Salmon Leap Restaurant in Stirling

Wonderful place fantastic food.would recommend to everyone.get out see the fantastic scenery and have some quality food

Sehr nette Bedienung. Ablauf hätte etwas organisierter ablaufen können, aber man ist ja im Urlaub und da hat man es ja nicht eilig. Sehr schönes Ambiente, Essen war gut bis sehr gut.

Probably the worst afternoon tea that I've ever experienced and particularly disappointing as we were celebrating Father's Day. Despite booking in advance, as deemed essential on the website, the staff's reception would suggest that we were not expected. A tray with cheap crockery, cutlery and paper napkins was brought to the table and left for us to set the table ourselves; one saucer was cracked and the teaspoons did not match. The sandwiches were extremely basic (one had a lettuce leaf and a few chunks of cucumber, the scones were dry and did not taste fresh, there was one small macaron each and 6 small (2 each) commercially produced Danish pastries which may well have been left over from the breakfast service. No cakes were served. In addition, another table in the conservatory had dirty dishes when we arrived and was left uncleared during our entire visit and the toilet had no paper. I had been for afternoon tea spa day a few years ago and couldn't believe the drop in standards. Would not return.

After a long drive, we wanted to have a coffee and a scone plus bring our friendly but excitable springer, the staff weren’t phased and provided us with very comfortable seating area, brought along lovely scones cream and jam, made a big fuss of the dog. We returned later and had our tea including the most fantastic warm chocolate brownie sundae

We were staying at the hotel and dinner was included but we are given options to choose off a menu and some dishes had supplementary prices to add on; makes sense for steak etc but not quite sure why a burger had a surcharge? The service was friendly and food served fast. Lovely presentation and very tasty. We had the pork and the duck, cheesecake and croissant bread and butter pudding. All delicious! The only negative I'd say is that when staying in the hotel you can't charge to your room, and this is OK if people are told when being seated rather than being chased at the end! Whether staying at the hotel it visiting Drymen the restaurant is worth a visit.

The waiter just didn't seem to get how to do his job. Nothing in particular was wrong with the food but nothing stood out either.

Twee maal diner gegeten in dit restaurant. Lekker gegeten, eerste avond was er helaas iets mis met de saus over de gebraden eend. Heel goed opgepakt door de bediening, geen woord over vuil gemaakt, direct nieuw besteld en ook excuus van de chef kok. bediening heeft ons ook nog een gratis fles wijn bezorgt. Tweede avond, wederom voortreffelijk gegeten.

Spent a few nights in Drymen. Had dinner in a few places, the Salmon Leap was the best for quality and choice. Great seafood choices and deserts.

The dinner food served here is exceptional. The menu changes monthly depending on what products are in season/available to locally source. Portion sizes are just right, and the dishes are packed with flavour and well presented. Main meals are fairly priced too considering they are fresh and homemade. Wish I had taken pictures to show how great this meal was. I will definitely return!

Redelijk groot restaurant. Menukaart is niet heel uitgebreid maar wel voldoende variatie. Eerst een lekkere amuse daarna hebben we een voorgerecht van eend gegeten. Was prima voorgerecht. Daarna zalm gegeten. Prima bereid met voldoende groenten. Naast het eten heerlijke wijn gedronken. De huiswijn Sauvignon Blanc was heel lekker. Tot slot cheescake en koffie. Prima gegeten. De bediening was niet heel erg accuraat maar wel vriendelijk.

We had two dinners, including salmon, pasta, beef and chicken, and all were superb. Congratulations to the new chef!

Lovely freshly prepared meal in a warm environment. The staff were very friendly and couldn't do more for me and my meal arrived quickly despite how busy the place was.

Attached to the BW Buchanan Arms (reviewed separately). Menu choices poor and remain static, night after night. Rustic fair, simple and whilst having 4 dinners during the week the dishes were cooked reasonably well and hot but never inspirational.

Portions very small. Staff embarrassed at the quality of service. Very expensive. Do not eat here. Apalling

I will not be back to the restaurant, sent out wrong steak no apology, cold veg no portobello mushrooms, wee waiters were good. Were there 12 months ago different story. Gone downhill.

