The Boat House in Renfrewshire

Food ok but the coffee & decaf coffee was abysmal we will never get coffee in the restaurant ever again.

We stayed in the HI before a flight out. We had no car so had to eat in this hotel restaurant. The room was fairly empty so we were seated right away. The menu was pretty extensive. The staff asked about food allergies and the chef actually came to the table to suggest appropriate dishes. Nice touch. The food was hot and fresh but not special. Adequate but not memorable. It was a bit expensive but when you are stuck at the hotel with no transport they can charge what they want. Basic but okay. The service was good though.

This used to be a great value restaurant did a great deal until 5pm have now stopped the deal restaurant was empty, meal was double the price and portions actually smaller. Food OK but don't think I will be going back felt a bit ripped off.

I have now started working across the road so I thought I'd give this cafe a try and I must say I was not disappointed. The staff are very polite and you don't have to wait too long before someone serves you. The food comes quickly and is always absolutely piping hot. The menu is varied and it is often quite difficult to know what to have. This really is a little gold mine and well worth a visit or two or, like me, nearly every day.

The staff are clearly doing their best but the whole experience was pretty bad. We were sat at a table immediately adjacent to the kids play area with only a string net barrier between us and the ferral screamers seemingly left unattended. Each new scream inches away from our ears was jarring to say the least. After five minutes we asked to be moved to another table. Even though the were three unoccupied tables within sight of ours we were told we couldn't be moved. As we were there with my elderly father we decided not to go elsewhere and try to put up with the noise. The scampi was alright but that's only because the cooks have to open a packet of frozen scampi and put them in the deep fat frier. The chicken tikka was more like spicy soup than curry. The mac and cheese looked and tasted closer to cement and aggregate but it also had large lumps of something brown in among the undercooked pasta. The staff did their best to make good but as there were so few staff they didn't stand a chance on a busy Saturday afternoon. It's not fair to staff or customers to have so few people running a busy family restaurant.