Blacksmiths Restaurant in Dumfries & Galloway

Absolutely awful bacon and sausage almost raw and bacon very salty. potato scone burnt. Wouldn't eat there again

The food here is a disgrace, and a total rip off, one of the worst tourist traps I have ever fell into. Cottage pie was not nice, the server took 3 goes to make sure the portion was not large, served with a small scoop of frozen veg, £9!!!!!. Small pieces of cake too. Lemon cake was nice. The place looked clean, the staff looked miserable. So poor quality food at extortionate prices, its a hard no from me.

The worst tourist trap I have ever fallen in to. Poor quality food at extortionate prices. Cottage pie had to be the worst I have ever had, and server worked very hard to make sure you did not get too much, he had to try a few times as he was picking up too much, same with the cheap frozen veg. Lemon cake was OK but very thin slice.

The worst breakfast in Scotland I have ever had. Saturday 10am (it opens at 9) three adults for full breakfasts at self service buffet. We had to wait for eggs to be fried. Why did we have to wait so long, because they had to overcook them until the yolks were hard almost all of the way through. The bacon must have been cooked at 9 as it was a slightly warm rubber rasher with a dark face finish. The luke warm almost cooked link sausages matched the temperature of the black pudding which was probably well cooked an hour ago but did not improve under heat for so long so had a hard surface and rubberising centre. The mushrooms were good. Having toured Scotland for a week each year for forty+ years, I have always been impressed with Scottish breakfasts until this. We have eaten here in years gone by, it looks like the once impressive quality here has also gone by. What a shame.

Good food . But lacking allergen options

Stopped here for elevenses on route to holiday. Had wonderful scones with butter and jam and coffee. Sat in the sunny conservatory and listened to the piper before going for a look around the shops. Sandwiches and meals looked excellent so will stop here again for a meal.

Great shops but skip the restaurant. Undercooked soggy steak pie and apparently the fish chips are "for coaches only" ?

Usually stop off here when travelling to or from Scotland. Nice coffee but the scones here are extremely crumbly and fell apart when I was trying to spread some clotted cream, which, by the way, costs an eye watering £1.15 for just a small tub. They know how to get you in a place like this that’s for sure.

I've been there many times when I was young now I'm old I don't go as much I used I remember the young people to run away to get married Gretna Green registry for marriages I have a lot of friends leave it now there's a lot of things he can see I like the Piper I like the sound of them and I like the food too to me it's one brilliant and fantastic place I'm there so much you can do that just look around and you'll see what you want to see and what what you want to do take it from me the splinted to do and if you're going to spend the day and you get stuck there's always a hotel for the night don't forget I told you that to me Gretna Green is a dark mystery you find it out for yourself goodbye

Food pretty cold and stodgy and coffee not very warm either.

I had the jacket potato and chilli, the chilli was unfortunately dry and the potato could have done with some butter or something to moisten it, my wife had the lasagne and chips and that was also dry, the chips were cold and had been allowed to dry out. However the worst part was the fact that the cutlery was dirty and just hadn't been washed properly, a real downer. I guess they rely on being a captive market with the visitors to the blacksmiths shop.

Turned up as they opened. EVERYTHING was cold, sausages barely cooked and fried eggs like rubber. Awful place

Great place to stop for a visit, great food and service

Despite the rain great place to visit, with some great shops. Cafe quite expensive, but does allow dogs which was great as there wasn't any covered outdoor seating. We were lucky as wedding about to take place while we were there, and the bagpipes made the atmosphere.

Brilliant food, brilliant service, and plenty of choice! We received excellent service here from Ewan last week! Really impressed with the value of food and drink here too.

Only had a sandwich and a cuppa, very busy lots having full meals, service was good for the amount of people there

Just had a scone and coffee due to not being too hungry but was tempted by the variety of hot meals.

Great value high quality and very reasonable price

Visited four times just for steak 🥧

We stopped here for lunch on the way to and from Perthshire from Nottingham. The food was satisfactory but filling. Both times we had to wait a while to pay (the first time because there was no-one there and the second time was just slow). The seating area could do with cleaning up after others more frequently.

It is a our favourite spot for a quick stop on route to England and on our return journey. Was quite crowed this time, a lot of Coach parties stopping for their midday break.

Food was great the Steak Pie is to die for, but the premesis are a little tired and confusing layout of service and self service

Excellent, lovely ham salad and some chips for a bite to eat, good service

Blaxksmiths Restaurant in Gretna Green heeft een uitgebreid assortiment. Zowel zoet als hartig, koud als warm. Gezellige ambiance met vriendelijk personeel. Wel allemaal zelfbediening.

