The Anchor Hotel Restaurant in Dumfries & Galloway

While staying Kippford for a week we visited the pub a few times. It was good to call in for a beer after walking in the area. The food was lovely, the fish platter was lovely as was all the food we had. Good beer too. Enjoyed sitting out and looking over the estuary. Friendly, helpful staff.

Traditional Scottish welcome and great service. Warm, cosy, clean and pleasant room with great views to the sea channel. Brilliant breakfast - just right if you want to take advantage of the gorgeous scenery and get out there walking. Pub side has open fire and good atmosphere. Restaurant has a good selection of choices all served promptly, hot and delicious. Hope to go again soon

Después de una caminata de 12 millas bajo la lluvia y el viento, yo estaba deseando enclavado junto a la chimenea crepitante con papeles Domingo, botella de vino, y una abundante comida. La bienvenida que recibimos del equipo de jóvenes estaba tibio, casi como una molestia. Más preocupado con sus teléfonos móviles, el personal del bar se encogieron de hombros cuando pregunté por recomendaciones de comida.

Good location on the seafront with impressive views across the estuary. Sadly the hotel eating areas are shabby, with badly worn seating. The food, on our only visit, was of low quality and poor value - undercooked vegetables, tough meat and chewy puff pastry.

Visitamos el ancla dos veces durante su estancia en Kippord, nos tomamos una copa en una terraza con unas vistas al río, lugar fantástico especialmente en el sol a principios de octubre. Volvimos del ancla para el almuerzo de domingo y nos pareció muy buena relación calidad-precio ( £27 por pareja por 2 platos cada). Para una buena relación calidad-precio sin adornos comida en una hermosa ubicación lo recomiendo encarecidamente el ancla

Entramos en el miércoles. A juzgar por los números comer es un lugar popular. Buena amplio menú y ofertas especiales. £40 fir 2 entrantes y dos platos principales y una ronda si las bebidas. buenas patatas fritas y varias opciones caseras. El fútbol que no está mal, la decoración es un poco cansado y los cinco vivir, pero el fuego estaba iluminada y el lugar de la cerveza. se admiten perros.

magnífica comida con algunos platos únicos. Recomiendo encarecidamente tratando el Rob Roy postre! El servicio fue muy lento en la habitación de atrás, pero luego me di cuenta que el bar frente era absolutamente abarrotada, una gran chimenea y una buena animación todo alrededor. Hay muchos restaurantes de familias, así que no te preocupes si tiene cuidado.

Disfrutamos de una noche aquí durante su estancia en Kippford unas cuantas noches. El personal era amable y celebrar un concurso que disfrutamos tomando parte en. Había una selección de cervezas que satisfizo mi othere media muy bien. El pub se celebró un buen ambiente y fue una noche divertida en general.

Estaba aquí para un almuerzo tarde en el fin de semana, estaba muy ocupado y cargada dentro así que decidimos sentarnos afuera. Pedimos una pinta de coca-cola, dos latas de zumo, una porción de patatas fritas ( £2.50!!) y un partícipe combo cosa con aros de cebolla, queso pañales, gambas, patatas wedges, pan de ajo, 2 salsas y pollo en el hueso en una salsa barbacoa que cuesta 17 libras! El pollo no era muy agradable, y el resto fue simplemente vierten en el plato. no me impresionó especialmente por el precio que pagamos. El personal era muy agradable.

amazing food at good prices. bit dated inside dinning areas but don't let this put you off the food will more than make up for it just a shame the waiting on staff are not as friendly as the bar staff.

this pub is lovely. Food is amazing, large portions and good prices. The greek salad is huge and loads and loads of feta in it. Bar staff very friendly only sticking point is the waiting on staff. A smile would go a long way! It gets very busy and they don't take bookings so go early.

i have enjoyed my trips to kippford over the years and always been happy with the food at the Anchor. i have sat outside and watched the delivery of fresh fish, crab, prawns etc all cooked up that very evening. it was great but what's happened now? wevisited on thursday the 16th Aug and my wife and I both had fish pie. looked great and home made but it was cold in the centre. the young lady serving was very sorry. gave us a free drink and replaced the food within about 15 mins. again my dish was a little cold in the centre and my wife was ill that night although I was fine. reheated food! using a grill i think and it was simply not warmed through. 2 goes for the same result. tasted really good too. shame.

