The best restaurants serving British food in Scotland

Food not as good as it used to be ( hardly any beef in the dish i ordered, all cheese and peppercorn sauce.

Popped in for a quick tea and coffee. Very convenient stop. Just hit the right spot. And continued on with our journey. That’s all you can ask for. Very handy! Thanks!

There's always something inherently cheerful about the Green Welly Stop. Perhaps it's the name. Anyhoo, it's a tourist retail spot selling clothes and trinkets, with an attached restaurant, toilets, and plenty of free parking. It's a bit pricy, but the staff are great. (We had a good laugh over '500 miles'!) Also on the same site next door is a Londis type shop for the more prosaic items like bread and milk etc. Overall a really pleasant and useful stop. Best wishes all.

Having looked several times at booking to stay here but never managing to for one reason or another, we thought we'd take a run up when staying in Balloch for a couple of nights and have some lunch and see what it was like, I'm glad we did as it probably made our minds up about staying in the future. We arrived and walked into reception, asked the lady at reception if we were heading in the right direction for the food, she looked up and pointed to a door, no smile or a welcome or anything. Walked into the bar which was the Bidean Lounge, went to the bar and asked for table for two, there was a few people in but the lad behind the bar said just to grab a seat and I asked do we order at the bar etc which he confirmed. We went and sat down expecting someone to maybe bring a menu over and tell us about specials etc but turns out you do all that yourself. Went back to the bar got the menus, cutlery, read the specials board etc but you'd think it would be fairly standard service to point all that out when you walk in if the menus aren't on the table. I'd hate to see it busy with this service method, as even the few people ordering at the bar seemed to take ages and the guy sitting next to us was moaning to his wife that someone behind him got served before him. We probably should have looked at the menu before we went but given the website says it's "extensive" I thought there might be more than half a dozen or so main meals and soup and sandwiches, the prices surprised us too but given we were there and there's not exactly a lot of other places to go to we figured it would be good at the price, we don't mind paying good money for good food and service. We just ordered a tuna sandwich, smoked salmon sandwich, bowl of chips and a couple of cokes. (has to be pints because it's on draught apparently) I wouldn't be sat back down 2 minutes and the most disappointing £30 worth of food arrived, (in those 2 minutes the waiter also arrived with the wrong order) quick enough service to let you know it's all sitting plated up ready to serve rather than freshly made to order. A slice of smoked salmon, a huge piece of tomato and some cucumber (apparently the leaf salads hadn't been delivered so presumably the cucumber was the substitute) and some crisps scattered on the plate, a similar effort was made on the tuna sandwich both held together with one of those pieces of wood usually reserved for burger buns and the bowl of chips which weren't crispy or particularly tasty. Not great, not terrible enough to complain about either but not what you'd expect for £30. Just a really disappointing, impersonal experience, obviously your paying for the location but it's not like we could see much from the room we were eating in anyway and it's only rated 3 star. No personal touch, not really any friendliness, rapport or warmth, no one asking if the meal was nice, just a really bog standard, bland experience and a disappointing, overpriced meal which is a shame as we'd loved to have come and stayed at some point. Maybe we were just expecting too much but I don't think it's too much to expect them even to do the basics in customer service right and serve up a meal worthy of the price.

Had a fantastic meal here tonight, 22nd of February. There was myself my two sons my daughter-in-law and granddaughter. My son granddaughter and myself had the burger. My daughter-in-law had the vegan burger and my other son had the Highland game casserole. It was excellent. We found that the service was very swift and we were treated very professionally. The prices are a little steep but the quality of the food makes up for that. I have been going to this restaurant since I moved the area 17 years ago and I have never had a bad meal. There was live music in the boots bar, but unfortunately we couldn’t go in because of the age restriction. The only downside of the evening was me forgetting that I had a 20% loyalty card never mind.

Mallaig is a delightful little town and I always enjoy my visits very much. However it can sometimes be a bit of a challenge to find an eaterie open in the winter months! (Thank goodness for the Co-op). However I fell lucky this time and in the centre of town - directly across from the Co-op - was The Tea Garden Cafe. Friendly welcome, nice relaxed chat (despite being busy) and the most delicious sandwich. Everything foodwise reeked of freshness and high quality ingredients. An impressive establishment and enjoyed my visit very much. Thanks all.

Visited Louie Browns twice recently - once for a large group family birthday meal and again today for lunch. On both occasions we were served by Mark who welcomed us warmly, was attentive and provided great service. We couldn’t fault his service especially with a few specific food requirements - he made sure everyone’s meal was just as we asked, All of the food was delicious and served piping hot. In our party everyone enjoyed their meals - Burger, Fish and Chips, Cajun Chicken Pasta and Steaks, The restaurant always have a lovely atmosphere,

Lovely lunch menu, good food, friendly service and reasonably priced

Family meal. Good food and service. Rather noisy table next to us.

We went for dinner but although we received good recommendations I was not impressed. The place looks tired and the table we sat didn't look very clean, it was sticky, probably from juices from previous guests. The service was good, but I didn't appreciate then food. I had scampi and it was tasteless. The fish and chips of my husband was a bit better. A shame because it was a good atmosphere for a family with two kids, but the overall experience was not the greatest.

Nothing we had was particularly good or bad an average if slightly overpriced meal for what you get. Fish and chips bordered on the soggy side.

The room was clean and tidy great bed slept well In the restaurant Faith and the team had a friendly Can do attitude clearly happy to help very refreshing in a time of bad service and over priced living I had the chicken goujon starter and fish and chips for main fresh tasty succulent and well priced Overall I’m giving this place a refreshing 10/10

Food was great and staff excellent

The food that was cooked by Neil was very delicious and the service from Inês was absolutely spot on, the orders were done very well and to our preferences.

What a beautiful place to stop and rest to nourish the body and soul! Stopped in here for a coffee and cake and it was lovely. The staff were friendly, attentive and happy to chat with you. Service was great and unhurried. Coffees were very nice and the Paradise Cake 👍🏻👍🏻. Highly recommend it and yes, I’ll be back!!