Borve Country House Pub - Eilean Siar

Very good food in a family friendly restaurant-they even do a kids 3 course meal which was excellent as it allowed us to eat 2/3 courses while the kids were eating too-don’t know why more places don’t do this! Very friendly staff made for a nice relaxed evening, thank you!

We visited as a family, one evening during a week's stay on Lewis and came away feeling satisfied. The restaurant is clean and well furnished and food good value for money a little pricey but good quality with large servings so you really don't mind the cost. Starters are huge portions and if I'm honest, a little too large! Two of us opted for langoustines which were delicious and a massive portion. The prawn crackers they came with were superfluous in my opinion and didn't add anything to the dish other than being a filler. A note to staff, serving them with a finger bowl or wipes to clean up with would be useful unshelled seafood which is covered in sauce leaves you rather messy!! Mains were all tasty although our son complained the pulled pork burger was a little too spicy to be enjoyable. Highly recommend the Balmoral chicken! Desserts were also really good and huge portions the cheesecake was amazing. My only gripe is the service. They seemed understaffed and our main waitress didn't really have a clue maybe she was new? Whilst looking at the menus on arrival we overheard another waitress going through the specials and handing out another menu which we hadn't been given. On asking, the other lady went through what was and wasn't available. Service was very slow for both drinks and clearing away. We had to get up and find a member of staff to ask for more drinks and eventually gave up waiting for the bill and went to the bar to pay directly. One member of staff seemed far busier (and more efficient) than the others and I got the impression more training was needed for some. It didn't spoil the visit though as the food was so tasty!

Visited with friends for lunch. The prawn cocktail that I had was the biggest one I have ever seen it was deep filled with more and more prawns. The men had the fish and chips, which were huge and delicious. They also offer a very different starter wings with blue cheese mayonnaise yum yum

This is a great place to sop over on the way to Port Ness/the Butt of Lewis. A lovely conservatory-style dining room offers staples such as hamburgers, sandwiches and pies, all well plated and delicious. We ate lunch at close to 2pm, so the dining area had largely cleared. We were in and out in 20 minutes.

I was there for dinner with my father when staying on Lewis and we enjoyed a very good meal of lamb. The prices were a little on the high side and service a tad slow. But overall, we very much enjoyed our dinner there.