The award-winning Kilberry Inn, near Tarbert in Argyll, reopened for the 2011 season on Friday 18th March 2011.
To celebrate, they launched new lunch and dinner menus making the most of fresh local produce, from Ormsary lamb and beef to Tarbert shellfish and home grown greens.
On the awards front, the Kilberry Inn:
- retained its Michelin Bib Gourmand for a sixth consecutive year in 2011
- received a César Award in the 2010 Good Hotel Guide
- won the 2009 Scottish Restaurant of the Year Award and was featured on the Hairy Bikers TV programme.
This is an enviable and well deserved consistent recognition of quality – one regularly testified to by those who eat there.
Owners, Clare Johnson and David Wilson have a new team in place for the 2011 season, ready to welcome you for lunch, dinner or an overnight stay from Tuesday to Sunday.
Everyone who signs up for their newsletter online can look forward to a complimentary glass of Prosecco if they visit before the end of May.
Claire Johnson says: ‘We’ve got lots of exciting new flavours on our menus this year but we’re also keeping some of the old favourites. We’re introducing great options for lunch that will be perfect if you have been out and about enjoying some of the lovely walks in the area and are in need of something warming.
‘The first of our seasonal newsletters with recipes and offers is available on our website so have a look online – and you can also keep track of what’s happening at Kilberry on our facebook page’.
Even going to the Kilberry Inn – never mind eating there – is a delight.
For every possible reason it’s a drive to take your time over. It’s situated half way along the B8024 between Lochgilphead and Tarbert on the A83 in Argyll – so you can approach it from south or north.
The single track road largely hugs the seaward fringe of the secret and tranquil Kilberry peninsula.
If you approach from the southern entrance to the B8024 (our favourite) outside Tarbert, you get the most glorious view of the Isle of Gigha from the heights of Ardpatrick – and you stay with the spectacular Paps of Jura across the sound longer as you drive north.
Driving south is also a lovely route. It gets you within sight of the Paps of Jura faster but you leave them behind earlier as you are driving away from them. And, on the left hand side of the road driving inland at Ardpatrick, you just don’t see that great glimpse of Gigha.
So make it a total treat. Take the southern approach to the peninsula and lunch or dine at this convivial Argyll eating place with a serious emphasis on quality.
Why not do both? In from the north and out the south road!!..double delight!!
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I’ll be dropping in this week as I visit Kintyre again.
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Is this a news item or a free advert?
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For Keith Stanger: Both, really.
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Do not ever feel the need to apologise for publicising what is good and worthwhile in Argyll.
We do indeed have riches on our doorstep and for that we should rejoice..
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