Osso in Scottish Borders

A fantastic place, absolute shame it's closed now. Best wishes to the team in their new endeavours.

Had the half and half, wild mushroom soup and bacon sandwich with cheese and chilli, side of chunky triple cooked chips. Tasted lovely and excellent value at £10. * AMENDED Osso closes it doors today (27th April 2024) after nearly 17 years, we'll miss it and the staff. Good luck to them.

What a fantastic meal. We love the tapas style small bowls. It's a great opportunity for us to try things we might not otherwise choose. Although small bowls, the portions are more than adequate. We had a total of 6 bowls between the two of us and that was more than enough although we still managed a wee dessert. Our favourite dishes were the beef shin macaroni, the whipped tofu and confi garlic, but the star of the night was definitely the crispy celeriac with jalapeno and coriander salsa. It was just perfect. The service was efficient and pleasant. The wine was excellent. All in all we had a fantastic night.

They even made me my own special menu! See photo. Was for my wife's birthday/our anniversary. She's a foodie so relatively hard to please, and I've got some crazy dietary requirements, hence the special menu. Did not disappoint!

The food was served tapas style and was a mixture of different world cuisines with an eastern influence. Of particular note was the crispy cauliflower tasty, original and spicy, the parmesan and crab muffin was rich and full flavoured and quite filling. The service was attentive and informative. The restaurant was clean and fresh modern style. Prices were mid range circa 60 for 2. All said a welcome refuge from the ever present burger and chips.

Really nice atmosphere, felt calm and like you could take your time to enjoy the food. Tapas style and server helped us choose what would be enough. It was brought out at a steady pace and cleared away as we went which allowed us to savour and focus on each dish. We got all veggie stuff, filling, interesting flavours, would really recommend. Great playlist on in the background. The guy called us a taxi too when we weren’t sure where to get one. Probably best place I’ve eaten

I took my friend for a 40th lunch at osso, and it was absolutely fantastic . We shared 6 of their small plates between , s and I would highly recommend this idea so you can try altheirre wonderful dishes. As for the price, I could not fault it for value for money at £15 for three plates. My father, who was with us, had their soup and a sandwich deal, which he also said was great. Thank you for the great meal. I'll definitely be back next time I'm in peebles

Writing this review on behalf of my mum who visited here with her friends on Friday because I know she won’t get round to it. She said this is the best restaurant food she’s eaten in a long time and possibly ever. They all ate too much because it was so good! She also said the service was brilliant with lovely staff!

Perfect little evening meal out!

Osso is an absolute must if you're going out to eat in Peebles. The food is incredible, the staff are all brilliant and welcoming. We were greeted and looked after by Sean and he made some excellent recommendations on what to order and helped make our time there all the better. We ordered 5 plates between the two of us and then had a dessert each and we were absolutely stuffed afterwards. My favorites were the cauliflower, chips in beef drippings, and the creme brulé. Thanks to all the staff (front and back of house) but especially Sean for making the meal and our night so enjoyable.

A wee gem of a place. Worth checking out.

Best food experience of our week so far. Fabulous food. Fabulous service.. All plaudits equally deserved from front of house through to kitchen. We loved it. We will be back.

Great food, great service. Been going to Osso for several years now, mainly for special occasions, and the the food has always been fantastic. Any I recommend you try the Dark Chocolate desert…it’s gets a wow 😋

Great food experience, its not just a meal, it's a night out. Lots of changing dishes depending on season and available produce.

A lovely meal, food was delicious. Staff very friendly would recommend

I was down for a cycling event and was just looking for something small but tasty. I ended up having a lovely meal and the staff were excellent. Same tme next year? I certainly hope so.

We were all well chuffed with the food, this was part of a birthday celebration. The ice-cream was so good....

Absolutely amazing place. Not sumptuous interior, but the menu options are unusual, perfectly prepared and presented. Wonderful, simply wonderful. We tried 6 different dishes and loved every one. The Korean cauliflower is a "must try" for everyone. The wait staff are friendly, helpful and highly professional. We highly recommend.

Most pleasant surprise! Wow - what an excellent menu with brilliantly prepared tapas-like plates from the kitchen. It was so good we had to go back a second night. MENU TIP: try the Korean Cauliflower! And the food is backed by caring genuine and skilled table service.

It's an example of "how to run a modern restaurant with delicious food and excellent service." Though it's pricy, but the overall quality justifies it.

