Loch Leven's Larder in Perth & Kinross

Visited with friends for brunch. Completely forgot it was Mother’s Day and despite it being super busy, the very friendly manager managed to accommodate us. Food was delicious! Highly recommend the French toast! Coffee was also delicious, super smooth! Although we didn’t have a sweet treat, the selection was great! Gift shop was fantastic and really enjoyed having a look around. Overall, highly recommend!

Lovely farm shop and gift shop - visited a number of times. It is pricey but everything is of good quality. Haven’t eaten in the restaurant so unable to comment on that. Plenty of parking available and walks nearby. Lots of nice specialist food and drink to purchase.

Spotless Great staff Well managed polite staff Good range of food Staff looked immaculate Space on tables and lots of room

Lovely food in the restaurant and great shop. Cafe is a little overpriced as are some of their products (some are at least 3 times more expensive than in other shops). I have been a few times and I have always found the staff to be friendly, knowledgeable and efficient.

Afternoon tea-- though overall the afternoon tea was nice.. ive never been anywhere that charges for a refill on the tea/coffee as part of the afternoon tea.. ive been to numerous places over the years and this is the only place to do this.. for practically the same price you have afternoon tea at the dome in Edinburgh Which is far superior

Just paid £4.65 for an oat milk flat white that tasted burnt and fishy. Just back from London and didn't pay anything like that down there. High price and low quality...not good!

The "Something Different" stovies lived up to their billing on the Menu. A bowl of just cooked, boiled potato, carrot, turnip and celery. At the bottom I found the one peice of meat. The gravy was subtle, I am not sure if I found it. Plenty of pea shoots on the garnish to make up for the meat. The Chowder was equally heavy on veg and light on fish. Lovely situation and shop and very busy but not value for money.

Wonderful location! Food not up to standard! Venison stovies were a huge disappointment - there was no venison to be seen! Had to use the black pudding and bacon from other half’s buttie to add any kind of flavour. Never one to complain but on this occasion was glad it was brought to management attention as the cost was removed from the bill. Management need to read, reflect and act on feedback given as this isn’t the first review to highlight this! There are so many wonderful places in the Kingdom to eat - it will be a very long time before we would return.

The place is beautiful The cafe area is so slow in service nearly 25 minutes what in a line of six people ended up just leaving can't wait any longer.

Delicious food. Excellent variety on menu. Lovely staff. The tomato and aubergine soup was particularly delicious as were the rosemary and sea salt fries. Great shopping place also for gifts and food. Highly recommend .

Having had many visits to Loch Leven Larder, I have to highlight the poor quality food that has been served up on these occasions. On one visit I decided to have the Venison stovies. They were so dry that it was difficult to swallow them, they had no taste and didn't resemble proper stovies. Another visit by my wife and her friend they chose Chowder, which was all potato and a very small piece of haddock and a few prawns.Totally lacking of taste and extremely disappointing. Our last visit at the end of January 2024 with friends, we had the Chicken burger made from boned thighs and covered in bread crumbs which camouflaged the chewy bits inside. The bottom layer on the bun appeared to have a coating of some form of beetroot which made the bun resemble a wet sheet of blotting paper. The facility and it's outlook is really good, which attracts many people with prices at the upper end of the scale, but the quality of the food leaves a lot to be desired. Higher prices can be tolerated when getting good quality food. Someone needs to get their act together and fix this issue or customers will resort to buying a cuppa and a scone when visiting this facility.

Good Produce and nice place but always busy :-/

Having had many visits to Loch Leven Larder, I have to highlight the poor quality food that has been served up on these occasions. On one visit I decided to have the Venison stovies. They were so dry that it was difficult to swallow them, they had no taste and didn't resemble proper stovies. Another visit by my wife and her friend they chose Chowder, which was all potato and a very small piece of haddock and a few prawns.Totally lacking of taste and extremely disappointing. Our last visit at the end of January 2024 with friends, we had the Chicken burger made from boned thighs and covered in bread crumbs which camouflaged the chewy bits inside. The bottom layer on the bun appeared to have a coating of some form of beetroot which made the bun resemble a wet sheet of blotting paper. The facility and it's outlook is really good, which attracts many people with prices at the upper end of the scale, but the quality of the food leaves a lot to be desired. Higher prices can be tolerated when getting good quality food. Someone needs to get their act together and fix this issue or customers will resort to buying a cuppa and a scone when visiting this facility.

