The best restaurants in Lowlands

Gorgeous scenery from cafe. Dog friendly Great lunch menu & cakes The two young women serving today were quite grumpy... other great reviews on here for friendly service, maybe we caught them On a bad day. Food & drinks were great

Excellent food and service at a reasonable price and the dog friendly bar is very homely. The staff were very accommodating our food requests to customise the menu options and were very friendly. High recommend!

What a wee gem! Lovely, friendly and welcoming, food nice and hot, freshly prepared, a great little find!! Just travelling through sadly but would definitely come again if we are by this way!

Went here with my wife on Sunday 6th October 24 after a visit to Kelso Races. The staff are ultra friendly & very chatty. The food is beautiful and I have to say the portion sizes of Chicken are the largest we’ve ever had. Prices are same as most other UK Indian Restaurants. All in all we would definitely recommend a visit to this lovely restaurant. I give this restaurant 99% out of 100%. The 1% bad thing is the fact that one of the Staff supports Man City. I made sure I cleaned my fork properly because I don’t want to catch Man City syndrome and end up being a City Fan. Thank you guys. We will be back.

My wife and I visited while in Melrose. We did not eat or have coffee but loved the selection of wines on offer, and left with an interesting bottle of Austrian red. Service was knowledgeable, professional and friendly. A brilliant find.

Lovely cafe and great welcome. Food delicious and nicely presented. Don’t normally have a pudding but the home made apple pie with lots of custard superb. Just found on passing by on the A7 as saw nothing in Hawick. Will definitely return and tell my friends in Dumfries and Carlisle.

We had earmarked this place for breakfast one morning and rushed to get down before they stopped serving brekkie at 11:30. We arrived just after but they managed to accommodate us. As I ordered a full Scottish for my husband, I was absolutely delighted to see a gluten-free breakfast listed on the menu. Even the sausage was GF! Other coeliacs might understand that a GF snag is often a bonus when looking for a full fried breakfast. The breakfast arrived with orange juice and a pot of tea as well. Mine was absolutely brilliant. The added addition of haggis (which was not listed on the menu) was a treat since it’s rare to find gluten-free haggis anywhere. Tea was piping hot, the service was impeccable and overall we really enjoyed our visit. Lots of locals with the dogs popping in while we were there and it was nice to see lots frequenting the café. We thought it might be difficult to find somewhere open on a Monday, and indeed some other places were shut, but we were delighted to find Caroline’s was open. Very clean toilets as well.

Visited here Monday 23rd of September 2024. 6 of us had a brilliant meal and the staff are to be commended. Best pizza in a while. Hidden gem. Can’t wait to go back

Shut down , this establishment no longer exists. Went to Jedbrugh expecting several dining options but really disappointed as most where no longer in business.

We visited this little cafe twice. The first time we got some delicious takeaway coffee and the second time we dropped in for some ice cream just as they were closing. The staff couldn't have been more helpful, even if the doors were about to close! We sat outside in the little secluded garden to the rear of the bookshop which is also worth a visit.

No dogs allowed so we had a take out: coffee, tomato and cheese paninis, coleslaw and chips. Good value, friendly staff and great chips!

10/10 will be back! The staff were the kindest and most helpful. They had such lively personalities. The food was so unique and gorgeous, it tasted amazing and looked amazing. Such a healthy menu I loved it!!!

Beautiful location!!! Right next to at abbs harbour, gorgeous food,Cullen skink amazing! Friendly staff, highly recommend

Stopped in for some lunch today. Friendly service with a good and varied choice of menu. Offers half portions of meals if more suitable. Brilliant value. Hot and cold options available. Felt like the teapot was bottomless, think it was 3 cupfuls in total!

A late lunch stop off. Beautiful coffee, not an oz of fat in the pasty and a chocolate twist that I had eaten most of before I remembered to take a photo! Another quality visit. Thanks 😊