The best restaurants serving British food in Lowlands

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.

Latte was absolutely one of the best lattes I’ve ever had. Service was great. Lovely place friendly staff. Will defo return before we leave to go home.

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.

We called in here on our last visit to Peebles. A dog friendly cafeteria, it has indoor and outdoor seating and is accessed via an alleyway from the Main Street. I’ve not had a vegan scone for ages and this one was lovely, very tasty. The coffee is delicious too and the dog enjoyed her sausage. A regular spot now on our trips to Peebles.

We have had several meals at the Carfraemill in the past few months and they were all excellent. The service is friendly and helpful and the portions are very generous and the prices are very reasonable. Would definitely recommend!

There were 4 of us. We had a good meal tho my chicken was overdone. They catered well for gf and large portions. ( great chips !) What made it so enjoyable was the delightful Aussie waitress Georgia. She was new , her second day and doing her best to learn the ropes. She was so welcoming and friendly.

Would like to give a big thanks to yourselves and your team for the fast response and friendliness of the kings arms at this very trying due to the mass power cuts. Friendly staff, good food and very clean rooms . Definitely stay here again.

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.

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

Lovely looking, traditional pub with plenty of parking. Staff were friendly and welcoming. Could have done with some quiet background music for a bit more atmosphere as very quiet at times. Open fire was lovely and warm. I am a vegan and sadly I was told there was no way they could guarantee that something coming out of thr kitchen was 100% vegan. I went with the soup and some veg which was OK.

We went here for a wee bit of lunch, it wasn’t my favourite as I hadn’t even sat down and got my jacket off, before the waitress was on us, wanting our order, two or three times she came over and tried but we like to have a look at the menu, so that got me miffed, the young lady came with coke and apple juice then an older lady with our meals, ages later, the first time she came with the wrong order, the second time and it was the dreaded plastic bread and frozen chips, both yuk!! We were hungry though, so ate and left quick as poss, it wasn’t great. Some much better places along the street when looking for something to eat is my suggestion

5 star service food and staff excellent. Can’t fault the hotel rooms very clean and the view is stunning will definitely be back

Had an amazing lunch. Had the baked camembert sharing platter and the ham & lentil soup. So much flavour and quality. A great tearooms.

Nice surroundings. Good staff , friendly and welcoming. Good food at reasonable prices . Busy but didn’t have to wait long.

Such a lovely place. Beside the river. Lovely walk along it. Beautiful cashmere to admire( even if admiring is all you can afford!). Really nice staff. Interesting displays of original machinery. Home baking. Lovely coffee.