Palmerston's Cafe in Perth & Kinross

Dogs are welcomed. Selling Homemade jams and chutneys. Lovely coffee and ginger cake. Highly recommend after a stroll around the parks.

Fairly nice Cafe with good Service and very clean - Small inside and quite Pricey ! - 2 Teas and 2 Scones - £14 - Not that good to be charging those prices.

Sadly I have to leave a negative review for this cafe. My coffee and scone were both fine but the service I experienced was the worst I have encountered. I had previously experienced rudeness from a waitress there but put it down to a bad day for her but on this return visit the same waitress was again deliberately rude. It seemed an inconvenience to take my order and when waiting to pay she barged past me knocking me sideways without asking to be excused or making any apology. I paid another waitress but on leaving I apologised that I had got in her way but would have been happy to move if she had asked. She simply turned her back on me and walked away. It left me feeling quite distressed that she seemed to have gone out of her way to be rude. This cafe needs to create a better culture for those employed there so it is more welcoming. My recommendation is to go to May’s across the road instead!

Palmerston's sets a high standard which other cafes would do well to attain. We had lunch and had freshly prepared open sandwiches. What made them special was that they were served with a proper salad and not just a token lettuce leaf and half a tomato. The bread was good granary. Why can't other cafes (and restaurants) up their game when it comes to bread? So often you are served up standard supermarket fare which is underwhelming. Everything about the cafe is great; the food, the home baking (home made jam with your scone - bliss!), the staff who are all welcoming and the service which is spot on. We'll be back the next time we are in Dunkeld.

Popped in for a takeaway hot chocolate. Great service, but what really made this was the quality of the drink. Not powdered rubbish! Lovely chocolate chips, melted into milk to make a delicious ‘proper’ hot chocolate. Thank you!

Called in for lunch after completing a walk in the nearby countryside and couldn’t have hoped for more delicious food. Everything was homemade and prepared fresh to order. Staff were very up on their allergen information which is a huge relief when you have a nut allergy - the lady that served us quickly checked on the hummus ingredients and was able to point about other potential allergens such as sesame seeds. Will definitely be back next time we visit Perthshire.

Lovely pot of loose leaf tea, delicious triangular shaped scones served with clotted cream and jam. Very friendly and efficient service 🫖☕

Popped in for lunch with our wee dog and had a great experience. 1. Service was quick, efficient and friendly 2. We had open sandwiches, prawns and hummus and sun dried tomatoes followed by scones. All food was fresh, tasty and delicious 3. A bowl of water promptly provided for the wee dog. Everything about this restaurant was excellent. Had a chat with the manager and staff before we left and gave a 20% tip. Would definitely recommend.

My latte was piping hot and full of flavour! If only all cafes would serve coffee this way! My wife's Earl Gray was also spot on. Rock cake was scrummy and even came with butter and home made jam. So good!

Amazing baked potato and the best apple & toffee scone there is - freshly baked that morning. Florin and the girls were very attentive and we were very well taken care of - nothing was too much trouble.

This was the perfect place for a pitstop! Service is friendly, The room is very cozy, but most important food and coffee was just great! Whatever you do, don’t miss the shortbread! Self-made and delicious. If i am again in the area, I will definitely visit this place again!

Called in for tea and scones, only to encounter one staff member, taking our order, with a couldn’t care less attitude and, frankly, needs to appreciate that the money of non-residents of Dunkeld is just as good as anyone else’s. The scones were super-fresh and delicious but the bill for a couple of hot drinks and scones came to over £14, which does seem like someone is having a laugh. Even House of Bruar up the road charges a more reasonable sub-£10 for the same food and drink.

I visit here often as people I go out for cups of tea with people who like the rock buns, scones etc. However, EVERY time the service let's this place down. There are a couple of welcoming, friendly staff but some really need to be politer and maybe crack a wee smile.

Brilliant wee cafe with fresh homemade food. Always a winner. It's worth waiting for a table. Staff and food are lovely.