Fabulous place to watch the brides going get married

Lovely place with lovely staff. They didn't have a great selection of certain things, and only had long life milk to go in tea 🤢 but everything else was great 😊

Very nice place friendly staff food 🍲 very nice which is very reasonable prices

Stopped here on a coach trip from London SE to Loch Awe in Scotland and of course the coach made the obligatory stop at Gretna Green, which putting it bluntly is nothing but a tourist trap, it certainly doesn't feel original in any way, with not much to see other than shops, foodhall, cafeteria and a museum. Personally I was very disappointed!

It was quite quiet but the selection of food and drink was very good. Staff were friendly and welcoming. Prices weren't bad either.

Always like going there,food was disappointing this time.

I’d give a zero if I could!! This is not open! I rang in advance to check and was advised the restaurant is open and no need to book! I drove three hours for nothing!

Lovely stopover on the way to Stirling, much better than a motorway service station

Nice atmosphere, decent food. The service has been good and the atmosphere excellent

Not my cup of tea very busy lots of coach parties so you felt rushed. Felt like get them in get them out ASAP.

Food was very cold, the only warm thing was the veggie broth, almost no options to chose from.

Why is this not self service? Normal breakfast fare Bacon, eggs etc plus Haggis because we are in Scotland, just. We needed to ask for toast to be made. Nice enough food, just about £10 each with drinks.

Absolutely a great place to stop lots of things to do

Reasonably priced, fairly standard fare.

Not the best food but OK for a quick bite service was very blunt and not much care given wasn't expecting high levels of service but is what it is

Stopped off at Gretna on a long coach journey south and grabbed some lunch at this self-service restaurant. It's more a food court really, very light and airy with plenty of seating inside and out but it was very crowded when I was there. Counter service somewhat rushed and we had to help ourselves to tea and coffee from a machine. They do cooked meals and sandwiches (with vegetarian options), scones and cakes. Decided on the jacket potato with chilli. The potato was okay but the chilli was a bit too hot and spicy for my liking and the coffee was very strong. The meal was generally only average quality and not worth the £8.70 I paid for it. The village itself is very touristy but pleasant to stroll around and there were some nice shops.

Nice location for a stop off. Sadly had the breakfast very rubber like.

We booked at The Blacksmiths Shop for the handfasting ceremony, it was so lovely, could not fault it all. It was only myself and my husband so we thought we would just have a nice wee drink together to celebrate, so we went to the bar, no one there to serve us...we had to wait a good while before someone appeared. We ordered 2 drinks, first one he gave me a small bottle of tonic water instead of soda, when I asked for it to be changed he didn't seem happy and refunded me £1 even though the bottle of tonic was £2.50! And the soda was draught. My husband ordered a pint of lager to which he got about 3/4 of a pint as the keg had run out...the barman's reply was "the kegs ran out and I don't know how to change it so Il just refund you a couple of pounds" I also asked for ice to which my reply was "I don't have any, do you really need it as it'll take me a wee while to get it as I've got other things to do as we are so busy" he eventually came back with ice after I had drank most of my warm drink, my husband's short pint was terrible as it was basically the dregs of the barrel. All in all a very disappointing experience after such a lovely celebration, our plan was to stay in that area all day but after that we decided to go elsewhere, we went down to The Gretna Inn and had a wonderful day.

Great place to visit but the history is better and why not unfortunately already married but to steal a kiss under the kissing gate is wow .

We stopped off to have a light bite today. Staff were friendly & helpful. We had a turkey cranberry stuffing baguette which was warm and fresh ( + a side of gravy).

No clean coffee cups a disorganised chaos at the checkout

Went here on 24th April 2022 for lunch. Soup was very watery and tasteless. Bread was nice. Coffee was tasteless. My husband said his bacon tasted like it had sat out all morning. This place looks nice but take a picnic!

Worst breakfast I have ever had the displeasure in tasting it was honestly inedible and the worst thing I have ever tasted the fried bread was like a brick near broke a tooth trying a bit the hash browns were greasy soggy mush,bacon was laden in grease hard and fatty and the square sausage was vile worst thing I've ever tasted,black pudding was a big fat dry hockey puck this place gives scotland and there quality breakfasts such a bad name the place has great potential to showcase Scotlands fine local produce but this place is such a let down 15 quid down the drain AVOID THE BREAKFAST AT ALL COSTS!!!!

We had a delightfull afternoon tea given as a birthday gift what a wonderfull way to celebrate it was magical beautifull matching table items well presented sandwiches cakes and preseco we were well attended to a fabulous afternoon out after a long time being inside due to covid. Will be using the lovely voucher gifts for future celebrations a wonderfull afternoon out x

We only stopped for coffee and scones. Scones were very dry and disappointing.

