Harry Gow in Highland

All the usual predictable baking, mass produced taste to everything, nothing very special as this is a chain and typical bakery that has little competition

I visited the Tain Harry Gows shop today, We were served by a young lady called Bethan, her customer service is incredible as well as the rest of the Tain Team! and the rolls were amazing, we will definitely be back!

I use the Elgin Branch of Harry Gow on a frequent basis and have no complaints regarding that Branch. I had a long weekend break in Tain last week and decided to call in to make a few purchases. Again, a lovely range of bakery items and hot takeaway snacks. Everything was beautifully presented in display cabinets, the two members of staff I spoke to were very friendly and I thoroughly enjoyed my purchases. Prices were not particularly cheap, but the quality of the food warranted the cost. Recommended

Busy, nice staff, the cakes and savouries are not that good - commercial company so all the same produce and standard quality, not a lot of different choices.

Rosie and her Team in Tain are an absolute credit to the company. We ordered a Cake for our daughters birthday and it was beautiful. The service at Tain branch is fabulous and the food is wonderful. Because of the high standards and customer service I would highly recommended this ships to anyone and we will now always return to Harry Gow for all our birthday cakes! Well done to all the team and thank you for helping to create a special day.

We have had several takeaways from various branches of Harry Gows over the years and have never been disappointed with the service, range of baking on offer and the quality and tastiness of the food. The Tain branch of Harry Gows is no exception and we thoroughly enjoyed two takeaway lunches.

Best backer in Scotland lovely sausage rolls and pies Bakewell tarts to die for it’s that good if got them plumed into the sat nav

Best tuna roll in Scotland? It just might be. Cracking customer service experience with Heather. What a lovely lady.

We are frequent visitors to the Highlands and every time we are up we make sure we go to Harry Gows for the steak pies and the dream rings. I keep hoping that Harry Gow opens up shops in the Edinburgh and lothians. I highly recommend this bakery to everyone who tells me they are headed to the area. I'm stocking up on goodies for our journey home tomorrow. The staff are always very pleasant and very helpful and the shops always clean and tidy.

We headed to Tain … for the purpose of visiting Glenmorangie. TAIN IS GORGEOUS. While looking around town, we were getting a little peckish. Thankfully, a little café on the corner was opening it’s doors for the day. After admiring the selection of sweet treats in the counter window, we ordered a nice little breakfast consisting of a sausage roll, toastie’s and the perfect coffee to wash it all down. The food was fantastic. The service we received was top notch. I can see why they are the #1 bakery in the U.K.

Stopped in Tain looking for a cafe or somewhere that would do takeaway snacl late lunch. Got to the door & the lady was just closing the shop. Having seen us she opened the door slightly & gestured to nip in quickly. It was just 3:30pm, and this is when they closed. The lovely lady told us we could have hot drinks tea etc, and hot snacks. The young lady made me up a fresh roll with cheese, no problem she said. Even though it was their closing time, the staff were lovely and welcoming and offered us what we needed. Excellent service from the ladies, real Highland hospitality. We'll done team.

After having a recent enjoyable lunchtime snack at Harry Gow Invergordon, we decided to try Harry Gow Tain. As with Invergordon, there was a good range of hot and cold snacks and drinks and prices were reasonable. This time we sat in. Service from Christine was quick and friendly and we again thoroughly enjoyed our lunch. Recommended.

I love Harry Gow and their sandwiches (my favourite stop being North Kessock!) but this was so uncomfortable. First of all, it took ages to be served. The staff just seem a little.. Angry? I’m not 100% sure. After waiting a fair bit to be served, I ordered two sandwiches - egg mayo with salad and tuna with salad. So I stood back and waited whilst everybody else ordered and the restaurant part was served. The staff were all barging past each other and bumping into one another with no consideration to what was in their hands at the time, e.g, coffee. But as I read in another review, they had quite an attitude, sarcastic, and giving each other attitude! When we finally got our sandwiches, my boyfriend said was very bland. Couldn’t even taste the tuna! Mine was okay, but definitely sticking to Dornoch or Kessock!