We have been going to this pub for the last 7 years and its always been great. This year however it has gone downhill - the food choice was limited, the food seemed to be microwaved, portion size had gone down and prices gone up! Still nice but if you've been before you might be disappointed....

We ve been eating in the Anchor for over 20 years and I don t think the tablemats have been changed in all that time! The food is always good with a reasonable range of specials every day but why spoil it with manky looking tablemats?

Had a lovely meal in the Anchor Hotel. I got pork fillet in mushroom sauce, white wine, with chips and roasted veg, £10.50, and it was worth it! One of the best meals I’ve had in years!Kippford is a lovely place and a walk along the Jubilee path is a must.

Wasn't impressed it was highly recommended by many people and the food was excellent. On our arrival thought it was rather dingey and dark but stayed anyway for a meal wasnt impressed with the menu choices and quite was quite pricey after ordering our meal whilst waiting for our meal to arrive a family came in with a great dane puppy and stood I'm the middle of the restaurant which made it impossible for other people to get near the bar area as being in this profession wasn't amused eating my meal In premises which allows dogs to roam round freely sorry wont be back

Very popular with an excellent choice of menu for a bar meal. Very friendlyand helpful staff.

On holiday for a week in Kippford and popped in here for some food. It's a busy place with locals and tourists alike. Food is great if you want to feel full in a short space if time. Plenty of choice too. Good atmosphere and would return.

The "Extensive" menu looks like 3663's shopping list. Difficult to spot the real cooking amongst it but I presume there must be some as like other reviewers I became aware that regardless of the choice the "Chef" P's off at 8.30, remarkable what he can fling together in 5 minutes....3663 strikes again, or is it Brakes? Most disappointed to be told one busy lunchtime that the menu had been truncated to an A4 photocopy, and even more upset that having chosen from four mains on the list, three of which were fish based, that fish was "Off". So it was a baked tattie or nought! We chose nought!Went back though a few days later, hoping we had simply experienced a "Bad day" The vegetarian with us chose the mozarella and tomato salad. £6.95. Three slices of tomato and three slices of moza. (Some balsamic dribbled over) Showed it to the barman and asked if he would pay seven quid for this. He conceded the point. Five minutes later a plate arrived with six slices of tomato and six slices of moza! What is it about a "Chef" who thinks that vegetarians are the human equivalent of cows? Munch grass, and never complain?Locals rave about the anchor and I wonder if it is with rose tints, or has it changed hands and headed down the slipway?

For some reason the anchor no longer allows people to book a table, we were told that we would have to wait until a table became available for all 11 of us! The result was 11 of us on 3 separate tables after a very tense wait. Loads of people were vying for tables , those sat already dining or drinking only had to twitch to be pounced on by numerous people asking if they were leaving, embarrassing for all involved. After waiting 40 minutes I was told the food I had ordered was not available, 10 minutes later I was told my second voice was not available. Third time lucky! the meal in the end was ok, decent pub grub but worth the wait? I'm not sure. When I complained the managers comment was "you enjoyed it didn't you?". Appalling customer service. Where were the landlord and landlady whilst this chaos reigned? Sat at the bar drinking and talking with friends seemingly oblivious . The only reason this place is so busy is because they have such a monopoly . My advice: give it a swerve and try the Italian in Dalbeattie instead , brilliant food , brilliant customer service and brilliant value for money.