Opted for the home made steak pie and it was simply delicious. Huge portion with lots of lean beef, puff pastry casing with plenty of fresh vegetables and chips cooked to perfection. The raspeberry pavlova and sticky toffee pudding went down a treat to finish.

Durant notre séjour à l'hôtel, nous avons pris un dîner dans ce restaurant. Première chose à noter : une attente de 50 minutes après la prise de la commande et encore a-t-il fallu réclamer à plusieurs reprises pour être servi.

Portions could be very small. Some dishes were tasty but same veg served all week. Not my first choice, sadly. Some staff excellent, some just out of the zombie movie. When I asked for an extra bread roll one evening, it was refused...

We have always been great fans of the Buchanan Arms. It was quaint and special. Recently it has lost a bit of the atmosphere that it once enjoyed. Decor is a bit jaded! Food is ok. I do hope that it will be not too long until it is restored to its former glory.

I desparately wanted to be able to say we had a great experience here, but the truth was much the opposite. We made a reservation for the restaurant at the adjoining hotel reception after the receptionist asked us if we would like to eat there (we weren't bothered, but since she'd asked we thought "why not?"). She warned that it was busy but there was a slot available at 8:30pm so we took it. Fast forward to 8:30pm and we dutifully arrived to be seated. A couple in front of us was exchanging cross words with the waiter after they had been kept waiting since their reservation at 8:00pm. We should have known then and there that there was going to be trouble! The odd thing was that there were still empty tables in the restaurant, so it definitely wasn't at full seating capacity. We were all told to take a seat inside the bar area with menus and we would be called upon for a table when one was available. After waiting 30 minutes or so, we decided to abandon our booking and try our luck at one of the restaurants 5 minutes walk up the road. As we were handing our menus back in and about to explain, we were met with "table for 2 was it?". Surprised at the sudden change of fortune, we went ahead and followed the waitress in to a table. We were given menus (again) and told that our drinks orders would be taken in a few minutes. Fast forward 5 minutes and, with no drinks orders taken, imagine our horror when the couple that had been waiting since 8:00 were led in to sit down at the table right next to us. How embarrassing! The gentleman then proceeded to demand the contact details of the manager from the waitress. When she had gone, there was too much of a tense mood to stick around so we decided to abandon the restaurant and try the ones up the road. Unfortunately it had just past 9:30pm at that point and most of the kitchens had closed. We ended up buying some food from the Spar shop to take back to the privacy of our own room. To be fair to the hotel, they did offer us a free bottle of prosecco as means of an apology which we did accept. Nevertheless, we would have much rather appreciated honesty from the outset on how overrun/understaffed they were that evening so we could have arranged a sit-down meal elsewhere. It's a shame as it was the one negative experience during an otherwise incredible experience in a beautiful part of the country. Needless to say, we'll try staying somewhere else on our next visit. One final footnote: the menu lists 'Salmon' as one of the options, but doesn't explicitly state that it's Scottish. If it is then they should really try to clarify this on the menu!

Este es el restaurante del Best Western Hotel Buchanan arms, sin duda tengo que decir que el chef es muy talentoso, cada comida aquí teníamos presentaban preciosa.

Excelente comida a precios competitivos, personal muy amable y extremadamente servicial 2 de nuestro grupo vegano/vegetariano y el chef prepara una comida especial para ellos, si vas de esa manera está bien merece una visita. Puede que quieras reservar con antelación ya que es muy concurrido, incluso en temporada baja. Disfrutar.

We went for dinner and both ordered the steak pie. Bit of a disappointment, the meat was a bit chewy, puff pastry had clearly been sitting a while and heated up. Chips were plenyful and piping hot but frozen, would've been nice to serve "real" chips. Best thing of that dish was the vegetables, all fresh and cooked well.Vanilla cheesecake with berries was our choice for desert and was the saving grace of the meal. Perfection on a plate, well presented and tasted devine.Service was excellent from staff.

We dined in the restaurant twice whilst staying at the hotel. We cannot fault the restaurant. The menu had a nice selection and had different specials available each evening. Service was good, portion sizes were very generous and the food was very well presented.

