The Tufted Duck in Perth & Kinross

The food here was lovely, and we weren't hurried at all. The staff were very obliging, and the pea soup was so good.

Had girly lunch, service was a little slow. Sandwich was huge, pulled pork very tasty but not pulled enough, bit of effort trying not to get food all over my face. Staff were friendly, busy service.

Wrap-up warm but well worth it!

I recently visited for a nice day out , lured by its reputation and only to be met with one of the worst dining experiences of my life was probably better off going to McDonald’s would have gotten a smile atleast. The staff was shockingly rude, as if my presence was an inconvenience rather than a valued patron. Standing at the door waiting that long, so had to seat out selfs down and I had to wait even longer to get noticed and to even be given menus after waiting around 10 mins when the waitress did eventually come over to take our order she wonder off in the middle of it. After out order was taken I just wanted to leave after I heard the staff bad mouthing other customers at the back , food finally arrived and it was shocking , bread was to thick wouldn’t even call it a toastie it was genuinely a loaf of bread, probably why they are charging so much for a sandwich so left most of it as it wasn’t enjoyable there was no check back on us or any type of friendly conversation during the staff was so rude and unwelcoming from the start I have never gotten up to fast and left didn’t even want to stay any longer to even have a wander around the antique shop , It’s a shame as I was long time customer coming with my grandparents the new manager is a shambles it was much better when the older gentleman tim used to run it as food was great and he was a lovely man. They seemed to very friendly with the older customers but when it came to me and my partner it seemed to be a task to serve us seemed to be a pretty ageism I’d imagine if I came with my grandparents it would be a different story. And also to top it all off the milk they used for our drinks wasn’t even refrigerated it was sitting out on the counter….yikes £34.20 for two toasties and two hot drinks

This was the reason we visited Rait antiques but alas the cafe is no more and it's now owned by another company. My daughter was especially fond of the place

Lovely little cafe, in a quirky old barn. Coffee was great and cakes (too) huge! Well worth a visit

Very sad to say that the Tufted Duck is now closed. Not sure what will replace it. 😪

Was great but now closed...SO SAD.... : ( They ceased trading on 1st June 2024 and will be sadly missed

Very friendly guy, good healthy food and he sells antiques. What a shame he's having to move out - sad day

Wonderful eating experience. Tim and the girls are so helpful and the food is so good. Always a funny quip from Tim. Love coming here.

This is a great eatery and coffee stop. Friendly staff, lovely spaniel, great location, home-cooked food, good choices and excellent ambience. It wouldn’t be the same without the antique showroom as that adds to the overall experience. Chap that runs it is personable and friendly and is always helpful. The staff are friendly and efficient and always make us feel as if we’re at home. Dog friendly, with an area of grass where dogs can roam after a car journey — plenty of free parking.

Absolutely charming and authentic little cafe. Lovely staff. What a lovely little stop!

Lovely setting, friendly Staff, good food what more could you want!

Was just passing while out working and stopped for a quick coffee. Excellent decaf coffee and excellent service from the team

Fantastic place. Tim and his staff are so welcoming and the chat is wonderful. Food amazing. We love going here. And the views are spectacular. Right along Carse of Gowrie.

Quaint cafe ...worth a visit excellent soups! Just like granny made.

Staff extremely rude at this shack of a cafe. Which is such a shame as we’ve visited the Rait Antiques Centre on several occasions and always found the staff, dealers and environment very welcoming. Perhaps the cafe is under new management since our last visit.

Always a warm welcome, esp on a wild, windy and chilly Feb morning - greeted by a roaring fire, smiles and cheery hello’s from the staff. This was our 2nd visit and we deliberately detoured to get some amazing home cooked food and plonked ourselves next to the fire. Brunch was ordered - piping hot broth and a double breakfast roll each. The soups were so tasty (chicken broth and leek and potato) followed by floury baps containing THE most amazing black pudding, delish bacon and a perfectly cooked poached egg. We had a brief visit from Weasel (owners dog) before she was returned to the car. When we went to pay we were tempted by the home baking and chose a fudge donut and a mandarin danish. We were sent our way with smiley “thank you’s” and “see you again soon”. We will def be back - can’t beat lovely folk, great food and a cosy, friendly atmosphere.

