The best restaurants serving British food in Lowlands

Our first Sunday lunch at the Minto Golf club Excellent choice and a fantastic lunch would recommend to all The Deserts looked very tempting See you again

The most perfect place. Atmosphere is amazing, perfectly decorated, clean and relaxing. Food was delicious and served neatly, and the best cocktails and drinks I’ve ever tasted

What an absolute stunning place! We arrived as soon as the doors opened on the day of the Weymouth Iron Man 15/09 and bagged the first table closest to the road so we could cheer on my sister's partner. The service was excellent and we had more frozen cocktails than the place could handle! My sister and I terrorized the harbour with our megaphone for the runners and enticed more and more diners in with our loud mouths! The bacon,brie and cranberry toastie was absolutely wonderful and came with a plethora of sides including crisps, coleslaw and a dressed salad on a wonderfully plated board! The cocktails were to DIE for which a lot of other people had succumbed to on our visit (with thanks to the megaphone). Overall, the best place to eat, best service and THE BEST PART, it is independently run! What a rarity, must try if in weymouth!

Great service, very friendly people and amazing food, décor is really nice as well 💚 family friendly and there's tables outside 👏🏻

Lovely meal , great service even on a busy Saturday night

What a lovely group of people offering a fantastic service. Food was excellent. Nothing was too much trouble. Would highly recommend.

An excellent spot for a lovely lunch. Good menu using local fresh ingredients ensuring a very tasty meal. Lovely staff making you feel very welcome.

Another great meal at the backstreet for my friends birthday , I had breaded brie followed by a flat iron steak, everything was really good again, great service and quality food, will be back soon

We had a lovely 4 night stay in this boutique accommodation. Its very easy to recommend! The furnishings and bathroom facilities are top class, and the standard of room servicing, never slipped. Really impressive. Cooked breakfasts were delicious and everything well organised. The evening menu we used once and were very pleased. Staff were friendly, and the owner went above and beyond the call of duty to make our stay truly memorable! A wonderful stay in Gatehouse!

A must restaurant to visit. You'll not be disappointed.

The Riverbank really is a little gem of a restaurant. We arrived cold from a days walking and the staff were lovely and helpful in our food choices. We'll definitely be back.

As it’s a small popular place booking in advance is probably recommended. We were looking for a table on a Saturday night during the Spring Fling event in the region so left a message with the restaurant whilst traveling to Kirkcudbright. The owner returned the call and fortunately, thanks to a cancellation, was able to arrange our reservation for dinner the following night - a promising start. On the evening of our visit the bistro was busy however there was still a relaxed ambiance about the place. The sole waitress taking orders and attending to the tables was pleasant and seemed knowledgeable about the menu and the only other member of staff appeared to be the owner/chef. He popped out and chatted with us towards the end of service to allow the waitress to get home as a few diners like us were finishing off drinks and still to receive their desserts and settle their bills. He seemed sociable and relaxed and clearly hadn’t adopted the Gordon Ramsay approach to the restaurant business. Being a small place we were not surprised at the outset that the menu was limited to about half a dozen items per course including specials however it gave a decent choice in our view. We both ordered a “special” for starters - Tempura Battered Prawns (£7.95). As was the case throughout the evening, the dish was served up to the table in good time. Six king prawns each with a sweet chilli sauce with a salad garnish and balsamic. It was a tasty start. For mains my wife ordered the Seabass, served with king prawns, a white wine & tomato sauce and fresh vegetables (£21.00). I had Duck a L’Orange (£21.95) which was another item from the specials board. Neither of the mains dishes would be winning prizes for presentation however most importantly they both tasted good. The fish was nicely cooked and my wife enjoyed the other parts of the dish. The duck was also good albeit the chef was later surprised I’d left the fat on the plate. I queried if people normally ate the fat and he commented that they often do and that he rendered it to make it more appealing. Thankfully this was not an overly fatty duck breast in any case but I was quite happy to leave the small amount I did on the plate. For dessert my wife had Sticky Toffee Pudding with ice cream and I had a Citrus Tart served with a small selection of fresh berries and cream. The puddings were £6.50 each and both enjoyable. Overall we liked our experience at the bistro and with our three course meal for two costing just under £72 we thought it was reasonable value for money. We had added a bottle of NZ Yealands Sauvignon Blanc wine for £25 only just keeping the bill under £100. A walk to the harbour to watch the sunset as we headed back to our accommodation rounded off the evening well.

Amazing customer service. I can't speak for the hotel itself, however I couldn't make the original date booked, so the hotel went out of their way to contact me themselves when I was waiting to hear from Hotels.com, and were so accommodating. Very impressed with this level of communication and friendliness 👏

Really beautiful hotel. The Torr kindly hosted a funeral tea for our family and were so welcoming. The food was lovely (especially the sausage rolls!), and the service was excellent.

Arrived without booking, as we were unfamiliar with the area, and although the restaurant itself was full, we were generously offered a table, albeit in the bar area, which we were happy to accept. It would have been quite possible that we might have had slow service, even forgotten, but nothing of the sort; we were promptly seated with menus, our orders taken, and our meals served, all without undue delay by friendly restaurant and bar staff. The food was simple but delicious and perfectly cooked, in generous portions, and all concerned should feel proud of their contributions to such an excellent experience. Bravo!