Wir hatten ein dreigängiges Menü, wobei jedes einzelne Gericht wunderschön angerichtet und sehr, sehr lecker war. Der Service war hervorragend. Sollte wir noch einmal nach Drymen kommen, werden wir wieder dort essen.

Restaurant was fairly busy but it was a Saturday we visited. It's bright and warm. Staff are young but friendly. Service was a little slow and hap hazard in parts with some tables ordering after getting served before us and some people being forgotten or drink orders overlooked.Food was fine. We all enjoyed our choices Inc steak, duck chicken and burger. Duck and chicken were a little dry but on the whole very enjoyable. Choice of cask beers limited.

We ate there when visiting the hotel (Buchanan Arms). Food was a varied traditional Scottish menu, very well presented and tasty - easily good enough as a stand alone restaurant and not 'just' part of a hotel. Staff lovely, friendly and efficient too.

Was staying in the hotel with work and decided to eat in the restaurant. Had the haggis starter which was nice then had the fish platter sharer as my main which was huge and well worth the £10.95 cost. The service was good and would recommend when in the area.

Being guests at the Buchanan Arms Hotel we ate at Salmon Leap Restaurant four nights running. The food was good and the staff were pleasant and helpful. Perhaps I should add that on the Tuesday evening for some reason which we were not privy to the service was awful and having waited so long for our meal we actually left without ordering a dessert. I am saddened to have to include that comment because the other three evenings were as one would have expected. Just a slight note of caution though, there is not much choice for vegetarians. The salmon is fantastic and well worth a visit for that alone.

Stayed for a break, already reviewed the hotel, but I did enjoy the food. Haggis for breakfast. I utterly LOVE the stuff, had it for dinner as well!! The soups were lovely I like soup. A lot. Nutella cheesecake was compulsory though. Yeah. Right. It was good, I did well not to eat the plate. The chicken was really good I had it twice during my stay. All puds were good, as I said in my review of the hotel, I'll happily marry the chef. Especially if he always cooks like that!

ate in here as we were staying for three nights for a wedding , nothing to write home about , Chicken supreme was nothing but a small chicken fillet, nothing spectacular !!

Have had quite a few meals here have never had something i didn't enjoy great choice always have 3 courses especially when i can sit and just relax worth trying.

It is a well visited restaurant, and this causes its own problems. Our second night here the staff seemed disorganised with the tables not properly laid with butter, iced water etc. The chicken terrine on the second night was nothing special, and the chocolate tart was disappointing. The salmon fillet was however nicely done. The restaurant needs to provide sufficient staff for the number of diners each evening.

Have visited here many times, service extremely slow despite restaurant being quite. Young inexperienced staff seemed to be 1 girl doing everything. Food Disapointing portions very small risotto very basic. My daughter waited so long for her food an hour and a half almost she was no longer hungry when it arrived. She only had a main course while we had a very small starter.Looks like focus on presentation it did look good. i Had a chicken dish and tasted lovely but very small amount,The excuse for slow service was a party of 10 but they didn't arrive untill 30 mins after our arrival. Seemed to be no one in charge perhaps that was the problem

Great food and very friendly staff, we booked but there was no need. There was plenty of tables to accomodate walk ins.

plenty of choice in comfortable surroundings ,served by lovely staff.Doesn't come much better than that . Value for money for sure

We were staying in the Buchannan arms so thought we may as well have dinner as the restaurant is within the hotel. Food was delicious and service was fast and friendly. Lovely interior as well.

This was a nice place to go for a hour or two. Nice pool and steam room. Great showers and a coffee bar.A wee gym at the top of the stairs it was ok.

Being a Coeliac told staff, however prawn cocktail served and contaminated with normal bread. Had to be changed. Lovely venison, however husband could not eat his beef which was returned. My sweet was again served with ordinary shortbread.Food beautifully served, however no communication between waitresses, and no Maître overseeing. Poor quality meal for price.Breakfast staff greatly improved and no problems.

