The best restaurants in Scotland

The food was really good and the portion sizes were the best I’ve seen in a long time. The staff were super friendly and helpful.

Found this gem just walking down the street exploring the city. It's now one of our must stops every time we visit Edinburgh. Staff is friendly, has a great atmosphere, and has amazing food!

I visited Golden Ambal Restaurant in Edinburgh with my husband on the 10th at around 2:30 PM. We ordered the Non-Veg Thali and Mutton Biryani, and I’ve waited three days to write this because I just can’t accept what they served us. The Non-Veg Thali was shocking. It came with white rice, 6-7 tiny pieces of chicken in gravy, carrot poriyal, dal, curd, some kind of veg podimas, gulab jamun, and poori. I even asked the waiter if this was really a Non-Veg Thali, and he casually said “yes.” Seriously? A Non-Veg Thali with barely any meat? This is unacceptable. The Mutton Biryani was even worse—it didn’t taste like biryani at all. It was more like a bland mutton pulao with no flavor or satisfaction. I’m writing this because people come to restaurants with happiness and excitement to enjoy good food. What we experienced was utter disappointment. No matter how much money you earn, it’s not worth it if your customers leave feeling cheated. Please improve your food and don’t let others feel the same.

A proper place to get some good food with outstanding service. Place is more for locals and that explains, in my opinion, the great service. Food is at it's best. 10+ for the trying of the affogato but the affogato itself was so-so. Anyway, if you look for the seriously good spot to have some very good food, look no further, you have arrived to the right place.

Very disappointed with the service, 1 waiter in particular was very rude, not a relaxing atmosphere, background noise was unbelievably loud, felt we were being rushed to get out, presented with bill before we had finished our desserts !!! Will not be back.....

Delicious starters followed by pink roast beef. Speedy staff. I think an open log fire would add to the ambiance, especially with cold weather coming up. Every country pub should have one!

Fantastic energetic friendly service, delicious food, cozy Scottish ambience. We loved it that much we came back for a second visit the night afterwards and sampled further things off their menu, our only disappointment was that we were too full from the starters and mains to sample their desserts! Highly recommend!

Lovely place to eat. It's advertised as an Italian but only one option on the menu. Food was good and plenty. Staff were lovely. I'd definitely go again

I'm absolutely gutted as I came here on my own last year and the Sunday lunch was amazing. I'm back in melrose with my friends and told them we must go to the ship for lunch. Phoned ahead booked a table for th4 of us and the dinner was disgusting!! The food was only warm gravy was like water my friends was disgusted I felt so embarrassed after reccomending this place, we ate most of it as we were starving but I won't go back again for food.😢😢😢 Tinned carrot's and peas really for the amount yous charge.

We were really pleased to enjoy a great meal. The food was excellent Better than some of the higher end places we ate. Would very much recommend this restaurant

I travel very often, I always stay at all-bar-one, I have never been disappointed, fast ,good ,excellent service, and lovely atmosphere 😊 My favourite charming waiter Norman!

£7 for a pie, however jam packed and delicious! Bought some for home, they tell me they’ll freeze and give you a little leaflet about reheating at home. The problem is… they were eaten way before we got home. They were so good.

Just been announced that it is now permanently closed. The owners’ other 2 restaurants, a pizzeria and a tapas restaurant, are still open along the front.

Solo diner, made to feel very welcome. Service was great and the food was lovely. Made a mean espresso martini too. Would recommend.

We were having dinner with family and friends. The resturant was not crowed. SERVICE was spotty. The quality of food was poor The grouse was like "shoe leather" and way over cooked. The sea bass was cold and tough. We told them they needed to hire a new chef. When we complained we received a free desert as if this justified the 300 pound bill. Avoid this resturant. You are better off with pub food