This place is a gem along the River Tweed. Simple and delicious with great service.

Update: We visited again and we're once again really happy to have visited. The soup and sandwiches were delicious and the are gluten free options available. Staff were lovely, friendly and welcoming. Phenomenal! The dishes were truly delicious, even ones we thought would have been just ok because they were potatoe or cauliflower were AMAZING!! 4 dishes between 2 people are a medium meal. Very happy with this place, staff were really friendly. Lots of gluten free dishes available

First class service and food, highly recommended!

Great food, great choice of dishes and great service. Recommended.

Not made for takeout. Chicken wings and fries were bland and soggy. Thai salad was good. Sauce was excellent. Decor inside is beautiful. Went back a few times to give it another chance, and the food at the restaurant is delicious! Creative little dishes with original ingredients. Beautifully presented plates! Highly recommend this gem.

Wonderful food - the 6 plates we tried were beyond delicious and full of taste. Will be back for more some other time.

This was an unexpected find. Creative tapas-style dishes which combined different flavours from diverse regions beautifully. Great service (we stayed slightly past their lunch closing time but were not hurried at all, and even encouraged to order dessert), and value-for-money

Stopped by Peebles on the way to Edinburgh and found this beautiful place. Tried every dish on the menu and would dare claim it as one of the best eateries in the country. Would definitely travel from Singapore to Peebles just to have a meal.

We stopped by here on Thursday night after reading reviews on trip advisor, and was nothing short of incredible. The food was on another level - the cauliflower was amazing and really do have to call that out. We ordered 6 between us but could've done with 4, I think the chips and ice cream we had after really did push us over the edge. Service was perfect, a lovely smile the whole time and very attentive. It was quite busy but everything still went great. Will definitely be visiting again if I'm down in Peebles again. Highly recommended!

We had the taster menu. Really tasty food, excellent service, relaxing meal.

Gorgeous little restaurant with a great menu. Loved the way you order -- multiple little plates to share. Really enjoyed the food. Service was fantastic and perfectly judged.

I’m in Peebles for nearly a month and booked an evening at Osso for myself and my partner. We loved it so much - the lightly attentive, efficient service, the joy of the food, and the reasonable price - that I’m typing this out on my second visit, having placed an order for everything I didn’t have room for last time. It’s delightful and innovative food, rich in both flavour and soul, and all served up in a delightful, friendly cafe style setting. Highly recommended.

Fabulous Restaurant. We went on New Years Eve. Amazing menu, really great and interesting combinations with brilliant staff. An all round top notch experience.

Fantastic food, great atmosphere and wonderful service.

A lovely menu with small plate tapas like dining!

Fantastic. Everything was delicious and the staff were considerate and friendly

If you're looking for somewhere lovely to eat in Peebles, this is the restaurant to go to. The food is amazing 👏 😋

Recently spent the week on holiday in Peebles. Osso was charming and fantastic Michelin level food served “tapas” style. Just about ate 8 dishes on the first visit and found them that delicious and such a relaxed environment that we booked and returned the following evening. This was equally as delightful and we tried most of the options we didn’t on the first visit. If in the area would highly recommend.

Went for a late lunch, I thought it was really good value for money and the food was of a very good quality. I would go again next time I'm in Peebles

Really imaginative dishes cooked beautifully. Staff are really lovely and very knowledgable. Been there several times now and this place is consistently excellent! Go!

Excellent service friendly helpful staff food was very different in a good way. Very tasty, would highly recommend. Will certainly go back.

Experimental food for great prices. Lovely service + nice decor.

Great spot. Food was on point, some of the food had interesting and varied flavours. Some was really, really good (marinated ox heart was a standout) for totally reasonable prices and good portions. Service -great.

always an amazingly tasty and imaginative selection each time we go back here. love it

What lovely staff, explaining the sharing menus and lunch menu! Sadly was not very busy which was a shame as the food we ordered was excellent! Would recommend to friends and definatelty will return.

This place is a real find. Super in every way! Food is delightfully original . A joy for the tastebuds!

The kind of food you would expect to be eating in a trendy restaurant in Glasgow or Edinburgh, which is a fine compliment. Great service as well, friendly and warm without being overbearing.

Great menu and the tapas tasted fab. Will definitely return. You got to try this resteraunt.

A little gem of a restaurant in an attractive Borders town. An interesting menu, expertly cooked and tastefully presented. Worth a journey if you’re within striking distance. You won’t regret it!

