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We booked our evening meal in the bar for five nights, 10th -14th February 2025. The meals were chosen from a great menu, even our dog had her tea from the doggy menu. Our meals were delicious, different meal every night, with great service from the Dave and his welcoming bar staff, sitting by the open fire. There was a special Valentines menu on offer on Valentines night. We would definitely recommend anyone staying in Whitehills or Banff area to go and have a meal or even a relaxing drink at the Seafield Arms.

Noah nuestro servidor era increíble! Él no podría haber hecho más por nosotros. La comida era genial y con el descuento de la tarjeta de fidelidad era muy razonable. Definitivamente volveré. ¡Otro grito a Noé!

Food and service were top class!

Amazing food, fantastic service! would highly recommend! staff were really helpful had a lovely meal.

Had come highly recommended by friends but was a little disappointing, some of us ordered soup with bread and the rest of us ordered soup with half sandwich, seemed expensive for what we had when paid bill including the teas and coffees and the cake from display. A shame wasn't a bit cheaper as otherwise would consider going back when next up. The only small thing is it was quite cold and noticed quite a number of people still wearing their coats in the cafe.

Friendly staff and good selection on menú with lunch options. Dog friendly, and generally everyone's pooches behave well

Despite being busy service was 1st class as usual. Staff polite and attentive and friendly Food was amazing 🤩 wish I never chose a starter as I struggled to eat my main course

This place is a good bit out of the way in the Royal Deeside area, but it’s well worth seeking out for a tasty breakfast or lunch. We stopped off on a Sunday lunchtime. As usual, it was busy. But thankfully, having been here several times, we knew to book. Saw some disappointed looking people who hadn’t. The food here is consistently great. The firm favourite for us, is there soup and panini combo. A true bargain for just under a tenner. What’s so great about it, is that the soups of the day frequently change. On this day, I had the carrot and coconut, my wife had the tomato and basil. Both were fabulous. Bursting with flavour, as we have come to expect. My panini with tomato, pesto, and mozzarella, was delicious. My wife’s roasted vegetable and hummus one, just as tasty. The service here is excellent. The ideal balance of friendly, efficient and knowledgeable. It’s a fairly compact place, with space on the ground and balcony levels, as well as decent sized outdoors area, for summer days, and people with dogs. This is a firm favourite for people in the know. But be sure to book in advance.

The chorizo breakfast would have been good except the chorizo was burnt and the dressing from the chimichurri soaked into the toast making it soggy. On the plus side, the scrambled egg was very good and the breakfast brioche had good cheese and bacon but one didn't notice the sage.The coffee and tea were good, the latter in a proper pot.Social distancing was enforced properly.

Stayed the night cheap in price but nothing cheap about the room.Lovely smell as soon as you walked into the room.Nice clean comfortable bedding.only down was the bathroom, only a shower with a big step into and out.Good car park with barrier to get in.

Delicious, Foid, wine, service. All good!!!!

Went just after they opened, was quiet so the staff gave us a tour of the dining area. It’s a small place but has a lot of food from Chicken Pakora and Mushroom pakora, garlic naan to plain, korma to bhuna. The staff was so friendly and made us a little starter dish with nuggets, onion rings, spring rolls, samosa and chips. Even prepared us a Peshwari naan which was a good size for our sauce. Just to sweeten the deal we were given a little pepperoni pizza to take home as part of the all you can eat meal

My wife and some friends went to dinner here and had a lovely relaxing time. It’s bring your own wine. It was very quiet in the restaurant on a Friday night (Peak summer season) so had little atmosphere but the place was chill and the staff were nice and friendly. Maybe some louder background music to fill the room a bit more would’ve been nicer. I think it’s quiet because of the restaurant location, but the window views looking onto the water are stunning. Decor is cute because it’s all lighthouse themed. The meal itself was delicious and had lots of options available on the chalk board menu. Our group all had empty plates and the desserts afterwards were to die for. Seriously unreal, the banoffee pie had tonnes of caramel on it and the creme brûlée was perfect!! Will definitely return.

Moscardini absolutely brilliant

authentic Italian restaurant with lots of charm & traditional vibes. The early bird 2 course menu is excellent value for money at £13.50 pp with all the classic dishes on. We opted for the regular menu, i had the calamari fritters & sea bass with mushroom ravioli ( was lobster on menu but they had run out). The fish was cooked to perfection & the ravioli was amazing in the red pepper sauce. My partner had panzenolle ( probably spelt that wrong but it was pieces of pizza dough with a garlic mayo dip ) & steak diane. He said the steak was one of the best he had, very tender. The restaurant was full, which apparently it is mostly, good atmosphere & lots of attentive staff. very good👍