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We went for lunch and decided on hot roast pork with mashed potatoes and veg . When it came it was 2 thin pork chops that needed cooked longer . Lumpy mashed dry potatoes , 4 slices of carrots and a lot of peas . Usually we enjoy our lunch here to be fair but it let us down today . We did not complain but paid £24 for it . Maybe we should have .

Stopped in for lunch on a recommendation. Really nice atmosphere, clean and well attentive staff. Tables are well spaced so you don't feel you are rating on top of other tables. Varied lunch menu and a great selection of cakes. Food was lovely and good value, definitely be back here.

Stunning view and friendly, efficient staff in a small family-run hotel. The quality of food was excellent, but fully grown humans may wish to order two main courses each, such was the rather miserly amount of actual food - scallops and monkfish respective.y - on our plates. Top marks for presentation and taste, but would have loved a little more.

Love this place. The do pizza night on a Wednesday and a curry night on a Thursday. Really good beer, lovely atmosphere and would highly recommend

Visited Castle Douglas last week and had lunch at the Scottish Pantry. Our soup and sandwiches were very pleasant and the soup was piping hot. Coffee and cake to finish off. The prices were very reasonable and I would happily recommend it.

Enjoyed a very memorable stay and meal at Haar. The lobster was personally recommended by Dean and was the best lobster I’ve ever tasted. The staff were very attentive and the food didn’t disappoint. Looking forward to another visit.

Ordered takeaway. 30 minutes to wait. Food good. Cash only!!!! Very strange these days.

During a recent week’s holiday in Caithness with friends, we visited the Northern Sands Hotel on three different occasions for lunch and dinner. The surroundings, service and quality of the food were all of a high standard. The staff were especially well trained and fully understand allergies.

Italian restaurant. Excellent food. Good size portions presented beautifully. Wine a little expensive. The lady in charge of service was very efficient. Slightly less so the other two waiters who forgot to offer the pepper/parmesan for our main courses. We would certainly recommend the Aurora.

Been here a few times as I live in the area. yesterday was appalling... I got served tea with milk and should have been without. I went to the counter and politely asked the chap with the black beard for a replacement, he looked so angry and didn't even apologise! he shouted when the new one was done and it was so hot I had to leave it for 10 minutes to cool down only to be told they closed in 15 minutes.. (apparently the dishwasher was also broken and it was in a takeaway cup) there were clean cups on top of the coffee machine. I don't know about you, but tea in a paper cup isn't my cup of tea. Not the first time that my friends received bad service and rudeness. If you don't like your job, go find another and leave the paying customers away for the drama in your head inflicted onto us.

Got a lovely warm welcome on a cold and wet day, my wife and I ordered tea and freshly baked fruit scones. Service was great and staff were friendly. Will definitely be returning the next time we are in the area.

Fun packed cafe, with excellent welcoming owners. Delicious rhubarb and ginger crumble and custard, and lovely chocolate cake. First visit, we will definitely be back.

This is a lovely restaurant, just reopened with a new chef. Excellent service, couldn't have done more for us. The food was great, best curry we've had for a long time. I went with my husband and son and we all enjoyed our meal.

We ordered a takeaway from the menu online. We were charged £54 for the following Veg pakora Popadoms & spiced onions Chicken bhoona Rice Garlic nan We called to querie the price as it differed from the online menu price. We were told by the owner that there was two menus and the most expensive menu was the one we should have ordered from. I asked why there was two menus and he advised ‘he couldn’t do anything about this, that it was an old menu’ I asked why a meal for one was so expensive and they said it was because the produce was expensive. I feel £2 each for a popadom and £5.50 for a nan bread is overpriced The food was ok but definitely wasn’t worth the price. The pakora was a small portion and consisted of 6 small pakora pieces the nan bread was definitely not cooked in a tandoor oven. It looked and tasted shop bought. Extremely disappointing and I wont be ordering from here again. There are many restaurants/takeaways that I will be using that are way more value for money in the local area. We have contacted trading standards about the menu so other people are not mislead when ordering from here. Very poor 👎🏼

As always a very warm welcome The whole team treated us as Vip's Food and drinks - fantastic Traditional style hotel - very nice place Carry on the good work