Was passing stop to have tea 🍵 5 * service

Honest food, lovely people, great location.

Lovely spot with friendly staff and owner

Excellent fayre: the BLT up to its usual standard and Tim’s ham broth was spot on. Busy too, testimony to the friendly service, the food and ambience. Very well done. 👍

I would give them 6 stars if it was possible.

Lovely home made soups/food, great coffee and service, in surroundings of unique charm

Food genuine and tasty but on the expensive side. An atmospheric barn with lots of antique/second hand tables and chairs - the latter of which are hard and uncomfortable. Nostalgic feel, good log burner and tasty coffee.

Generous portions of beautifully prepared delicious food. Great venue and service at a sensible price. A hidden and slightly unusual rustic setting with a warm relaxed welcome from genuine and engaged staff.

Nice little cafe next to an antique store. The food was delicious, but overpriced. £5 for a fried egg roll is a bit steep. The BLT cheese was genuinely delicious though. Cafe was cold too, but it’s a nice place to sit amongst antique furniture.

Nice meal but far too overpriced so based on that I would not recommend unfortunately.

Second visit to this antique centre and cafe. Great chat with the guy runni g the cafe. Really nice man and great food and service. He was so keen to promote the centre as well. A great asset to the place!!!

Very expensive for what you get. One slice of toast (from a standard loaf) 2 eggs and 1 tomato sliced in two for £7.50. Fresh enough but way overpriced.

Tim and his staff put on a private function for my parents diamond wedding anniversary. 26 of us in all. Brilliant night,great staff and service. Had canapés and then a beautiful buffet meal with beef / ham/ chicken( this had all been cooked by Tim on the bone ). / salad/ jersey potatoes and vegetarian options,pudding was sticky toffee pud / strawberries/ cream . Teas and coffees.(BYOB We supplied our own alcoholic drinks).Had a celebration cake delivered by local baker who Tim uses and that was fantastic . We had such a happy family gathering and really enjoyed the food. Tim and his staff were so welcoming and accommodating and thoughtful. Highly recommend. We also went for coffees and breakfast the day before the party and that was excellent too. They do non dairy milk option and supplied gluten free bread for the family party.

Lovely cafe would of give 5 stars if had had gluten free

Excellent and friendly service .First class home cooked food soup is amazing Good coffee nice surroundings. Lovely bread and Fisher and Donaldson cakes 😀

We had lunch here today and both had the black pudding and fried egg rolls. Lovely Stornaway black pudding on a oatmeal roll. Delicious! The only thing that could have made our visit was if the owner was in as we missed he’s cheek and wit!

This place is off the charts! I went for the "all in" breakfast, and it was like heaven on a plate. The eggs were cooked to perfection, the black pudding was amazing, bacon was drool-worthy, the toast and tomato was just delish! Summer, the girl who served us was seriously awesome, friendly, and just plain kind. No doubt, it's a solid 5-star, and I'd totally recommend it to everyone!

This is just a small eatery in an antiques shop., The owner is the chef and there is a waitress, everyone is very friendly. The food is first class with high quality ingredients. The views are outstanding and the ambience is relaxed.

Fabulous poached egg on toast... eggs were very fresh.. beautiful seeded bread... lovely oat latte.. and fab friendly staff... Well worth a visit

Lovely building nice food and very friendly service, the whole site is worth a visit for a casual and relaxed mosy around 👍🏻

I used to work here myself, and Tim was a brilliant boss who treated us well. Great tips, free lunches and a lovely team. The food here is rustic, simple but so delicious :)

Owner a total bully who treats staff horrendously - taking tips for himself and berating people for any illness/sick leave. Avoid at all costs.