Visited the coffee shop rather than the restaurant. Service was very slow and it was vastly overpriced. Soup choice changed whilst in the queue , therefore just got a panini, £7.95 for a very poor quality chicken option. Visit farm shops on a regular basis and nothing tops Gloagburn for service and quality of food.

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Food was lovely we had a breakfast,and service was excellent. Waitress's was very attentive. First time there but definitely be back. Menu choices looked very appetising.

Great restaurant with a lovely view. Met up with a friend for coffee and sat outside as they had a dog with them.. They had the heaters on, so it wasn't too cold. Staff are very friendly and service was excellent.

Very quiet on a Monday so we got a table easy for the 4 of us at noon. The menu was a choice of 2 soups & mains so we all went for starters / mains … Pete’s burger was excellent bacon egg & black pudding very generous & enjoyable. One other was the starter of liver pate & marmalade chutney … one other chose the beetroot roll with a chicken burger very tasty & the last was the venison stovies ! The latter was more potato I thought the amount of meat was not enough a few bits carrot & celery so not the best choice especially for he price of the portion! We had coffees & a bottle of water , the staff were welcoming & did a grand job . We always enjoy a browse around the shop both the gifts & the food area . Far too stormy for even a short walk !

DEFINITELY NOT DOG FRIENDLY! If you think your dog will be welcomed here- think again! No sooner had we set foot in the place where in the past we had witnessed many dogs in the restaurant and cafe areas, we were told unceremoniously to get out. If they claim to be 'dog friendly' on promotional material do not be fooled...they are not!

Walked from Kinross with our dog. Staff watched us walk into the cafe, sit down, go to counter then went up to my husband to says dogs were not allowed inside but we could sit outside. Have been before albeit a while ago and the...

Popped in just for a coffee and cake hence why it's just 3 stars, must say that the coffee was in very small cups and pricey, had bigger cups cheaper but just as nice, there was quite a queue when we arrived and service was slow for having at one point 4 staff behind the till one lad was working his socks off. Decided to go to the toilet one toilet was out of use the other way full off empty toilet rolls, the bin was overflowing and towels all over the floor no excuses for that as plenty of staff around, I even took photos as that was unacceptable and I had to clean the toilet seat, which wasn't my job but didn't seem to be the staffs either, we had a look round but agreed with some reviews that not much is local ware and then on the way out a member of staff was cleaning a door and said to a lady in front of us something that she didn't hear she then repeated without looking to use the other door she was quite sullen and I thought to myself why don't you just move you have no idea if the lady could manage the door, or if she even heard as not all disability is visible was it necessary to clean a glass door when people were obviously coming out. I think some staff need some support and training.

Dreadful, wet day and we were looking for a dog friendly place to have lunch and do a spot of shopping. We drove down from Dundee as we had previously visited and dogs were welcome - not any more! We were rudely told that dogs were not allowed, yet there were no signs at the door to say so. We won't be back.

Brunch was great, plenty of space great service all considering how busy it was. Thanks. And the farm shop has enough space for a wheelchair so a all round nice visit.

Filled with Scottish produce. It’s a very nice day out.

Great food, outstanding service & dramatic views over the Loch. Highly recommended.

We ordered breakfast and it took 45 minutes to arrive. No apology or explanation from anyone. Our drinks order took 20 mins to arrive

I approached the desk and was given a buzzer. This would have been at about 2.40 pm. We went to walk the dog, and the buzzer sounded just after 3 pm. We were shown to Table 17. We left Table 17 at 3.45 for no-one...

