The best restaurants in Banchory and Mid Deeside Aberdeenshire North East Scotland

This is one of best coffee shops I have known. It's such a shame that it's taken me 72 years to discover it. Great coffee and delicious food. The bacon rolls are gigantic.

Fabulous service. Menu was fantastic especially the haggis & venison balls and the stovies😋 guests thoroughly enjoyed all of the food and all dietary requirements were met. Highly recommend

Fantastic spot for Brunch and Lunch! Friendly staff, delicious food, great value for money. Would recommend to anyone. The kid's menu is especially great, lots of choices and very cost effective. Children are always made to feel welcome. I particularly enjoy the Superfood Stack with a Chai Latte, and the cakes and bakes are incredible.

A solid choice for grabbing a shawarma or wrap or pizza. The white garlic sauce mixed with the spicy red is the way to go for wraps. The wraps are big enough to split unless you're really hungry.

Great service and fantastic food!

We came here while staying in Banchory as we had seen good reviews.The food did not disappoint.The only negative I have is perhaps it was the time we went (7) But felt a little rushed.We had 3 courses and wine and honestly could have been out in an hour.

MOULDY PANINI BREAD!! RIP OFF!! Came here after passing through Banchory after a dog walk…. Bought a bacon and Brie panini, and tuna panini for 7.90 each, a bit of a rip off considering the bacon was not in the slightest bit crispy and felt undercooked. However this was still edible and tasted okay UNTIL! We discovered the mouldy panini bread. Went back with the mouldy panini after we discovered this and was given a 14 pound refund. Not the full refund which is partially why I feel the need to express make a review online. It was extremely expensive and overpriced panini which came with mould, the lady was apologetic and kind however the other male colleague didn’t seem so impressed about me returning the item who was in charge of processing the refund. Will not be returning.

FAB Sunday bar lunch here served by very friendly, professional, staff. Hubby had the fish & chips and declared the chips “the very best I’ve had in a long time”. I went for the roast chicken, which was delicious. We shared a sticky toffee pudding served with ice cream & caramelised banana-amazing!! and finished off with coffee and extremely creamy & delicious autumnal fudge. We had our two small dogs with us and they immediately brought over a dog bed and asked if they’d like a water bowl. Great service for us humans and our four legged friends. I highly recommend this lovely revamped hotel.

Best place to eat after Beast Race. Food and staff are amazing.

This place is a good bit out of the way in the Royal Deeside area, but it’s well worth seeking out for a tasty breakfast or lunch. We stopped off on a Sunday lunchtime. As usual, it was busy. But thankfully, having been here several times, we knew to book. Saw some disappointed looking people who hadn’t. The food here is consistently great. The firm favourite for us, is there soup and panini combo. A true bargain for just under a tenner. What’s so great about it, is that the soups of the day frequently change. On this day, I had the carrot and coconut, my wife had the tomato and basil. Both were fabulous. Bursting with flavour, as we have come to expect. My panini with tomato, pesto, and mozzarella, was delicious. My wife’s roasted vegetable and hummus one, just as tasty. The service here is excellent. The ideal balance of friendly, efficient and knowledgeable. It’s a fairly compact place, with space on the ground and balcony levels, as well as decent sized outdoors area, for summer days, and people with dogs. This is a firm favourite for people in the know. But be sure to book in advance.

We’ve been four or five times now and every time it has been amazing. They were even gracious enough to host our rehearsal dinner the day before our wedding. The staff is lovely, and the pizza is the best in, dare I say, all of Scotland!

A friend and I found this spot on the way back to Alford from Glasgow. We stopped in expecting the normal cafe style food. Boy were we wrong! We both had the unpretentious sounding ham, egg and tatties. What we got was perfectly cooked pork belly. Crispy and creamy pomme anna, a stunning apple and radish roumalade and the most delicious hollandaise foam. It was amazing. Everything on the plate married beautifully together and left us replete with forest flavours chasing around our mouths. The staff are just lovely. Welcoming and warm. And the cafe itself is a great place to kick back and relax. We can’t recommend this enough. PS. I bought my husband here two days later and he was equally impressed.

Great food and good coffee! My husband had the big breakfast which was great value at $24. The rest of us had the corn fritter with bacon, pancakes and eggs Benedict. No complaints.

Very good fish & chips. Used to frequent another chip shop in the area. However, it has been less impressive of late with quite tasteless chips. The chips at Rock salt &sole were really tasty, as was the fish. We'll definitely be using this chippy again.

Great takeaway all the food was really delicious. good sized portions, ready on time to collect. There wasn't a lot left when we finished. This will be my regular from now.