Amazing eatery. I would say cafe doesn’t do the place justice as you are greeted by an array of home baking and delicious sandwiches which would put a artisanal Edinburgh/Glasgow bakery to shame. Staff a lovely and a big shout out to ‘’Wee’ Carole who took care of us during our visit. Recommendations were on point and giving us a brief history of the eatery and the lovely town of Dunkeld. Almost everything is freshly made on site at Palmerstons and it shows. I had the Carrot Cake (the cake all cafes and coffee shops should be judged by! 😉) and I have to say it’s the best one I have had in years. Dense and moist with just the right amount of homemade frosting. My fiancée had a scone. One of about 5 varieties on offer. 😮 A truly lovely Sunday experience. Well worth a stop after/or before a days walking. Will be back!!!

Went for a lunch to this place. We had the day soup and quiche with oat cakes and granary bread. We also had butter that came with the bread. Prices are decent. Food is very good and self prepared. Tea was plenty. Service is very good and we enjoyed our stay. The quiche was with smoked haddock and the soup was tomato paprika.

Service good and friendly, food and coffee excellent however the overall experience was spoiled by the cost. I do get the energy costs are sky high but you have to remember the public are also being hit by higher costs all round.

We stopped here for food before getting the ferry from Cairnryan to Larne. The fish and chips were amazing, crispy batter and not a soggy chip in sight!. Ice cream for afters hit the spot too. We look forward to revisiting on our return trip back before the long drive home.

Great food, super quick service and fair price. What more could you ask for. Highly recommend for breakfast

Amazing cafe. The sandwiches are delicious and the bread they use is incredible. Fab salad with the sandwich - with a gorgeous dressing. Very generous portions. Will def be back.

Pranzo semplicemente perfetto durante la nostra breve visita a Dunkeld: questo piccolo locale gastronomia è gestito da tre signore gentilissime e super premurose. I piatti sono fatti con cura e molto buoni, oltre che per tutte le tasche (£32 due club sandwich con contorno, 2...

Delicious food, friendly service and good value. We recommend the toffee apple scones and a coffee. Very friendly service. Worth the trip!

We popped in today for a late lunch. We had walked up the main road and whilst there are quite a few cafes/delis this one did have the best reviews on TripAdvisor and I can understand why. We were greeted by a friendly gentleman and...

Great food and such friendly staff, freshly baked cakes biscuits and even homemade jam had the new quiche which was delicious would highly recommend

This place is absolutly amazing, lovely people working there and the food was very , very , very good. I will defenetly return there as many times I will have the ocasion.

Great soup, great scones and bakery. Love this place ! Take home their jam !! The staff are also very nice

Wanted a lunch stop and found this gem in Dunkeld. Staff were so friendly and great choice on the menu, all of which made my mouth water. Freshly made food, and great home baking (even brought some home) Can’t wait to go back when we...

We had a lovely welcome yesterday at this lovely tea room, breaking our journey back down the A9. Very friendly staff and the service was spot on. We both had a plain scone with the 'jam of the day', strawberry and rhubarb, along with butter...

Popped in past for our first visit on Thursday, we both had the split yellow pea and carrot soup with crusty bread and oatcakes. The soup was delicious and piping hot, and the crusty bread we had was lovely. We were going to try elsewhere...

Popular and welcoming Cafe on main street Dunkeld. Good home cooking and baking, friendly and helpful staff.

A delightful little cafe - all totally home made /locally produced items, this unpretentious is well worth a visit. Our cauliflower + leek soup was delicious + perfectly seasoned, followed by equally scrummy flapjack + Victoria sponge. Reasonably priced and cosy!

I discovered Palmerston’s maybe four months ago. I regularly drive between Lennoxtown and Lossiemouth, usually I have lunch there, I always enjoy their delicious soup and lovely scones. Today I was later so thought I would have a main course and cake, mac ‘n’ cheese...

