Heart of Hawick in Scottish Borders

Super service and super coffee.... backdrop to the river was amazing

This beautiful village is suffering from the same invasion others are... Testco and other major retailers are taking business away from the main street of so many villages around Scotland.

Good value home cooked lunches, excellent quality,friendly service and honest pricing. Recommend the extra soup on the side at only &3.

Coffee and cake as an option are fine but the food menu is pretty average and a bit pricey for what you get.

Been here often, very happy with past experiences except the last time and this time, (a few weeks ago and today). Food was not great at all. Ordered a Hawaiian pizza. What I received was a cheese pizza, loaded with cheese and a few measly bits of ham (about 4 in total) and roughly 4 pieces of pineapple triangles! My husbands toasted sandwich was okay and came with Doritos, why not salad alongside. Bizarrely also had a tiny pot of coleslaw with it. Tea last visit was dire, water wasn’t even boiled properly and we had to return it, tea this time was at least hot and nice. Won’t be rushing back I’m afraid. Shame as convenient when in Hawick.

Had a lovely scone and hot chocolate

Relaxed atmosphere, great views of the river running by the cafe. Cakes looks delicious, we just had drinks though.

We popped in finding a fantastic exhibition of collage art by Alison burke. She was even there to explain the meaning and process of her art. There were refreshments provided. We then found the museum describing the rich history of weaving the area. There is dressing up for the kids, and views of the local buildings, all connected to the industry. Great experience and helpful, welcoming staff. I loved it.

I’ve been to Heart of Hawick twice now, once for a live comedy gig and once to see a film. Both visits were excellent. The staff are really welcoming and the venue is lovely. It’s a good, steep rake in the auditorium so no danger of your view being obscured and the sound and projection quality for the film screening were both absolutely excellent. I look forward to many more visits. Homemade pizza in the venue’s cafe was very good too.

Nice cappuccino if quite small. Nice friendly staff. Would have given a 5 if my table had been cleared from the previous customers and no sugar and not offered or given a paper tissue despite buying a cake which you get at a lot of coffee shops.

Good food like the pizza friendly staff disabled access

Lovely café, stopped here for a quick lunch. The two tables by the front are dog friendly. They have highchairs and good options for children. I had the lentil soup which was lovely. They have a few vegan options which is nice. The staff were friendly, would return.

Lovely café, stopped here for a quick lunch. The two tables by the front are dog friendly. They have highchairs and good options for children. I had the lentil soup which was lovely. They have a few vegan options which is nice. The staff were friendly, would return.

Stopped in for coffee, good vegetarian options, lovely staff.

Great place for eating,meeting ,business

Stopped for coffee on a Sunday morning during a stroll round Hawick. Lively place with good coffee and interesting cakes. Also has a cinema. Friendly staff and welcoming.

I had a morning coffee here, with a piece of dark chocolate millionaire's shortbread, which was pennies over a fiver. Coffee was good, and the shortbread satsfactory. The location is very nice, and I look a window table, overlooking the Slitrig

Heart of Hawick is a real asset to Hawick, as the town has suffered from the decline of its industries and businesses in the High Street. The venue is a converted Victorian mill which contains a cinema, cafe and arts facility. It's possible to have a meal before or after a film or a live performance and the view over the river makes it attractive. For all I only had a coffee, which was quite nice and Ok price wise, Heart of Hawick does cakes, light meals and sandwiches, and the venue is popular with locals. Dogs are welcome too.

Great place to have lunch or coffee and cake. Vegan options available on cakes and bread. Oat and Soya milk available

Great place, located in the Hawick theatre. Thevblveggie pizza was amazing. My husband had the potato and leek soup and that was also delicious.

The service was amazing very friendly and welcoming very clean environment but the food was not the best do still come for the experience just the food is not amazing

Oh dear. What’s hard about making a decent toastie basic doesn’t come close toasted it was not! Staff training needed in that department Saturday staff seemed totally overwhelmed it wasn’t overly busy. It’s a shame as it’s nice place to be in not sure if I’d go back

Haven't been in here in years but it's a great little cafe/meeting point now. Just nipped in for a quick coffee as we were passing through but there seems to be plenty on. Service was grand and prices were very reasonable,

Great atmosphere, good food, lots of space for buggies, amazing cakes! Lovely view sitting over the river, literally. Also, absolutely gorgeous pizzas!!!!

Lovely environment, lovely reasonably priced lunch.

Excellent hot chocolate very hot loads of cream and marshmallows, a must,

Busy when arrived so prepared to wait. Expected service when things calmed down but was ignored - staff more concerned with chatting to friends. Left after half an hour without having the opportunity to order. Luckily there are other cafes in Hawick!

Very good customer service also make changes.

Great place and good toasted teacakes..

Enjoyed a fruit scone with jam along with a latte coffee. Both very tasty nice to actually taste the coffee. Hint: Ask for a glass rather than their cups. Service was ok although they forgot to bring the scone!

Stopped for lunch and visited the cinema. It's a nice place, kid friendly and social, with a kids lunch box that can be made up. Needs community support, so should be used as much as possible.