What’s not to love fast service can even phone in for a speedy pick up, staff friendly and reasonable prices. Got chocolate on a cold day goes down a treat here too

Great wee place on the main street. Not too busy which was a bit worrying as we thought why? Needn’t have though. Service was quick and friendly, and the food nice and most importantly reasonably priced Pop in when you are in Tain, you wont be disappointed

Never had such bad customer service in my life, I saw one of the staff sarcastically say “I love my job” whilst a customer was stood at the till. I asked for salad and coleslaw with my ciabatta and it turned out that it came on the sandwich not the side. Should be made more clear. Not all the options are available on ciabattas like it says on the menu. We sat and had our meal, my chicken mayo was more mayo than chicken and my sisters egg and bacon roll came out 15 minutes later to which the rest of the table had finished their food. Had issues with this Harry Gows before, thought we’d give it a try again, never ever again will I visit here, waste of money- the food and service is poor. Wouldn’t hurt to smile and be polite.

Colazione in due a poco meno di 10$ per due piatti di uova e bacon più del pane, tea e cappuccino (il migliore provato in Scozia). Personale gentile e disponibile, prezzi bassi e qualità ottima! Meglio di così?

Siamo arrivati a Train di mattina e affamati, Harry gow è stata la nostra salvezza. Abbiamo preso due uova con il bacon favolose ed abbondanti e, il personale gentilissimo, ci ha dato un piatto con il pane. Speso poco e il cappuccino è tra i migliori assaggiati per ora in Scozia. Abbondante il the. Bagni puliti e locale accessibile.

Was very handy until my bank was shut as always good choice of buns cakes all snacks etc and choice of drinks good value quick service

Only place open on a Wednesday afternoon for a coffee. Who actually shuts for half days this day and age.

Can’t beat this bakery/ coffee shop for an in or out coffee plus cake or snack. It’s good stuff at very reasonable prices really nice. Why pay more than double for somewhere else when Harry Gows is just great.

If you ever want fresh food and friendly service every time and all the time, this is where to go. The staff have always been polite and helpful, no matter how busy it is, and certain members of staff even give fantastic advice for what to eat.

Bought the most beautiful strawberry tarts to take to friends who had rented a cottage in Dornoch. For lunch they had provided various pies from Gow's bakery. Shepherd's mince pie, sausage rolls, steak pies and macaroni pies items I ate were delicious and I was assured by the others what they ate was the same. A lovely bakery.

The overall rating would be much lower if it were not a sad fact that the hospitality industry in Scotland is lacking just that hospitality frankly! It should not matter if you are in an establishment just as it opens or just before it closes you should always be met with happy welcoming staff - someone needs to teach some of the staff (not all) this! Maybe a welcome host type training as it is very lacking in this establishment, which is real shame!

Le temps d'un petit-déjeuner dans cette boulangerie sans charme au centre de Tain, nous avons eu des excellents scones avec hot chocolate! Yummy!

The cakes in this shop are to die for. We all love the Dream Rings. They are the family's favourite.

Went in with my daughter ordered chicken curry pie, fried egg roll after 15 mins daughter got her pie roasting on the outside cold in the middle,20 mins later my egg roll turned up with an apology of sorry, nearly 3 pound for something that looked like it had been lying for half a day and reheated then stamped on showed other customers one left before ordering say no more .

Cogí un aperitivo antes de un paseo por el pueblo, el personal era amable. ! Probé una tarta caliente de curry y estaba delicioso! ! Las tartas parecía bueno también! !

This is a bustling place where locals can pick up fresh baked goods or a nice selection of sandwiches and soups. There's plenty of seating for "stay-ins" but they also do a healthy take-away business too. The staff of ladies is very responsive and all...

Lo dice todo cada vez que me dan una media docena para llevar a casa la comida de calidad y vale la pena el viaje. Pruébalos y el pasteles recién horneados local muy bueno

Al entrar todo el personal parecía estar listo para cerrar, así que me preguntaron si me cerraban. Una chica agradable joven comunicado con otros y dijo que tenía media hora antes de la hora de cierre.

I have always found the staff at Harry Gows to be plesant and friendly, the food they make is of good quality and cheaper than most places in the area so very good for a snack. Sitting in isn't exactly the best experience you could have, service is a lot slower, the menu choice isn't great and it's not the cleanest, it's easy to see that the staff are very busy and trying their best to accomidate everyone, so sometimes that can't be helped. I'd recommend Harry Gows for a quick snack,but if you want to sit down and have something, I'd go elsewhere.

