Restaurant & rooms on the shores of Loch Fyne

Inver is a small, characterful restaurant where Scotland’s wild larder meets warm, unhurried hospitality. By day, our à la carte lunches celebrate the simplicity of fresh seafood, native game, and seasonal produce, best enjoyed with views of the water. As evening falls, our six-course tasting menu reimagines traditional Scottish dishes with contemporary flair, weaving in foraged ingredients and hyper-local flavours.

At its heart, Inver is the vision of Pam and Rob, who – with the help of friends and family – transformed this lochside spot in the spring of 2015 into the kind of place they love: a cosy bar for natural wines and craft ale, a dining room alive with the rhythm of the seasons, and a setting that invites you to slow down. Whether you’re here for a leisurely lunch, an immersive tasting menu, or just a fireside drink, we hope you’ll feel as at home as we do.

“It takes a village to raise your dinner.”

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Press & Reviews

‘Inver is a shining little jewel in the crown of the Scottish dining scene’
– Time Out Magazine – The 20 best restaurant in the UK – October 2025

‘Like eating the best idea of Scotland’
– Chitra Ramaswamy The Times September 2025

‘National Restaurant Awards – UK’s 100 Best Restaurants – No.78’
– National Restaurant Awards – June 2025

‘Monoware – House Guest’
– Monoware Journal – September 2024

‘National Restaurant Awards – UK’s 100 Best Restaurants – No.42’
– National Restaurant Awards – June 2024

‘Rick Stein’s Food Stories – Argyll’
– BBC Two – February 2024

‘Michelin Green Star’
– The Michelin Guide 2024

‘National Restaurant Awards – UK’s 100 Best Restaurants – No.80’
– National Restaurant Awards – June 2023

‘Scotland’s Food: Inspired by the Land’
– BBC StoryWorks – March 2023

‘Michelin Green Star’
– The Michelin Guide 2023

‘A Focus on Community and Climate…’
– TOAST Magazine – February 2023

‘The Good Food Guide – Top 20 Most Exciting Restaurants 2022 – No.9’
– The Good Food Guide – October 2022

‘National Restaurant Awards – UK’s 100 Best Restaurants – No.23’
**Best Restaurant in Scotland**
– Restaurant Magazine – June 2022

‘Something to believe in’
– Jemma Beedie Pellicle Magazine 2022

‘Michelin Green Star’
– The Michelin Guide 2022

‘Pam Brunton is raising the bar for Scottish seafood at Inver’
– Kim Severson NY Times November 2021

‘National Restaurant Awards – UK’s 100 Best Restaurants – No.85’
– Restaurant Magazine – August 2021

‘Michelin Green Star’
– The Michelin Guide 2021

‘Chef of the Year – Pamela Brunton’
– The Good Food Guide 2020

‘No. 33 – UK top 50 restaurants ‘
– The Good Food Guide 2020

‘Menu of the Year’
– The Catey Awards June 2019

‘…an ambitious, utterly laudable, rarefied treat of a restaurant…’
– The Mystery Diner  Scottish Field – August 2019

‘…a thoughtful use of the best local ingredients’
– Nicholas Lander  Financial Times – October 2018

‘The Sunday Times 100 best places to eat in the UK’
– Marina O’Loughlin and Giles Coren  The Times – September 2018

‘Inver is one of my happiest places…’
– Mark C. O’Flaherty  The Telegraph – July 2018

‘National Restaurant Awards – UK’s 100 Best Restaurants – No.88
– Restaurant Magazine – June 2018

‘A perfect meal.’
– Ron Mackenna  The Herald – June 2018

‘There’s a cocktail made with local rhubarb so delicious I saw a woman upend the glass on her face. ‘
– Antonia Quirke Conde Naste Traveller – May 2018

‘…a journey’s end that tastes much better than most.’
– Natalie Whittle Financial Times – August 2017

‘A loch-side treasure. 10/10’
– Joanna Blythman The Herald – June 2017

‘Pam and her partner Rob Latimer are up to something world-class…’
– Sophie Dening Conde Naste Traveller – April 2017

‘…at the end of last summer, I have my first literal taste of the new Highlands.’
– Charlotte Sinclair The Financial Times – April 2017

‘The Sunday Times top 100 restaurants – Regional winner, Scotland & N Ireland’
– David Hutcheon The Sunday Times – February 2017

‘Restaurant of the Year  – Scotland’
– The AA Hospitality Awards 2016/17

‘Best Restaurant Experience’
– Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards 2016

‘A paradise at the end of the world …’
– Stephanie Pander Vogue Netherlands – November 2017

‘Discovering Inver is like finding a pearl in a Loch Fyne oyster; rare, valuable and surprising yet…wholly natural.’
– The Good Food Guide 2017

‘Inver’s offerings are a celebration of Scotland’s larder; dishes sing of the seasons and are served with a simplicity and flair that respects provenance and quality of ingredients.’
– Robbie Armstrong The List – August 2016

‘The food is the star…clever, honest cooking.’
– Sophie Pither  Conde Naste Traveller Hot List – June 2016

‘This truly is the destination restaurant in the region. Food is foraged, found, grown and sourced locally and made into something simple; beautiful to look at and eat.’
– Peter Irvine  Scotland The Best – April 2016

‘25 coolest restaurants .’ – No.1
– Andy Lynes  The Times – November 2015

‘My 50 favourite UK restaurants.’
– Marina O’Loughlin  The Guardian – October 2015

‘Five of the best: places to eat in the Highlands.’
– Cate Devine  The FT – August 2015

‘The roast chicken…as good a plate of food as I’ve ever had.’
– Kirsty McLuckie  The Scotsman – July 2015

‘What sets Inver apart from other avant-garde restaurants is the sense of humour. ‘
– Anna Burnside  Daily Record – July 2015

‘Top 5 seafood restaurants on the UK coast.’
– Sally Shalam  Condé Nast Traveller – May 2015

‘It is perfection… I have never eaten better lamb in my life. Ever.’
– Ron Mackenna  The Herald – June 2015

‘Everything we eat is eye-opening, enlivening, as bracing as a dip in the loch.’
– Marina O’Loughlin  The Guardian – May 2015