Foodhall at Gretna Green in Dumfries & Galloway

Terrible!! The soup is clearly from a packet. The food is like bad school dinners and £4 for a cheese sandwich!!! Really expensive and awful food. Only semi-edible thing is the chicken goujons, everything else is truly appalling

So disappointed in our experiance, it seems to be money making machines all round. Most of what was on offer can be found in supermarkets, we brought 2 'Scottish Cakes' , awful, ....

We stopped off for lunch on the way down to England. I really like Gretna Green - the shops and surroundings have a unique, classy vibe - but the foodhall was massively disappointing. The staff were friendly enough but seemed overrun. The place generally lacked organisation, the decor is fading, while the food and coffee were mediocre at best. Sadly I don't think we'll eat here again. The standards need to be elevated to the rest of the place. By all means wander around and check out the shops, but find somewhere else to eat.

We visited the Foodhall at Gretna Green whilst on a one day visit to the town on a Monday morning in July. We had travelled to Gretna Green by train from Carlisle and the attractions here are a short walk from the station. The Foodhall is quite large and it is possible to get anything from a cup of tea to a reasonably priced meal here. The restaurant has both inside and outside seating and we managed to use both although it did get busy when there were coach parties visiting. We used the Foodhall twice during our visit, one to get a drink and a snack in the morning and later to get a hot meal prior to returning the station. Both times I thought that the staff were helpful and friendly and the food and drink of good quality.

Nice little stop off en route to the west coast. Good selection of shops and plenty of parking (for cars as well as campers!)

Excellent choice of freshly made sandwiches and fruit. Prices are similar to what you would pay in most outlets including supermarkets and probably cheaper than service areas. Good array of Scotch foodstuffs to purchase including gin.

If you are disabled and need toilet facilities avoid Gretna Food Hall like the plague. Disabled toilets shut. Staff didn't appear to know how to deal with a disabled customer who needed toilet facilities. Management could not be bothered to reply to email drawing their attention to the situation. There are plenty of disabled toilet facilities in the Gretna area that are not closed off.

Have stopped here quite a few times but this time seemed extra busy but their are choices of cafes and lots of little shops. In the roof of the walkway there was a birds nest with mother bird going back and forth feeding her chick's. No one was able to tell me what species the small bird was.

Don’t waste your money! Hot food was disgusting. Staff were rude and unhelpful. Disgrace. Welcome to Scotland-not!

Toilets were filthy, no servicing at all. We ate at burger King and KFC and did not once see anyone come to clean tables. Same with outside tables, covered in bird poo. Services prices are high therefore you expect high standards. This is bad enough anytime however during a pandemic it is absolutely apauling.

Called in here on trip don south and again on my return. On way down, had steak pie which was served bubbling from the dish. By the time I had queued at the single checkout to pay, the dish was barely lukewarm. Return visit had same dish. Checkout still slow with 2 of them open, and again a barely lukewarm meal. The food was excellent - pity about the wait.

We stopped here for Breakfast while two of our Party where at a Wedding ceremony. We had the Breakfast it was very Tasty but it is a Shame it was not kept REALLY HOT it was barely warm, But as i said it was very tasty indeed. Place was very clean and tidy.

One of those must do places, neat and tidy with lovely little shops and eateries to suit most tastes. Gift shops were well organised as was the food outlet, every precaution taken due to Covid-19. Staff friendly and helpful .... plus the toilets were were very clean.

What’s not to like!? We were passing through so stopped at the famous Gretna Green. More than just a Smithy where folks get married! Now things to do including restaurant and bar! The food was basic but good! I had scotch pie. Braw!

Nothing special to say. Served it's purpose whilst exploring Gretna Green. Would recommend a visit to all.

Called in on way back from Arrochar. Purchased two cream scones, a pot of tea and a latte. Paid just over #10 which I did not think was too bad. Scones were excellent and very more-ish. Will certainly call back in when we are next in Scotland

Visited gretna food hall on the 2,3,20 and thought we would have a coffee and cheese scone each because they looked lovely but when we sat down and started to eat them mine crumbled up when I started to spread the butter ,and then when I tasted it it was sweet it was discusting ,these are not cheap at nearly ten pound for two scones an coffees ,we did not have time to complain so I left mine crumbled up on the plate ,they must have been made the day before and who ever baked them needs to learn how to make cheese scones because they certainly dont contain sugar so avoid the scones because the fruit ones might contain salt .

Found this by accident on the way up to Loch Lomond. We didn’t realise what an interesting place it was. The food is amazing - I was slightly wary at first because it’s canteen style but I couldn’t have been more wrong. The haggis was one of the best I’ve ever had and the staff are incredibly friendly. Well worth a visit.