Great freshly made sandwiches and lovely cake. Clean tidt and well ventilated area. Clean and easily accessed toilets. Friendly staff.

Found it really difficult to find our way around the town. There was a lack of signage and where there was, it was confusing

Very friendly staff nice atmosphere

Great facility, clean and pleasant surroundings. Staff efficient and pleasant. Highly recommended!

Great atmosphere, coffee and service. Lovely community feel

Yes plenty of shops Good variety

Oh my the lemon cake is to die for. Outstandingly good! We enjoyed coffee and cake outside in the sunshine.

Went in to view a film nice and comfy and a great intro to the film

This cafe-cinema-theatre truly is a great benefit to the town of Hawick making use of a superbly renovated historic mill building sitting over the Slitrig river with great views over the water and town. A glass balcony hovers over the water and makes an unusual and popular place for a coffee and snack at the end of the High Street. The staff are delightful and very friendly. The menu offers light meals and drinks and the venue is a good meeting place.

Pleasant little gem of a place for food, drinks, cinema, live music.

Stopped for a coffee here. Had a table overlooking the river. Lots of space over two floors and obviously very popular as it was busy and buzzy. Good coffee - will visit again.

Staff very caring and a lovely place to meet up. I go to the cinema with friends most Friday nights

It's always busy but nice for a wee catch up with coffee and cake

Love the location & setting, very unusual & the food is good to

Do not take children of any age in after 8.30pm as you will be asked to leave. I was told (the same as a friend) that the time to leave was 10 pm by other members of staff here. I had been told on Monday nights that kids were welcome to stay and watch the bands as it was a restaurant, not a bar. So we decided to go and support it but were asked to leave. Hardly had time to finish our drinks. Families on holiday beware!!

There are three buildings/attractions within Heart of Hawick and the towerhouse is the museum. It's free entry and spread over 3 floors delves into the history of the textile industry in Hawick. Modern interpretation, hands-on displays and plenty for children to do including find the soft sheep toys.

I visit the restaurant twice each week for a drink with friends. very rarely eat. The service is excellent and the staff very friendly. Sometimes enjoy part of a pizza which is very good and tasty.

With an abundance of Cafe's to choose from in Hawick we chose this one because it had a big poster on the door stating 'dogs are welcome' we went through to the seats overlooking the river and sat and relaxed, we had our coffee and was just waiting for our food. A lady then came over and told us abruptly that we couldn't sit there and we had to move, I asked which tables we could sit on, we were told the only the tables at the front of the café, there were 2 of them, so if 2 dogs are in the café you have no where to sit. I asked the lady why there weren't any signs explaining to dog owners where they can sit, to save the utter embarrassment of being up-ended mid lunch to the other end of the café. Her response was ' there are signs on the tables you can sit on' it transpires there are round paper coasters on these 2 tables that say dogs welcome at these tables, which is great if your already sat at them tables. The coffee was alright, nothing special, id like to tell you how the food was but they got that entirely wrong also, I asked if they did 'sausage rolls', I was told 'of course, I said ' I couldn't see them on your menu, you definitely have sausage rolls?' 'yes, I was told. after a 15 minute wait and being kicked to the other side of the café, a bread roll with 2 link sausages turned up, they couldn't even get a sausage roll right. We left our food and coffee and left. We wont be back, don't advertise your a dog friendly café when your not.

Super adaptable centre for film theatre music. Wonderful cafe over the river too!

Flexible accommodation, food, films and more. Not bad for a community centre.

Really welcoming atmosphere and people, living up to it's name. Had a slice of cake and a cup of hot chocolate for lunch. Tip, if you ask for marshmallows, you wont need anything else to eat.

Great food and service lovely selection of films staff were very friendly and the atmosphere of the place was very calming and relaxing

Excellent place for 'Night Wi Will'

Great meeting place. Wheelchair access. Grest upstairs area for children.

We had lunch on a dull & chilly day in Hawick, and were not disappointed. We can recommend the veggie sandwich. VERY tasty!

This place is the hub of the city. It is clean. With all the activity that happens here. The restroom and eating area are clean. The food is terrific. The staff works hard to make it all happen. Great coffee and snacks. Great staff. Thank you for the few days we stayed it was great everytime we visited

Fab food. Good service. Support it, Folks

Friendly staff, great coffee and cakes

Just right for a stop on a bike trip

Good food at pleasant surroundings

Lovely food at reasonable prices

Great cinema experience, well worth it.

Parts of the outside don’t look that inviting but the cafe is nice inside and had a cool overhanging glass extension over the river. Hot dogs were good, and we had some unexpected musicians performing some classical music which was really nice.

Just what I needed - hot soup and a roll on a cold day. And live music thrown in as a bonus. All at a very reasonable price.

Dropped in the other night for a cuppa and was pleasantly surprised by the to see pizzas on the menu .

We arrived mid/late afternoon. So many shops were empty which always lowers ones impression of a town. But the rushing water of the river beneath the bridge attracted attention, and then we noticed the cantelever addition to the old mill building - and people were eating and drinking in there.

