Ghillies Bistro Within The Victoria Hotel
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Welcome - The Victoria Hotel has long been the finest hotel on the Island of Bute. Still family-owned and under personal supervision, the completely refurbished hotel offers guests the very best of traditional Scottish hospitality combined with modern facilities.

With twenty well appointed en-suite rooms and a choice of dining in our highly recommended Victoria's Restaurant or Ghillies Bistro, where your stay on the Isle of Bute will be truly memorable.Terms and Conditions - At the time of booking you will be required to pay a deposit of 25%. The deposit guarantees that we will hold the room/rooms for you on the specified date.
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The Island of Bute is on the western shore of the Firth of Clyde, a 30 minute trip by the car ferry from Wemyss Bay. There is also one of the shortest ferry trips in the world, around 300 metres, on the ferry from Colintraive to the north of the Island. Including time on the ferry, we are within a one hour drive from Glasgow.
Reviews (7)
Howard Cleveland
Howard Cleveland
Dec 15, 2020
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The food presentation was good and the ingredients had a fresh and home cooked.feel to them. We enjoyed veg options of macaroni cheese, veggy burger and omelette and various tasty puddings. Meat and fish dishes also available. The floor space is bigger than many of the nearby eateries and so felt more spacious and safer for social distancing.
Chris Hebbron
Chris Hebbron
Dec 04, 2020
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Popped in for a quick lunch today with two friends. The leek & potato soup was delicious, as was one friend's lentil soup! We each enjoyed our cheese toastie orders, two with tomato and one with onion. Sadly, they served the onion one to the wrong person, so we each only enjoyed the correct second slice! Meal was still fine, though.
Geoff Deabill
Geoff Deabill
Nov 17, 2020
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A little oasis of calm and warmth on a wet and windy day. Efficient staff and lovely food. Recommend the soup and toasted sandwich combo.
Elizabeth Forbes
Elizabeth Forbes
Oct 19, 2020
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Oh dear after reading good reviews, we hoped for a pleasant meal. We expected a reduced menu and fewer tables but the waitress made no effort to welcome us and it was lacking in atmosphere . The menu was pedestrian, the only seafood was scallops with black pudding and chorizo and the fish and chips.
No wine list was offered. Even with Covid 19 'they need to try harder
Brett Swain
Brett Swain
Sep 18, 2020
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Excellent service. Pleasant staff. Well thought out Covid precautions (but maybe at the expense of atmosphere)
Varied menu, great food at a reasonable price. Only minus. House wine was on the expensive side.
Marsh
Marsh
Sep 28, 2019
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Food was excellent! I had the seafood platter, mozzarella garlic bread and a pint of poretti and honestly cant fault it. It came to 21.90 which was great value in my opinion. I only give it 4 stars as I had to wait a while to be seated and the restaurant was particular quiet. I also was not asked whether I wanted a dessert and I waited a while after eating, I went and got an ice cream elsewhere but they did seem short staffed or lack of proactive staff. The older gentleman (the manager I believe) was friendly and attentive. Would visit again and reccomend.
Anuja Wavikar
Anuja Wavikar
Jun 11, 2019
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We enjoyed good Food with beautiful view of isle of bute lake area! The sitting arrangement and the staff is very kind to give you the best place to enjoy your food. Sea food was quite fresh and the quantity was worth the money and view too..would recommend this place for dinner time as it's lit in the night