The Antler Tearoom at the Ardnamurchan Natural History Centre is in the middle of nowhere but easy to find and a lovely spot to visit.
Follow the A861 from the Corran Ferry to Salen, then turn left along the B8007 to Glenmore. Or if you have come over on the Tobermory to Kilchoan Ferry it’s about 15 miles east on the one and only road.
The centre is housed in a low wooden building, which, on the various times I have visited, has always been bathed in sunshine. The Antler Tearoom is in a lovely conservatory and you sit beneath a huge grapevine which is climbing up the wall to meet the antlered ceiling above. There are also picnic tables outside with fine views of Glenmore Bay. A very pleasant, peaceful ambiance pervades the area interrupted only when a vehicle rattles over the cattle grid. 
Excellent home baking and light lunches are offered using the produce and recipes of the region. Parsnip and apple soup, sandwiches with Mull cheese, apple and chutney, Moidart smoked salmon, rollmop herring and much more was on the menu. The bakes included scones and pancakes, a rich fruit cake with a touch of Scotch whisky, a ’walking, touring, fishing cake’, gingerbread and shortbread.
The Centre features the award winning ‘Living Building’, a rough and natural building designed to attract a variety of wildlife to live in and on it. It has large eaves to encourage nesting birds and a turf roof, which is already grazed by sheep and red deer, and nesting boxes have been incorporated into the walls. Why don’t you visit it and crawl through a wildcat den? or find the creatures of the "Night wood" ? or discover if the pine marten is in its den? This was featured in Bill Oddie’s ‘Springwatch’ on BBC.
Why would I go there? An excellent stop off with excellent food and you can add to your knowledge of the area.
Any Negatives? I couldn't find any.
Before or After
1. Visit the ‘Living Building’ and add to your knowledge of the wildlife of the area.
2. There are lots of opportunities for walking in the area especially to the west of the Centre.
