Not already a member?
Join our community and
- Rate & review pubs
- Upload pictures
- Add events
JOIN for free NOW
Chat about:
Random news of the day with Tris39
on the Pub Forum
Image posted by Will Larter
Submitted on Sunday, 16th June 2019
With picture contributions to 11567 other pubs
View all this pub's pictures (8 more images)
Detail Pages
Langass Lodge, North Uist
Loch Eport
Postal town: North Uist
HS6 5HA
Served areas
Reviews of Langass Lodge (Average Rating: 5 of 10) see review guidelines
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Will Larter left this review about Langass Lodge
I called in again on my most recent trip to the Western Isles because I had read on WhatPub that there was no longer real ale available here. That turned out not to be the case, with a solitary hand pump dispensing Inveralmond Ossian. However, this beer was in not very good nick, having a bit of a haze to it and lacking liveliness. I asked for a cheeese and onion sandwich, which arrived on a plate with side salad and a handful of crisps, but on closer examination the bread was bog standard supermarket sliced brown, not even wholemeal, and the vital ingredient (onions) was missing. I sent it back and it returned five minutes later with onions in, but these, having been chopped rather than thinly sliced, proceeded to fall out of the sandwich when I picked it up. Beer and food set me back £10.50, not the best value for a rather substandard repast.
On 16th June 2019
- rating: 5
[User has posted 3746 recommendations about 3483 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Will Larter left this review about Langass Lodge
A very nicely modernised hotel in a good-looking building at the end of a short track that is well signposted off the main road on the eastern part of North Uist. The entrance is off a yard around the back of the building, with a glass-walled reception area. The friendly receptionist soon converted to bar person when I asked about a beer - a quick check to make sure it was after 10am (it was 10:45) and she led the way to the bar. This is a delightful, intimate room with a doorway leading down a couple of steps to an extension which has a more modern feel, including original art works mostly for sale, and a view out to the garden where the distant hills are framed by trees, a rarity themselves in these parts. Back to the bar, where the bar counter presented the delicious sight of a solitary hand pump offering Orkney Corncrake Ale. I don't normally drink at this time of day, and when I'm cycling I usually drink halves, but I couldn't resist a morning pint of this gorgeous beer - after the Scottish keg beers I'd drunk the previous day, any decent real ale would have elicited this response, I believe, but this beer was in excellent condition and was a real pleasure to drink.
Looking in more detail at the room, there's a stuffed red deer at one end, and a fireplace made of shells at the other, which are possibly neither of them in the best possible taste, but when you've got a pint of very good real ale in your hands (even at £4 a pint), this sort of quibbly, nit-picking reviewing tends to go out of the window. Interestingly, the keg offerings on the bar here are national brands rather than Scottish, and even more interestingly there are half a dozen different bottled beers from three or four Scottish breweries (see the shelf above the door behind the bar for the range available). Although I haven't tried the food or accommodation here, the setting is superb and everything seems to be to the highest quality, so I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this to anyone in search of a decent beer, especially if it's past 10am.
On 22nd May 2014
- rating: 8
[User has posted 3746 recommendations about 3483 pubs]
Pubs Galore is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
- Official site of the Langass Lodge - www.langasslodge.co.uk
- CAMRA WhatPub :: Langass Lodge - whatpub.com
Pub Details
Pub details supplied by members of this site to the best of their knowledge. Please check with pub directly before making a special trip.
- Accommodation : Yes last updated 22 May 2014 by Will Larter
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 22 May 2014 by Will Larter
- Car Park : Yes last updated 22 May 2014 by Will Larter
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 22 May 2014 by Will Larter
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 09 May 2014 by Dave McNally
- Real Cider : No last updated 22 May 2014 by Will Larter