Been here a few times and they are always warm and welcoming, serve decent food and a reasonable menu with choices

Had a lovely lunch at this dog friendly café. The staff were very pleasant and helpful. Also gave our dog a treat! When we had to chase up our coffees which had not arrived they offered us a free cake by way of apology. Even...

We stopped for lunch at Dunkeld and got a table at Palmerston’s. The service was great, very child friendly, food excellent and served quickly. All in all very nice indeed.

And friendly staff. Thank you! Fresh ingredients are evident in the food, along with imaginative recipes.

We had a lovely lunch with carefully sourced ingredients. The new owner is delightful and he deserves to be successful. We finished off our visit with very good coffee and an excellent scone. Our second visit and we’ll definitely return.

I was in today Tuesday 15th / 11 /2022 Waitress was not interested in us and was more interested in slagging her new boss and the food looked like it had been thrown on the plate, coffee and tea was really nice 😔 The food...

Home made baking &. Friendly staff. Had a nice cappuccino & large slice of lovely Victoria sponge cake, hubby had a pot of tea. & thick slice of ginger bread with butter on the side, all delicious. The ladies behind the counter were friendly &...

We stopped by on a whim one Sunday afternoon and were delighted we did after sampling the excellent scones, which came with jam and proper clotted cream. The coffee and loose-leaf tea which accompanied them were just as good, and all the staff were really...

What a wonderful find! Hands down the best scones we've ever had. Delicious home made strawberry and rhubarb jam, and such a warm and friendly service. Many thanks to you lovely ladies. We'll be back!

I was in on Tuesday the 1st of November. The waitress was to busy talking to the woman who was making coffee to be bothered doing her job and was quite rude the way she speaks to people when she does come to serve you....

we stopped in dunkeld for lunch aand went into Palmerston coffee shop my wife asked if she could have a pot of boiling water along with her coffee as she does not like coffee to strong a reasonable request we thought however on the way...

Stopped here for lunch on a Monday at end of October. Nice welcome and lovely ladies serving. What we had for lunch was nice but extremely overpriced. I wouldn't say this place was good value for money. It was nice they supply nappies, wipes in...

Stopped for coffee and cake. Service a bit iffy in terms of attitude. Ordered coffees and cake. All ok but nothing fancy. It's popular but I think coffee quality could be improved. Cappuccino far too hot.

We were in Scotland for two weeks, this was the best lunch of our trip. We stopped for lunch on our way to hike at the Hermitage. We had smoked salmon several times on our trip but the salmon at Palmerston's was by far the...

We visited Dunkeld for a long weekend for a family wedding. Went to Palmerstons cafe twice in that short time as the first visit was so good. The food was delicious. Freshly baked scones and cakes. Deliciously fresh lunches. Super friendly staff. A little gem...

Lovely cafe scones and rock buns were amazing. Fruit tea from the WeeTea company delicious much nicer than a tea bag. Well worth waiting if the cafe is busy

On this visit to Dunkeld we followed what now seems to be family tradition by going to Palmerston’s for tea, coffee and scones. The two scones we chose this time were raspberry and treacle, both served with butter and homemade raspberry and blackcurrant jam -...

Stopped in Dunkeld on way up to Inverness and chose Palmerstons at random. We just wanted a scone and a cuppa. They apparently do 3 regular scones and rotate 2 specials every day, so we had a raspberry scone and jam and a spiced plum...

Lunch for three on the way up north. Great friendly welcome and the food was delicious. great portions and very helpful.

We stopped in Dunkeld for a break whilst travelling back down south and decided to have tea and scones in this café and we're really glad that we did as everything was top quality and tasted fantastic. We can definitely recommend this lovely place with...

Popped in for lunch, lovely little place with lots of cakes and jams to buy. I had the lemon drizzle cake, good slice, and would have loved to try the raspberry scones. I had an open salmon sandwich, plenty salmon, thick slice of bread (you...