Fantastic food, great service and brilliant value. Staff really friendly and the food choice is massive, deffo recommend to all and nice for family get together

Waited 45 minutes for a bowl of chowder and cauliflower cheese toast. When it arrived it was luke warm and the cauliflower was hard. The waitress said that customers often complained it was too hard but the chef keeps making it that way so they...

Really disappointing. We ordered lunch and drinks. The drinks arrived within 5 minutes but we had to wait 45 minutes for a bowl of chowder and cauliflower cheese on toast. The food was luke warm and we would have sent it back if we hadn’t already waited so long. The cauliflower was hard and barely cooked. Not very nice. The waitress told us that other customers had complained about hard cauliflower but the chef kept making it that way. She also said sometimes customers had to get a steak knife to cut through it. Just cook it properly!

Great gift shop and restaurant.

Super spot to have a quick bite to eat before completing my Christmas shopping. Food was lively and staff very friendly.

We enjoyed a lovely haggis and egg roll one afternoon at this lovely spot. The service is great, with the staff being really nice and helpful. The food was delicious, the perfect grub we needed for our walk later in the day. The larder itself is nicely set up, lots of tables and a large outside area too. Would definitely eat here again!

Was here between Christmas and new year. Very festive. Very busy. A great place for walks and a nice cafe and shop. Just had a coffee no food. Only complaint is other customers, but not much you can do about that

Perfect wee pit stop on our way up north! Lovely fresh food and relaxed atmosphere. Will definitely be back :)

Nice place but could be more dog friendly. If you have a dog it’s sit outside only. Also don’t get the chicken burger. Very poor

Just lovely. A place for children, dogs, grandparents, keep fitters and chocolates cake eaters. It has it all. I recommend it.

Came here with my family and family friends and it was so beautiful! Lee was our server and was very kind and attentive, Charlotte quickly brought us our delicious food, and Lucas cleaned up afterwards (and was quite funny!). The entire experience was wonderful, and the view of the hills is especially breathtaking while it’s snowing!!

Super restaurant, near Loch leven. Perfect for food after walking dog. Staff friendly and efficient, good selection of food, fresh home grown ingredients and nice surroundings.

Consumers heaven. If you want a plastic croissant to hang from your Xmas tree this is the place for you. Lots of interesting things to buy, but too expensive for me

You have to sit outside if you have a dog. I’m happy to do so but the staff are reluctant to come out and take your order. I was the only person sitting outside and gave up waiting after 10 minutes. Not the first time...

6 of us went for lunch today and had to wait 45 minutes for a table which is fine as it was busy. Between ordering and receiving our food, just mains, it took well over an hour and that was having to hunt someone down...

We turned up yesterday only to be told that they weren't serving tea or coffee as they had an 'event'. Restaurant did look mobbed. Guy wasn't very customer friendly and when I said we would just go to the shop my aunt who is disabled...

Leaving a good review is easy if everything goes well…..and it did for my friend and me when we stopped off for breakfast. We had spotted a table by the window so asked Murdo ( in training) if we could sit there, which was no...

Popped in for lunch on the way home from Perth. Fabulous food, excellent ,friendly service and the menu is constantly changing. Great choice too, hard to decide what to have. Decided on the cauliflower rarebit, delicious. Venison stovies were also very tasty. Good atmosphere and...

sandwiches from chiller (no choice)1 guy serving Quinn under pressure, an older guy appeared did he help..Nope ! didn’t even seem to notice the queue that was there

Went for coffee and cake, waited 40 minutes for a table, good coffee, not so good cakes dry, clearly not home made. Very disappointed!

We often walk round Loch Leven and had family visiting from England so planned a trip. The cafe restaurant here is a good option after a walk. We had soups, coffees and cakes and they were all good. The soups are always interesting - we...

Agreed with many that the location is great and the shop itself very surprising with all that it stocks which make the positive part of the experience. The not so good; the menu! I’m not so sure that whomever put this together really considered the...

It has been a while since I have been here, my sister-in-law and I went this Sunday. The menu wasn't great, and neither was the actual food when it finally arrived, we had soup, and as no one took our plates away, which must trigger...

