The best restaurants serving British food in Lowlands

After a 60-mile drive My partner and I always go for meals on a Saturday. I have never in my life had such terrible and revolting food in my life. Prices are not reflected in the quality of food. The food was Farmfoods grade well worse . Greasy , frozen food . I couldn't eat out the main meal . Staff were embarrassed when they asked if our meal was okay . We told them it was absolutely horrendous . Microwave pre packed food. Rubber chicken . Sauce was horrible and had skin over it . Food was cremated . The starter was worse, a sharing plater for £19 that was dripping in oil. Prawns were rubber and tasted off . Sweet potato chips were disgusting. Dips were McDonalds rated . I threw up on the way home . Hardly ate anything. Sent the food back. Waited 15 mins . No one came to our table with a resolve . Had to shout for a staff member . No resolution. We were refunded for the main meals. Place needs a complete overhaul in decoration . Furniture was awful and uncomfortable. Carpets need replaced the smell was awful . I would have been very interested to see what the kitchen was like . Going by food standards, environmental health should be called to inspect the whole establishment. Family run business and not one proper home made recipy. As we looked around, we could see people who were not happy with their meals. Poor in many areas all round in decor. Hygiene. Food standards. Place needed a good clean .I wouldn't have fed my dog what we got . I would definitely recommend not going. As I said, I ate very little and threw up on the way home. I don't understand why people have left good reviews, but the negative reviews are bang on . There are no family old style recipes. We ordered from the specials menu. Wasn't anything special at all . Prices are ridiculous for what's produced and served . No manager came to speak with us . Of which is highly unprofessional. Wasn't impressed at the customer service. The girls on the floor were very nice and attentive. Wasted working in this establishment. The waiter that took our food away couldn't even look at us . We were not rude . We told them politely the food was awful . Explained why . As we have experience in hospitality many years. We don't understand why people have left good feedback, but look further, there are many negative reviews. When we have our date night, we visit many restaurants. Don't mind prices at all if it's reflected in the quality of food and service. Not one supervisor or manager came to talk to us.Which is shocking . Locals seemed to be enjoying themselves at the bar area. But the restaurant didn't have any atmosphere. Very dull and depressing . All the food is pre -made boil in the bag microwave. Apart from the steaks, even they looked terrible poor cheap quality .

Food was great, wife had roast beef with a side of vegetables they where great, and I had macaroni with a side of chips all was perfect plenty to eat.

Stayed at the Annandale arms as a stop over for a family wedding. Rooms are very clean and beds extremely comfortable! Breakfast was also really nice. Would recommend and would stay again! Thanks :)

It's been a while since we ate at Cobbles. Ate in the bar as its dog friendly. Very friendly service and great Tempest brewery beers. For me, a measure of pub food is the chicken burger - will it be succulent or like a rubber duck? This one was perfectly succulent, but I was as impressed by the little dressings applied to the skinny fries. Quite different, all very tasty. Wife ordered fish & chips.....fish locally is always super fresh given the location, but she too thought the dressings and sauces were both different & delightful. So a very pleasant lunch experience.

We stayed here for 2 nights while visiting Kirkcudbright. Although there was space in the car park, we left the car parked on the road, as it was fairly quiet. Check in was quick and efficient. The receptionist was welcoming and showed us to our room. This was a garden room. Lovely and comfortable room, proper radiators rather than heaters which was welcome. The food, not particularly expensive for these days, was high quality, great portion sizes and absolutely delicious! Probably the best fish & chips we’ve ever had and definitely the best onion rings. We were pretty to central to Kirkcudbright so could walk rather than get in the car. The Stewartry Museum is well worth a visit as is Kirkcudbright. Very pretty coloured houses.

Nice place to go for drinks and a bite to eat. We visited a few times while staying in Stranraer. The service was good and the staff friendly.

Very pleasant lounge, open fire lovely and warm. Was meeting a friend for coffee and a scone, asked for a cheese scone, they don't do cheese ones only plain or sultana. Scone arrived, mediocre jam and butter, lovely dollop of clotted cream. Scone was so crisp it disintegrated making it very difficult and messy to eat, they obviously have no idea what a scone is - soft spongy & light (the local baker make very good ones if they want to find out). My friend was paying, so didn't feel it polite to her, to complain. It was quite expensive and if I order a scone, I don't want a crumby rock bun. Small detail, but an indication of overall standards

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!

Seating needs repair and it nearly put us off which would have been a shame as the food is excellent and the service is good swift and professional

Lovely location.Excellent coffee but spoilt by dogs being taken out for coffee by their owners/parents.Dogs barking.Get a grip I like dogs but they should not be in cafes and restaurants.

Popped into here for a bite of lunch. First time in Kirkcudbright. Picked here as it had a lavatory and was quite desperate. Once inside, it was a lovely clean space with a friendly welcome from the staff. We chose the soup and scone; two choices, one of each flavour. After a few minutes we were presented with too substantial bowls of soup and half a huge scone each, as we’d only ordered one. Both soups were delicious and hearty; the scone was light and tasty. We couldn’t finish it all, so the staff carefully packed up the leftover soup for us, which we look forward to having for lunch tomorrow. Great find, great food.

Visited on Friday early evening and thoroughly enjoyed our visit. The staff were very welcoming and attentive . Food was excellent ,plentiful and well presented. Definitely recommend and good value.

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.

First time I've ever been refused coffee at a cafe! Walked in and asked for a coffee to take away and were told they are too busy and asked us to go to the food van round the corner.