What a find! Situated in the Rait antiques centre this is a wonderful spot for lunch. The food is lovely and always fresh and of a very high standard but the real reason this is a five star restaurant is the exceptional customer service the owner goes out of his way to make sure every single customer is created like an old friend or new one. If only more places in the UK were like the tufted duck!

I was prepared to be blown away, but didn't quite get there I'm afraid. Supermarket sliced bread with the soup was underwhelming. Okay, the soup itself was excellent, so 10 out of 10 for that, but if you charge high prices - and you do - raise your game a bit, please.

Went here on a Sunday at noon, the cafe was open and we had a really excellent breakfast. Staff are very, very nice and the food was lovely and very reasonable. Went for a browse round the antique shops. All in all a great place to spend some time in beautiful countryside.

Fantastic place! A very warm friendly welcome from the owner & staff with a genuine conversation meets you at the tufted duck! The food is delicious from home made soups to hot rolls sandwiches & cakes. So much so we ate here twice in three days! The antiques on sale are stunning also. This is a hidden gem & would most definitely recommend.

Love this cafe! Stopped for quick lunch and the staff are brilliant. So friendly and had lovely chats. Enjoy Alicante and Alnwick!

Great place for a light snack. I had soup and sandwiches. Also pastries available and of course a look around the antique centre for a bargain or three !!

Great place for a snack or lunch. Full of atmosphere, with exceedingly friendly and helpful staff who take time to chat with the customers. 😊

Really lovely cafe, simple food done well. Some of the most genuinely friendly staff I've encountered anywhere in a long time. Will definitely stop again.

Lovely place. Rustic, comfy, pleasant. Gorgeous bacon roll and coffee. Will definitely be back! Lovely, friendly people.

Friendly staff and hot food, but charged silly prices for hot rolls, a 'special' of a single slice of toast with chopped tomatoes on top, and mediocre coffee. Also no high chairs. If you want more for your hard-earned pennies, try The Horn or The Horse Shoe.

Very welcoming on a cold windy day.

Surprise visit for breakfast....what a treat.

A lovely gem in our local community. Can't fault it

Very warm welcome and great food. Quirky little place with lots of antiques to look at. The gym horse brought back memories of school days. Lovely log burner keeping the place warm.

It took a little bit to get used to the menu laa add your and descriptions but I sussed it . I had a lovely roll with bacon and egg plus a black americano (mind you I had to question why a half mug) for the price. All in all an interesting place

Was visiting the antiques shop so stopped in for a bite. Nice menu, plenty of choices. Poached eggs were spot on. Friends had soup (excellent) and cheese toastie (likewise). Staff very friendly. Perhaps a bit on the pricey side, hence 4*.

We Visited the Rait Antique Centre this week mainly to go and see the Carse Antiques showroom as we had seen it on Instagram. Having had a nice look round we decieded to go and have breakfast in the central cafe within the centre. The atmosphere is fairly welcoming although it was rather cold, having said that there was a wood burning stove but it would appear to be insufficient. The menus and price boards are totally baffling to the extent that it is almost impossible to work out what you will end up being charged, however we ordered breakfast. The food was well presented and tasty and the coffee was perfectly adequete but my husband felt the milk provided for the coffee was not fresh. There was also dust and cobwebs falling from the ceiling the whole time we were eating as there was obviously something going on above, this did not make for a very pleasant meal. After finishing we were presented with the bill, to say we were shocked is an understatement, the cost of what I would have considered a fairly meagre breakfast was outrageous plus it was almost impossible to tally up against the various menus and boards. Not wanting to cause a scene we just paid up and left but I can assure you next time we visit Carse Antiques we will be giving the Tufted Duck a wide berth.