Not much to do stopped of with a bus trip for 2 hours when going to Melrose

Enjoyed the pizza and the ice cream. ..

Excellent cafe. The textile museum is very interesting.

Lovely helpful staff and good service

Great night of free live music in the café of tower mill. Good pizza cooked to order as well. Comedy nights start on Wednesday in the auditorium with a £10 ticket price.

Great place for coffee and cake.

Lovely small venue, nicely presented, informative, worth a visit and free of charge. The shop has a lovely collection of cards, soaps, jewellery, books, scarves etc mostly locally made and beautifully individual.

We came across this venue on our first day in Scotland which corresponded with a little music festival. The little bit we saw of the festival was entertaining.

Monday evening is live music night. It'sAciustca (the band I play in) were guests there tonight and we had wonderful evning. well worth going. great food and friendly atmosphere.

Interesting & we'll set out. Living history.

沒啥特別 因為電影院在這裡 早期的咖啡店好些 越來越差 如果要個簡單的早午餐可以來這裡 但很沒特色 服務很一般 如果沒選擇我可能再回去

Gr8 place to gofor a film and food with family and friends and lovely view from resturant

Good coffee and friendly helpful staff

Good refreshments, excellent cake and the staff are brilliant and very helpful, and work very hard.

The Borders Textile Towerhouse should be an individual “what to do” inclusion on TripAdvisor, instead of just part of the Heart of Hawick entry.

Good food, friendly service and plenty of good entertainment, especially on a monday really excellent entertainment

Nice place.Well priced and good staff

Friendly staff,comfortable surroundings good food with lovely cakes ,traybakes .Excellent wifi,plus visitors information centre.

Went in for coffee and it was nice. Could do with more staff but didn’t need to wait too long for someone to appear - they were delivering an order to a table. Sat overlooking the Slitrig river which was scenic. I would go back again for coffee, not tried the food but it looked ok

An arts centre with a great programme of events, a nice cafe bar and a tourist information centre.

The Heart of Hawick has had a revamp since we were in the Borders last. It looks very cosy, but when we ordered pizzas were were in for a shock: all the more interesting pizzas had disappeared from the menu. Only four remained, including pepperoni and Marguerita, which were not appealing.

We visit Hawick on a regular basis and tended to come here for a pizza (when you can get it) and bottle of wine each time we are in the area. We visited today and I was shocked to see the price of a pizza increase from £5.50 to £8.00. On top of this they didn't have any more in stock anyway. All items on the menu appear to have had a substantial increase for some reason. I appreciate they are fresh but I'd guess around 60% of our visits we have gone elsewhere because they had sold out. Today it was only 1pm and there were none left. This isn't a restaurant, it's a licensed coffee shop so to place that sort of price increase on a pizza puts the establishment now in competition with an Italian restaurant. I think I will just be heading to a restaurant in future.

This place has just been revamped and so has the menu and it is dire!! Pizza has increased over 50% in cost with 50% less topping than used to. There is now very little selection on the menu and it seems everything has been streamlined to an inch of its life!! Come on Beanscene what used to be a great place for a visit and a blether has lost its appeal to locals please re take a look at the menu selection and bring back the old favourites, such as chillies and nachos at a cost to suit local residents who visit EVERY week and not the pander to the tourism market!!

Great place to socialise with friends and family. Great cuppas. Decent food.

Although a very good space it's a shame the cafe area now has such short opening hours. Feel that it would have been better to have a local outside contractor for the cafe than sbc/trust. Toilets need to be checked more regularly and the assisted doors need to be fixed quicker as they are extremely heavy when not working.

Always pleasant. Good shows etc on offer.

Had a family do in here.. bean scene served simple but tasty food.. the staff were lovely..then we had a gig to attend.. great place

This old mill built over the Slitrig river has something for everyone with a cinema, live events, shop and a good cafe. They serve excellent coffee and good food at reasonable prices. thoroughly recommend a visit.

The Heart of Hawick offers visitors and locals alike a choice of facilities, whether it be the cinema, live mucic events, meeting rooms or just some good coffee and light meals in the ground floor cafe

Could do with more regular and up to date showings of new movies. Its a shame it has only one screen as the rest of the building is great and really does serve a purpose!

We tend to eat in the café on Monday nights, when String Theory is on. Usually, we'll have a pizza, but the paninis are nice too. The coffees are really good and the cakes are scrumtious! Staff are working hard, but they still have time to listen to your questions.

Good friendly,staff,home baking.Good wifi.It has tourist information on site,with good informative staff always ready to help.Cinema excellent

Museum with an interesting history We visited Hawick's Tower Mill Museum to see the Bernat Klein exhibition which runs until late April 2017. That exhibition was relatively small, taking around 15 minutes to view. Nevertheless it provided a good reminder of 1970's fashions, influenced by a designer living locally. We didn't have much time to see the rest of the museum, but the exhibition in the ground floor explaining the history of the building was very interesting. A model of the building during its construction helped to explain how the building had been subsequently expanded to its present form. There is a film running on a loop with further information. Recommended!