Signage is non existent. They say they are dog friendly but they are not. I was turned back from reaching the cafe through the shop and told to go around the building with my dog. No signs. We met 3! other dog owners who had been similarly treated and had ended up putting their dogs back in their cars. They were very helpful which contrasted with the staff. The staff were unfriendly and we were not made welcome, even in the outdoor area with our well behaved dog. Overpriced and underwhelming food. Not a good experience.

Went to the Greenhouse area for a snack lunch today with a friend. Asked for the soup which was advertised but none left. Server offered to get something from the restaurant but did not know what was on offer. When she found out, it was a very poor pretentious choice. Selection of sandwiches / bagels was the same, not the sort of food I eat. In the end, there being nothing else I liked, I ordered a diet coke and a cheese scone (it was tiny). The two items cost and extortionate £5.00. I have a Live Active discount card which I tried to use but server refused to take it, said it was out of date (it was not as I used it elsewhere last week). My friend used her card and it was accepted! Why would they take hers and not mine? Why after giving her discount did they not come and discuss with me? Very poor service, servers were not in the least bit interested in giving good customer satisfaction. It will be a long time till I go there again

My friend and I had a fantastic cycle around loch leaven and came across this fabulous farm shop and cafe with the most wonderful setting. Had a lovely lunch and staff where so friendly .Then we went around shop and my friend bought a beautiful table and chairs in their sale .thank you to all for a lovely experience

Braitifil location on the Lich Leven, nice view. We enjoyed the great time and sunny weather with friends, coffee, ice cream. Busy place on a Saturday afternoon, big shop, nice stuff and delicious farm food. Recommended!!!

Arrived around 11.45 on a beautiful sunny Saturday morning. Found a seat outside as it stated that there was table service at the table we were at. Three servers were all standing idle at the doors to the restaurant indoors, never brought us a menu (I had to get one myself off their table while they were talking), took an age to notice us (it wasn't particularly busy), stated that they couldn't offer us a brunch (finished at half 11), and could only offer us soup as they couldn't take orders for lunch until 12 (it was 11.54)?! When they brough the food out (which was really nice), they came without bringing cutlery, asked if we wanted anything else, we said cutlery please, and we were told to go and get it ourselves! Unbelieveable. Really disappointing. If you're going to offer table service, at least offer it correctly. Servers were a bit daft, hadn't been trained either by the looks of things.

Excellent place to visit - playground/walks/views are fantastic. Stuart and his team provide excellent food and service, Alan has recently joined the team and is a great host. Always enjoy our visits and the shop has some special items that are really enticing See you again soon

We've been going to the Larder since May this year and this was our third visit. The menu is limited and for what you get, it is expensive, but we enjoy the food and the staff are lovely. On this occasion, the weather wasn't great and we were seated by an automatic door, which opened whenever anyone passed and it was a bit parky. Managed to change our table without much hassle. We like to have a nosey round the shop, but it's all way out of our price range!

Met a friend here for breakfast and sadly I would be wary of going back anytime soon. Lovely shop, but the cafe leaves a lot to be desired at present. Quite overpriced for what it is and we found it most bizarre that only fried or scrambled eggs were available, not poached - didn’t much fancy fried egg for eggs Benedict or eggs royale! Having taken a look at the lunch menu also, it was also fairly limited and rather pretentious looking. This place has so much potential, but the menu and standard of presentation of the food is not what it once was. If this is resolved, it would be great.

I had telephoned and spoken to a helpful gentleman who suggested I email Hospitality with my query. As I did not receive a reply I was apprehensive when 8 of us plus 2 dogs travelled some distance to meet for a reunion lunch. Firstly the poor signage about dogs lead to confusion. The menu was so limited 1 member of the party didn’t eat anything and 2 ate from the kids menu. The location outside is beautiful but the whole experience was ruined by the poor limited menu, the method of ordering and the general confusion. We certainly won’t be back and we will tell our friends. A special day was spoiled for us.