Great food just a pity they didn't have a coffee machine the cafeteria was not good

We visited on 6th of July. As expected it’s the best restaurant in the Borders and worth travelling to from Edinburgh. It was like one of these tasting menu eateries but I loved the fact that you could pick whatever you fancied and it was very fairly priced. We shared everything and loved every dish. The gentleman in charge was very welcoming. There was a female helping him who was probably training as she took some plates from the table while we were still eating. We were the only table after they just opened for dinner service and could hear the staff casually chatting and coming in and out of the restaurant which would have been more pleasant if avoided as it’s not a cheap restaurant but overall experience was great. The staff should just maybe be more respectful and aware that customers do look and listen and that their custom keeps the restaurant going, but the food was great. It’s on Michelin guide for a reason with the owner featured on the Great British Menu on BBC! True gem for people who know their food!

Imaginative, inventive, fabulous food, served up by brilliant staff. If in Peebles and you don’t eat here, you’re a fool.

Wonderful little restarant, small plates of a wide range of delicious options. Ended up ordering 4 dishes each and was very well satisfied - and very pleasantly surprised at the reasonable bill as well. A real highlight was the broccoli tempura - should have ordered double! The most impressive thing about Osso is that we ended up eating an 80% vegetarian menu purely by choosing the most delicious options; it's a place that makes it easy to eat more sustainably.

Lovely staff, the food full on flavours had 4 tapas, every mouthful had my mouth singing. Highly recommend.

Delicious quirky innovative food. The 'tapas' style means you can try lots of different things. All our plates were scrummy!!

What a brilliant wee restaurant that really has combined tradition with modernism. Small dishes that pack a punch in each mouthful that sticks in your memory. The staff we so nice, considerate and joyful, the experience could not have been better.

Great evening with friends at OSSO. Not been before but will definitely go back again. Interesting combination of flavours and produce. Deserts are a must have so leave space. Fab wine selection and everything was rounded off by amazing service. Ps the curry cauliflower really is spicy 🌶

Shockingly bad. But please note I often leave good reviews. Arrived and as soon as we sat down we couldn't hear each other due to one woman who we thought might be outgoing staff and was holding court at the bar with the other staff and acting drunk and loud. We felt like we were intruding on a private party but there was only one other couple in the restaurant. Couldn't hear the waitress due to the shrieking woman. The apparently drunk woman didn't leave until just before we did unfortunately. Waitress seemed quite proud to tell us she had no idea what colour one of only two beers were on the menu and obviously didnt know anything about the food either. Same waitress tried to remove my first tapas plate that I had only half eaten whilst I awaited the second plate as though that was somehow against the rules. I'm not going to mention the food here except to say that as I was leaving I noticed some interesting items on a specials blackboard all of which I would have liked to have tried rather than the ones on the menu .. but the board wasn't mentioned by the staff when we were ordering.. especially odd as we were asked if we had been before and obviously we had not. Ps the food was patchy and in the main inedible, the lamb was overcooked and tasted of old fat. The scallop dish was just one scallop. Pps if you don't want to get bad reviews try treating your customers better than intruders at a private party.

Fantastic tapas style food The sweet potato with lime was amazing Real fresh flavours ,well presented and lovely staff Would highly recommend and will definitely go again

Interesting menu with a wide range of veggie options. All the dishes we tried were great, with standouts being the parmesan custard with smoked potato and the mushroom and barley risotto. Well priced for the quality of food and service.

Delicious flavours and interesting dishes. Nice wine. Nice service. Reasonable price for lunch (not had dinner here). Will be going back. Update 2022: Just been back again. Still great, see review above! Donut dessert, not my favourite but everything else delicious. Good Cotes du Rhone, nice staff.

Lovely restaurant, highly recommended.

Tasty food in a lovely setting 😊

Friendly atmosphere with great food and ample parking near by

Lovely cafe, still with covid precautions so very safe. Lovely menu, just that little bit different.

Delicious food and friendly, helpful staff. Would definitely recommend.

Mixed messages. We asked for the eggy bread without the bacon, being vegetarian and could the bacon be replaced with mushroom. Were told by waiter that mushroom was unavailable, even though elsewhere on the menu. We went along with the option anyway and were surprised to find mushroom on the plate! Rather contradictory. Dish itself was tasty if a bit salty. Rest of our experience pretty good, other interactions with staff positive. Can only guess waiter was new and/or chef had a change of heart re mushrooms. Will consider returning but more vegetarian options please.