We arrived on holiday on Sunday evening and thought it would be a nice start to eat out at the anchor as we have done many times over 16 years, we arrived at 8.25pm and saw that food was only served until 8.30 so hurried through to the dining room to be told we could eat but they needed our order 'now' we asked for menus and as they were handed to us the urgently and rudely told us they needed our order now or we couldn't eat, we quickly looked for something we could each eat and ordered before finally sitting at our table, we then went to order drinks. 50 minutes later we were getting very hungry and still no food and not a lot coming out of the kitchen as we noticed a few other tables still waiting for food, we asked how much longer and were told 5 minutes, 10 minutes later 6 meals arrived, 2 of which were edible! My husbands med/rare steak was well done and 2 off the kids menu pizza were tomato sauce and cheese on some sort of microwaved grey bread, my rissoto was awful and believe be after nearly an hour later I would of eaten almost anything! We sent my husbands steak back an another 15 minutes later a med/rare steak came to us but by that point the amount of effort the chefs was prepared to put in was obvious, a tomato garnished his plate, just a full, uncooked tomato still with green stem intact! We eat out an awful lot and have never had such a complete bad meal, we spine to the manager who knew we had waited too long and knocked money off our bill, decent but not what we were after, after traveling with kids we would of rather paid full price and had a good meal, sadly we won't be going back, such a shame as it used to be great!

On the front and great food with friendly staff and excellent views. The beer is good too. It was very full and everyone seemd to be enjoying the food and ambience. Visited it twice in a week for lunch...walked from the caravan park so we could have a drink!!

I would have rated The Anchor as the best place to eat in the Dumfries area until a couple of years ago, but I've been disappointed the last couple of times I've been. Today I wanted Haddock and Chips but they had run out of fish. I'd usually then go for chicken fajitas or something similar, but I found a lack of choices on the menu, so went for a Burger instead, which was nice to be fair. My wife went for Chicken Balmoral, chicken stuffed with Haggis in a whiskey sauce, but couldn't even cut through it and my sons pizza had also been overdone. Hopefully just an off day, but not good today.

Had a trip to the Anchor recently and was so disappointed. We only wanted a light snack, so ordered the combo starter for two! This was £10.00 and there wasnt enough food to feed a mouse! They had no chicken wings left and gave us chicken coujons instead and we counted 6 potato wedges on the plate. I know it was a starter but at the price there should have been plenty of food on the plate. I then thought i would order a sticky toffee pudding and ice cream..........big mistake!. It was tiny, dried out and over microwaved and cost approx £5.00. In all a bad experience and we know friends that have had the same happened to them. Time the management stepped up to the mark and brought this hotel back up to the level we have had in the past.

We ate here on a local's recommendation from several miles away. We had taken a holiday in Scotland at Southerness Bay due to our holiday in Spain being cancelled due to the Icelandic ash cloud. Despite feeling a bit down due to this the visit to the Anchor at Kippford made up somewhat as it is set in an estuary and the pub/inn overlooks this..a beautiful setting indeed! We had a dish called Balmoral chicken which is chicken wrapped in bacon stuffed with haggis and its yummy! Another night we had rib eye steak which is also scrumptious! We enjoyed the pub food so much we travelled back during a recent visit (May 2012) and ate the Balmoral chicken on one occasion and Chicken sizzler on another.. Food is perhaps the best i tasted in that area, the drinks were well kept and hence tasted good. Definitly worth a visit!

Headed down to Kippford on a sunny Monday lunchtime. Had a wonderful seafood platter.Sitting outside in the sun just watching the world go by.Great food, staff and value for money.

Stayed for the night of 12th May in Room 2. Great vews from dual aspect windows over the estuary. Good en-suite shower room. £70 for the double for the night. Dogs allowed in rooms and bar. Made to feel welcome. Good evening meal although it would be nice to have a choice of maybe Ham, Egg and Chips or Cottage Pie. Most places have a similar menu. Really enjoyed the breakfast. Very tasty! Can't wait to return.