Overpriced Breakfast not done well. We had eggy bread which was dry and avocado toast with addition of one egg and one slice of bacon (again dry and flavorless). Weak cappuccino and latte. Would have been an ok breakfast except for the price of nearly 30 pounds! Very lovely looking place but they need to get their menus and food better. Service although friendly was sporadic.

Arghh! You can no longer get the full menu when sitting outside. Very disappointed. You also have to order on-line or queue on the shed. This is a big step backwards.

So disappointed with our return visit here. Dogs are very clearly not welcome. We sat outside in the undercover bit. Menu is extremely limited and brought in "takeaway" crockery despite it being an "order-in" menu. (£12.95 for a couple of leaves, a couple of bits...

I understand and accept that no dogs are permitted in the inside restaurant and having visited for meals on many previous occasions I was happy to sit with my party at an outside table for lunch. Then the problems started. No member of staff paid...

We had a dreary rainy day last week while visiting loch leven, had two dogs, nothing on the front of the door, to say not allowed in cafe and shop, not one sign. Got 5 yards and was met with waving flapping arms "no dogs!!...

Lovely location and shop but I think they could do with having some more ‘regular’ food items on the Café menu. I’m by no means a plain eater but I felt a lot of the items didn’t sound appetising. I had a Pete’s Butty open...

Had an excellent lunch - a smoked trout salad and a ham sandwich on their own brown bread. Both were much enjoyed and the black coffee was very good too. Also had a fresh scone which topped off a great meal. Very attentive staff, will...

Arrived after walking 9 miles …signed in and advised 30 mins wait which was ok 👌. The lady on the door eventually seated us and then we waited another 25 minutes to be served,another 30 mins later we received our main meal which was ok,we...

A lovely afternoon tea! Everything was tasty and the staff kindly took some group photos for us. A lovely venue and experience. One small improvement would be if the staff drew a little map of who ordered which coffee - it was a little chaotic...

I was interested to read the disabled lady's comments below about being humiliated at the till and accused of queue jumping. Exactly the same thing happened to me today. I stood for more than fifteen minutes in the ice cream/pancakes section. When it was finally...

We have been here a number of times before with mixed experiences but this was definitely the worse. It has always been an expensive place to eat, and I’m always happy to pay for quality - but this wasn’t! The service was poor - my...

We visited the larder and asked the shop assistant if the baguette contained milk as I'm lactose intolerant. She said no it doesn't contain milk. It did contain milk as I ended up with diarrhea from eating it. Luckily its an intolerance and not an...

Have been visiting here for years. Pre pandemic, we always had a lovely lunch- well worth the drive from Edinburgh but we were planning a visit tomorrow and checked the menu. Sorry but nothing grabs us. A farm shop cafe shouldn’t need to have all...

Have visited the larder on many occasions for coffee and/or lunch. Menu is very poor on choice now. Ordered a sandwich which was basically 2 slices of bread from a standard supermarket loaf with ham, cheese and chutney - which they charged £6.95 for. Exceptionally...

We visited recently and opted for soup as there wasn’t anything else on the mains menu which looked enticing. When visiting a farm shop cafe I’d expect to see the basics like toasties, paninis or burgers however the menu had items like ‘miso glazed aubergine’....

The shop is great for gifts and cards. The cafe is always busy for lunch so try to book ahead but it's worth waiting for a table if not!

We shopped at Loch Leven Larder for some food and drink items before Christmas 2022. I am disabled, but didn't use my wide rollator or mobility scooter as I knew the aisles in the shop were quite narrow, so used the trolley as a rollator...

We live locally and always stop by while out walking, usually at the weekends for a bacon roll and a hot drink! My son loves the little play park at the back and it has stunning views across to Lock Leven. A great place to...

Visited for lunch today, slightly apprehensive following recent reviews. Sat outside and had lovely tasty baba ghanoush, cauliflower and fennel, and veggie loaded fries. The food was really tasty - could maybe just have done with a bit more variety on the loaded fries -...

yesterday..Beautiful decor..lovely modern building..well stocked shop with good quality food & gifts.. inflated prices though.. very smart efficient friendly staff.. FOOD.. large varied menu..not much to choose from in the way of main courses, possibly 3. we had Dirty Fries.. small & I mean small...

