The best restaurants serving British food in Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside Aberdeenshire North East Scotland

We had a very interesting selection of toasties for lunch - had never thought of putting haggis or venison salami with cheese - both very tasty. Great coffee too and friendly service. The cakes looked great as well but we were too full!

After our round of golf we had a lovely meal in pleasent surroundings great service and also please note open to visitors not just golfers.

You must eat here! I insist. The best supper we had all week. The terrine was the best we have ever tasted and the freshly caught haddock was amazing. Great food served by great people.

The annual gathering is a fantastic event. Plan a hole day to take in all the authentic atmosphere!

A busy Thursday on a cold February evening provided a lovely village atmosphere. Our food was, quite simply, of excellent quality. A lone barmaid, perhaps called Evie, was run ragged serving a full house and bar. I don’t know how she did it but she still managed to offer excellent, friendly and helpful service whilst never appearing anything less than fully calm. This young lady deserves employee of the year ! However it was disconcerting to see the owners sitting back enjoying themselves with their daughters, whilst poor Evie was flat out on her own.

Yummy simple food (just the way I love it) and great, friendly service! Definitely my favourite breakfast spot in Ballater we visited. Very reasonably priced as well!

Visited here for lunch during our visit to Braemar. We both had the curried cauliflower soup with cheese scone. It was delicious! We returned the following morning for breakfast. Will definitely visit again.

Reviewed this place positively well over a year ago and - if anything - it is even better. Customers were queueing out the door and along the pavement. The staff, though very busy, seem to juggle every task with good nature and fun. Kelly, in particular, is amazing. The food is always fresh, hot and tasty. Just a pity it's not open 7 days, but then, everybody is entitled to time off and this is quality, not quantity. The home baking is in a class of its own.

This venue has sadly burnt down. However we stayed at the Braemar Lodge Cabins and they were absolutely 5 star

The pub is lovely with fire, friendly staff, dogs allowed and nice relaxed atmosphere. Food is not so hot! Portion sizes are good but they have a very limited vegi selection. Our food arrived very quickly and looked like it had been sitting in the kitchen pots for some time, it was only warm and veg was a bit shrivelled and with very little flavour, and certainly over priced. Would definitely go for drinks in the lovely bar but wouldn’t eat

So pleased this place was open during the quiet season. I've never passed without stopping off some some food. The staff are lovely and on my visit before this one, I was on the motorbike and I was experiencing the British summer.....sheltering from the torrential rain the time passed by quickly thanks to a friendly fella manning the gift shop and some nice food. This time I just made it in time for a full breakfast - very welcome after being blinded by low level morning sun all the way from Inverness then dodging the ice in minus 6 degrees C once I hit the ski roads. Bloody marvellous! proper sausage, the black pudding was really tasty and everything was hot. I managed to bag an extra fried egg after many apologies from the lady serving me that the chef had managed to burst my yolk twice so they put both on as an a sorry. I ordered a black coffee which was one of those espresso machine jobbies I really hate for their harshness but this was pretty god. I didn't realise they did cafetieres until the very well spoken gent on a nearby table asked for one! Next time then. Love this place, makes the dreadful quality of the roads seem worth it...in such a remote area it's a gem and the prices are good, too!

Have tried to visit here on three separate occasions and unfortunately still not able to get through the door. Having driven past and seen scones and coffee advertised we stopped but were greeted with a multitude of signs saying it was residents only and you had to call in advance . Driving past a week later we thought we would stop again having seen the sign out the day before. Again we weren’t able to cross the threshold . It’s a shame it’s a nice looking place and it ihas outdoor space that literally in a year I have seen one couple sitting at . I’m not sure what’s going on - perhaps staffing issues but I’m not sure I’ve gone to a stranger place that advertises on a public raid that it has refreshments but then doesn’t let you in

Order was short despite being checked not discovered till I got home home. It was too late to go back to the restaurant and the rest of the food would spoil

Absolutely the perfect place to have afternoon tea and our anniversary dinner this year! Gorgeous surroundings, delicious and well-curated food selections, and the most outstanding service. We couldn’t help but feel a bit like royalty during our afternoon tea in the living room and during our anniversary dinner the next evening in the dining room. The staff is so welcoming and elevates the experience to world class levels. And can we talk about the wine list? Beyond excellent! We capped off our dinner meal with a few fabulous cocktails from Elsa’s and enjoyed them by the fire with the piano adding more beauty to the ambience. Memories were created that will keep us thankful and smiling until the next time we make it to Braemar and The Fife Arms. Thank you to all the staff at The Clunie and Elsa’s Bar

Ordered drinks and breakfast rolls, my hot chocolate was nearly cold and more like warm milk, the coffee was just about ok but the bacon roll was served on a brioche bun and the sausage was burnt and very salty. The soup was lovely but everything else was below standard and definitely not worth the money, we will not be returning