The best restaurants in Kelso and District Scottish Borders Lowlands

Becattelli's sells artisanal gelato to die for. Wonderful ice cream made with local ingredients, full of flavour and none of the nasty ultra processed fillers. Friendly and accomodating staff and delicious flavours to try. We love the 3 Hills Espresso Coffee flavour and Pistachio in particular, but you really cn't go wrong. I highly recommend this to anyone in Kelso or visiting.

I would highly recommend this cafe. The staff are very welcoming and friendly....the food is delicious! Freshly made pizzas, fish n chips, kebabs, pastas, burgers...spoilt for choice.

Lovely little cafe with homemade goodies and freshly prepared food by order.

We have been about 4/5 times now with family and friends and i cant rate this place highly enough. The food is 10/10 taste, as described and better, it’s also been consistent to a high standard every time which i find is a hard one to keep up but they do. The price point is fantastic also i mean the average meal is 10/12£ WOW for the high standard of food its crazy. The service is friendly and relaxed and so chill with no rush to leave either. I also love that busy or quiet the food comes very quick!!! One last thing the cocktails are lethal.

We visited this restaurant as it’s the only restaurant in town.I should add we also ate at the cobbles, fire & salt (twice) , the Schloss & the waggon. The restaurant must have 60 covers & the tables are crammed in. Unfortunately for us we were seated in the middle with everyone pushing past us . The food was average , very 1990s . My venison main course whilst nicely cooked was such a small portion I could see more plate than food & was definitely hungry at the end. My lyonnaise potato was the smallest portion that could be cut without it collapsing. Plain boiled veg. The sticky toffee pudding was the same, looked very pretty but tiny. If you want to treat yourself & you’re in tbe area save your money & go the Schloss or eat in one of the pubs.

A really top notch hotel for the traveller who likes peace and quiet. The rooms are spacious and the beds extremely comfortable. The hosts were very welcoming and the facilities were really good.

Great Sunday Lunch carvery and excellent value for money. Get very busy and noise level can be conversation limiting, as everyone starts increase their volume to be heard.

We had a lovely lunch in this small café. The chowder was delicious and the staff were friendly and efficient. They prefer payment by cash if possible. (They have a toilet for customer use, but it is at the back which is up a few steps.)

This cafe is now under new ownership and is called THE KNOWES. It is open from 9:30 until 4 (3 on a Sunday). It has been under new ownership since February this year and has had a lick of paint and a fresh menu - albeit broadly similar to the old one. Having visited the cafe several times on visits to Kelso over the last few years, it remains my favourite venue to get a hot drink and a simple meal. The premises are kept very clean and presentable.

Ordered a chicken vindaloo. The chicken was dry, tasteless and hard like it had been precooked 2 weeks in advance, The vindaloo sauce had a very strong taste of cloves which ruined it. And the onion bhajis were rock hard, as though pre made and warmed up for too long in an oven. Apart from that it was a great meal I.e. the pappadums were freshly made.

We had earmarked this place for breakfast one morning and rushed to get down before they stopped serving brekkie at 11:30. We arrived just after but they managed to accommodate us. As I ordered a full Scottish for my husband, I was absolutely delighted to see a gluten-free breakfast listed on the menu. Even the sausage was GF! Other coeliacs might understand that a GF snag is often a bonus when looking for a full fried breakfast. The breakfast arrived with orange juice and a pot of tea as well. Mine was absolutely brilliant. The added addition of haggis (which was not listed on the menu) was a treat since it’s rare to find gluten-free haggis anywhere. Tea was piping hot, the service was impeccable and overall we really enjoyed our visit. Lots of locals with the dogs popping in while we were there and it was nice to see lots frequenting the café. We thought it might be difficult to find somewhere open on a Monday, and indeed some other places were shut, but we were delighted to find Caroline’s was open. Very clean toilets as well.

10/10 will be back! The staff were the kindest and most helpful. They had such lively personalities. The food was so unique and gorgeous, it tasted amazing and looked amazing. Such a healthy menu I loved it!!!

We were directed here by the Hotel next door who were not serving food till 5pm. We walked into this very old interesting church to be met by some very friendly locals who made us very welcome. The building is being renovated so don't expect to find a fully functioning café, They offered us a meal deal of soup and a roll, a slice of cake and a coffee for £5 it was all served very nicely by the locals. If your passing give it a try to support their work. The soup and cake was delicious and a bargain at £5.

Just visiting overnight. Great hotel, visited on market day . Lovely hotel and place to visit

Had great afternoon tea, delicious, staff were great.