The best restaurants in Mid Galloway Dumfries & Galloway Lowlands

First time visit to Cafe Melba , and was a lovely experience. Coffee & Cake in a light , clean & airy surroundings. Staff so nice epecially Ella , a friend of ours ☕️🍰 Will defo be back !! The soap in the ladies was amazing- Whiskey & Honey .

A fantastic evening of delicious food in a welcoming environment. We were met by warm smiles from staff and locals. Locals up for a friendly chat, which we appreciated. Food was served hot, plentiful and YUM YUM YUM! We all had different dishes; garlic mushrooms, mozzarella sticks, crab cakes (starters) double burger, crispy chicken and steak pie (mains). Best steak pie I’ve eaten anywhere (England or Scotland). Nobody was disappointed, in fact, we all were so full after our meals, not one of us could attempt a pudding which was a shame as I so wanted to try the sticky toffee pud! Bonus…the price…such value for money. We had travelled 6 hours to visit a friend who was passing through the area. If I had spare hours in my days, I’d happily drive the distance to enjoy an evening at the Crown Hotel. If you have the chance, you’ll be glad you did, enjoy 😊

Excellent meal and excellent value. Beautiful view from our table. Surrounded by books. Combine your visit with adjacent plant centre. Lunch and evening.

Excellent little place. Very clean, lovely food at fair prices and dog friendly

Had the steak, it was superb as was the accompanying haggis, onion rings and chips. Enjoyed every morsel!

Lovely little cafe on the upper floor of the old building. There are photos in the stairwell showing how the building was converted to its current use. Friendly staff serve a wide range of teas and decent coffees and a load of different pastries and lunches. Masses of parking opposite.

I had read good reviews online about this restaurant and it did not disappoint. I had the soup of the day (butternut and sweet potato) to start (delicious), baked hand made pasta tubes with the most delicious filling, topped with a creamy tomato sauce and for dessert a coconut panacotta with chocolate soil served with gooseberries and smooth vanilla ice cream! My husband had the baked handmade pizza dough, filled with cheese and topped with a tomato sauce followed by a venison and beef ragu with tagliatelle. He had coffee then envied my dessert but was too full to order one! This was the best restaurant meal we had on our break. The staff were lovely including Morag who owns the restaurant with Andre, her husband and chef.

Beautiful location for a lovely community building serving an excellent range of food and drink. Very handy shop, too, for both essentials and gifts.

Fish n chips Friday, it was ok but how come the batter was bigger and thicker than the fish? Chips were ok, side salad nice with pot of peas and tartar sauce One of my party was disappointed by the chocolate brownie which was small, around 1.5” square, small scoop of ice cream, fancy serviette effect biscuit and icing sugar, with some whiskey orange marmalade it was £7.95 and was very slow coming. He did like the Kingdom Pale Ale. 2 fish and chips, 2 halves of Kingdom Pale Ale, j2O, chocolate brownie and a pot of tea for £54.

Goede plek, traditionele bar, restaurant is wat kleurloos. Bier was goed maar het eten viel tegen. De haggis balls en de prawn cocktail waren ok. De haddock met friet en erwtenpuree vielen tegen. De vis was vet en flauw van smaak en de friet erg bleek. De mosselen waren te lang gekookt (taai) en er zaten erg veel gesloten en gebroken schelpen in. Die mogen er niet in zitten omdat er dan een slechte tussen kan zitten waarvan je ziek wordt. De serveerster waartegen we geklaagd hadden zagen we niet terug, haar collega kwam afruimen…. Verder geen enkele reactie. Al met al geen succes. Betalen en niet meer terugkomen.

I go here regularly for a carvery as it is one of the best I have been to. I am a very fussy eater and to find a carvery that serves chicken as an option is surprising difficult. The three meats to choose from are usually chicken, beef and gammon/ham. The veg/side options usually include cauliflower cheese, broccoli, carrots, Yorkshire pudding, cocktail sausages and stuffing, but the roast tatties are my favourite part of the meal! You are limited to going up to fill your plate only once but I usually leave feeling very full. Sometimes I have soup as a starter as well depending on what kind it is. I highly recommend giving the carvery a go for anyone who is a fan of a good roast!

This is the perfect place to sit for a coffee and a cake while waiting for family browsing the bookshops of Wigtown - or for a pit stop if you are on a bookshop marathon yourself. The staff are friendly and helpful. The chairs and sofas are comfy. The coffee is spot on and the cakes…Oh. My. Word! I had the apple and cinnamon and my husband had the lemon and ginger. Both were so light and utterly delicious - I was told the owner bakes them all herself, and my goodness she is good at it!

Great place, with friendly staff that serves up excellent food. Special mention to the bar manager, Kenny, always up for a good bit of banter.

I'm aware the house o'hill has just opened back up but our experience was as if we had just walked into faulty towers, there was a boss lady trying to take orders but didn't have a clue, a boss man that just wanted to stand at pizza counter and do nothing and a poor girl stuck on till not knowing how to work till and don't forget jack and Victor in the kitchen, there was 6 tables with people sitting and you thought there was 36 most meals came out late and wrong, also no alcohol sold people will wait for a meal if there drinking alcohol but not if there drinking coke, food was basic but good when we eventually got it, for the life of me I don't know what the problem was cause me and my wife could have served and cooked what was sitting on Saturday night ourselves with no help, I really hope they can turn this round

The cafe was at best half full but a very rude lady informed us she couldn't serve us - no explanation or apology. All very strange and incredibly poor customer service