The best restaurants serving British food in Mearns Aberdeenshire North East Scotland

We spotted the sign for the Arch cafe on our way to Banchory and decided to stop for lunch - and were so glad we did! We had such a warm welcome and were served by very friendly and efficient staff. The homemade food was delicious and arrived promptly : the menu was varied with an excellent choice. We can highly recommend the cafe and want to say thank you to the whole team involved.

Came here for Sunday lunch whilst visiting st Cyrus for the weekend after seeing the reviews of the Sunday roast. Waitress was friendly and the food arrived piping hot and the portions were huge! The roast beef was so good just melted in the mouth. The sticky toffee pudding and custard was so good aswell and all reasonably priced. Would recommended and will be back to try more of the menu when in the area.

Great Sunday roast Aberdeenshire roast rump of beef Yorkshire pudding veg and roast potatoes also half roast chicken with skirlie Hugh portions. Home made apple pie and custard fantastic.

Absolutely delicious lunch the venison burger with chips was superb, the Cajun chicken flatbread was ok but could have done with a sauce as it was a bit dry. Marked this down to a 4 as the venison burger was served on a slate mat, why not serve it on a plate. Staff all very helpful & efficient & the service was excellent.

Curry night didn’t disappoint. Was here with another couple. Everything was amazing. The other gentleman in our company said best cheesecake he has ever tasted. If you haven’t been to their curry nights you are really missing out. Would give it a 12 out of 10

We stayed in lodge not far from this hotel and after reading that our host recommends this place for a meal we decided to give it a go in our last night.Food was delicious and portions were really generous. Thai green curry was outstanding, lots of flavour and nicely presented. All staff were super friendly and nice.

Excellent lunch, food was lovely. Service was great. Would highly recommend for a lovely drive out in a nice Restaurant overlooking the harbour.

I arrived just before closing but was only looking for a take away coffee. The staff were so rude and made me feel uncomfortable- and I was out of shop before closing time. I won’t return which is a shame as I will be making that journey regularly

The used to be award winning restaurant and takeaway. It was greasy non crispy batter that was slimy and difficult to pick up to eat. Chips were tasteless and greasy. Portion sizes very small. Not worth the money. Very disappointed.