The best restaurants serving British food in Scotland

Firsty, I have received what equates to a 15% refund of my total spend after contacting the hotel...and I did raise my concerns directly with a member of staff while we were there. Neverless, I am totally perplexed at the service and standards given the reputation of this hotel. The location and grandure is certainly not matched by food and service. Another review describes a "faulty towers " experience that absolutely sums up breakfast. Absolutely astounded how inexperienced some the staff seemed. Huge expensive mistake!

We were heading south of the border and stopped off in Coldstream for some lunch during their local Civic Week in August 2024. I lived in the town for several years a long time ago and it was interesting to have a look around prior to popping into The Besom for something to eat. This is a pub which had a good reputation for food back in the day and recent reports seemed to suggest that this had been maintained. The surroundings are “homely” looking with a nod to the Coldstream Guards, there were a reasonable amount of people to provide a little atmosphere and we were given a friendly welcome. The menu has a standard selection to choose from however we were only looking for a snack so both ordered Bacon & Brie Paninis (£5.40 each). These were served in good time and were accompanied with a salad garnish, coleslaw and some crisps. We found the bacon filling a bit on the fatty side but once trimmed by ourselves the paninis were otherwise good. By the time we had added a ½ pint of beer (£2.50) and an Edinburgh G & T (£5.40) our bill came to £18.70 which we considered very good value for money. Toilets were typically bar-like and functional.

I’m sorry to be leaving this review. We have been coming to Ardlui since we were little with my mum and dad (we had our boat here) It was our special place and we have the best memories. Dad passed away in August and it was his birthday so we decided to come for lunch with my sister and daughter. We ordered 2 steak pies and chicken bites and chips. We were really disappointed the steak pies were dreadful no puff pastry and just gravy hardly any meat. Both the same so we said to waitress who said she would get us more meat. It came and tasted completely different to what the first meat tasted very strange. We didn’t eat all our meal. No one asked if we enjoyed our meal or apologised we were extremely disappointed and ruined our day. The food has really went downhill and charging crazy prices for the quality they are handing out that’s why we were the only table at 1pm in. I really hope you take on this review and sort the issue.

Voor een late lunch streken we neer bij Morags dat bakkerij, restaurant en piratenparadijs is en misschien nog een beetje meer. Wij wilden gewoon een hapje eten. We kozen voor steak pie. Het duurde wel even voor we die hadden maar hij smaakte goed.

Vino a The Granary un lunes por la noche para una comida de cumpleaños y se sorprendió, pero no se sorprendió de ver el lugar tan ocupado para la comida y bebida. Se sirvió muy rápido, la comida llegó rápidamente y Rosie se aseguró de que todo estaba bien para nosotros. Una buena selección de opciones de comida disponible, no tenía pudín ya que teníamos pastel de cumpleaños. Gracias de nuevo al personal de The Granary, volveremos : )

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

Very run down and tired. Hardly any staff. No facilities or food. Description untrue and reviews not recent.

Waited for 10 minutes indoors to be seated only for someone to finally come over to tell us and the couple of people queued infront of us (most of whom were very elderly and frail) to wait outside in the cold instead. Based on this customer service and asking people in their 80s+ to wait outside in winter, we turned around and left.

I am so disappointed in our visit as we were really looking forward to a nice lunch and a catch up. We arrived to be presented with the Grotto Christmas menu, not what we were expecting, and at no time was I informed this is what the menu would be!! I asked if this was all that was available, and was told yes. We were hoping for a sandwich and on a website menu noticed Croque Monsieur, Eggs Royale or Eggs Woodland was offered, which we were looking forward to. Instead we ended up with Chicken terrine which arrived with limp rocket and a very small piece of toasted bread. We were asked if we wanted sauces, with hindsight a drop of something might have helped. This was quite tasteless, and in no way looked appetising. Fortunately we ordered curly fries which kept us going. My booking form has a spot for menu, which when you look at only takes you to customer reviews. If I had been aware this menu was what we would have been offered, I would not have booked. We have visited twice before, once for lunch, which we have a favorable memory of, and last year for afternoon tea at Christmas so we had a reasonable idea of what to expect. Needless to say we did not stay for coffee or dessert. And at 4p short of £20.00 it was an expensive disaster.

Nice cup of tea and scone served by very lovely staff. We walked fast after our tour to get the table by the window! What beautiful views. The lady serving us told us about sea life and birds we might spot and offered us use of the binoculars. She was very friendly and made us feel very welcome. She offered extra hot water for our tea and chatted with us. Lovely. Would visit again if we were in the area.

Popped in here for lunch with our dog. Decent amount of choice on the lunch menu. The steak pie was steak with a pastry top, rather than the pie we expected. The omelette was tasty and the portions were large. The staff were friendly and the service was quick.

The website advertises all day food which is not the case - kitchen closes between 2 and 5. No matter we had English tapas instead, crisps! Super friendly staff - bet it’s a very cosy spot on a winter’s evening with its wood burning stove. We would make a point of going again. Barman was playing some brilliant music -electric folk - he was very knowledgeable. Sorry I forgot to ask your name but thank you for educating me about Runrig!

El Hotel es una pasada, muy bonito. Unas vistas increíbles y todo lo que le rodea es muy bonito.Cenamos genial y luego tienen el bar que está para tomarte algo y no cierra tan temprano como en casi todos los bares de Escocia

The Dolphin has been on site at West Pier on Peterhead Harbour for three decades, serving favourites including fish and chips using product landed at the harbour. Burgers, jacket potato and pies are among the regular offerings along with pineapple and banana fritters. The baked tattie was great, by the way. But there was a surprise on the menu on the day we visited. I asked what the soup of the day was and the answer: "Mince and tattie soup." Shocked but interested. I had to try it. Take a bow, Pauline, it was great, wee chunks of meat and packed with vegetables. Five-a-day not a problem. Fancied a sticky toffee pudding but was told to resist as we were heading for dinner in a local hotel that night.

Nuestra segunda vez en McDaniels, nuevos artículos en el menú, todos deliciosos. Grandes actividades para mantener a los niños ocupados. A pesar de que el personal estaba ocupado que era muy amable y atento. Volveremos.