The best restaurants in Scottish Borders Lowlands

What a fantastic weekend we have just experienced at the Buccleuch Hotel. We went for the race package 2 night stay. It was so we'll organized and we had a fantastic time at Kelso races. The hotel food was outstanding. All staff were amazing as were the locals. A special mention has to be given to Val who organised everything. And Beth who looked after us so well in the morning and evening with our food orders and service from her was superb. We have booked for next year already. Big thanks. Alan Reid

Excellent food,brilliant staff,visited lunchtime 23 Sept had a wheelchair user with us and the ladies could not have been more helpful and pleasant.lovely experience,thank you.

Great pub with a good selection of beer and scotch. Very friendly staff. As it is at the end of the Pennine Way and is on Cuthberts Way, it is very friendly to walkers and outdoor types in general. The food is good solid pub food.

We make a special visit from Edinburgh to this Restaurant 5/6 times per year, the food is very good although expensive. I ordered and paid for Fish & Chips and Greek Salad with Keish ? for my Wife, with our drinks.£32.00 The young Man came to our Table to advise there was no Keish ? left. My Wife re-selected Greek Salad with Prawns & a portion of chips I was asked to go to the Counter with the Young Man to adjust the order and was asked to pay 95p difference between the cost of the Prawns against the cost of the Keish ? which I did The food was delivered to our table my Fish & Chips arriving first, my Wife advised that I start my meal while it was hot. My Wife's meal arrived and She was enjoying the Greek Salad but there was no Prawns. I was asked to go to the counter to pay for Prawns which had been omitted, I refused and my Wife had some of the salad, the meal was spoiled for her. No Prawns were offered. This spoiled our visit & our day out! She Managed to spend a further £35. in their shop. No more visits to this venue, complaint very badly handled.

Nice cake and coffee, but bit of a disappointment after reading online recommendations- limited selection other than scones and cake, and the staff not very friendly compared to other individual cafes: thought this would be something a bit more unique and special : nice bookshop and store

One of the family said the Latte was one of the best they had had. It was a good size too. Reasonably good sized menu for lunchtime. Cakes and scones looked great but we chose somewhere else for cake. The coronation chicken jacket potato, £8, tasted good but not what we are used to for coronation chicken. Unfortunately some of the chicken was a bit tough but my knashers never give up. A bit more of the sauce would be nice too. This place is cash only so be aware before you turn up. I never carry cash so it worked to my advantage, the missus had to pay. I would rate this place 3.5 stars on this visit but I think we were just unlucky.

Gone downhill over last 2 to3 years Used to use regularly but no more. Had to wipe our seats clean, should have walked out then. Food more pub standard microwaved fare. Unfortunately prices do not relect reality.

Oh dear! This used to be a lovely place to eat. The current management leaves a lot to be desired. Staffing all very amateurish. Several items missing from the menu because "they were waiting for deliveries." Couldn't even remember to bring the requested water to table. Food perfectly acceptable but nothing very exciting although still relatively expensive. I notice that the accompanying photos on this site are from the days of previous ownership. Nothing like as cosy now. Not in a hurry to revisit.

NOW THE COSY KITCHEN 👍 Lovely friendly new owner New fresh Decoration Food great menu varied & simply go to desk to order

Very disappointed, arrived for lunch bringing my brother and wife as they are on holiday, had to wait 10 minutes to be seated although there was an empty table where we were standing, we were given menu's then totally ignored for the next quarter of an hour, a young waitress saw us and I asked could we place an order (we were going to have a 3 course lunch) she said yes and then went over and chatted with another waiter, after a further 5 minutes we decided to leave and go into kelso, we went to a place in kelso and were treated correctly and served immediately.

A friendly welcome. Not much seating and some tables were reserved. Lots of Coldstream Guards memorabilia. A very good menu selection at fair prices. Its in need of a make over with a deep clean a first priority. The food was very good. A visitor book has recorded all guards visitors.

Best bakers in the Scottish Borders, their apples pies are absolutely delicious. In fact anything you buy is lovely highly recommended.

We really enjoyed our lunch at The Craw. A great roast beef followed by local ice cream. Friendly staff and a nice traditional pub atmosphere.

What a disappointment, felt really let down as the pub says it dog friendly... NOT..!!! We arrived Thursday 17th October for 4 days expecting to eat, drink and be merry in the bar and restaurant only to be told that dogs (pups) were not allowed in the public bar, however we could sit outside... we all took a seat and asked if they could turn on the outside heaters only to be told they were not working and they hadn't worked for some time.... they advertise outside heating!!!!! We had no food with us for the first night, we all spent our evening in the van with the dogs and a rotten Chinese from the local village... NEVER AGAIN.. there was 8 adults and 1 child.. the whole point of us travelling here was to be together and waited upon with good food from morning to night for 4 days... we eventually left. DONT BE FOOLED... WE WERE....

Perfectly fine. Fish and chips a bit greasy for what i like but probably best you’ll get in town if wanting proper chippy chips. Atmosphere quite nice as seemed to be lots if regulars who knew the staff so felt friendly but hit less chatty with “outsiders”. Nice enough experience would use again - pizzas smelt and looked really Good and garlic mayonnaise sauce was nice.