Food and wine

"Familiarly abundant...utterly wonderful" (Atlanta Journal)

We aim for natural, skilled cooking of the ingredients most immediately available, especially the island's seafood, lamb, beef and game. We carefully source organic, local or home-grown vegetables and herbs wherever possible.

We bake our own bread and cakes and make our own jam, marmalade, ice cream and yoghurt.

We take particular care to cater for vegetarians, and to provide for any dietary needs, given sufficient notice.

We have an interesting list of about 50 wines with prices from £10 - £60, with most bottles in the £10 - £25 range. Our suppliers include Lay and Wheeler, Goedhuis and Caves de Pyrene.

Sample Dinner Menu

Mafatti of seafood with Sound of Harris
langoustine butter sauce

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Seared loin of Highland lamb
with Burgundy sauce
Aubergine purée, Dauphinoise potatoes

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Scottish farmhouse cheeses

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Iced Drambuie and praline parfait with a tiny cloutie dumpling

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Coffee or tea and petit fours

Breakfast includes:

Home-made muesli (granola), oatmeal/ porridge,
fruit compôte, freshly made yoghurt

Inverawe kippers

Ayrshire bacon, sausages,
Stornoway black or white pudding, mushrooms,
tomatoes, free-range eggs from Harris

Scrambled eggs with flaky Uist smoked salmon

Home-made preserves

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Scarista House
Sgarasta Bheag, Isle of Harris, HS3 3HX
Phone (+44)(0)1859 550238 fax (+44)(0)1859 277