Lochleven Seafood Café

  4.6 – 1,459 reviews  $$ • Seafood restaurant

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Loch side Seafood restaurant & shop on the north shore of beautiful Loch Leven , specialising in local shellfish simply prepared straight from our on site seawater tanks . Our shop sells live and pre cooked shellfish , deli items perfect for a picnic and gifts .

Smart restaurant with lake views and terrace serving Scottish lobster and scallops, plus fish shop.

✔️Brunch ✔️Lunch ✔️Dinner ✔️Dine in ✔️Take out Lochleven Seafood Café ngdom

Hours

Friday10 AM–6:30 PM
Saturday10 AM–6:30 PM
Sunday10 AM–6:30 PM
Monday10 AM–6:30 PM
Tuesday10 AM–6:30 PM
WednesdayClosed
Thursday10 AM–6:30 PM

Address and Contact Information

Address: B863, Onich, Fort William PH33 6SA, United Kingdom

Phone: +44 1855 821048

Website: http://www.lochlevenseafoodcafe.co.uk/

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On the northern shores of Loch Leven, this big, brightly lit space with wipe-clean tables and café chairs is the go-to spot for shellfish in the region.

Reviews

Matt O’Neill
Lives up to the reputation as an outstanding establishment in a beautiful setting. Really fresh and fantastic seafood for reasonable prices. Attempted to try most things on the menu but a few more trips needed…
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Douglas Headrick
We stopped for an early dinner and are happy we did. Made a reservation that morning so was given window table overlooking the loch Leven.

Much of the seafood was local caught. Great selection of fresh seafood. We ordered the fresh coley fillet with vegetables and a small amount of sweet pesto. The fish had an herb crust that was a little too powdery, but still wonderful. We also had the mashed pea mint soup which was truly incredible.

Service was great.

It was raining while we ate so they’ll views weren’t that special, but we watched a fishing boat going back and forth in the loch.
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chefquak
had 3pax dinner

@loch leaven seafood on 28.7.2025.

place and carpark was quite full with good traffic. nice ambience we had table overlooking the loch.

oysters were excellent! tops! didn’t have tobasco, vinaigrette, but super fresh, plum and sweet.

razor clams also perfect, very tasty and succulent

mussels were done just right, perfect texture

scallops very big, tasty, succulent

brown crab too difficult to eat, not worth the hassle even with a lot of help from kitchen and server..meat texture easy breakup a bit powdery.

service was cheerful and friendly.

had a real nice dinner
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Bex Florence
The food tasted amazing and the prices weren’t too bad for what you got.

You could tell that they were closing for the season that week. As the staff were very much reserved. But still a good night.
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Richite Cheong
We were looking for dinner after our hike. They were able to accommodate us, a party of two, moments after checking in with host or chef.

Vibe is excellent here. There seems to be a family-style in one room and a romantic-evening in another for dinner, base on table and party sizes. Family side is more dimmed and filled with conversations /laughs. Romantic side is brighter with whispers in the air.

Service is a tad bit slow but not non-existent. Our waiter visits us when they can spare time.

Food is great for our evening. The razor clam and scallop is worth a mention. Both are without sand, and cooked to a buttery and fluffy texture. Clams can use a bit more whites for my liking, but I’m not the chef tonight.

My wife and I enjoyed this pleasant evening on our anniversary trip, thanks for having us!
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Samantha Northcote
If only you could rate a 0 star for service and staff. Terrible experience today at this restaurant for lunch. We had finished our mains and were the only table left in this part of the restaurant, a staff member was on break having their staff meal at the table behind us started being aggressive and extremely rude towards our table stating we were being “too loud”. We were a table of 3 people having an normal decibel conversation, not to mention paying customers…
This staff member contined to smash his fork against his dinner plate for the next 15minutes non stop as a protest to us having any conversation. Asolutely appalling behaviour. And after raising this to the staff serving our table, absolutely nothing was done about it… all we know he worked in the kitchen part of the restaurant and the wait staff appeared to have no authority to address the situation.
Alison (the manager) was “not onsite” at the time of the incident if she is reading this review, may I suggest some staff training…? Not only did your staff onsite have no idea how to deal with this misbehaving colleague, they did not even offer to comp our dessert whilst we endured the fork being smashed against a dinner plate while we ate.
Such a shame, the extremely high quality of food was ruined by terrible service and staff. A huge shame.
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Angelica Wu
The seafood here is really fresh and tasty. They cook it in a simple way but it enhanced the taste. It’s a shame that the oysters were not in the season so it’s a bit small, but it still tasted well.
If you are having a trip near Glencoe or Fort William, recommend you come to try. Remember to book a table online as it can be vey busy.
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Dominic
Seafood was fresh and delicious. Service was friendly. Nice view on the Loch on the terrace although we had a table inside. Reservation recommended.
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Ken W
Located directly opposite the Pap!

The food was delicious and the seafood was very fresh. The service was great too!
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Caitlin Stanley
Thursday Lunch – Fantastic meal, the best in ages. Great company, friendly atmosphere and excellent food. The staff remained attentive at all times even with the place being full, checking to see if there is anything else we need / would like before us needing to attract their attention. This so often does not happen when a place is as busy.
Very large crab and the best sticky toffee pudding ever (recommended by Holly).

Thanks Kirsty and everyone else on the team.
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