The best restaurants serving British food in Kelso and District Scottish Borders Lowlands

What a perfect place to celebrate my 60th birthday. We loved every minute. The food was perfect in every way. Great staff , cracking atmosphere. Thank you

Go here now and again and food is always amazing and service is great and with a smile.

This cafe is now under new ownership and is called THE KNOWES. It is open from 9:30 until 4 (3 on a Sunday). It has been under new ownership since February this year and has had a lick of paint and a fresh menu - albeit broadly similar to the old one. Having visited the cafe several times on visits to Kelso over the last few years, it remains my favourite venue to get a hot drink and a simple meal. The premises are kept very clean and presentable.

Always go to Sultans in my opinion it's the best in the Borders

We had earmarked this place for breakfast one morning and rushed to get down before they stopped serving brekkie at 11:30. We arrived just after but they managed to accommodate us. As I ordered a full Scottish for my husband, I was absolutely delighted to see a gluten-free breakfast listed on the menu. Even the sausage was GF! Other coeliacs might understand that a GF snag is often a bonus when looking for a full fried breakfast. The breakfast arrived with orange juice and a pot of tea as well. Mine was absolutely brilliant. The added addition of haggis (which was not listed on the menu) was a treat since it’s rare to find gluten-free haggis anywhere. Tea was piping hot, the service was impeccable and overall we really enjoyed our visit. Lots of locals with the dogs popping in while we were there and it was nice to see lots frequenting the café. We thought it might be difficult to find somewhere open on a Monday, and indeed some other places were shut, but we were delighted to find Caroline’s was open. Very clean toilets as well.

Only stopped for lunch, food was ok and not unreasonable price wise. Service was friendly but a bit slow, not a place for a quick lunch. Can't talk about rooms, but the bar and restaurant area are a bit stuck in the 1970s - 1980s.

Sunday roast was very good - great selection of veg on plate and an extra small jug of gravy with lovely tasting lamb. Really enjoyed our lunch and would definitely recommend and visit here again.

We love The Plough, and were very happy to try the food from the new Chef. The choice of burgers is fantastic, and I highly recommend the Chilli one, so tasty. If you like good food, cold beer and a warm atmosphere, get yourself there!

Went in to have a quick drink after arriving and stayed for 5 hours. Such friendly staff and local clientele. Great atmosphere. We bumped in to friends from home and ended up having dinner there too. Food was amazing and very reasonable. Would highly recommend. Pity about the entitled customer who made a fool of himself shouting at the lovely staff.

Great pub with a good selection of beer and scotch. Very friendly staff. As it is at the end of the Pennine Way and is on Cuthberts Way, it is very friendly to walkers and outdoor types in general. The food is good solid pub food.

We make a special visit from Edinburgh to this Restaurant 5/6 times per year, the food is very good although expensive. I ordered and paid for Fish & Chips and Greek Salad with Keish ? for my Wife, with our drinks.£32.00 The young Man came to our Table to advise there was no Keish ? left. My Wife re-selected Greek Salad with Prawns & a portion of chips I was asked to go to the Counter with the Young Man to adjust the order and was asked to pay 95p difference between the cost of the Prawns against the cost of the Keish ? which I did The food was delivered to our table my Fish & Chips arriving first, my Wife advised that I start my meal while it was hot. My Wife's meal arrived and She was enjoying the Greek Salad but there was no Prawns. I was asked to go to the counter to pay for Prawns which had been omitted, I refused and my Wife had some of the salad, the meal was spoiled for her. No Prawns were offered. This spoiled our visit & our day out! She Managed to spend a further £35. in their shop. No more visits to this venue, complaint very badly handled.

With its dark wood furnishings, including a very large gantry, and most of the wall space covered in framed rugby strips, photos etc, the public bar in the Black Swan could almost be described as dark and old fashioned. It can also feel cramped at times as everyone tends to shun the other bar (and rightly so - ‘cos it’s horrible). The public bar is a place where you have a decent chance of meeting some wee, unintelligible drunk bloke (or two) in the corner, but it is also a place where it is easy to strike up conversation with locals at the bar. In many ways the Swan is like a pub from the past and is pretty unique in Kelso. Perhaps that’s why we always come in whenever we visit the town. It is an ordinary, no frills, traditional Scottish pub with good service and good lager and good banter. It suits us perfectly well.

We were here for afternoon tea, although the food was presented very well and tasted great, there were far too many cakes and not enough savoury foods, we asked for a box to take at least 9 cakes home, from the time we asked we had waited over 30 minutes, which spoiled the whole experience, when the boxes arrived they looked like plastic small Chinese takeaway boxes which the cakes didn't fit into and were all squashed, I asked for a bigger box but that was all they had! I did notice other people sitting across from us who waited ages to even be acknowledged, eventually the lady got up and went to reception to see why nobody had came to see them, not the best of service from such a beautiful hotel, although the food was lovely.

Used to get a gardeners breakfast so thought I'd try again. Absolutely shocked. Where the breakfast used to include hash browns, no longer included now. Where beans were in a superate little pot, about 2 teaspoons of beans oozing in lots of juice straight on the plate and soaked the toast. One miniature sausage, one bacon , one egg and toast for £5.50. Will never throw my money away on their food again. Their coffee is even more expensive than the high class hotels. AVOID