Food wasn't particularly warm. For a "major" Scottish tourist attraction i was amazed to see cornish pasty on the menu and no haggis !!!

Never again food cold coffee like warm milk complained to manager no apology he just stood with his mouth wide open and said oh and that was it

Stopped for a quick lunch on way back home. Was very disappointed as most shops were closed, even toilets. Blacksmiths restaurant was open but had very little to offer. We had some soup which was fine but daughter is veggie + no one to ask. Very different from last time we were there, perhaps it was because it was Sunday or maybe Covid.

We had the cream tea with some family after our wedding and we all thought it was amazing the sandwiches were all fresh and the cakes were lovley and the scones were the best I've ever had . Made a special day that little bit better . Would definitely recommend

Very good staff very hard working and so helpful made the day very good

3 weddings 💑 in 45 minutes but no funeral

Bloody expensive... 3 quid for a cold tiny coffee... very little space to sit. Not impressed to be honest.

I had a cappuccino my husband a latte which were both luke warm and tasted awful!!! I would describe it more like watery milk. This is definitely the worst coffee if you can even call it that! I've ever had and overpriced which made it worse. So glad that we never had anything to eat! Miserable staff too

Breakfast is good, lunch is tasty, but where they really shine is cakes! Some of the best I had in long time, and I do like cakes! 😁 Recommended! 💪🏻💪🏻

Overpriced - £4.50 just for soup (which was very salty), £3.90 for a pack of sandwiches. Staff friendly enough but wouldn't recommend.

Nice airy layout decent priced food buffet style service

Had a quick pit stop, ate steak pie with chips, was really nice.

My friends and I had an excellent coffee in this venue while on a Coach Trip. Was delighted to see that the venue was well laid out and had loads to offer in the way of food and drink. Will definitely be back. Would thoroughly recommend this place.

Used to visit Blacksmith a couple of times a year before COVID. Recently returned for shopping and lunch but left very disappointed. The restaurant itself was not hygienically clean, tables were sticky and carpet was a mess. The selection of food was very minimal compared to our past experiences. Will not be returning unless improves.

After a week long holiday at Windermere we were on our way home to Livingston, West Lothian. Gretna Green is a regular stopping point on such journeys in order to stretch our legs, use the toilet facilities, and have some refreshments as it is about mid point in travelling time between the two.Because of the effect that Covid 19 was having on the country we have never seen the car park at Gretna Green so quiet. Also some of the attractions/shops were shut. Blacksmiths Restaurant was however open. It had been our intention to get a packet of sandwiches each and a coffee. The sandwiches when we saw them looked deadly dull. Poor looking bread and basic, really basic, looking fillings. We deided then to have a bowl of soup each along with a roll. The soup was actually very tasty, some sort of vegetable mix but the rolls had been pre prepared with some sort of foul tasting spread, we didn't think it was butter, and we had to scrape it off the rolls. We really should have bought sandwiches at the Booths Supermarket in Windermere before we set off on our journey.

No products for gluten free coffee was from a automatic machine and was only 3/4 of a cup drinks were ok apart from being overcharged at the till for 3 drinks we clearly there was only 2 of us and 2 cups had to have a refund till staff not paying attention was hardly busy will give it a miss next time stick with m6 services

We decided to have scones and coffee, the coffee was luke warm and tasteless, the scones were supposed to be cheese, they were tasteless, stale , and doughy. Worst of all though was the fact that when I watched one of the staff "cleaning " the tables with only a J cloth and not using a sanitizer, we left asap. So very disappointed and disgusted

Have previously had lunch here and food was very good. This time we were really disappointed. The food was cold, steak in the pie was not good quality and the vegetables was obviously not fresh. Scones were not as enjoyable as on previous visits. We also had coffees to go with our meal and they were cold as well. Will not be visiting again.

Had lunch here last week. The meat in the steak pie was nice but the rest of the meal was just average. Frozen veg, watery gravy and lukewarm mash. The scone was ok but quite claggy. For 2 steak pie lunches, 2 scones, 1 tea and 1 coffee it was about £27 which I think is very overpriced for the quality.

We had a scone and cup of coffee here today. First.... Coffee not very hot. Scone... It was OK. Price for 2. - coffee and 2 - scones (cheese) was nearly £10.00. We have been up to Gretna Green lots of times. It was not very busy in shops or restaurant Would we have a coffee here again - would have to think about it....

Foodhall not open and food in the restaurant looked unappetising

Sandwiches were stale pretty disappointing for £3.89

Favourite place. So friendly. Helpful. Great choice of food.

