The best restaurants in Abbey Dumfries & Galloway Lowlands

My husband and I had an evening meal at The Smithy with a couple of friends on Saturday evening. The meal was excellent, as was the welcome and the service. The menu was imaginative and the atmosphere was very good. We would certainly eat there again if in the area and would thoroughly recommend it.

Great food-both veggie and non veggie. Really reasonable-and the service was lovely. Dog friendly and if you’re in the area-it’s a must visit!

Great cafe in a rural spot. As we were a group of 16 hungry cyclists and hadnt received a warm welcome at one cafe, we rang ahead to be told, yes, they could accommodate us. When we arrived 25 minutes later, the owner had made a victoria sponge! The scones were the best we've had so far.

Excellent filled rolls, can highly recommend the roasted chicken with home made coleslaw on brown along with the cheese savoury with salad on brown. Other fillings looked fresh and appealing. Staff were good and prices very reasonable. Will be back!

Just ideal after a good walk refreshing hot drink and cake (cake tasting excellent). Sat in a most relaxing, colourful garden. A must when in the area.

The food was beautiful and the owner was very friendly definitely recommend and come back.

Lovely little coffee shop. Extremely good value for money. Cracking big breakfast and pot of tea enjoyed on this visit. Staff absolutely lovely and exceedingly friendly. Would recommend.

Excellent stay and fantastic service and meals in a lovely peaceful location. Highly recommend.

One of the best little tea rooms I've been to. Coffee & delicious cake. The lady who owns it is lovely , very chatty. Added bonus, there is a selection of small antiques for sale. I went back the following day for 1 thing & bought 6 things as couldn't make my mind up . Lots of lovely things to browse through. Will definitely visit again when in the area.

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👍

What a great find! Such good food, all made in-house, my partner and I both had quiche and salad with a bowl of seasoned wedges to share. Two slices of quiche each and a lovely mixed salad, really tasty although we would have ordered a small portion of wedges if we had known how big the sharing portion was. Very kindly they were able to box up the wedges for us to bring home. The staff were really friendly and helpful and the atmosphere was lovely, no wifi, so everyone was chatting. Good value for money and we are going to try and squeeze in another visit before we head back to England.

Lovely friendly tea room. Welcome rest bite from a wet walk, where we enjoyed an early grey and lemon/ginger fresh leaf tea. Many thanks.

Absolutely gorgeous tea room. We have a big Bernese mountain dog and were allowed inside! The food is beautiful especially homemade scones with jam and cream. Staff super friendly and the views over the estuary perfect

Stayed at Dalbeattie for a couple of days and decided to treat ourselves to a Chinese Takeaway from Sea Horse. The service was very prompt and the food was absolutely excellent and portions huge. (And so well priced as well!) I genuinely do not understand some of the poor reviews. This was the BEST chinese takeaway food we have had in a long time. 😋😋😋😋😋😋

Just come back from a three day biking holiday with 4 mates. This hotel was absolutely great and the food was superb. Nothing was too much trouble for the staff at this family hotel and restaurant. The rooms are spacious and the beds very comfortable, just what was needed after some intense riding on the nearby 7 Stanes trails. The only issue I have is after 4 days riding my scales seem to have gone the wrong way. Thanks for making us so welcome.