The Restaurant Guide for Wine Lovers
The Three Chimneys
We assessed The Three Chimneys in October 2026 and this review is based on the food menu and wine list at the time of the review. As menus and wine lists change, we name styles in order for the information to remain more useful as menus change. If things have slipped you can use the Vinealto Dining app including accessing an up to date reading using 'At the Table' from the wine list in front of you in the restaurant. How we assess
The Three Chimneys is a restaurant with rooms on Loch Dunvegan, cooking tasting menus from Skye's fish, shellfish and game. Its wine list is broad, curious and well explained, with a strong British page, a Coravin selection, three flights and a fine run of sweet wines by the small glass. It will most reward the adventurous drinker who wants a sommelier's guidance through wines from Armenia to Kent alongside a serious island menu.
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