Massive fish plenty chips. good price. good environment. friendly staff :-) will visit again :-)

We've been going to the Anchor for many many years and its always good. Unfortunately, they have stopped taking bookings so there is usually a surge to get in early to get a decent table. Not an extensive menu but then most folk will order fish and chips or the beef and ale pie, both of which are very good and decent sized portions. Unfortunatley, they dont do hand cut chips, which would be so much better than the frozen ones they serve - they are always a bit oily and tasteless for me. On a good day, its lovely to sit outside with a drink and watch the world go by. They have a kids menu too and the fish is a decent sized portion. However, I wasnt impressed when they charged £3.50 for 2 scoops of kiddies ice cream - very naughty. Overall, its worth a visit and we keep going back but then there's not much selection within Kippford so they do have a captive market.

Visit Kippford often and sometimes have lunch at The Anchor. Last there March 2012.Good choice on the menu but could be a bit better for veggie grub. The food is good pub grub and portions are generous. Friendly staff with a welcoming log fire, we'll return.

It was that last week of March when the sun was shining every day and we stopped for a drink outside the hotel. The view of the bay and watching the sun set was awesome. We took a look at the menu and decided to stay for dinner. So glad we did. Everyone ordered something different and each of us were happy with our meal. My husband had not had fish & chips until that night and was thoroughly happy. I had the stir fry. Not great but not terrible either. Our friends enjoyed their meals. Went back a few nights later and the boys had steaks. They said the sirloin was perfect and the rib eye was so-so. I had a chicken special that was fabulous. My girlfriend had the fish pie which was lovely. Service was excellent. If we ever go back to Kippford, we would still go by and have a meal at the Anchor Hotel.

Went with my husband & 2 children. Arrived a few minutes after 12 O'clock for lunch (sign outside stated that lunch is served 12-2.30p.m). Ordered 3 lots of spare ribs & 1 beef strogonoff (with half chips & half rice). Shortly after ordering, a 'sold out' sign was put on the specials menu regarding the ribs. A member of staff then took a tray with 3 portions of ribs into the next room and tried to give them to another table who told them they'd only ordered 1 portion. The member of staff then went back to the kitchen, I presume to check whose order it was, then on return, gave us the remaining 2 portions & said he'd get us a 3rd portion. Meantime he brought my beef strogonoff which could only be described as a childs portion - a slightly bigger than an ice cream scoop sized portion of rice and 6 thin strips of beef - when asked if this was a full adults portion, he checked with the kitchen &, bearing in mind this was just after 12 O'clock, said it was all they had left of the strogonoff! We were then also told that there weren't any other portions of ribs left and we would have to choose something else. To avoid any further time delay, we decided that the children could halve the 2nd portion of ribs between them (I have to admit they were a lot bigger than we'd expected anyway). Some friends who had happened to be lunching at The Anchor at the same time and had been sitting in the other room near the chap who got our 3rd portion of ribs told us that the waiter had told the gentleman he would need the ribs back & when the gentleman said he'd already started eating them, the waiter said he'd have to cut the rib he'd started eating off & he'd take the rest away (to give to us!!!). Thankfully our friends, realising what was happening, intervened otherwise there would've been a serious breach of basic food hygiene policy. On top of this, we waited almost 10mins, after getting our food, for cutlery and ended up asking for some before our food went cold. Obviously, even though they were busy, there wasn't nearly enough food for the specials menu if they were running out 15mins into service and there was a lack of communication between kitchen & serving staff, not to mention a questionable lack of food hygiene training of all staff. Needless to say, we didn't stay for a sweet.