As some earlier reviewers have said, portions may not be as big as they might expect. If you just want big portions don't come here. However if you want to enjoy a 3 course dinner of very good quality it would be worth a visit. Our family group of six all enjoyed each course. In particular the orange and cardamom sauce with the duck.Not the most atmospheric of dining rooms. Staff were OK and pleasant and attentive. Perhaps further training wouldn't go amiss however.

Food was nice but portions sizes very small for what you pay. I had chicken and didn't realise the mash was beneath it. Was waiting on my potatoes and veg to come as a side

The four of us enjoyed a 2 course meal here. My mum's only reservation was the size of the piece of beef she was served. It was daintily portioned. The service was good, though as highlighted in the hotel review, it was a little inconsistent - i.e. slow to begin with, then rushed towards the end of the meal.

We've eaten here a few times and the quality of the food is fantastic. Some may see it as slightly over priced but we've never been disappointed. The staff can be a bit disorganised (everyone one else was offered bread, we weren't...), so once again the staff let the place down. It still needs a Restaurant Manager to organise the place!...recommended though!

Amazing food, plenty of choice on menu from starters, main, dessert and coffe and petite fours, great ambiance service was exceptional from all staff

A lovely evening with friends. The menu was good and food well presented, excellent service despite the number of guests.

Good choices for breakfast and dinner but waiting staff need to listen to what is being said...BUT ...had a problem with not receiving what was ordered for dinner .This was rectified and a lovely gesture of a small dish of handmade chocolates as an apology..well done

The best salmon I have ever tasted!! Staff were very attentive and food well presented. There was a good wine list (we chose a New Zealand SB but more on offer). Prices were reasonable

I stayed in The Buchanan Arms Hotel in Drymen with my wife and ate in this restaurant. We were first in the restaurant, early evening, opening at 6pm, so we had the choice of tables and chose a window seat.For starters my wife chose pate and for the main meal she chose the "braised prime beef " .I opted for prawns for starters and also chose the beef. We both enjoyed our starters. The main course was the beef on a bed of mash with trimmings and veg. We both finished with sticky toffee puddingThe food was good as was the service and it was reasonably priced. Within 30 minutes the place was getting fairly busy , not just guests but locals which is always a good sign. The restaurant was well worth a visit

We ate at the restaurant whilst staying at the Buchanan Arms Hotel which the restaurant is part of. We really enjoyed our dinner and would recommend the restaurant to anyone. The portion sizes were great. We started with soup and antipasti followed by steaks. Both steaks were cooked exactly as we like them. The service by the staff was good and the restaurant was a very comfortable temperature. We had dinner included in our stay so I can't really comment on its cost.

The food was great, I had a small issue and it was dealt with quickly and professionally. The only thing is as you would expect the wine is a bit expensive but for a special meal it is well worth it.The staff were young but attentive.

I ate here years ago and it was amazing food. Unfortunately not this visit. The starters were the best bit, although very expensive for what you got. The main corses were over priced. The fish i had was dry and came with very little potatoes and no vegetables to accompany it.My husband had steak, which he said was lovely but again for the price of it, it was served with just a salad. 2 of our children had pizza and it was like cardboard and the chips served with it were greasy. Not pleased at all.2 courses for myself and my husband with a bottle of wine and with the children's food take off the bill, was still £78. Ridiculous! Such a shame as if I was staying in the hotel again I wouldn't be eating there. The staff are lovely and polite.

The back part of this restaurant has little atmosphere. Ask to be seated in the front part. The food is ok - children's menu could do with an update

Food was so good.Great choice which varied each night.No complaints at all.steak came with a wonderful peppercorn sauce and chips are more like jacket wedges which suited me .

We stayed in Buchanan Arms on a 2-night B&B. Decided to visit the restaraunt on the 1st night (been before several times) with a view of trying a different place the second night. But we were so impressed with the food & service, that we decided to return the second night & weren't disappointed. It was the Daily Change Menu (2 courses for £22), and tried different items from each of starters, mains and desserts. As the name implies, the menu changes daily, which is good, especially if you are staying several days or longer. This is the third time in over a year we have eaten here & it continues to impress. Top marks to the chef & his team for keeping up the very high standards time & again, a result of which means I won't hesitate to come back again soon.