The best food we've ever eaten, hands down. Reasonably priced for the quality. Recommend.

Interesting and delicious sharing plates. A real find in Peebles. The chocolate ice mousse pudding is sublime!

An excellent menu with lots of interesting options. Would highly recommend.

Fantastic tasty Tapas in nice surroundings

Really excellent food. Popped in for lunch and had some great sharing dishes, the agreed favourite was the tempura broccoli. Staff were lovely, COVID safety great, definitely go!

It was my birthday but, setting that aside, it was an excellent experience and a delightful meal. Service was excellent and all expectations met.

What lovely place to eat. The food was first rate and the staff friendly and knowledgeable. Highly recommended for good nosh and a clean contemporary feel. 15 out of 10. 😁😁

Friendly with excellent food. I'll be back!

Superb tapas style menu of elegant dishes to share. Something for everyone. Nice friendly ambiance and helpful staff. Good wine list. Highly recommend.

An amazing restaurant, the food was fantastic and the staff were really polite and friendly. Highly recommended.

Excellent food was delicious went for lunch highly recommend

This is a really amazing restaurant! Informal and incredibly friendly with a menu to die for!

A fantastic little tapas-style restaurant in Peebles. The food was fantastic with some really inventive items on the menu. If they are still doing the peanut butter and mushroom bao bun definitely give it a go! Very reasonable prices too (significantly better quality and cheaper than our hotels in-house offering as well).

Ate here while on holiday to Peebles. Best meal out we had. We ordered all the vegetarian choices and a couple fish ones and shared them, great way to eat. Food was really very yummy. Oh and the puddings are devine. Service is really tip top too. So glad we visited Osso and if back in Peebles will definitely book in again. Thanks for a great last night of our holiday, you made it special.

Slightly pricey but reasonable food

I called the restaurant on thursday to book a table for saturday night, no problem they said.table for 2 at 8.00pm. I turn up with my wife at the time only to be told no booking and there is nothing they can do. The staff just wanted us to leave. Not great at all !!!!

A really good dinner experience. Good prices, nice staff. Don't forget to order chips! They are soooo good!

My daughter booked this for my Birthday! Absolutely fantastic!! Food amazing. Wait staff unintrusive. Prosseco to die for. Absolutely faultless! Would HIGHLY recommend!

Overpriced and waiter was rude wont be back i don't mind paying for good food but this is a joke

Amazingly delicious tapas style dishes in the sunshine! We're getting married in the area next year so will definitely be back!

Nice food and service. Scallops in particular were delicious.

Wow, wee gem of a place. Fabulous food

First rate service, very friendly and accommodating of our baby. We had a wonderful meal. I was slightly dubious when I saw the variety of food on offer but they were all very well executed. I particularly enjoyed the curried lamb special and the scallop. We will definitely be going back and recommending it to others. Thank you for an excellent meal!

Amazing staff!! Friendly and professional vibe. Extremely yummy, flavour filled food. My father in law has loads of intolerances and is on a strict diet and they accommodated him so well he had his own list of choices that fitted his requirements. The staff at Osso went above and beyond to make our lunchtime a relaxed and pleasant experience. Highly recommended a trip here fot thier lunchtime menu! We will be returning!

Great, friendly service and an amazing choice of different cuisines, mostly vegetarian and plenty of gluten & dairy free options.

Great birthday lunch spot. Tasty tapas style dishes, innovative presentations and accompaniments. Friendly staff.

What a find great food and staff

One of those places where all the food sounds interesting and exciting but you just have confidence that it will be delicious even if not familiar. So many highlights but particularly loved the scallops and green salads. I also think it's really good value for money. Will 100% be back. Thank you.

Great food and great hospitality! Highly recommended

Really nice meal. High end in quality and price and id recommend!

NICE SERVICE BUT TOO SALTY. Let's set 1 star is the level of SALT for a normal ppl. Steak is 4 stars salty, lamb is 8 stars salty, Korean Wings 5 stars salty, salad is 6 stars salty As you can see salt is at every single vegetable. Augergine is 3 stars salty. So the only two things good at our order is chips and diet coke. Please bring as much water as you can to eat at the restaurant.

Great to see them open again. Only dropped in for coffee and a scone, but worth it 😁

We popped in for brunch, and the food was really excellent. Combined with helpful, professional and helpful service, it made for a great Sunday morning. Highly recommended !