The best restaurants in Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside Aberdeenshire North East Scotland

Excellent wee find, very friendly staff, very nice coffee, tea with a great selectionof cakes, great gift shop too with plenty of items to chose from.

Great place for a coffee. Fantastic setting, cosy and comfortable, friendly staff, great coffee and reasonably priced- highly recommend

Over priced, bad manners, just not a nice place. The chap serving us was making it up as he went along. Stay away

Tried several times to get a table here but it’s often full. Managed to get one last night and we were not disappointed. Excellent food, pleasant staff. Will definitely be back.

Have tried to visit here on three separate occasions and unfortunately still not able to get through the door. Having driven past and seen scones and coffee advertised we stopped but were greeted with a multitude of signs saying it was residents only and you had to call in advance . Driving past a week later we thought we would stop again having seen the sign out the day before. Again we weren’t able to cross the threshold . It’s a shame it’s a nice looking place and it ihas outdoor space that literally in a year I have seen one couple sitting at . I’m not sure what’s going on - perhaps staffing issues but I’m not sure I’ve gone to a stranger place that advertises on a public raid that it has refreshments but then doesn’t let you in

Great food, steak and fish cooked to perfection, served with really good chips. Went for deserts too, which we don’t normally go for, butter tablet ice cream hit the spot.

Don't go here. I ordered Chicken Tikka Masala. What they served was a weird magenta colored soup, very sweet, with chicken chunks in it. Not sure what it was except awful. Also, we ordered a couple of prosecco cocktails which were warm. Eat a ready made sandwich from the grocer.

I checked google, hidden Scotland and this site ALL said it was open on Tuesday. Drove past our usual coffee place to come here and found a sign on the door saying closed Tuesdays!

Menu was very poor choice & nothing like on website. Ended up with a poor quality wine at £9.00 per glass & a chicken burger which I didn’t eat as boring (would have preferred a McDonald’s one which would have been a lot cheaper!) Husband had cheeseburger which was average, nothing special. Place is very dark & we needed our phones to read menu. Waitress wasn’t very good. Overall, underwhelming & disappointing!

The Cambus O May is a 150 year old Victorian building full of character, our spacious room had a roll top bath and a lovely view toward the old bridge over the river Dee. The hotel is deliberately set up to maintain its Victorian look and feel, if you want modern and glossy, look elsewhere! We had a lovely dinner in the evening, before sitting in front of the open fire in the cozy bar area for a few drinks. Breakfast was a good selection of cereals, pastries, juices, etc. Across the road is the 100 year old Cambus O May bridge, with excellent woodland walks, or take the trail to Ballater. We will stay again next time we are in the area.

Une cuisine innovante et originale, une très bonne ambiance. Il est préférable de réserver une table. Surtout essayer le haggis revisité, je ne me souvient pas du nom du plat mais sous forme de croquettes avec une émulsion de pomme de terre ! Incroyablement bon... Les autres plats aussi sont excellents.

Often go here as have holiday caravan I. Ballater. Excellent atmosphere and lovely friendly staff.

Everything was impeccable, one of the best meals we ever had, highly recommend it.

Popped in to afternoons running, the log burner was a blaze, good beer, friendly bar staff, nice relaxing atmosphere and comfortable surroundings, very dog friendly