So - we headed here on the back of all the good reviews from TripAdvisor - and, true to the reviews, the young girl who served us was lovely. Our breakfast rolls were also ‘nice’ HOWEVER - we were charged £21.75 (!!!!!!!) for a scrambled egg roll, a roll on black pudding with a fried egg and 2 coffees. The menu is very confusing and misleading. I wish I’d taken a photo 🤦🏻‍♀️. So, under ‘breakfast rolls’ it says ‘1 of the above items’ - with talk of eggs, sausage, bacon, black pudding …and ‘extra for 2nd item’ - with ‘£5.25/ £6.00’ then quoted as the prices (which, in good faith - even though expensive - we took to mean £5.25 for 1 item in your roll & £6 for 2 items). We thought £5.25/£6.00 was steep for a breakfast roll (…& we’ve enjoyed breakfast rolls in many many places!!) - but, given the positive TripAdvisor reviews and the thought of supporting a local business, we thought we’d stay. The rolls were ‘nice’ (exactly as you’d expect for a breakfast roll!!!) - but the bill was another matter. So, the scrambled egg roll was rung up at £7.50 - the chap who rang up our bill said it was ‘2 eggs’ - so I get charged for ‘Eggs on Toast with Tomato’ - as opposed to a breakfast roll (???!!!!!) …& hubby’s roll isn’t £6 with 2 items … it’s £8!!!!! …because £6 is the charge for a hot roll (???) and the +£2 (not mentioned anywhere on the menu) is for his fried egg (+£2 for a fried egg …really???!!!!)???!! Places have it hard just now …I understand - but this felt like outright stealing from us. £7.50 for a scrambled egg roll and £8.50 for one with black pudding and a fried egg is shameful (irrespective of it being ‘Stornaway’ which any other self-respecting establishment serves too). The man who took our money this morning should be ashamed of himself. I know this is only a few £’s in total - but there’s a principal here. I have NEVER in all the years of TripAdvisor written a bad review - but the gent in this cafe is ‘skimming’ off the customers through a baffling & confusing menu and if this review encourages requests for clarity without the same ‘scammed’ feeling as us, then job done.

Always great food and a cosy atmosphere and the staff are friendly and helpful . Great views over the Carse of Gowrie , and good for a wee browse around the antique shops.

Lovely coffee and food with friendly service and a laidback ambience, what’s not to like. Definitely recommended…….!

We went out of our way to come here based on the good reviews but left a bit disappointed unfortunately. They apparently serve hot food until 1530, we turned up around 1445 but they'd already stopped doing hot food for the day. They offered us soups and sandwiches, which sounded great, but then it turned out they didn't have one of the two soups available. We all ended up having the only soup available, which was chicken. It was pretty good soup and we all enjoyed it, despite one of the bowls not actually having any chicken in it. Service was polite and cheery but a bit hit and miss. For a simple order of 4 soups, 2 sandwiches, and some drinks we ended up being served by 3 different staff members and having to reconfirm our order twice. We also ended up with an extra sandwich which we sent back and took off the bill. The other reviews seem great, and the staff did seem to be trying hard so maybe we just caught them on a bad day and need to give them another chance. Oh well!

Great service, lovely setting, great food, might be nice to see some more child friendly options on the menu

What a surprise this was for our family of five. Professional and friendly hosting from the minute we stepped in. We ordered a variety of items and service was prompt and the food was simply perfect. Everyone commented for the rest of the day on...

This is different from every review I’ve posted. I’ll explain: for various reasons we had a disappointing first experience at this restaurant. However, and the reason for the 5 stars, is the way that the owner dealt with the situation. No excuses, he held up...

As usual, food was delicious. A very warm welcome from Tim.

We always stop here when we're in the area - the owner couldn't be more delightful, and the younger members of staff are lovely. The bacon roll is one of the best I've ever had - delicious bacon, and a soft floury roll. The choice...

We always stop here whenever we head south, and have done for as long as I care to remember. Not only do you get delicious food, you can give your eyes a treat and look at the gorgeous antiques on offer. We liked the table...

Stopped off for lunch. Best egg mayo roll and lovely coffee.