Rude staff. Sorry we interrupted your conversation! Offhandedly directed to a table and then they expect £8.95 for an egg sandwich! Get real.

My visit here was short lady at counter was very polite when I asked for a table for 1 . The menu it's self is very basic . It's was the one waitress old lady short hair was not polite at all and very unhelpful....

Came to Palmerstons as coffee shop across the road had no cheese, croissant or soya milk! Greeted very curtly and pointed to an empty table. Order taken equally abruptly… not a smile or any pleasantries. Portions of open egg mayo sandwich and ploughman’s lunch overwhelmingly...

A great place for a snack at lunch time. Well worth a visit if in Dunkeld and so friendly.. Great sandwiches

This cafe had been recommended and it lived up to what we had been told, as the coffee and carrot cake as well as the tea loaf were excellent.

Know Dunkeld well, always use Palmerstons for drinks and food. Polite and helpful staff, scone’s delicious, will be back. Thanks

Arrived for breakfast on route to Edinburgh ... limited choice of breakfast but we ordered bacon baguets from a slightly officious waitress. Bacon just warmed up ... baguets cold , not much to warm them up surely...

Rudest staff I have ever encountered. Take your custom elsewhere. What an advertisement for Scottish hospitality.

Stopped for a break, had a really good cup of loose leaf tea, plenty for seconds, remained really hot. Accompanied by a really lovely Rock cake with Butter and Jam, so good!. Staff were really friendly, and quick to serve, very helpful and informative. Excellent...

Firstly I am not reviewing this Cafe in any way as we did not go past the door. We stopped in our Motorhome in Dunkeld and were looking for a dog friendly cafe for coffee and cake before a long walk. We fancied Palmerstons and...

First time to this lovely wee cafe. Great menu choices. I just wanted an egg mayo sandwich- no salad or any greenery which I got! Kids sandwich on tasty wholemeal bread. Top marks for accommodating a fussy adult . Excellent customer service, will definitely be stopping here again on the way home up north

Lovely little cafeWe visited at lunchtime with our 5 month old and 3 year old. The staff were very attentive and punctual in taking our order. The food was delicious and it was nice to see locally sourced ingredients on the menu. A lot of effort had been put into making the cafe covid secure

No matter how nice the food is-if a member of staff is rude it spoils the experience. I have travelled with my husband from John o'Groats and we have had nothing but excellent scottish hospitality until today. When asking for a table the woman in question (placed as the meet and greet) barked loudly that I should sanitise my hands. As a respectable law abiding customer I was completely ready to sanitise my hands. I feel this member of staff is letting down what is a lovely cafe and,instead of being given what is I am sure a very responsible role of covid police, she would be better employed in the kitchen washing the dishes. The rest of the staff were lovely.

Perfect little cafe to stop for breakfast, lunch or just for coffee. Spotlessly clean. Very friendly staff. The food was excellent. They also sell their own jams, marmalade and chutneys. Good prices. Will definitely be back.

As a group of 7 cyclists we pitched up on spec on a Saturday morning. We were made very welcome and were very well looked after by the very friendly and attentive staff. Nothing was any trouble. The bacon sandwiches and scones with home made jam were fantastic and delicious. We shall definitely be back.

The older woman that was at the counter wasn't the most welcoming but then the sign(for Halloween) did say the witch is in. However the girl that took our order was pleasant. Scone and shortbread were homemade and tasty but we would have had something more substantial but for the extortionate prices!

Called in for lunch on spec while visiting Dunkeld, and we are glad we did.Covid precautions good, all staff wearing masks and conscious of social distancing. So we felt safe.I had the Soup of the Day, Courgette and Leek, with granary bread and oatcakes. Good, no complaints.My wife had an open Ham Sandwich with salad, home-made chutney and coleslaw. I have to say that she is very particular about her salad dressings and coleslaw but she loved them here - now that is high praise! And the ham was good quality off the bone.Service was rapid, which is a major plus for me when I'm hungry, and the staff were lovely.Good food, great service. So what's not to love? Would certainly go back if visiting again.

