www.ferryboat-inn.com

From the outside this looks to be a traditional waterfront tavern, but unfortunately inside it doesn’t live up to these high expectations. The right hand bar seems to be very much a restaurant complete with open kitchen, whilst the left has more of a cafe/bar feel to it with it’s chunky pine tables and light wooden flooring. It looks as though there may be some renovation work underway – at one end there’s a modern hearth with grey slate tiles behind, fresh maroon paintwork and recessed shelving in the wall that was storing logs for the wood burning stove. Elsewhere there’s a patchy ceiling that looks to be work in progress, and rough plasterwork. There’s a relatively small corner bar at one end, and the window seats offer great views across the loch. The food menu was fairly succinct, although didn’t offer much in the way of “pub grub” dishes. Most of the mains were around the £11 mark, going up to as much as £21 for the lobster. There was also a small specials board that added another two or three choices. Portion sizes were very generous however. Beers on tap were Caledonian 80, Deuchars IPA and Crofters Pale Ale. Cider choice was disappointing with just Strongbow and Magners.

Official site of the Ferry Boat Inn - www.ferryboat-inn.com