Post covid 19, very quite, good place to see and nice basic food

These pictures are taken in 1975!

Lovely restaurant, relaxing atmosphere

Choice of meals served in canteen style. Bar and drinks available. Plenty of seating and friendly staff. Lots of shops worth a look, rather than using motorway services.

We visited this place whilst doing shearing bus trip to Scotland the food and tea was delicious and reasonably priced the setting and low level buildings were really quaint and the people were so friendly

Love it here call often had a full breakfast delish and so Christmassy ❤️ The cleaner asked my partner to get married to me while we was there bless I love the maze it’s fab walked round it to find all the lovers locks ❤️

Fantastic coffee and cakes! Soup and rolls are wonderful too. Great meals available if you have time before your departure good value too!

Always very busy, staff work very hard

worth a visit and pretty good nosh and in an interesting area, a lot better on a dry day then you can walk around outside

Part of Gretna Green experience - shops with souvenirs and restaurant onsite with nice food.

Nice stopping place but very expensive.

Stopped here for lunch on a coach on the way back from Hull to Scotland after a foreign trip.Sometimes this place can be pretty busy and it is difficult to get a seat but it was OK this time .There was a good choice of hot food and I had lentil soup and sausage casserole.The sausage casserole was particularly good with very tasty gravy/sauce.The whole restaurant is very clean and so are the toilets.Also, special thanks to cashier"Chris"-she was particularly helpful!

Large variety hot and cold food mainly self service only 2 tills for such a large place

Depends on what you want to eat I suppose. My husband and I had a scone and a gluten free cake and 2 Diet Cokes which cost the guts of £10. However that’s the way it is when you want to eat at a visitor attraction. At least they had gluten free options. Not everywhere has.

Pleasant, cosy place to eat or drink. Car parking ok. Well worth a visit

The salt was salty (always start with a good point). The alleged chips felt and tasted like cardboard. The little round green things didn't taste of anything. The white yellow and orange flabby thing tasted of rancid. The Reddy stuff with spirally white bits in tasted of disgusting. Neither of us could mnage a third mouthful. The bottle of orange juice was juicy and tasted of orange (always finish on a positive).Seriously, guys; don't stop here. Scotland has an undeserved reputation for bad cuisine. This place supports the myth. It was nearly fifteen minutes befpre I could get the taste out of my mouth. I really can't think of suitable words to express how utterly vile the stuff we were sold as meals was.

Nice but all cakes not covered flies on them

Extremely good value. Excellent self service restaurant.

Had a lovely meal fish & chips, piping hot, good size portions & prices very reasonable, friendly staff also

This is one of those places that makes the trip to the north a pure serendipity. I must great story.

Poor woman was rushed off here feet.... Over priced nonsense....

Used this restaurant for a party of 12 after a Handfasting ceremony next door on Sunday. The manageress and staff were most accommodating setting an area aside to allow some privacy. The food was very good, reasonably priced all the party enjoyed it. Thank you Blacksmiths.

I visited here with family. The restaurant itself was very clean and welcoming with plenty of space. The food wasn't as pleasing however. We all had scones (different varieties) but they were all extremely dry and hard. So much so we didn't eat all of them which is a pity because they looked divine. We arrived for around 12 so they should have been fresh but they clearly weren't. Disappointing. Will try somewhere else for food next time we are in the area.

Gets very crowded at times. The main SHERRINGS interchange for Scotland destinations and coaches returning from holiday/ Short Breaks etc.The food is cafe style but self service. Excellant menu range but on expensive side. Always a hold up at the two tills.excellant disabled toilet facilities but only two. Wheelchair friendly with Ramps. Sometimes you are a bit rushed. Good outside seating arrangments for people to eat their own snacks. Nearly always a scotish piper playing out side. Good photo opportunity for tourist. Only real drawback the length of the walk from coaches to toilets / cafe and over crowding .

Gretna Green, great place to stop and enjoy, even see the odd wedding or two.

We visited on a Sunday I think the carvery was just under £9 but we didn't get a meal. There was a wide self toon of other meals to get for under £8I bought 1 pot of tea, 1 hot chocolate, 1 bottle of irn-brew, fruit scone and sausage roll which came too just under £17Restaurant is nice and clean

Called for drink and snack en route home. Bought latte, tea and two scones. £9.95. Drinks average but scones awful - dry and dense and probably some of the worst I’ve had anywhere and we travel a lot. It maybe that they’re catering for the masses but quality is lost.

It’s not that great ... pretty pricey for the standard of food on show. Soup was ok, but £5 ??? The rest is just canteen food really. Slightly disappointed to be honest