My Wife and I spent a lovely morning walking around the picturesque village of Kippford and it's surrounding coastline . Having built up an appetite we decided to eat locally and retired to the Anchor Hotel. We made a good choice. A lovely homely atmosphere with snug corners to sit in and a roaring fire in the grate made this a truly charming place to be. The girl behind the bar was extremely friendly and helpful, directing us to the main menu, the specials board or the selection of light bites. We chose the main menu starting with the delicious fresh crab starter which was ample enough to share and we were happily supplied with two sets of cutlery to do this. I followed mine with haddock and chips accompanied by a pot of garden peas and a beautifully dressed salad. The haddock was very large and beautifully battered. The batter went from end to end, but wasn't too thick and there was no batter that didn't contain fish. The chips were thick and fluffy and by the end I could not manage the salad as I was too stuffed!! My Wife had the 'Anchor Burger' with bacon and cheese also with coleslaw, chips and a small pot of homemade tomato relish, all of which were wonderful. The burger was particularly good being made from top quality lean beef. My Wife also struggled to get to an empty plate with such a generous portion. After a breather I threw caution to the wind, as far as my waistline was concerned, and ordered the 'Anchor Rob Roy' a delicious ice cream, caramel, chocolate and shortbread sundae. Heaven on Earth. The ice cream was the creamy tasting flavour of childhood and the accompanying shortbread was very sweet and buttery-EXCELLENT. We accompanied the meal with 1x lemonade, 2x alchohol free lagers, 1x pint bitter shandy, 1x cup of coffee and some water. Total bill £36.40, so great value.

The anchor is on the sea front and as such it is lovely to sit outside on a sunny day enjoying lunch and a glass of wine. Inside the log fire is cosy on cooler days but it can be quite cool if in the other parts of the hotel. Menu is good with excellent daily specials at reasonable prices.

We've dined at The Anchor several times over recent months and have never been disappointed. Service is good, staff friendly, food is nicely presented and ample portions too. The seafood platter I chose on the last occasion was excellent, indeed it's rather difficult to fault anything on the four occasions we've been of late, we're sure to be back.

There is a great circular walk round the coast from the beautiful sailing village of Kippford to the bay village of Rockliffe. We dalliedthere for a while enjoying the wee village and picturesque bay before returning over the Jubille walk, with its lovely woodlands and solway views, back to Kippford. This, 3 miles or so walk, took us a couple of hours as we consumed the scenery and worked up a healthy appetite. This was more than satisfied with a lovely lunch in the shoreside Kippford Hotel wheree we enjoyed good service, food and a well deserved local real ale. Just what the doctor ordered.If you are feeling less energetic just enjoy this lovely restaurant and chill in this pictureque, former ship building village. It really is picture postcard stuff. BUT, do try and get a seafront window table to top it all off.

Good value pub grub.Good selection of real ales, changed regularly.

Friendly, nice warm log fire and dog friendly too! Food was very average pub food. Wouldn't eat there again but did call back for a drink another evening.

Having family living in Kippford for some 30 years, I have witnessed the various trials and tribulations of this pub over the years. Its current reputation locally seems to be on a relative high but from my recent experience, this is not down to its food, or service. During a recent visit, the prawns in the prawn cocktail had not been properly defrosted and the scampi was overcooked. The fish was mushy. Perhaps worst of all, the girl attending to our table started to clear the table, including the removal of the table mats, before we had finished eating. When not leaving a tip, she was clearly angry and asked what was wrong! This is a great pub in the true drinking sense but eat here (and it's not cheap) at your peril.

Great location, friendly staff, homemade onion rings need I say more! The seafood platter was delicious too. Although we sat outside due to the sun actually being out despite chilly the snug bar looked great inside too. Just the place for a pint and decent pub grub

Good pub, nice guiness, great home made burger. A winner

Had an excellent stay at the Anchor . Kippford is a beautiful village, especially in the sun. Had a great stay, staff were very friendly, helpful and attentive. There was a great buzz to the hotel and was very busy serving meals. Had dinner in the hotel which I would class as very good pub grub. The rooms had been refurbished since I last stayed there a few years ago, They were furnished to a good standard, clean and well appointed. The front rooms also had a cracking view over the Urr Estuary.The bar was well stocked with some good real ales and a small but well selected collection of malt whiskies.Will definately stay there again. Especially at the very reasonable price charged.