Dinner here is good Value.It is served and presented well.We had a 3 course and the choice was adequate.Only let down was having to ask for bread/roll when soup was served , apart from that service was excellent.Decor is plain and simple , no frills but still very pleasant.

High standard of food with professional and friendly staff. Portion sizes were great and the choices were to suit all tastes.

This restaurant has to be one of our favourites! The waiting staff were just so fantastic, friendly, caring and attentive! Could not have asked for better service! The food itself was amazing we had a 3 course and the choices were extensive and the food was too die for, best we have had in a long time! Very reasonably priced too!

The food is presented as if it was a five star restaurant with great attention to detail. Quality is paramount and it has a reasonable wine list. Staff couldn't be more friendly.

A vist to the resteraunt proved very disapointing. The hotel kitchen served a miniscule portion of cheesecake on the 23rd Oct 2014 (photo uploaded to trip advisor. Not good value by any means - it was supposedly a full portion for an adult.

This restaurant has an excellent menu which was varied each day. In particular, the salmon was really good.

Es hat uns gut gefallen, im Best Western Restaurant zu essen. Der Service war sehr gut. Das Essen schmackhaft und zu einem angemessenen Preis.

As offered we decided to eat in the bar area which was quaint and comfortable, we ordered our food and the starters came quickly and where pleasant. For mains I had ordered the sirloin steak with the large salad option rather than the fried mushroom and grilled tomatoes. What was served was far from appetising, the steak was tough and the large salad was a rather wet side salad which was tasteless. The waitress put the food on the table and off she went, there was no offer of any seasonings, vinegars or sauces. My husband had the pork dish which he thought was rather nice but we won't be eating there again.

We dined here twice, once with our children and then without them. The first time I ordered a fish main course and have to say it was one of the worse meals I've had it was bland and tasteless. It was a shame as it could have been delicious.The second time I played safe and went for the burger which was better.

Having booked Salmon Leap Restaurent one day at 12 noon for the following evening specifically asking for their offer menu advertised on their website we arrived to be told the offer was no longer on. When questioned the staff in the restaurant were less than helpful saying it was not their fault it had changed within 24 hours. This was disappointing as the menu offered was 2 or 3 courses for a specified rate. The evening was not getting off to a good start! We did order from the menu we were given and although the food was delicious we were all disappointed at being misled! Would we return... NO. If a company cannot be up front and show some customer service when clearly they could not deliver what was booked I would not support them in the future. I appreciate the contents of the menu could vary on a daily basis but when an offer is booked I cannot understand why that was not honoured on arrival.

Here is a question that does not exercise waiting nearly enough: "how often is it reasonable to ask a diner if everything is okay with their food?"My own and so, for what it's worth, is just after service and again when clearing away. Any additional times can be intrusive and spoil the dining experience.For the record my smoked salmon starter and cod fillet main were very good as was the house Pinot Grigio.

the food really is gorgeous in the salmon leap, the staff are attentive but not to over the top all in all i would give this place a 9/10.

Ignore the whinging vegan, the evening meal was 1st class................so was the breakfast, superb!

I hadnt eaten at the Buchanan Arm restaurant for a couple of years and the last time I did I want impressed.However I have to say with low expectations this time I was pleasantly surprised by the improvement in the standard of the food and presentation.The food was fresh, hot and attractive on the eye although maybe a little small in portion size.To be fair though my wife was happy with the quantity and I like my food.Staff were attentive as they were on my previous visit.I will go back soon so hopefully the progress will continue and another good review will follow.