Although everything is of a good quality and well presented you do have to pay for it! So only buy if you have money to spare.

worth a visit if you want to get something different, good selection of odds and sods in the food line

Enjoyed our visit to the food hall the food is reasonably priced and the coffee was good too friendly staff and very clean.

Love this place. The the foodhall offered a wide range of options for my wife and son and even the dogs, but my food alergy was poorly catered for, with the standard offer of jacket spud, like it or lump it.

Nice clean place to have something to eat . Plenty of variety of food to choose from. As expected not the cheapest of places but fair value for money. Staff helpful.

Stopped off for a quick lunch after visiting the Gateway outlet, and travelling north. Reasonable food and quick service.

Very small food hall with very few local products. Sells Made in Scotland, but not much of regional interest. If you want a really good supply of Scottish products, go to the House of Bruar in Perthshire - they have nicer bathrooms too. This is geared to coach loads of tourists.

Nice place to have fast eat. friendly atmosphere. Menus are eater frindly. good staff. a must place to spend some time in Gretna Green.

What a big tourist trap place this is. All very beautiful. The food hall had lots of amazing goodies to take home as gifts. Great service as well. Definitely worth popping in here.

Yet more Gretna Green jam at £4.50 a jar I looked around but was not enthralled at all. It was just the same touristy items you see in all the other shops.

My son loved the sweets on this counter. I think it worked out as 100g for £1.40 My favourite was the chocolate coated or a nuts

stopped at the services north bound purely for toilet break. the facilites were spotless. probably the cleanest toilets I've ever experienced at a service station. there was even pot plants in the wash basin area. appreciate the hard work by domestic staff, it can't easy keeping public toilets so clean.

On a Lochs and Glens coach tour from Gloucestershire the coach makes a late lunch stop at Grenta Green and i had the steak pie mashed potato and veg which i thought was excellent value and really enjoyed the food

I wouldn't be the first to say that the Foodhall and the gift shops are too expensive. £ 2.29 for a bottle of Irn Bru and £ 3.50 for a sandwich are extortionate, probably three times what you'd pay in a supermarket. Also for all I diidn't buy any of the souvenir things, £ 36 for a bottle of Gretna Green whisky and £ 6 for a smalll packet of souvenir shortbreads is typical. I'd advise tourists to avoid the Foodhall if they want to avoid being ripped off.

Great place to take a break for and hour or two. Lots of main dishes and desserts, fair prices, and great shopping for touristy stuff--all your tartan items can be found here. Our favorite thing to eat there was the cheese and onion pasty...so good we had to stop again on our way back south for another round! Good millionaire shortbread here, as well.

This is a lovely place to pick up all things Scottish, very reasonably priced and an excellent clean environment.

We stopped enroute to Scotland but we didn't eat here ,The price like most services /tourists stops is quite expensive .We did however had a drink in the bar/pub section and the prices was same has any pub both draught beers were very good and we sat in comfy chairs in front of a lovely fire .I would advise a visit because its a lovely place to look round and they have a piper out front playing which is good .Just remember prices can be high

Our tour group stopped here to stretch our legs, use the toilets, and shop a bit. There a few gift shops and a blacksmith shop worth browsing through. We bought some shortbread cookies after tasting the samples provided. This was a very nice little stop on our travel route.

The Blacksmiths Shop has changed in the thirty years since we were married. It now houses a visitor centre with various shops. The restaurant, like everywhere in this centre, is staffed by very friendly staff. Great soup and chips are on sale at reasonable prices. There are car and coach parks to the rear. A much cheaper option than the expensive motorway service area just up the road.

visited the blacksmiths village, after driving by countless times on the way home, all very picturesque and pleasant, lots of gifts to remind you of a nice day out food is a little expensive in the village area but worth a visit

I have been here a few times before and was here again last week.

We found lots of lovely gifts to buy for our relatives, so much to choose from. It was lovely to wander round looking at all the different foods, from a large variety of Whiskey's, local honey to shortbread biscuits and haggis

Et encore car la soupe était bien meilleure dans des routiers dans les highlands

We used to enjoy this place but corners seem to have been cut,Nothing wrong with the cleanliness but the quality and variety of food on offer leaves plenty of room for improvement,,this probably accounts to it not being very busy.

This place has a great deal of historical attraction , but ‘don’t the owners use that’ you are a captive audience and they cash in on it . It’s a catch 20 situation if you don’t visit you will miss some great historical data etc , but if you do you will pay a lot of money to do so

My wife had the worst scotch pie she has ever had at The Wee Big Shop and my sausage roll was just a mass of grease.