A well stocked bakers with a cafe attached some parking on street. cakes for functions taken to order. They also do phone in take away orders

Wonderful, cozy cafe and bakery on High Street behind Dornoch Cathedral. Stopped here for lunch and was not disappointed. Steak and potato pie was really good. Very reasonably priced. Staff was very friendly and service was good. Bakery goods looked delicious. Give it a try.

I visited the Tain store yesterday to be greeted by a cheery youngster named Rebecca Anderson! She was very accommodating and welcomed me with a smile! In detail she explained what all of the delicious goodies were and was more than happy to answer any questions to do with Harry gows and also the surrounding area of Tain! She helped me and my daughter plan our day filling it will lots of activities that we weren't even aware were available! I would recommend this baker to anyone in the area! Delicious goods and even more delicious staff!

The baked goods were the best I've ever had in my life! Every single thing, from the mayonnaise to the bread to the caramel in the cookie is made from scratch. The roll melted in my mouth and the pastries were heavenly. I only wish I had bothered to purchase a box full of them before I left in the morning because when I went back before they closed at 3, the shelves were completely empty.

Good lunchtime deals, excellent tea, pleasant staff, and good range of cakes, pastries and sandwiches. Quality sorbets at a fine price

great dream rings, always busy but good quick service. Good choice of hot cold snacks including bacon rolls, filled rolls and soups. Also has popular cafe

Stoped and has some of the best ice cream. Very well prices and full of great flavours. will be back if i'm up that way.

Nice straightforward café, with staff who look after you. Pleasant place to stop for a coffee and a cake, reasonable too.

Service and food is fair to middling but there has to be better control of children. On the day we were in there were three toddlers running riot in the shop and being left to do so by their parents / carers. Come on Harry Gow it's time to protect other shoppers as this is an accident waiting to happen especially as there is table service in this shop.

Me and my girlfriend have visited Harry Gow on many occasions just for a quick lunch and every time the staff never cease to amaze me. Service is slow and takes way longer than it has too, I just want a quick snappy service instead you have to wait around for the best part of an hour because some how it takes longer than five minutes to cut and butter a roll. Also a lack of signs, there should be signs for sit in and take away because somehow it's two pounds more to sit in even though they rarely clear the tables. Also it's a hotspot for council house trash on one occasion my girlfriend got rammed with a pram for no reason and was expected to apologise. Majority of the people in Harry Gow are rude, including the staff.

Always great to pop in and get something to while away a cup of tea. Friendly service. Great range of cakes, pies and bread.

Originally from the highlands I knew and loved Harry gows from a young child. I recently visited the area and was extremely disappointed. Their signature 'dream ring' used to be filled with fresh cream but now has artificial cream which isn't good at all. And priced at £1 each- bit steep! I'll no longer look forward to visiting the highlands for my Harry gows now!

Over the 10 years I have lived in Scotland nothing seems to have changed sausage rolls are Creasy not very nice the cafe in these shops are just an add on the staff are serving bread cakes to the public then handling money then they will serve you handling cups which you drink out of after serving customers transferring germs onto plates Etc

Daughter,2 Grandchildren and myself went for lunch today 15 Feb. Firstly none of the tables had been cleared so we had to do this ourselves so we could sit down.Went to counter and ordered,1 soup,1 sliced sausage in roll, 1 sausage roll,1 cup of milk,1 hot chocolate.We waited 35 minutes for this to arrive,sliced sausage was dried up leatherish so tough think it had been cooked in advance and kept warm in an oven.Sausage roll again had been kept warm for a long time.Soup was not too bad but roll was very dark on the top and the spread inside tasted awful. At no time whilst we were there did any tables get cleared and the rubbish kept mounting up.This was my first experience at a Harry Gow and don't think we will try again

Basic simple food for lunch or breakfast. Quick service and cheap prices but nothing fancy. Met expectations

This was always a lovely highland bakers, they have a few branches in the highlands. When i have been heading north i have always stopped here as this particular branch has a seating area where you can sit in and i must say the local staff have alway provided excellent service even when i may have taken longer over my coffee than the average customer! The small restaurant was always full a lot of local pensioners besides the passing trade like myself. However recently this place seems to be a drug addict hangout! I do not what has happened to tain high street in general but i would recommend giving it a wife berth and perhaps consider dornoch or invergordon!

