The best restaurants in Mid and Upper Nithsdale Dumfries & Galloway Lowlands

Fish and chips best I've had in a long time, lovely food, friendly welcome, if you are visiting try this place you won't be disappointed

Pretty cafe with lovely food - very friendly and clean and the Viennese finger was the lightest, most delicious I’ve had in a while

Lovely spot for coffee and cake. It has a nice outdoor area too for warmer days. The artwork and textiles for sale looked beautiful We stopped here before some years ago before it was expanded and as we were driving through we remembered it was a nice little cafe so revisited. Would go again when in the area

We popped in here for a takeaway as we were staying nearby and couldn't wait for a delivery as they don't start until 6pm. The service was very quick and the food was lovely apart from the chips, which were a little undercooked. The prices were very reasonable as most things include rice/chips. We would definitely try again if we were nearby.

Had an evening meal as this was near to where we were staying. Very good fish and chips, good service, good atmosphere, could not recommend higher

I cannot recommend this place enough, it is spotlessly clean. Served by excellent staff and the food is delicious, presented well and reasonably priced. The general ambiance was relaxed and although I’m not keen on tv screens, they weren’t over bearing. I would definitely revisit as they allowed our pooches in. If their bedrooms are as clean and as good as their food is - it would be a great place to stay!

We ate here and finished our meal, the waitress cleared away and we decided we'd have another round of drinks before leaving. We waited 5, 10 minutes and the waitress never came back. I went in search of someone but couldn't find our waitress. I didn't like to open the doors to the kitchen. We waited another 5 minutes and my wife said 'this is ridiculous' and went off in pursuit. She found our waitress in the bar (was she watching TV, did she fancy the barman?) and asked if we could get some service. The waitress said 'the restaurant is closed', as if we were being unreasonable in expecting to be served a round of drinks. No, the restaurant isn't closed if you've still got people sitting at a table you're serving and you haven't asked them if they want a dessert or offered them the bill but simply buggered off. So we said OK, can we just pay the bill. Which we did, and obviously didn't leave tip. We won't be going back.

Friendly, warm greeting by lovely staff who delivered fabulous food, was a pleasure to have lunch there, good food selection and very nice hot drinks. Thank you !

Great atmospheric diner...very retro and great coffee. Good choice of ice cream and attentive staff...loved the old fashioned style.

The beef curry with fried rice was absolutely delicious, the beef was very tender and the curry sauce was very tasty, we also had the salt and chilly chips which were fantastic as well, would definitely be back and would highly recommend.

i ordered a pizza and nachos, my nachos came cold with a tiny bit of cheese on top and no jalapeños, i also found little hairs in the cheese on top! the pizza was absolutely freezing and i was refused a refund after providing proof! do not go here!!!!

We had previously stopped off here for lunch many years ago when it was operating as Glenwhisk Café & Bistro and had fond memories of the attractive interior which featured nice furnishings and paintings by local artists on the walls for sale. The food was “home made” with a good selection of dishes and they had a superb display of home bakes, all very reasonably priced. There was a good ambiance about the place. What we experienced this time around was a complete contrast. The furnishings were basic and an area which had previously contained a couple of comfortable settees now resembled the furniture section of a charity shop with a large collection of unmatched old looking settees packed together side-by-side. The tables had a lonely potted plant for decoration. The other two customers were just leaving. The menu was fairly limited however since it was possibly the only place in town to have food we kept it simple by both ordering a ham & cheese toasty and a couple of Americano coffees. The toasties were duly delivered on a side plate with no garnish whatsoever, together with mugs of coffee. We don’t know if it was due to the cooking method (perhaps deep fried?) or the fat content of the cheese being high, however the toasties were literally dripping with grease. I could almost feel it blocking my arteries with each bite. My wife persevered and finished hers with a struggle but I had to give up and actually leave a piece of the small offering on the plate, I think a first for me as regards having a toastie for lunch. The sad looking tray bake selection on display was not tempting so we decided to pay the bill and depart. The final blow was that our lunch surprisingly cost £21 for something of a disaster. By comparison had we visited Jinty B’s Tearoom in nearby Thornhill, toasties served with a salad garnish and coleslaw and a couple of large coffees would have set us back £13.90 and more importantly would not have given us indigestion for several hours afterwards. I don’t wish to be unkind however this takes the award of our poorest ever café experience, astonishingly in the same venue which once housed a very good one.

Kids didn't eat theirs chilli was bland and potatoes not great