Just spent the weekend with family at The Anchor Hotel. Staff very friendly and helpful. Pub food was good standard, breakfast was really good. Rooms are lovely, big improvement on last time we stayed. Have booked again for next year. Would recommend it.McGINLEY FAMILY from Lanarkshire

The Anchor is a nice pub for a drink, good atmosphere inside and in a lovely location for an al fresco drink if the weather is good. Unfortunately the food is over priced and average at best -the veggie food being particularly bad, relatively expensive, fodder. It is overall, fairly typical of establishments in tourist areas with little competition. It is however better than it's only real competitor The Mariner down the road, which when I last visited a year ago, was verging on dreadful.

We have been to Kippford many times and always been in to this great waterside hotel, we've had OK meals and some not so Ok....but this time it was just brilliant. fresh produce, local produce and in such a welcome atmosphere. Dogs are welcome in the bar and snug.Kippford is fabulous anyway but this is now one of the GREAT BRITISH PUBS.It rightly get packed at week-end with the yatching crowd. and is known for great real ale.SO if you find yourself around the solway Coast and want a turly good mealTHE ANCHOR @ Kippford

We stayed in the beautiful village of Kippford in June 2011. This was our local for the ho liday, we ate here twice and stopped in for a drink on numerous occasions. It is a traditional pub. Dining is done in the lounge bar, one of the small rooms that make up the public bar or outside the front of the hotel. The food is traditional pub food, freshly cooked and plenty of it. The menu is compact with a daily specials board. If you are lucky you might arrive on a day when the owner has caught the seafood on the specials board. For beer drinkers there was two real ales on tap, one being locally brewed Criffel ale from Sulwath Brewery. Give it a try you won't be disappointed.

Don't entertain going here if you are a hungry vegetarian. There was a group of us and whilst one friend sat with a huge plate of lamb chops and veggies,chips etc. my wife had the misfortune of the vegetarian special. Same price of 12.95 and guess what it consisted of... a mushroom with goats cheese on top. Not even a large mushroom but a completely laughably tiny portion. laughable if it were not a meal at the end of long day. When questioned, the waitress simply confirmed that is what the dish consisted of and walked off! If they ever start serving truffles then run a mile or chuck your credit card in the nearby river! Most people thought that the food was ok but we would NEVER put any more money in their pockets for the simple brass-necked attitude. They have a bit of a captive audience and boy do they milk it. Pass on this venue.

Food is standard pub grub but unfortunately the staff are young and very inexperienced. They don't seem to understand the varying degrees of cooking a steak and everything comes rare. If you ask them to take it away and give it another five minutes, they forget about you altogether. In the end I didn't get a main course at all but they still tried to charge me for it

My girlfriend and I have eaten here a few times now, the food in the past has been fine, but it was always more to do with the location than anything else, as it looks out over the bay and it's near to some of the 7 stanes mountain bike trails (Dalbeattie, Kirroughtree etc).Our most recent visit was quite surprising in that the food was above and beyond expectations. There is always a pleasent atmosphere, and visitors seem very welcome, I would strongly recommend the visit.

Little choice for vegetarians, we had bacon on veg pasta, another time, chicken in a veg salad, and again ham in a veg salad. The main vege burger sells out fast.Meaty Lasagne was small and similar to a meaty pasta soup. The same size as a child portion at the previous place we went to.We go here loads of times hopeing that it improves but it doesnt.The anchor for a 'drinks and watching the world go by' venue is perfect.

Does what it says on the tin - decent pub food (with great specials) in a nice friendly atmosphere and with great beer - staff very friendly and great to be able to sit out in the sun and have a drink looking over the river and sea - highly recommended. Try to book ahead, as does seem to get very busy on a weekend evening. Kippford and nearby Rockcliffe are both beautiful - don't miss!