We received a fairly unwelcome visit into this cafe with 2 members of staff both rude and behaved as if we were an inconvenience to them. They were both pretty abrupt and need to learn about customer service when potential customers enter their premises. Really disappointed as had visited before however wouldn’t go back with such poor attitudes.

Came here for lunch on Sunday with hubby. It was buzzing. Our quiche and salad was really good. Chocolate cookie and carrot were both delicious and home made. However with the additional of two teas the bill came to just over £30. Quite expensive for a cafe. Decent enough

Decent cafe for lunch, although it is a tad expensive for what is essentially sandwiches, soups and cake. I had a the ploughman’s lunch and a scone, both of which i enjoyed. Service was excellent.

I came in here a few times while I was in Dunkeld. It is a small menu but everything on it is fantastic. Mostly sandwiches but they were great. Staff were also fantastic couldnt be more helpful

Scones to die for! Had a lovely afternoon tea here and staff very friendly. Lots of different home made jams to purchase as well. Definitely have to pay a visit.

Overpriced. Good coffee, cakes were tasty but very small. Covid procedures were in place. The toilet appeared to be leaking. We reported it to the staff who were not overly concerned.

On my third visit to Palmerston’s Cafe. It’s is lovely. The staff are friendly and inviting and the food is delicious.

So glad to visit Palmerston’s after lockdown. This lovely cafe has extended into the shop next door, so it’s more spacious and easier to socially distance. Extension includes an extra toilet, too. All well organised with one way system; hand sanitiser on every table and masks to be worn when you stand/move around. As usual, the scones were beautiful: spiced pear or blueberry yesterday, with their delicious homemade jam. There are cheaper coffees and scones, but it’s worth paying for the quality of product here. We bought jams to take away too - so delicious. The lady that served us was efficient and friendly. Can’t recommend highly enough.

Nice coffee shop atmosphere, good cakes and scones, coffee good too. The table we had was okay, but some are a little close for comfort I would say. They are trying their best and it was really good to see that even this small business was taking part in eat out to help out, a nice thing to be doing for their customers. On COVID, all the staff were wearing masks which is good. Plenty of hand sanitiser about the place and contact details were taken. Unfortunately, there is room for improvement, we had to remind the waitress and ask her to clean our table before we sat down after the previous customer as this had not been done. There is also a woman behind the counter that is shouting customers in and asking about group sizes, perhaps shouting across the cafe isn't the best idea in relation to COVID. So a couple of considerations there to be improved upon, but overall doing well.

Visited Palmerstons for the first time yesterday and the scones and coffee were excellent. The blueberry and the spiced pear were full of fruit. The home made just was a fantastic accompaniment. The ladies were charming and very vigilant with cleanliness required for Covid. Will definitely return.

We have visited here often and always found it nice and friendly until we went yesterday around lunchtime ( Friday 28 th ) the lady who welcomed us ( short blonde hair and glasses ) was very unwelcoming, she spoke to us and other customers like we were an inconvenience and that she couldn’t be bothered dealing with customers, we found her to be very rude and off putting...she would greatly benefit from some training in customer service. It won’t put us off going back but if I have to deal with this certain woman again she will be showed the same respect that she showed us yesterday, really poor !! Can I just add that the rest of the staff were lovely.

Stopped off for lunch after a long walk in Dunkeld. We both had piping hot Macaroni and a lovely hot coffee. Scones and cakes to follow. Lovely Highland welcome hope to visit again.

My wife and I stopped off at Palmerston's Cafe while doing a circular walk from Cally forest car park to Loch of the Lowes and back. We were lucky to get to Palmerston's just before it closed. The staff couldn't have been nicer, the service was prompt and friendly. Our coffees were excellent. The home baked scones and jam were superb. Lovely wee cafe. Highly recommended. We will be back!