Great baking, love the scotch pies, also the Victoria cream slice. Lovely friendly staff. Always plenty of choice of bread and cakes

Good food including lots of bakery options. Take out also available. Lovely toasties and strawberry milkshakes.

Fabulous desserts and lunch meat pies. This is two blocks from highland house of Fraser. Dawn is a wonderful person who helped select wonderful treats- sausage rolls, meat pasties, meat pie with whipped potatoes in pie shell.... Delicious!

Picked up lunch from them on a couple of occasions. As others have said avoid lunchtime when the kids flock in when it can be a very long wait. Soup is good and my husband thinks the tuna and cheese panini is the best he has ever had. Personally I would prefer it with a stronger tasting cheddar.

Although this is a very popular bakery chain within the area, I believe most of the produce sold here is overpriced. The bakery is also under-stocked quite regularly as they never seem to have what I want. The last time I went in to get some soup there was none... Also, to sit in you have to pay quite a bit more for the same food. I do not agree with charging customers for sitting in. There is a decent selection of cakes on offer, although the savoury side of things is a bit thin on the ground. We much prefer the other bakery in Tain as there is always more choice and better prices over there. And the staff tend to be friendlier also.

Harry Gow made the cupcakes for our wedding, this April.. Just amazing! Highly recommend anything from them!!!

Come here quite often for a quick bite to eat. Menu is expansive and offers many savouries, cakes etc. Staff are always welcoming and friendly. The sitting area is clean and organised although it costs extra to sit in than to takeaway. All foods that I have tried from Harry Gow's have been fantastic. However, I would warn that everything is a bit on the expensive side.

I've been suffering with serious morning sickness lately. I was on training with my work in Inverness one day & was taken to Harry Gows for lunch. Not being able to eat much I went for my old fav of tomato soup and a tuna salad roll...which was probably a bit adventurous to be honest. Oh my word!! I felt great after it. When I got home the first thing I done was sourced this little bakers down and it's all I get when I come here now. Staff are always friendly and happy to help you. Great selection of foods available & a cafe to sit in too. I will try more one day.

This place is very busy with locals staff are polite just love the chicken and rice soup also very popular with school kids at lunch I try to avoid main school lunch time

Harry Gows serves the best cakes in town and they also do very nice rolls and sandwiches! The staff are extremely friendly with very efficient service making it the best bakery in Inverness. I'd highly reccommend this bakery

service a little slow but the food is good - try to get here before or after the school kids are out for lunch!

Opens early in the morning so you can get a nice bacon or sausage roll, cup of coffee and newspaper can't think of a better way to start your day.

This is a great bakery / cafe. Visited with parents for a mid morning snack,We all ordered sausage rolls which were of great taste, and a pot of tea each.The staff give a great cheerful service which is always good, & our order arrived very quick.Keep up the great service

The Harry Gow Bakery in Tain is a great little spot to stop in and fuel up. My father-in-law ordered the soup and loved it. This is a tremendous compliment as he has quite the discerning palate when it comes to soup. My daughter ordered one of the hot pies and was equally impressed. My wife and chose the panini with goat cheese and red peppers. Very tasty. The staff was friendly and quick. At first they didn't know what to make of my Father-in-Law's attempt at Texas humor but they were gracious and smiled in appreciating anyway. The Bakery is centrally located in Tain off of Tower street and is a easy walk from any of the sights of the town. It is literally right around the corner from the Tain Museum and Tain through time. See you on the trail and remember, don't be one of "those."John Eric

Ci siamo fermati a Tain solo brevemente, per una piccola passeggiata e, invece del solito fish & chips, abbiamo voluto provare le scottish pies.Questo nella strada pricipare dei Tain è il negozio di una catena, dove abbiamo preso due tipi diversi di scottish pies per poi mangiarle nel parco lì vicino.Davvero ottime, sinceramente consigliato per una sosta veloce.