We went to the Salmon leap because it seemed to have a veggie dish that appeared to be vegan from the description on the menu posted outside. The person who greeted us told us that even the dishes marked V for vegetarian were probably made with chicken stock. I was taken aback, but another member of staff corrected her, so we sat down. That was our mistake, we should have left.I was told I could not have the garlic bread as it was made with butter. I asked if it could be made with olive oil instead as they seemed to have some bread being put on tables. I was told no, a sure sign that all the food is delivered by van and microwaved. Sure enough my brochette was a soggy lump of over heated tomato pulp and bad baguette. My main came with the garlic bread I could not eat and my partners meal came with the veg having been cooked in butter and drained, and the service was appalling too, we were ignored and had to correct the bill. Never eat here.

excellent choice of menu. and very reasonably priced for a hotel.The food was very well presented and delicious

I write solely in relation to the Salmon Leap Restaurant which serves the hotel, not in relation to the rooms or other facilities. Please, avoid the restaurant at all costs.This area is a wonderful area of the world and I urge everyone to come to the town of Drymen and surrounding towns on the quieter side of Loch Lomond. The shores at this side are a lot quieter than those at the likes of Balloch and Luss, and the scenery is unrivalled. We spent a fantastic summer day with our dogs here; until we decided to stop for Sunday lunch in the Salmon Leap.Appalling. Shop-bought. Over-priced. Rubbish.We were sat in the conservatory area of the bar, which judging by the photos on Best Western's website, has not seen a lick of paint (or indeed a window cleaner) since the last photo shoot in 2010. The atmosphere was eerie, quiet and only interrupted by a compilation of Michael Buble's greatest hits intertwined with 80's love power ballads. We should have known right there to head back to the car and drive on to Balloch for food, but for reasons we can only regret, we opted to stay.The starters arrived after only a short period of time (microwaves are very efficient nowadays) and smiles suddenly disappeared. Tinned soup, shop bought pate and garlic bread slices which transfer you to another place- no, not Venice, Rome or Milan; try Tesco or Asda. Dreadful. In fact we could only laugh at the "swooshed" balsamic drizzle which accompanied the pate; who was the "chef" trying to kid?And main courses; dear oh dear, Best Western, what has happened? Looking at the menu, we noticed that penne pasta with a tomato, chilli and aubergine sauce was one option, whilst a penne pasta dish with chargrilled chicken was another option. My companions order the penne pasta with tomato sauce, but asked if it would be possible to add the chargrilled chicken to the dish. The "chef" must have been quaking in his boots- this may have been the most difficult act of culinary skill he has practiced since that particularly tricky day in 2011 when the ring pull broke on one of the cans. True enough, it was simply appalling. One set of pasta heated in the microwave, served with a chargilled chicken piece which had been defrosted and still tasted of the originally sauce packet it was originally intended to be served with when it was prepared in a factory a few weeks earlier. And Sunday "roast" beef; I think trading standards might need to look into this one as the only people being roasted here are the absolute suckers like myself paying £12 for the microwave boil in a bag style slices which the Salmon Leap tries to pass off as "beef in gravy". Frankly, it would have been funny had it not been so expensive. Honestly, this was the kind of beef you were once served for school lunch before laws made it illegal to serve such low quality food to young children. The accompanying veg did bring back fond memories of Mediterranean holidays however; I'm pretty sure it’s the same stuff served on airlines... Following on from the penne pasta debacle, one further point to note. One of our party asked for chips instead of the stated mash for his beef. A simple enough request. But no, for some unknown reason this was not possible. Instead, he could have the chips as a side order and pay for the privilege (again, the fool decided to pay the same amount for a small portion of frozen chips as he could have bought a bag for in the nearest supermarket!). In an act of irony, the waitress then asked "so you have a portion of chips on the side, do you still want the mash?". Well, considering he had no option since he had already paid for it, he practically insisted upon it (had he not, the chef may have needed some annual leave to cope with the stress of having to put some thought into the plates of food being served).The service was, unfortunately, also poor. The staff were uninterested and we were treated almost like an inconvenience. We had to request cutlery for all of our courses. There were also no condiments on the table, and by the time the requested vinegar arrived, our party had decided that they had had enough of the pitiful offerings. The only saving grace was the young male waiter who informed us that he had only started the previous week; when we informed him at the end that the food was simply terrible, he could only let out a sigh and apologise. This was laughable. But at £130 odd for 6 people having two courses with one drink each, it was a very expensive laugh at that. The fact that it was Father's Day and that this was intended as a treat to my father probably has left the poor guy worried that we are about to send him off to Dignitas for his 60th birthday...Please avoid.