The best restaurants in Dumfries & Galloway Lowlands

The food was lovely, one of the best curry's I've had, hospitality was not great and some staff were very rude. Do not serve alcohol so you have to take your own alcoholic drinks, not the end if the world but a very nice curry.

We were lucky to arrive before the coaches did so more or less had the place to ourselves. Very good value for money. A single cheese melt in the high street would set you back £12, without a coffee. We went for the tea for two at the wool mill for £18. There was enough to feed 4 and the same with the coffee we chose. The staff are all kind and down to Earth. They provided us with a box that we could take the excess cakes we couldn't eat. It was the Christmas tea for two which included the turkey, stuffing and cranberry sandwiches. Too much cranberry for me so made the sandwiches a bit too much like jam sandwiches for me. This aside, I would recommend and will return. Was all good and well worth the money. Home made mince pies and scones were very good.

Had lunch in the restaurant and loved the experience. Friendly staff, great food and excellent value for money. Chocolate and coconut scones with mountains of fresh cream are worth a return visit. Good to find somewhere like this still exists. Very satisfied customers.

Every time we go to Dumfries we call in for either a mid morning snack or for lunch and we've always found the 'Home Made' food to be first class along with the service that we receive. Well done to management and staff for looking after us.

Had a dream ne night stop over here on the way to the highlands. Beautiful ground floor room with patio door. Spotless and comfortable. The dinner was excellent with good choices served by great staff. Plenty of choice at breakfast. Only sorry we were only staying one night.

My family called in for a meal on our way home from Scotland. The boy who served us, Dylan, definitely deserves a five star rating. Nothing was too much trouble and he made sure we had everything we needed. The menu choice was very good and very large servings! I would definitely recommend a meal here.

Ordered BBQ spare ribs, waited forever for the food to be served. Sent ribs back as they were less than lukewarm! The second attempt was warmer, however only two thirds of the ribs came back! Very expensive dish - first visit and probably our last. Very Disappointing !

Have had a caravan in portpatrick for a number of years and visited the Galloway often. Have recently eaten there a couple of times in last few months. The food and the standard of service have been great, big enough menu, plenty of choice. Food has been really good and portions sizes relatively large for a reasonable price. Might be advisable to book as can be quite busy in caravan season.

Had intended having coffee at a nearby garden centre with a group of friends before we all went our separate ways having been together for Hogmanay. But the garden centre was closed so we thought we would try the nearby hotel. Phoned to check they could accommodate us and were told "yes". It turned out to be a very enjoyable visit as we were made to feel welcome despite only having coffees. A lovely end to our New Year celebrations. Thanks to all the staff at Hetland Hall!

A beautiful grand building in a wonderful setting. It was very quiet but the service and food were excellent. Not cheap but definitely worth it for a special occasion.

Really disappointing. Firstly the menu on the website is very different from the menu we ended up being given. The room is freezing so we ended up ordering a cup of tea with the meal just to try and warm us up. The starter took around half an hour to be served which may be normal is some places but we were one of three tables. I ordered the hummus starter that came with crunchy veg. The hummus had no flavour and after a few mouthfuls I tried to just eat the veg sticks but they were a bit sad looking and didn’t look fresh. The cucumber was really soggy and the carrots looked dull and old. My boyfriend had the prawns and said they had no flavour. For the main course I had the lasagne but I could hardly eat any of it. It was tasteless and mainly tasted like butter/grease. The pasta turned to mush in my mouth and it was soaking with grease. I only managed a few mouthfuls because you could see the grease floating in it. The accompanying salad was browning and not fresh. My boyfriend had the carbonara and said it too was tasteless and had pools of grease in the sauce. I will say that the waitresses were really friendly and gave great service which is the reason I’ve given two stars.

This restaurant is part of Smiths hotel at Gretna Green. We were in the final days of our holiday in Scotland and wanted to have a special meal. We were staying at the hotel and saw this had good reviews. Well it didn’t disappoint. It was good that you could pick and mix from the a la carte menu and the bar menu. Every course was very good. Because we had courses from both menus I didn’t think it was too expensive. The service was good although it was very busy with other events going on. The staff were kept busy but were still attentive to our needs. Would recommend if you want something special or just for an evening meal.

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.

Very impressive hotel in an excellent location, but it is the staff that make this hotel something special. Two that really stand out are David, every inch the genuine Scott and a lovely man, and Rob an amazing and very multi talented man with boundless energy and a fantastic sense of humour. It is these people that bring us back time and time again.

We Thought we would give the place a try, as its been open a few years and had mixed review. We had aKorma with Rice. The Rice was not cooked with a lot of grainy bits. and the corma was look warm and i put it in a pan and heated it up. We also had a Pizza that was not all that good considering the price. We will not use this place again as better food in Longtown even with the 12 mile trip.