BUTT LODGE

Contact: Dorothy and Cameron Robertson
Tel: 01770 830240 Fax: 01770 830211
Email: butt.lodge@virgin.net Web: www.butlodge.co.uk

'Muzac' may irritate those who dislike it as a background, but the trick - seldom achieved - is to use music to create a genuinely relaxing atmosphere, which they do here, playing it only in the hallway. And there is friendliness too in the welcome as well as attention to details which make for a more comfortable stay in this small, well-appointed, family run hotel in two acres of grounds.

Dinner menus are daily changing, with a short choice of starters and main courses based on fresh, seasonal, and where possible, island produce. To start there was a lively cream of celery soup, richly flavoured with Stilton cheese. And there was more competent cooking in a succulent, roast leg of lamb and orange sauce with lightly cooked fresh vegetables while the desert choice was either a homey fruit crumble or meringues and strawberries and ice cream. At breakfast 'The Full Scottish' included properly cured bacon and a well-flavoured haggis from Mr MacKinnon, the Lochranza butcher. Dinner is £16.00. Non residents welcomed. Open all year.