Arrived to eat lunch, but were received with terse response that there was no space. No greeting, no offer to wait until a table was available. Very rude. My wife and I were so angry we turned round and left. Will not visit again.

Great coffee, very good carrot cake and friendly staff. Very popular for the time of year and would highly recommend if in the area.

One of the best coffee shops we've been in . Superb baking, sandwiches coffee and tea. All the preserves and chutneys are made in house and needless to say excellent. Very helpful and friendly staff.

Great soup friendly helpful staff. And the choice of scones were to die for. Homemade jam WOW. Defo five start.

Small but delightful all fresh produce and very tasty. Staff very helpful and keep the tables clean.

Flew solo today...Made welcome and not stuck in a corner.The cafe is warm and bright. Good selection of cakes and scones on display. The menu was quite extensive but reasonably priced.I had this soup, which was plentiful and a big bowl of Tomato and Courgette nice and hot and a big bit of bread and oatcakes.Didn't have room for a scone or cake... I really enjoyed my visit to Dunkeld today.

Nice cafe in the Main Street in Dunkeld, small inside and a fairly limited menu, food is nice but expensive for what it is, service wasn’t great as the 3 or 4 women behind the counter were more interested in talking to themselves that paying customers

C’est par hasard que nous avons fait une halte Nous avons été bien accueilli avec nos deux enfants La carte est varies Les produits sont frais et bonsService rapide Menu enfants au top BRAVO

Would recommend this place when coming to Dunkeld. I’ve been a few times and the food and cakes are always great. The jams and chutneys have won a few awards and you can purchase some to take away for a pretty reasonable price from the small wholesale section.

Tripadvisor led me to the door of Palmerston's. At 10am the cafe was empty and I may have been the first customer; no problem. The two staff members appeared to be preparing food behind the counter. A far-from-warm instruction (or possibly a Dunkeld welcome) was uttered by one - a middle-aged dyed-blonde woman with a face like a slapped ar*e - "Sit down, we'll come to you!" Yes, and a good morning to you madam. I found a table and sat down. Having waited two or three minutes, with no approach from the staff, I went up to the counter to see the baked goods and was once again admonished, "Sit down, we'll come to you!". Suffice to say, an objective view of the ambience and quality of the cafe was overshadowed by the shocking demeanour of the staff. I'm amazed to read other reviews citing warm and welcoming. Ah well, maybe it was my face...

At the time of our visit, this was a very busy café! The tables are all close together and it was very cramped, especially around the counter area where people were also queuing for take-away.

Had lunch at this great wee cafe . Small but attractive menu ,with friendly and helpful staff a good meeting place for locals and visitors . We took the sandwiches and a bowl of homemade soup .Delicious ! Definitely looking in next time we are in Dunkeld

Stopped into Dunkeld for some lunch on a drive home.

Un bel endroit plein de spécialités du cru ou d'ailleurs (Camemberts français authentiques!) et de produits fait maison.

Popped into Palmerston’s for a bite of lunch after walking up The Hermitage. I had an open tuna sandwich, and my partner had a Gluten Free option which came with GF oatcakes instead of bread. Both plates had a good sized nicely dressed fresh salad. To finish we had the Gluten Free coconut cherry and chocolate slice, and a chocolate cookie. The food was fantastic, the staff were pleasant and efficient, and the coffee was strong. Would definitely recommend.

We went there to have some lunch as we were in the surroundings. We asked for some sandwiches, but we didn't receive a sandwich. It was all separated, you needed to prepare it yourself and it was cold. The ingredients were totally normal, nothing with quality. The price was super excessive for that. We paid there so much to get just some basic sandwiches and some coffes. The attention was a bit unsympathetic. Wouldn't go back in any case and don't recommend it at all.

So impressed by the excellent service in this café! The waitresses were not just friendly and helpful but with each customer they carefully answered queries, cheerfully accommodated individual preferences and even advised on walking routes and bus times! Tasty freshly baked scones and good coffee! Enjoyable visit!