Always call in when in Gretna but this visit was disappointing the shop is lovely and clean but guite sparce a lot of the Scottish foods are missing

Myself, my partner and her family were retuning from a fantastic holiday in Stranraer when we decided to check out the famous Gretna Green. The museum was fun and the buildings were nice and well kept but the food was a different story.

If your unlucky enough to end up Here your in for a treat this is my first and last trip to Gretna Green it’s a awful place it’s just a money cow which is getting milked lines of drink machines and as you use them staff banging in to you too resupply them you then get to fight a old lady over a slice of cake and get to spend ten minutes in the queue for the pleasure of paying the over inflated prices as I sat there I had people rearranging the seating to suit themselves and bugger anybody else I can safely say I would rather cut my arm of with a blunt saw than come back here ..

Set up for coaches ... the food is OK. Wide range, from soup to sandwiches, to hot meals. Lots of choices - but very canteen style.

Don't waste your time and money shopping in this embarrassing tartan tourist trap. Rip off prices for the foolish and gullible. Bus loads of victims are herded in by tour guides who are on commission to peddle the tat on offer. And don't buy the shortbread offered on the tour busses. Extortionate prices and the profits go into the drivers and guides pockets. The whole thing is robbery.

Everything in the food hall was expensive, chocs, drinks, toys, all foods, clothing. Also novelty items were all expensive.

Had soup in the food hall .Very nice .Had a COLD drink .it all went down very well .TOILETS are very clean

Stopped here both on our way to Blackpool , and on way back, found it too expensive all the way, whether for a cup of tea at £2 or a pie at a similar price and nearly £3 for some chips, toilets ok, but that is all, maybe alright for tourist, but not for us Scots, don't think it would survive without the coach parties, staff in cafeteria not particularly friendly, gift shops also over priced, giving our visitors the wrong impression. but if the bus companies decide to stop there, what can we do !!!

Always enjoy shopping here! Not only is there the Foodhall, there are clothes, gifts & if you are lucky, you may get to see a Bride & Groom...

Una linda terraza donde nos deleitamos con unas ricas cervezas para refrescarnos del calor, lindo lugar fuera del museo, buena atencion y precios acordes.

There is an excellent variety of different foodstuffs available here from traditional Scottish shortbread or tablet to haggis. Prices are...

Travelling on a Lochs and Glens Coach tour and stopped there for late lunch break i had a meal which...

This is situated close to the famous blacksmiths museum and wedding venue. Definitely worth popping in if you are into quality farmer's market type food. We picked up some local blue cheese, haggis (would be rude not to!) among other goodies. Some good gift ideas too.

Just stopped off for a comfort break in our journey north. Interesting location, a must visit for romantics just to say that you've been there. Nice big car-park.

Quite often stop at these services. Burger King, KFC , Starbucks , Scottish souvenir shop , Waitrose etc. Toilets always very welcome. One of the better service areas.

Great place to visit you a 10% discount with stay at Gretna hall.

Hier bekommt man alle Spezialitäten der Region und natürlich die große Auswahl an Andenken und Mitbringsel. Sehr auf touristische Gruppen ausgelegt.

Had a breakfast bap at Harry Ramsdens last Saturday 2nd September 07;30ish. one staff member helpful the other younger one not at all. Anyway, was given paper cups for our coffee as apparantly there were no china mugs as they were waiting for a delivery (8 people in restaurant) Older lady said to make up for this she would fill our large paper cups up which she then did. However she just diluted the coffee which rendered it undrinkable. Bap was stale tasting and bacon and sausage were both stone cold. Disgusting. Don`t know when I have felt more ripped off. Realise that the coffee cup trick was just that the KP hadn`t arrived for work yet. If she could have given us paper plates she would have. Will NEVER use Welcome break again. Intend to take this further. Horrible start to a holiday.

Dinner at Harry Ramsdens, on crutches and the lady behind the counter brought my meal to me, and what a plate of food it was - good quality, freshly made and plenty of it at a reasonable price. Very pleased, friendly service from a lovely lady!!

Terribly quality, very poor food. Most service stations are better. Not very good value. Would avoid

I really enjoyed the food my fish & chips was lovely great customer service. Keep up the good cooking it was amazing.

Selection of KFC, burger, harry Ramsden and other food outlets. Decent sized newsagents for snacks. Best of all is a Waitrose which has great food options.

Beautiful parade of shops and restaurants to chose from and also well maintained clean toilets. You have so many option and it is beautifully maintained.

