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!

Ordered the lasagna 😋 best ever will definitely be back for the same again! Partner had cheese burger and wow tasty !! Look forward to eating there again!

We eat at The Pheasant quite often, despite it being a 30 mins drive from home. Great homemade Italian food using local produce. Indulgent puddings. Pity it’s closed between November and March

Good place - community facility - worth a stop.

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.

Been here for last three years absolutely brilliant! Food is outstanding, excellent choice of beers, wine and spirits and the staff, mine host are absolutely aces. Can't recommend highly enough.

Visited this place on Saturday 28th December. Absolutely disgusted with management. Poor young lady behind the bar was run off her feet doing everything and I mean everything! Far too much work for 1 member of staff. Tables were full of plates and glasses all over the bar. The poor waitress didn't get a minute to breathe and other customers commented on how overworked she was. She deserves a medal! Won't be returning for this reason and I suggest you start treating your staff better before you lose them! Waitress deserved 5+ stars

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

Lovely wee place. Lovely homemade food. Friendly and good service. Thank you