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Craigard House Hotel - exterior view from Campbeltown Loch
This grand Victorian House, built in 1882, has stunning sea views over Campbeltown Loch.
Craigard House with the luxuriant flowers and foliage ensured by the Gulf Stream.
This also ensures that winters are less severe, with little chance of snow.
A warm welcome awaits you at Craigard House Hotel.
In the Lochside Restaurant, there is an ever changing variety of local seafood, shellfish, meat, produce and game. Our Chefs offer a varied menu to suit all tastes, and can provide for all dietary requirements.
The Specials Menu is mostly seafood and changes regularly:
Starters
Kintyre Seafood Chowder
served with Crusty Bread £3.95
Campbeltown Style Thai Fish Cakes with Chilli, Lime and Coriander and served with Salad and Sweet Chilli Dip £5.25
Pan-fried Whole Loch Fyne Langoustines with Garlic Butter £7.95
Trio of Scotch Puddings
coated with a White Onion & Cream Sauce £4.95
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Mains
Pan-fried Machrihanish Sea Bass served on a bed of Rocket Leaves and drizzled with Anchovy & Rocket Pesto £16.95
Pan-fried Whole Loch Fyne Langoustines with Garlic Butter £19.25
Roast Kintyre Halibut on a bed of wilted Spinach with a Tomato and Parsley Salsa and a fan of New Potatoes £16.95
Loch Fyne Scallops, encased in Bacon, set on a Medallion of Black Pudding and served in a Lochan of Lemon & Parsley Butter Sauce £15.95
Pan-seared Collops of Aberdeen Angus Beef Fillet
coated with a Drambuie, Mushroom and Cream Sauce £19.95
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A la Carte Menu
Starters
Bowl of Home-made soup of the day,
with Crusty Bread £2.95
Pot of Cheesy Mushrooms served with hot Toast £4.25
A timbale of Campbeltown Smoked Salmon filled with Prawns Marie Rose and served with fresh Salad Leaves £6.50
Chilled fan of Melon set on a Summer Berry Coulis
and served with Lemon Sorbet £4.25
Chef's own Chicken Liver Pâté served with hot Toast
and Cumberland Sauce £5.25
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Mains
Baked Machrihanish Salmon with a White Wine,
Saffron & Cream Sauce and garnished with Asparagus Spears £11.75
Char-grilled Suprême of Chicken basted with a tangy Mango & Lime Chutney and served on a bed of Savoury Vegetable Rice £11.25
Pan-seared Escalope of Pork Fillet served with a White Wine and Course-grain Mustard Cream Sauce
£12.25
Slow Roast Rack of Ifferdale Lamb served on a bed
of Creamy Potato Mash with a Red Wine, Rosemary and Thyme Glaze
£15.95
Grilled 10oz Aberdeen Angus Entrecôte Sirloin Steak, £18.95 served either garni or with a Pepper Sauce
Penne Pasta with Broccoli and Cherry Tomatoes,
in a Herb Cream Sauce with shavings of Parmesan Cheese £10.50 V
All main courses are served with Chef's Selection of Vegetables & Potatoes or French Fries
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Desserts & Cheese Selection
Scottish Summer Fruit Trifle flavoured with Amaretto
Sticky Toffee Pudding with Hot Butterscotch Sauce
Please ask for Chef's Home-made Special
of the Evening
Craigard's Cheesecake of the evening
Hot Chocolate Fudge Cake
A selection of Scottish Ice Creams & Sorbets
All desserts are served with Cream or Ice Cream
£4.75
Or...
Chef's selection of Kintyre and Continental Cheeses, served with tangy Grapes and Crisp Biscuits £6.25
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Various Teas or Filter Coffee, served with a Mint Crisp £1.85 - or Liqueur Coffees...from £3.95
There is also an extensive Wine List with favourites from the old world and the new, as well as a fine range of Single Malts, including all the local Springbank and Glen Scotia expressions.
The reception hall is worthy of the name.
Craigard House Hotel has a warm and welcoming ambience.
There is also free WiFi in all rooms and public areas, along with a free guest PC and printer.
Aerial view of Machrihanish Golf Club
A hidden treasure - a championship Golf Course that is not inundated with people? Look no farther than Machrihanish GC, re-designed by Old Tom Morris (15 minutes from Craigard). Recently voted one of the finest first holes in golf. Residents of Craigard benefit from 10% off green fees.
We also specialise in organising stress free group visits - with tee times, transport, accommodation and food all arranged to your individual specification. Why not hire the whole hotel?
The new Machrihanish Dunes Golf Course is now open, just North of the original course, on the same coastline. This is another classic links course, the first to be created on the West Coast of Scotland in 100 years. Built on a site of Special Scientific Interest, it has been designed by David McLay Kidd, who was responsible for the Castle Course at St Andrews, as well as Bandon Dunes in Oregon, USA.
The Lochside Restaurant overlooks Campbeltown Loch.
Local celebrity Chef Joanne Baird offers a succulent range of local produce and seafood, lovingly prepared. The menus and 'specials' on offer are carefully thought out to make full use of the regular fresh deliveries from local fishermen and others.
Views from Craigard
A cruise liner passing by on Campbeltown Loch
Craigard Lounge and Bar
Relax and enjoy the view in the comfortable lounge area. Whether for pre-dinner drinks or afternoon tea, the informal atmosphere of this homely room reflects the country house ambience of the hotel.
Some people like to hire the whole hotel!
In this instance, a Norwegian Choir sang a tribute in our honour after a successful AGM weekend!
Beanie - the canine member of the Craigard Team - is ready to welcome you!
Beanie offers a Guest Walking Service - this is free on demand. She likes you to throw things which she can fetch back to you - she does get tired eventually!
View from Craigard - PS Waverley
Waverley is the last sea-going paddle steamer in the world. She regularly plies her trade between her home base in Glasgow and the islands and holiday resorts of the Firth of Clyde, and beyond.
Craigard Car Park - Car Club
Kintyre offers quiet roads with tremendous island views on either side of the peninsular. This Car Club enjoyed a quiet respite at Craigard.
The quiet roads are perfect for walkers, cyclists and motorcyclists.
There is also the Kintyre Way a walking track stretching the entire length of the peninsula. Why not use Craigard as a base - and come back to comfy rooms, a piping hot bath or shower and huge fluffy towels.
Carradale Bay
Kintyre boasts some stunning scenery. From Carradale and Saddell, with the Arran backdrop in the East, to the rugged Western coast with its continuous island vista - Jura, Islay and Gigha and Rathlin in Northern Ireland - only 12 miles away.
Dunaverty Golf Club
The nearby Golf Clubs also offer stunning views. Dunaverty is also a fine test of golf - with the added bonus of wonderful island vistas and the chance of sea otter photos!
Saddell Sunset
Saddell - famous for its Abbey, carved stones and castle - is equally famous as the beach used by Paul McCartney in the video of 'Mull of Kintyre'. A very picturesque location and ideal for that evening stroll...