Not a great choice of food when we went (late afternoon) but the food was good. It was very busy but still lots of seats, also its no where near as bad as some of the reviews, you get a choice of hot/cold food and drinks with lots of seats. Doesn't try to be anything more.

We popted in for a breakfast roll and cup of tea it resembled a school dinner hall where you get your tray take to counter and order food then you get your pot of tea and put in the hot water then another counter with your milk sugar etc . It's self service but it was very clean and staff friendly I did enjoy my cup of tea and sausage roll and for under £4 very good value .

We stopped here for breakfast. My husband got a £5.99 vegetarian breakfast. I got 2 hashbrowns. Horrible to see black pudding, sausages and slices of bacon next to the tomatoes and mushrooms. Quite disgusting. Had to wait for the hashbrowns, so you think they would be hot, they were warm. Our cutlery had fingerprints and dishwasher stains all over them. We asked for new ones. The waitress simply ran them under the hot water and wiped them, no apology. Toast isn't included, that's extra. Wouldn't go here again, if you aren't fussy when it comes to food, it may be for you.

This place is obviously quite popular with large events like weddings and stag nights etc., but the food they serve normally is also pretty good, with a large array usually on offer as well as desserts, soups and so on. Prices are very decent for an area with hardly any restaurants, and the parking is free, so we stopped off here for lunch whilst travelling from London to Scotland. Delightful break also looking round Gretna Green itself!

Looking around, before the wedding day, lunch at the Foodhall, with a nice selection and clean eating area, with views of the courtyard.

We only popped in for a quick lunch and we were surprised how clean and efficient it was. There were people from all over the world happily eating from a wide range of food selections.

The food hall sells lots of good quality foodstuffs and drinks, but many of the items can be bought at much cheaper prices elsewhere. Do they think that people will be charmed into buying because it is Gretna Green?

Passed by many times on our way back and forward to England, but we decided to stop for a look and a snack this time. We only had coffee and cakes but both were very good, especially the fruit slice. As others have said a number of goods were a bit overpriced, the whisky especially. On the whole though an interesting place, but feel I'be done it now.

The place is clean and pleasant, the staff friendly and welcoming, but most items for sale were very overpriced, especially whiskey. I felt the whole place was very commercial and not totally what I expected, the cafe was expensive and the coffee poor. It's worth a visit to say 'I've been ' but I wouldn't make a special trip to visit again. Didn't get to see the anvil either as its another added cost.

food was good staff very friendly facilities clean and fresh menu choices very good cater for all tastes

Interesting place if you learn the history of runaway marriages in Scotland and England. Very nice place for photo and romantic place for couples (if you know the history of this town). Very quaint and relaxing. Photo stop as well if you arrived on less crowded day (the place was packed with tourists on my visit). There are some. Little souvenir shops as well which sells quite interesting and reasonably priced souvenirs. But it is rather out of the place, more for visitors who passed by while travelling from Scotland to England.

First stop in Scotland, Called in for sightseeing & food, Reasonably priced, excellent food served with a smile & very pleasant, polite ladies, Spotlessly clean, not just a foodhall but a variety of shops selling everything from Scotland, including a sample of the local " falling down water" which was excellent. Unfortunately no-one getting married while we were there but well worth a visit,

Our first stop in Scotland. Just over the border from England, is Gretna Green. There just off the roadway sits the Foodhall. It is a complex of stores and shops which surround a square of grass and concrete where a Piper is found in full regalia, stiff in stature playing lonely tunes on the bagpipes. We had a snack in one of the restaurants, tasted scotch in several shops and attended a marriage re-enactment at he Blacksmith’s barn and observed a real marriage occurring there as well. Scotland, you see used to permit young people to marry at a far younger age than England, Because of Gretna Green’s location it became the “las Vegas” of Britain in days gone by. Great place to explore.

We had an inexpensive and plentiful all day breakfast at harry Ramsdens. Not great cooking but well cooked and freshly cooked which you can't say that very often about motorway service stations.

We called in our way home from a couple of days shopping in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The food was just what we needed to fill a hole on a long trip home, absolutely delicious. All the staff seemed very happy and friendly and the place was spotlessly clean. We were also lucky enough to be given a box of luxury fudge as a little christmas present from Gretna

We had a very well cooked meal, which was served by very cheerful staff. That was our first visit. The next day we just had Coffee and cakes while enjoying Springfield School Carol Concert. Well done to everyone

On travelling on a coach tour up to Scotland stopping at the food hall for a late lunch which i enjoyed very much and also a look around at the other shops there as well . Yes the food is a lot better than the motorway cafes and better priced

Better than motorway service station, but busy, scones were excellent, but cooked food looked tired.