Sadly, VERY disappointing experience! I had had a lovely lunch here last year with my husband and two friends, so when my sister and I decided to have a drive and go somewhere a bit different, I thought I’d drive over here. It’s a hood...

We used to love coming here, it’s a perfect meeting point for family from Fife, Edinburgh and Angus. We were disappointed to arrive today and discover it’s no longer dog friendly. Dogs aren’t allowed in any of the indoor areas. They told us to walk...

Ordered coffee and scones. The scones were ordinary, not as good as most farm shop cafes. However it was the coffees that were the problem. They were both very weak. When asked if everything was fine we said that the coffees were weak. The reply...

Excellent wee trip out. Wonderful views of the Loch, nice wee walk. Delicious scone and coffee. Christmas shopping all done here.

Drove a distance here after recommendation by others. We decided not to have food as the menu was limited and sounded very pretentious! It was clearly busy but short staffed as the smaller cafe was closed where we had hoped to eat. We waited for...

Went on a Saturday for some breakfast with family. Food was good although portions small. Tables outside are small and aren’t stable, kept moving and almost tipping over. Reason I’ve only rated 3/5 is because the baby changing table in the bathroom is the dirtiest...

Dropped in for lunch today, order taken quickly, sandwich and poughmans with coffees, coffees arrived within 10min, meal 15min later, not good service at all. Food was excellent though.

If it wasn't for the view & that it was handy at the end of our walk, I'm not sure I'd bother. The food is overpriced for what it is. Menu isn't very inspiring, some staff were friendly & others clearly didn't want to be...

Called in yesterday on the way back to our holiday lodge. Not wanting anything specific just a call in. The place is really nice and I can see why it's popular. The artisan type goods on display are pricey, but so is the bog standard...

Uninspiring food menu. Soup was ok. Chicken burger dry and chewy. Ham and cheese sandwich lacking in any real interest and again quite dry. A shame as a really nice location. Coffee was fine.

The views around the restaurant are fantastic - unspoiled countryside right by the Loch Leven lake. We walked from Kinross Castle to the restaurant - about a 6 km walk and that really helped us work up an appetite. It was a good thing too...

I love Loch Leven’s Larder! You can read my previous review! I’ve been a handful of times in the last 2 years as I live over an hour away, however I love it so much that whenever I can, I drive out of the way,...

I loved the Portobello Mushroom Burger that I had for lunch and the staff were pleasant. The view is lovely over to Loch Leven, and there was plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. What I didn’t like was having to order via an App.

Thank you so much for a wonderful visit. Excellent quality food - my mushroom open sandwich was amazing and son was bowled over by his ham and cheese sandwich. Good explanations for gluten free and other allergies. A small menu but well executed. Lovely service...

What a fabulous location at the outdoor covered area, fantastic views over the countryside and loch. Lovely cake and coffee, perhaps a bit high price wise but worth it for the location, friendly staff and yummy cake.

Have eaten many tasty treats at Loch Levens Larder but sadly, today it was tasteless. Very bland Coronation chicken sandwich.

We met up & had a coffee & plum scone , a first for us both but I felt the scone was too dry , the plums needed to hv been more stewed to have more moisture in the mix! So we were disappointed with...

I stopped here on my walk on the Loch Leven Heritage Trail. It is well set up. A bit pricey, but great quality.

Please employ more staff. We had to wait 45 minutes before anyone offered us a glass of water or took our order. The staff looked as though they were all school kids and were very harassed. On top of that the food was variable. Some...

Had the worst ‘soup’ of my life. Bowl full of overcooked pasta and spaghetti loop sauce. Disgusting for £4.50. Over-priced, trying too hard to be better when they can’t get the basics right. Definitely won’t be returning.

We arrived here based on a recommendation, the road was astonishing. Upon arrival, we entered the amazing shop and couldn't help ourselves from buying a few things from the crazy variety the shop offers. Eventually, we entered the restaurant and a superbly nice waitress made...