Another come by chance little gem we tripped over on route from Aberdeen to lanark. Spied the antiques sign and peeled off the main road for a gander or browse and woe and behold a lovely little cafe. Young sraff were very pleasant and polite...

Always a joy! Food is delicious, surroundings are beautiful, staff are polite and attentive and there is always an interesting conversation to be had with the owner. Highly recommend 😊

Lovely coffee. Nice antique shops.

Stopped off for snack. Chicken broth soup to die for. Make way masterchef lol. Service , cheery ,polite and very attentive.

Nice place to stop outside on a sunny day for a drink and to go round the antique centre. If you like underwhelming service, cobwebs, and overpriced food which is mostly bought in then step inside for lunch.

Lovely little find. Food was delicious and a very friendly member of staff looked after us.

Great stop off for lunch or afternoon tea with antiques on the side. Tim the owner is entertaining and the egg sandwiches are to die for. Best eggs anywhere.

Dropped in for lunch after browsing the various antiques courts at Rait. Had the best bowl of Scotch Broth (since my mother’s and that’s saying something) I’ve had for years. Hearty, perfectly seasoned and full of flavour. One rhubarb tart and two cups of coffee later, I felt satisfied, relaxed and ready to hit the road. Lovely atmosphere at The Tufted Duck, I shall definitely be back. Julie Roxburgh

Antique selling cafe which has very good menu for lunch or just coffee. Very pleasant staff quick service even although they were very busy. Would recommend but quite out of the way. Put sat nav on it's worth it.

Very friendly service and great coffee.

We went into the antiques centre. Well stocked with lots of interesting things.

Wonderful cafe, great food, service and nice spacing for customers.

Nice food but coffee nearly cold by the time it arrived

Excellent staff and good coffee. Sadly didn't get to try breakfast but will be back later in the year. If you want artery overload, go for the fudge doughnut!!!

Excellent eatery with very friendly and welcoming owner. Good nourishing food.

It was a great treat to sit by the fire surrounded by antiques on a wet winter's day this December. The food was absolutely delicious and the staff were welcoming and friendly without being overbearing. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend this place. Great i you...

Brilliant service, friendly people, great food and charming surroundings.

Great atmosphere. Nearly had lunch somewhere else. Delighted to have taken a short detour and found this.

Discovered this lovely place & enjoyed drinks & cakes. Very friendly owner & staff. Well worth a visit.

Lovely coffee and cake in fact my wife tells me it was the best fudge donut ever!

First time in Tufted Duck....very good service, great cooked breakfasts ....Will definitely be back.

We found this place off the beaten track and spent a couple of hours there browsing antiques. Better than a trip to the museum. Time for lunch and coffee to round off an exhausting morning! The eggs were freshly laid!

Lovely place. We had soup and sandwiches which were very tasty. My only criticism is that there wasn't a choice of breads for the sandwich but that is my preference. The owner is very welcoming

On the slope of the Carse overlooking the Tay valley warm welcome and excellent service with food at very reasonable prices, dining outside and in, with a relaxing view towards the Tay valley. We've returned again and again and never been let down with any...

Came here for coffee, was met with a friendly welcome from staff Very much enjoyed it, lovely atmosphere

Very friendly staff. A lovely cup of hot chocolate and a Scone was very nice.

Nice place, excellent service. Best Victoria Sponge I've ever had.

This is a great wee cafe in the middle of nowhere but it serves delicious, fresh food and drinks. The staff are friendly and helpful and after coffee you can even visit the antiques shops at the rear which have loads of interesting items. Well worth a visit.....

Excellent service and food well worth a visit

Popped into The Tufted Duck for lunch after browsing the Rait Antiques Centre. Very friendly staff, excellent food at reasonable prices. Have no hesitation in recommending.

Transported back in time...lovely ambience and services. Definitely try the roast tomato soup!

Lovely coffee and pastry. Bought some garden plants from a local stall in the car park. Excellent morning