We called here to breakup a long journey home and stayed about 2 hrs. Picturesque, with lots to look at, from tourist tack to quality goods. Something for everyone. Divided into separate buildings, with some overlap of merchandise. Several food halls, cafe, very large hall with clothes and gifts. First impression was Edinburgh Woollen quality and prices, but also a section with more expensive clothes like cashmere and brands like Daks and quality tweeds. There was of course a section of single malts including a bottle of Glen Grant 1948 for £4600 in a glass case. A smaller building called Hamper & Home had some nice quality goods.We went into the cafe at 11.30am and found many of the potential hot foods counters weren't being used. Although two different soups were available. Whether this was because we were early, or more likely 'out of main tourist season' with it being October, I'm not sure.We ended up with a pack of 'salmon with a hint of lemon' sandwiches each and lattes. Total bill £12.40. The sandwiches were nice, plenty of salmon. but I couldn't taste any lemon. The seats in the bar/ cafe area were wooden and had no padding, so were very hard on the bum. Probably to discourage folk from sitting too long during busy times.Soon after we found the Wee Big Shop and if my memory serves me correctly, this sold take away hot drinks and a different make of sandwiches, which looked nice and cost less than the cafe prices. They also had lots of gifts at budget prices. It's worth calling at this attraction and allowing a couple of hours to look around.

Pleasant place to visit. There is a food shop, a whisky shop, a restaurant, gift shop as well as the old Blacksmiths museum. Lovely quality gifts available. The food in the restaurant was good and remarkably reasonably priced. Steak pie, chips and veg £7.50, quiche and salad was £3.74. It was a pleasant surprise when we got to the till! Sandwiches in the food hall were quite expensive. We didn't pay the £3.50 each to go into the Blacksmaiths museum so can't comment on that. There is also a retail outlet in Gretna. A good day out if you want to spend money!

I havent been in a place for quite a long while, that is really very over priced as this place. Beware!!

Called in for Coffees and snacks last week and were very disappointed, just like sitting in a diner on the motorway.

We look around the food hall and shops. We had something to eat and drink, not much choice and not cheap. was clean

Stopped here for something to eat - a food hall restaurant, sounded good. Left having not bought anything. I've no idea how much the food cost, it looked dreadful. I arrived about 3.30pm. Perhaps it's better if you are there earlier. The salad bar was half empty, several serving stations were empty, the cakes looked mass produced but it was the main courses on offer that made me walk out. They were all dried up, obviously cooked a good while earlier and some of it was unrecognisable as to what it was exactly. No idea what the service was like as there was only one woman I could see working there and she didn't say hello, just carried on cleaning. I was hungry and I'm not that fussy at all but this really was poor.

We stopped here at midday and we're disappointed in the selection of food. I decided to have a baked potato and was told that the person in front of me got the last one. It was midday and they ran out of a main food option. The food choices were regional fare and didn't appeal to me. I was disappointed with the selection.

Wir besuchten während unseres Schottlandaufenthaltes diese Location. Sehr Angetan waren wir vom Black Smith Anvil in der Halle. In dieser Halle wurden Ehen von Leuten aus aller Welt geschlossen. Angeblich auch die aller erste Ehe während des 18.Jahrhunderts. Nun ob dies der echte Ort war, wissen wir nicht.Da in der Ortschaft Gretna Green überall Locations sind, die behaupten, dass die erste Ehe bei ihnen geschlossen wurde, kann vielleicht nicht Belegt werden, ob der Ort an dem wir waren, der Echte war.Trotzdem ist es sehr Liebevoll eingerichtet und sehr schön dort. Zumal wir keinen Eintritt zahlen mussten.Wer weis, ob wir vielleicht nicht selbst dort heiraten werden.

Never been to Gretna and thought we would stop off on way up to Scotland. Very friendly staff, food was hit and nice. Would recommend.

Worth a look inside whilst you're here but the prices are extortionate! Didn't buy anything as I couldn't justify paying the prices that they charge.

A very costly experience and not one worth taking ever again. All the shops selling everything possible at vastly inflated prices amounts to nothing more than daylight robbery

This Foodhall is worth a look around while visiting there as it has local made produce - , cakes, meat, haggis, chutneys and pickles but all very expensive. There is also a kitchen wear and utensils section, again lovely to look at but very expensive!.

Very expensive, deliberately small portions served in the restaurant ( tea plates not dinner plates) of mediocre food.

very crowded with tourists could not get moved very expensive for the normal shopper full of tartan cashmere etc ......................................................food inside also expensive no need really to overcharge

Self service makes it a speedy place to get a meal if you avoid the coach parties. Plenty of choice.